Add Text to Top Navigation Bar

I am using v1.5.1

Years ago I had some text, not a link in the top navigation bar where the search box should have been. I added the text and it worked to my includes/template/custom/common/header.php

The old code that worked is below

In 1.5.1 the code is different and my text won't display. The code in the new file is...

I have tried inserting my text here <div id="navMainSearch">MY TEXT it didn't work.

Then I tried it here 'sideboxes/search_header.php'); ?>MY TEXT</div> again it didn't work.

Can anybody help me please?

Thanks.

Your first attempt should have worked. Maybe with a link to the site ...

stevesh:

Your first attempt should have worked. Maybe with a link to the site ...

Thanks Stevesh

After you said the first attempt should have worked I tried it again. It now works. Last time I put a period at the end of the text and that is probably why the text didn't display.

Now that my text is there, it's a bit high. I would like to center it virtically in the navigation bar. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Let us see it live and we can tell you exactly what styling to apply.

There are a couple ways to do that - this is the one I would use, adding to the stylesheet:

#navMainSearch {margin: .7em .5em 0 0;}

stevesh:

There are a couple ways to do that - this is the one I would use, adding to the stylesheet:

#navMainSearch {margin: .7em .5em 0 0;}

Thank you so much Stevesh, it's perfect! :D