Custom JS script not loading Genesis Divine Theme

[plentyvegan]

I uninstalled the Zopim customer chat widget because it was slowing down my site.

I want to install the following code instead to activate the Zopim chat:

<script src="//v2.zopim.com/?3stzWaCrOSL8e0lTgIrLZD7J8D1lxmR2" charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

Zopim instructs to install it before the </body> tag in the footer.php, footer.tpl, index.php, or index.tpl files.

The Divine theme doesn't have these and you're not supposed to edit the parent Genesis theme.

I instead created a .js file with the script in it and saved it to the js folder in the Divine theme.

I added the following to the functions.php file in Divine to "activate" that script:

//* Add Zopim
function custom_scripts() {
// Loads theme JavaScript file.
wp_enqueue_script('customjs', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/zopim.js', false );
}
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_scripts');

Nothing happened.

I followed these instructions: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-add-plugin-code-to-header-html-using-function

Thoughts?

http://plentyvegan.com/

[Victor Font]

You could have just added the script link to the header or footer from Genesis/Settings/ Header and Footer Scripts.

By the way, the get_template_directory_uri() function you are using to retrieve the file location is looking in the Genesis directory, not the child theme directory. If you view the source code of your page, you can see where you loaded the script incorrectly. For a child theme, you should use get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) instead of the function you are using.

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[plentyvegan]

I totally forgot about that section of the admin - added the script and it worked.

I also had the thought that I was directing it to the parent theme - should have explored that more. Thanks for the info again!

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