Genesis footer not at the bottom

[hmistler]

Hello! I created a widget that I am using on some pages; I want it to appear before the footer on specific pages. Here is the code I am using in my functions.php

//* Add About Me widget
add_action( 'genesis_before_footer', 'about_me' );
function about_me() {
		if ( is_page(array('illustration', 'about', 'design', 'blog') ) )
                genesis_widget_area( 'about-me', array(
		'before' => '<div class="about-me widget-area"><div class="wrap">',
		'after'  => '</div></div>',
    ) );

}

Yet, it appears BELOW the Genesis Footer widgets that were already in my theme. After using the Hook guide, I can see these widgets are in the Before Footer hook. I can't figure out how to change their position from "before footer" to "footer", so maybe I need to change my custom widget's order, or move it? But I don't know where to go with it.

http://www.haleymistler.com

[David Chu]

Hi,
Good sleuthing on your part! I'd say try genesis_after_content_sidebar_wrap hook instead of before_footer, but you don't have to. Try this:

add_action( 'genesis_before_footer', 'about_me', 5 );

Note the 5 priority. 10 is the default, so this should pull you up above the footer widgets. 🙂

Cheers, Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[hmistler]

Thank you so much, that worked!

[David Chu]

Haley,
Glad to hear it! And your site is looking great.

With any of the HTML5 Genesis themes, priorities become very important. Not just because they want to make things tough, but largely because you have so many HTML tags that repeat, such as SECTION, ARTICLE, and so on. So to get something where you want it, sometimes finely-grained priorities are needed. And what may work on one theme may need adjustments on another, depending on the way the theme is coded.

I have blog posts about using priorities with the HTML5 themes, as well as github gists. And my recommended priority fixes can go stale, for instance, when a plugin is involved, it changes, and I don't hear about it. 🙂

Enjoy,
Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

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