how to add footer to blog page

[cxp073]

Good day!

I am a beginner to genesis, so please bear with me!

I am using the Wintersong theme, and would like to add some small footer text to the bottom of my blog page. This footer text needs to appear after the last blog post, so not on the bottom of the sidebar where the menu / site logo is located.

How can I do this? Please be specific as I am still learning about coding / CSS etc.

Thanks!

http://grizzlybearloveskolsch.com

[Brad Dalton]

You can add a new widget area http://my.studiopress.com/tutorials/register-widget-area/

And use a hook after the loop http://wpsites.net/genesis-hooks/

Like

genesis_after_loop
or
genesis_after_content

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[cxp073]

Hi Brad

Thanks for getting back to me.

That makes a little sense.. I checked the tutorial, and it seems like this is aimed at adding the widget after individual posts. I want this to display on the front page of my blog - under the "next page" button.

Sorry if I'm being daft, but as I said I'm a bit of a beginner.

Could you clarify what I need to do?

Thanks!

[Brad Dalton]

Did you add the code from the above link for a new widget?

change this line

if ( is_singular( 'post' ) )

to this:

if ( is_front-page( ) )

And change the hook.

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[cxp073]

Apologies Brad

What you said was clear, But like I said I'm but of a beginner.

Let me read through the tutorials again and give it a go on my test site.

I'll get back to ya!

Best

Cameron

[cxp073]

Where it says 'themename' in the add widget area tutorial, do I actually need to change this to 'wintersong'?

[Brad Dalton]

No but you can. It makes no difference.

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[PhillipDewsBlogger]

Hi CXP073,

If you really want to get your feet dirty and get into come coding then Download your child theme via FTP and open up your functions.php file from the child theme you are using into a text editor. Notepadd++ is a good one and FREE to download.

Towards the botton of that file you should see some code realted to the footer things like remove_action ('genesis_footer')

After those lines of code and before the
<?php
}

you can add something like this as I have done on one of my clients sites....

//* Customise the site footer
add_action('genesis_footer', 'bg_custom_footer');
function bg_custom_footer() { ?>
	<div class="site-footer"><div class="wrap">
	      <p>Some text here &copy; 2015 | <a href="linktoawebsite.com" target="_blank">A Website Text</a></p>
	</div></div>

Hope this helps! Remember to make a backup of the file first before adding code like this so that you can upload the original file should you break the theme!

All the best and good luck.
- Phillip

[cxp073]

Hey Brad

I've fiddled around with some success.

What I have in the functions file is the following:

//* Register after homepage widget area
genesis_register_sidebar( array(
'id' => 'after-homepage',
'name' => __( 'After Home Page', 'themename' ),
'description' => __( 'This is a widget area that can be placed after the home page', 'themename' ),
) );

//* Hook after homepage widget area
add_action( 'genesis_after_content', 'wpsites_after_header' );
function wpsites_after_header() {
echo'This text has been added using the genesis_after_header_hook';
}

This is, unsurprisingly, showing "This text has been added using the genesis_after_header_hook" where I want it to show on the site.

What it's not showing is the widget's that I've added in Appearance > Widgets.

I suppose this is because it is being told to echo the text; not the widget 'widgets'.

How can I do this?

Thanks for all your help!

P.S. I am able to put bits and peices together, but if I want to learn more about the php written above, and what it actually means, what sources should I use?

[Brad Dalton]

Please use the code from this link http://my.studiopress.com/tutorials/register-widget-area/

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[cxp073]

Hi Brad

I did that.

It shows the widget in appearance > widgets

What I'm trying to do is show the widget where "This text has been added using the genesis_after_header_hook" now appears...

[Brad Dalton]

Use

genesis_after_header

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[cxp073]

I'm not sure if I am not explaining this right..

The text "This text has been added using the genesis_after_header_hook" is showing it where I want it to be.

However, I don't want it to say "This text has been added using the genesis_after_header_hook".

I want it to display the widget contents (the individual widgets) that I have added to the "after homepage widget area".

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