Removing Footer .. must be simple!

[Mazen Zogbi]

Hello, I'm trying to remove the default footer and adding a custom one. Following is the code I'm using in functions.php:

/* Customize the entire footer */
remove_action('genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer');

function custom_footer() {
?>
<p>&copy; Copyright 2011-2012 Salesiology is a Trademark of KnowTis Consulting Inc.</p>
<?php
}
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'custom_footer' );

However, the site is still showing two footers! http://salesiology.com

Thanks for your help

Maz

 

[Susan]

Try removing this part of your code:

add_action( ‘genesis_footer’, ‘custom_footer’ );

http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/footer/

[Mazen Zogbi]

Thanks Susan.

I want to keep the custom footer though. What I want to remove is the default one.

Any pointers?

Thank you!

[Davinder Singh Kainth]

You can customize entire footer using last code on this http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/footer/ page.

If you do not want to play around with manual code, then you can make changes in footer using this plugin: http://www.studiopress.com/plugins/simple-edits

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[robgolbeck]

I'm having the same problem. I've pasted the snippet into functions.php for customizing the entire footer from here http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/footer/ but it's still showing the default footer. Also tried Susan's suggestion to remove add_action( ‘genesis_footer’, ‘custom_footer’ ); but that didn't work either.

All I want to do is remove the "return to top" link and have a simple copyright statement centered at the bottom of the page... I'll try the Simple Edits plugin if necessary, but that seems like overkill for a relatively small change. I'd rather just use functions.php.

Thanks!

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[Charlie]

You can remove the default footer with this code:

remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );

[robgolbeck]

That doesn't work....

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[robgolbeck]

I found a solution in this tutorial by Bill Erickson:

Add this to the top of your child theme's functions.php file:

add_action('genesis_setup','child_theme_setup', 15);
function child_theme_setup() {

}

(As explained in the tutorial: "This setup function attaches all of the site-wide functions to the correct actions and filters. All the functions themselves are defined below this setup function.")

Then within the setup function, add this to remove the default footer:

remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );

and this to add your custom footer:

add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'hc_footer' );

(Note, I've prefixed my footer function with "hc_", but you'll want to use whatever makes sense for your own custom footer).

Next, add your custom footer function below the setup function, like this:

function hc_footer() {
// your custom footer stuff
}

So your functions.php file would now look something like this:


// Child Theme Setup
add_action('genesis_setup','child_theme_setup', 15);
function child_theme_setup() {
remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' );
add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'hc_footer' );
}

// Custom Footer
function hc_footer() {
// Footer stuff goes here
}


The tutorial is worth checking out for a more detailed explanation on this solution (and other ways create customize Genesis) - artofblog.com/building-a-genesis-child-theme/. It really helped me wrap my head around Genesis a little better. 🙂

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