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Footer problem -.-

by Andrey Doichev
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Right, for the past 3 hours (!) I've been trying to find out how to change from this to something more like this.

I don't need to change the background. But I would like to have a large footer. I want it to include:

Meta links
Contact us form
About us (same length as on the other websites header).

I use WordPress. How can I accomplish this? I've researched for the past few hours and tried countless plugins.

Thank you so much.
Andrew


PS: It's my very first website.
#footer #problem
  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    You cannot. Your theme has to support widgetized areas in the footer. If it has it - just drag the widgets there.

    If it doesn't - get another theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrey Doichev
    It does support footer widgets. But I don't know which to add. If you have an idea - I'll be very happy if you'd tell me.


    Also: If this can be done (I imagine) thru code, I'd be extremely thankful if you could provide it. I understand if it's not worth your time. It does seem quite complicated
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I will NOT tell you what widgets to place in your footer area... YOU will play with them: placing different widgets into the widgetized areas and check the look; try new ones etc.

    Also: if you have to ask - it is too complicated for you to code it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrey Doichev
    Thanks very much. Since I "played" with them the past 4 hours you figured that I don't need help that much.

    I see your point
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    • Profile picture of the author rhinocl
      Can you be more specific? On your widgets page:
      1) Are all the widgets you want to add showing as available?
      2) Is the footer showing as a location you can drop them in?
      3) If items one and two answers are yes, then what type of problem are you still having?
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  • Profile picture of the author BillyW
    You can edit your current theme to include those things mentioned, however in order for them to be widgets, it would be a HUGE pain to try to code. You can create links, a contact form, and anything you'd like, you just won't be able to edit except by using HTML and CSS. I've done this on one or two of my themes. If you're experience, it's not too difficult, but if this is your first website, it could be a challenge.
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  • Profile picture of the author RedShifted
    I would say fiver is your friend. Anytime I have an issue with wordpress I just go on fiver and find an experienced programmer. Then usually get the problem fixed in a couple of days. When I initially started making sites I wasted too much time on stupid stuff like this, so just find someone who can do what you want and pay them.

    Then once they're done study what they did, and you won't need to pay someone again. This is how I've learned most of what I know about web design. Dumped hundreds of dollars into fiver, would go through the code, through my site, and pretty soon I learned a lot of cool "tricks" I guess you can say.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrey Doichev
    Hey guys. Thanks for the tips! I am managing
    Right now my spending budget is next to 0 so fiverr isn't really an option as of yet. I managed to add a contact form and customere testimonials to the footer. Now I just need to add those "tos, privacy, about" links.
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    • Profile picture of the author maywebdesigns
      Originally Posted by Akial View Post

      Hey guys. Thanks for the tips! I am managing
      Right now my spending budget is next to 0 so fiverr isn't really an option as of yet. I managed to add a contact form and customere testimonials to the footer. Now I just need to add those "tos, privacy, about" links.
      Building a footer sidebar is a pretty involved process. To simplified it..

      You need to create a sidebar in functions.php.
      Create a footer-sidebar.php file to hold the sidebar.
      Inject the footer-sidebar.php file into your footer.php file.

      Make sure you don't use the WP editor. Download your files so you have a back up.
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  • Profile picture of the author laiba
    simply copy the code and change it as you want
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  • Profile picture of the author nguyenhoaitra
    Before use a theme, you shoud check what it support for your need. Your theme not support widget on footer but you can contact a PHP developer to change it for your need !
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