Adding Social Media on Footer

[Scooter Dale]

Bill,

I’m having a problem taking “Comment Closed” off the posts. I removed the text from the comments.php but it is still appearing.

I just had a meeting with a Google rep here in Seattle about how to utilize Google+ for the nonprofit. It can also be a great tool for developers via the hangout to show clients a live screenshot of your work. That said I’d like to add a Google+ icon to the social media links in the footer, what options do I have?

Still getting error with mailchimp widget for newsletter signup. I only have one ID “1” and that is what I’ve entered. Not sure what is happening here.

Thanks,
Scooter

[Bill Robbins]

Social media can be a great tool to help you communicate. You can add a Google+ icon to the footer, but I don’t have an icon from that set that’s used in the theme. You’re welcome to use one of Google’s or there are many out there on sites like Icon Fever that you can use. The current icons are 32 by 32 pixels to help you size the new one.

Here’s how to add the icon and link:

1) Select the icon you’d like to use and go the media section of your WordPress control panel and select add new.
2) Upload the icon. When the upload is finished, WordPress will give you a URL to that icon. Copy it.
3) Next go to the Appearance section of your WordPress control panel and select edit to open up the theme editor. From the list of files on your right, choose footer.php. Look for this spot:

<a href=”<?php bloginfo(‘rss_url’); ?>”><img src=”/images/rss.png” alt=”” /></a>

and paste this right above it:

4) In the code right above, there are two things you’ll need to change. First replace the http://plus.google.com with the full URL to your Google Plus page. Next replace the http://www.yoursite.com/image.png with the URL to your icon you copied earlier.
5) Save your changes.

That should add a icon with link to Google Plus to your site.

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For the MailChimp, the list ID looks like it might not be the right one. When you log into your MailChimp account, click on lists. You should now see a page with all your mailing lists on it. For the list you’d like to use, click on “Settings” and choose “List Settings and Unique ID.” Scroll down to the very bottom until you see a box. The list ID should be there. One of my ID’s a ten diget combination of letters and numbers. I can’t say they are all that long (or short), but I suspect they are close to that.

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For comments, removing this line from comments.php should take out the closed notification:

<p class=”nocomments”><?php _e( ‘Comments are closed.’, ‘organizedthemes’ ); ?></p>

If you don’t need comments anywhere, you can always remove this line from single.php:

<?php comments_template(); ?>

If you have any trouble, let me know.

Enjoy your weekend

[Scooter Dale]

You rock Bill with your quick support.

All of your suggestions work well. The comments I had removed from the comment.php and it was still showing, once I removed from single.php all works great.

Thanks,
Scooter

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