Bottom Widget

[Marti Shaw]

Widget across the bottom of every page – how can it be done?

[Bill Robbins]

You can do that. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section and select Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose home.php and delete this:

   
   <aside class="home-widgets clearfix">
   	<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-home' ); ?>
   	<div class="clear"></div>
   </aside>
   

3. Save your changes.
4. Next edit footer.php and look for this line:

   
   <footer class="clearfix">
   

5. Right above that paste this:

6. Save your changes.

That will add the home sidebar widgets to the footer and make them visible on every page/post.

If you have any trouble or questions, let me know.

Thanks,
Bill

[Marti Shaw]

My home page has 3 widgets across, which announce upcoming events. I want a small widget with contact info to go all across the bottom of the home page plus other pages. Now that I’ve done what you suggested, every widget on my front page is shown on all other pages, and the one I wanted to go all across the page takes up just 1/3 of the bottom line.

[Bill Robbins]

We can set that widget to span the full width. Can you send me a link to where you’re working with it so I can send exact instructions?

Bill

[Bill Robbins]

Thank you for sending over the link to your site. Here’s how to make the change:

1. Go to the Theme Options page and choose the Styling tab.
2. At the top, choose “yes” to include custom styling.
3. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and paste this:

   
   .home-widgets .widget_text {
   	width: 95%;
   }
   

4. Update your settings.

That will make all of the text widgets in that sidebar to span the full width. If you only want to make that specific text widget span the full with, then use this snippet instead of the one above:

.home-widgets #text-16 {
	width: 95%;
}

If you have any questions or trouble, let me know,
Bill

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