Footer widgets

[Susan Gaddis]

Hi,

I really like your theme but have a question about the footer. Is there a way to have footer widgets? I don’t see any in the widget area, and the footer section in the Theme Options area can’t really do what I’d like to do.

Can I do something in the CSS or php?

Thanks.

[Bill Robbins]

Good Morning Susan,

Excellent question. Adding footer widgets was an item already on my to-do list for this theme, so I went on and coded it out this morning. I just published an update to the theme that will add footer widgets for you and for anyone else who would like to use them too.

The update should appear in your dashboard soon. If you have any questions, just let me know.

Have a great day,
Bill

[Susan Gaddis]

Good morning Bill,

Great. Thank you so much. I’ll let you know how it goes.

[Susan Gaddis]

Hi Bill,

Just a couple questions about the footer:

1. Is there a way to add a fourth widget on the same row? I’d rather not have it wrap. I changed the width of “#footer-sidebar .widget” in the CSS but it still wrapped, even though there was plenty of room for a fourth widget. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong.

2. When I add a text widget to the footer, the text does not separate into paragraphs, whether I check the Automatically Add Paragraph checkbox or use html. It does work correctly in other widget areas, just not in the footer. Any ideas?

Thanks again for your help.

[Bill Robbins]

Hello Susan,

We can make those line up four across instead of three. Here’s how to change that:

1. Go to your theme options page and choose the Advanced tab.
2. Scroll down to the Custom CSS box and add this:

   
   #footer-sidebar .widget,
   #footer-sidebar .widget:nth-child(3n + 1),
   #footer-sidebar .widget:nth-child(3n + 3) {
   	width: 220px;
   	margin-left: 10px;
   	margin-right: 10px;
   	clear: none;
   }
   
   #footer-sidebar p {
   	margin-bottom: 25px;
   }
   

3. Update your settings.

That also will add in a margin to the bottom of paragraphs in the footer widgets for you too.

Take care,
Bill

[Susan Gaddis]

Hi Bill,

Perfect. You’re awesome. Thanks again.

[Bill Robbins]

Thank you Susan 🙂

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