Add copyright info to footer – Dicot Theme

bethmelville · Member · Oct 3, 2016 at 8:24 pm
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Hello, I’m setting up a blog with the Dicot theme and want to add a copyright info footer above the “Blog at WordPress.com”. Can you show me how? I’m totally new to CSS. I’ve tried a few things in the CSS customizer but cant figure it out! I’d like to say this:

First line: ‘c’ Copyright 2017 Jennifer Melville
Second line: For licensing and usage questions please email us at:
Third line: (email visible only to moderators and staff)
Then a space between this info and the “Blog at WordPress.com”

Also, is there a way to have the year update automatically?

Thanks so much!
Jennifer

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thesacredpath · Member · Oct 4, 2016 at 2:17 am
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We generally can’t add multiple lines of text with CSS, only single lines. I’ve used a little trickery in the following to get two lines and added a Media Query to adjust the spacing on smaller screens (phone size). Go to Customize > CSS, delete all the informational text in that window, and paste in the following custom CSS, save and visit your site. Make sure and visit on a tablet and phone to make sure nothing goes awry. In my testing, all looks good.
```
.credits:before {
	content: "© Copyright 2017 Jennifer Melville";
	display: block;
	padding-bottom: 35px;
}
.credits:after {
	content: "For licensing and usage questions please email us at: (email visible only to moderators and staff)";
	position: relative;
	top: -55px;
	display: block;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 461px) {
	.credits:before {
		padding-bottom: 50px;
	}
	.credits:after {
		top: -70px
	}
}
```
bethmelville · Member · Oct 4, 2016 at 3:51 pm
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THANK YOU! That’s perfect. And the narrow screen phone view looks great with the email address showing up as a third line. I SO appreciate your help!

One last thing, is there a way to have the year update automatically or is that something I have to edit manually every year?
thesacredpath · Member · Oct 4, 2016 at 10:17 pm
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Awesome!

One last thing, is there a way to have the year update automatically or is that something I have to edit manually every year?

No there is not. In general, you do not have to include a date with Copyright anymore. You can just have the © Copyright with no date and it is automatically assumed to cover all your content from oldest to newest.
bethmelville · Member · Oct 4, 2016 at 10:51 pm
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Oh … thank you once again. You’ve successfully engineered my happiness!
thesacredpath · Member · Oct 5, 2016 at 8:57 am
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You are welcome.

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