adding text to footer

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  ecureuilaulaboratoire · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 4:18 pm

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  Hi,

  I am planning to buy CSS editing rights for $15 and then adapt the Contempt theme to my liking for this blog (that now is only a dummy) http://ecureuilaulaboratoire.wordpress.com

  But then of course I would like to add my own text in the footer, something like “Based on the Contempt theme by k2team, adapted by Ecureuil”.

  How can I do that? Can I access the footer HTML somehow?

  Thanks!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 4:21 pm

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  It requires using pseudo CSS stuff and since Internet Explorer still does not recognize pseudo CSS that means that 40% of your site visitors will never see what you added to the footer.

  The best way to do that is to put it in a text widget at the bottom of the sidebar. That way it is visible to everyone.

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  ecureuilaulaboratoire · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 4:48 pm

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  Ok, thanks!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 4:49 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  bigdave44 · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 7:21 pm

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  I do it exactly the way you suggested, and it works in IE8 (but not earlier versions)

  BTW I use Sandbox 1.6.1

  #footer:before {
  content:" © Big Dave - 2009 ~ Blog from ";
  }
  
  #footer:after {
  content:" + Diurnal ~ styled by Big Dave";
  }

  That doesn’t mean that TSP’s suggestion isn’t better!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 5, 2009 at 8:15 pm

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  IE6 and IE7 are still over 25% of the browser share combined. IE8 is 12%, and it depends on how IE8 is set as I understand it. If you are using compatibility view then the pseudo stuff added to the footer will not show.