Can't edit footer in Twenty-eleven theme

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  druekberg · Member · Aug 17, 2014 at 6:59 pm

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  Why can’t I edit the footers in Twenty-eleven (hosted by WordPress.com)?

  On the Widgets editor page there are three main options: Main Sidebar, Showcase Sidebar, and three Footers. When I open each footer it says “An optional widget area for your site footer,” but I can’t edit it. Clicking in it does nothing except open and close the widget notice.

  I changed the Infinite Scroll setting in “Settings|Reading”: it was checked and I unchecked it, but it did not help.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2014 at 7:01 pm

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  Removing footer credit links creates the false impression that you crated the theme and that you host your own blog, when that’s clearly not the case at all.

  Changing the footer text is not allowed, as it’s a Terms of Service violation but it’s possible to add your own text to the footer area using CSS if you have purchased the Custom Design upgrade.
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

  See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable custom design upgrade and doing the required CSS editing:
  Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  After your purchase you can use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.

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  druekberg · Member · Aug 17, 2014 at 7:34 pm

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  I’m not trying to remove the credit footer links. As you can see on the site, they are still there.

  I only want to add info to the footer, such as our contact info etc.

  We can’t afford the custom upgrade. We barely operate in the black.

  It’s curious that the theme offers 3 footer options when none of them works in the theme.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2014 at 7:40 pm

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  Widgets have “visibility” settings so we can select which pages they display on. See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility The theme has multiple layout options so please keep that in mind. Depending on the layout you choose to use the footer area for widgets in the Twenty Eleven theme is functional. Here is the detailed theme description page link http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/ Here’s a link to a useful detailed guide for the Twenty Eleven theme.