Edit Blog Footer – Expound Theme (Premium Plan)

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  mikeyjr1 · Member · Jan 6, 2016 at 4:42 pm

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  Hello.

  How can I edit the footer on my blog? I would like to change it to read “Proudly powered by WordPress” vs. what currently appears in the footer and also add copyright, etc.

  Since setting up the blog, I have done several CSS entries based upon information obtained from the forum and Google searches. However, I’ve been unsuccessful in locating CSS code to make this change.

  Help would be greatly appreciated!

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

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 7, 2016 at 10:54 pm

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  Hi @mikeyjr1, you are not allowed to hide or edit the WordPress.com and theme footer credits per our Terms of Service (#11). Even the VIP sites here at WordPress.com (CNN, Time, etc.) are required to keep the footer credits. See the Frequently Asked Questions on the Custom Design support page for more information.

  You are allowed to restyle the footer credits to better fit with your design as long as they remain readable.

  To add a copyright, add the following CSS and then you can edit the My Copyright text between the quote marks. I’ve also included a number of styling declarations to make your copyright stand out from the existing footer credits. You can edit those as desired. If you wish to change the color of your copyright, simply add a color declaration with your chosen color.

  .site-info:before {
      content: "My Copyright";
      color: #000;
      font-size: 120%;
      font-weight: bold;
      letter-spacing: 1px;
      padding-bottom: 10px;
  }

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  mikeyjr1 · Member · Jan 16, 2016 at 2:57 pm

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  Thank you very much!

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  mikeyjr1 · Member · Jan 16, 2016 at 8:41 pm

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  Hi thesacredpath,

  Between you, the forums, and Google I’ve been able to make progress with CSS e.g. modify my blog design. However, despite all attempts I’ve been unable to come up with a fix for the following:

  MY CURRENT DESIGN: When viewing the blog the navigation bar displays “Purpose”, “About” and “Disclaimer”. (The 3 pages are static.) Directly below the navigation bar a “partial post” is displayed which is the objective when readers visit the blog. It then redirects them to the “full post” by clicking on “Continue reading —->” per the themes design.

  QUESTION: What’s the correct way to set up the menu in order to add a button entitled “Commentary” to the left of the button entitled “Purpose”?

  The “Commentary” page would then become the “Home” page that readers visit which displays the “partial post” and redirects them to the “full post”.

  Also, I’d like to ensure that the widgets are not displayed on the “Commentary” page but rather only on the redirected page that contains the “full post”. Currently Customizing CCS Line 42 .home #secondary {display: none;} accomplishes this.

  QUESTION: How do I find the default base font for the Expound theme? I’ve used my browsers “inspect element” tool but admittedly I’m a bit confused.

  QUESTION: How do I change the font family, font size, etc. of the “Widgets title and body” including the “Calendar Widget”?

  Again….help would be greatly appreciated!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jan 19, 2016 at 12:16 am

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  QUESTION: What’s the correct way to set up the menu in order to add a button entitled “Commentary” to the left of the button entitled “Purpose”?

  You can use a Custom Menu and add whatever you want and order them as you wish. You can even create submenus if you need to. You can add that menu item and then set the label to whatever you would like.

  QUESTION: How do I find the default base font for the Expound theme? I’ve used my browsers “inspect element” tool but admittedly I’m a bit confused.

  I didn’t go through the original CSS completely, but it appears as if Expound is a single-font theme and that font is set in the “body” rule in the CSS. Specifically here:

  body {
      background: #333 none repeat scroll 0 0;
      font: 300 13px/20px "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
  }

  They have used the “font” declaration and included the weight, font-size and line-height (shown in that order). You can, if you wish, adjust font family by adding a body rule to your CSS with a font-family declaration and then use separate declarations for the other settings you wish to make.