How to add a footer to Penscratch Theme

hendek1 · Member · Jul 11, 2015 at 11:44 am
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I would like to add a footer to the Penscratch them. How can I go about doing this?

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timethief · Member · Jul 11, 2015 at 10:02 pm
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Please compose exactly what you want to display in the footer ion a text widget. Then post again for help with positioning the widget so the text in it displays in the footer.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/links/text-widget-links/

Note that the footer credit links cannot be removed ans suppressing the display is a Terms of Service violation. See here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions and scroll down to May I remove the Admin Bar, credit links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com’, theme, font, or toolbar links?
ehtis · Staff · Jul 12, 2015 at 1:24 am
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@hendek1,

Give this a try, it will add footer text in a new line:
```
.site-info:after{
	display: block;
	content: "My footer text here."
}
```
@timethief is correct in saying that existing footer credit links can’t be removed, but additions can be made to the footer area like a copyright notice etc.
ehtis · Staff · Jul 12, 2015 at 1:26 am
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I forgot a semicolon, so here it is again:
```
.site-info:after{
	display: block;
	content: "My footer text here.";
}
```
hendek1 · Member · Jul 12, 2015 at 1:42 pm
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Where do I put copy and put the information you have put above? Do I do this on my home page html tab?

I understand that I cannot delete any of the current information. I simply would like to add to it.
ehtis · Staff · Jul 12, 2015 at 7:54 pm
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Do you have the Premium or Business upgrade? It includes CSS Customization, only then you can use the code above.

If you do have it, go to Dashboard > Customize > CSS. and copy/paste the code there, it will show a preview as well.
thesacredpath · Member · Jul 13, 2015 at 6:44 am
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@hendek1, I see you have the Premium Plan upgrade. do as @ehtis says and go to Appearance > Customize > CSS, delete all the informational text in that window, and paste in the custom CSS he gave you.
hendek1 · Member · Jul 17, 2015 at 8:56 am
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Wonderful. Thank you both. I have figured the text part out. But, is there a way to add a widget to the footer, like the email sign up?
ehtis · Staff · Jul 17, 2015 at 1:38 pm
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It is theme-dependent, some do have the option to add footer area widgets.

You can find it out by going to Customize > Widgets and if it lists footer, you can add the widgets there. Apparently no support in Penscratch.

A tricky and hack-y way would be to move a sidebar widget to the footer area using CSS.

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