I'd like to know how to add my own personal footer categories and links?

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    ianeire · Member ·

    I have Archives as Footer 1.
    So now I’d like to add a Footer 2 and 3 but I want to personalise them by adding widgets and links like I have done in the sidebar area.How can I do this?
    thank you
    Ian

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  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi @ianeire, head to My Sites > Customize > Widgets. You can expand the other widget areas and add the items you’d like.

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    ianeire · Member ·

    Thanks Supernova,
    I’ve got there but I don’t want to use those widgets provided by wordpress…I’d like to make my own…do you know how to do this?

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    @ianeire you can use a text widget to add HTML. Here is the code that’s supported:

    Add Code to Your Site

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    ianeire · Member ·

    Hi Supernova,
    So I got the footer 2 and 3 widgets up thank you with text widget
    -So I entered the ‘Title’ then do I just enter the ‘content’ as a copy and paste of website address I want to use?
    I tried this and it posted it, but it wasn’t a html link,just a web address.
    What do i need to do to make it a blue link like on the sidebar?

    Thanks

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    @ianeire if you paste just a link, that’s what the widget will show.

    What are you hoping to show in the widget? You could add an image with a link to the website if you’d like.

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    ianeire · Member ·

    Supernova,
    I’m hoping to show a blue link to a website just like the ones I’ve done on the sidebar…So when someone clicks on it they go straight to that website,just like i did with the sidebar ones.
    Thanks

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Okay. The text widget uses HTML, but I’ll teach you a trick for generating it:

    – Go to wordpress.com/post . You won’t actually have to publish anything.
    – Use the visual editor to create what you want to see in your widget
    – Click “HTML”
    – Copy and paste the code you see into your text widget

    Want to give that a go?

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    ianeire · Member ·

    I’ve tried this…..It’s just pastes the link but the link isn’t highlighted?!
    eg: In my Archives section there’s month and year like say October 2016-that’s a link so when you click it it goes to that post.This is what i’m trying to get….I’ve managed it on the side bar so i’m surprised i can’t do it for the footer…And i’ve seen other blogs using the same theme as mine and they have the links and the footer.
    There must be a way of doing it because I’ve seen it with other blogs.
    thanks

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Okay, once you have made the post, copied the HTML into a text widget, and saved it, let us know so I can look at it to see what’s happening.

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    ianeire · Member ·

    Alright thanks….I’ve done this and now you’ll see a website called http://www.bikepacking.com address under Cycletouring Resources.
    This isn’t blue and isn’t highlighted like what I’ve done on the the sidebar.

    Thanks

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    OK I see that. Be sure you’re clicking on the HTML tab in the post, and copying the HTML code. If you copy the visual text only, it won’t work.

    Also, you don’t need to make another post to do this. Just go to https://wordpress.com/posts and you’ll see your draft there. Click edit, click HTML, and copy that code over to your widget.

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    ianeire · Member ·

    supernova,
    Thanks for your help…so I’ve gone through this process and it’s still not coming out as a highlighted link.When you say HTML gives a code,the only thing that comes up for me is the same name of the web address link i’m try to create…Is this normally what the code looks like?

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Nope, it should look like this:

    <a href="https://something.com/url_goes_here">Link Text Goes Here</a>

    or

    <a href="https://something.com/url_goes_here">https://something.com/url_goes_here</a>

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    ianeire · Member ·

    Ah I see….no I’ve have’nt got this yet….
    So,if i want such a website link in the footer I copy and paste the address into the visual section and click HTML which should then give me the code for this address, correct?
    That’s what I’ve tried and it gives me the same website address…but no code as you have it.??

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    I did a little test; if you write just a link like this:
    https://wordpress.com

    the HTML editor will not display this:

    <a href="https://wordpress.com">https://wordpress.com></a>

    It will only show the link without the markup. So you will need to go ahead and write the HTML yourself (using the syntax above) or if you’ll send a link to the site, I’ll create the link code for you.

  • supernovia · Staff ·

    The other thing you could do, actually, is add a “blogroll” widget. Want to give that a go?

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    ianeire · Member ·

    so lets say i want a certain web link for example: http://www.bikepacking.com, but i want to title it as a link like ‘Bikepacking’ so people will click on it and get taken to that website, what you’re saying is that I can either write the HTML like this:“https://bikpacking.com>

    or do a blogroll like i did on the side bar but can title it something other than blogroll; this sounds a bit easier.

    yes please, i’d like to try it.
    where do i start?

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    ianeire · Member ·

    so my code for http://www.bikepacking.com would be :
    //”https.bikepack.com>

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    ianeire · Member ·

    sorry i tried writing the code but it would show up.
    https://wordpress.com&gt;

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