Twenty Twelve footer area

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    janiceheller · Member ·

    Hi, I’m working in Twenty Twelve.
    In what is normally the footer area is only the Powered by WP message. I’d like to add to that area two other short, linked messages. (See the site I need help with to understand what I’m trying to do – thanks. One message gives credit to the site builder, the other give credit to the source of the logo image.) I want both of these messages linked. Through the WP forums I’ve been able to at least get the CSS to add the wording alongside Powered by WordPress.com.
    What I’d like ideally is:
    – the two short messages linked
    – positioned on either side of Powered by WordPress.com.
    – with better spacing between the three phrases
    – all three messages well centered
    Am I asking for pie in the sky?!?!
    Thanks, Mary

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

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    You can’t actually add linked HTML to the footer credits using CSS. CSS is a styling document used by browsers to style and position the elements of a web page and cannot be used to add functionality, such as HTML links.

    We can add non-linked text to the footer using pseudo “after” or “before” CSS classes, but that is all.

    If you switch to a theme that has a footer widget area, you could add the HTML links in Text Widgets to that footer widget area. For more on using text widgets, see the following links.
    Text Widget
    Text Widget Links
    Linking Images

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    janiceheller · Member ·

    Hi,

    Thanks so much for your reply.

    I’m bummed that I can’t include linked text in the footer area.
    I guess I’ll have to add the text via widget in the sidebar, though that’s not really where it belongs.

    This is the first time I’ve come across a WP theme w/o a footer that’s accessible. It never occurred to me that a footer area wouldn’t exist. Even when I read about the theme options of 2012, I interpreted them to include a footer area even when there’s a sidebar in use. I guess I was seeing what I believe to simply exist!

    Thanks for the links re text widgets and linked images. I’m familiar with it all. I’ve been using WP for eight years.

    Is there a way to get a WP person to add the linked text to the footer area where “Powered by WordPress.com.” is?

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    janiceheller · Member ·

    PS FYI I’m Mary McAvoy (see sublimedays.com, TheRipestPics.com or syntaxandstyle.com – my own WP sites). I work with clients on their own sites. I’m writing through the admin area of the site janicehellercareercoach.com but I’m not janiceheller! I mention this so you can see how far back my experience w WP is.

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    thesacredpath · Member ·

    Due to the way things are set up here at WordPress.com, we cannot modify the theme php script/html files to add something to the footer, such as a link. This is a multi-user environment, which means we all share the same WordPress core and theme files, so any change would mean a change to everyone’s site.

    Theme files can be modified on self-hosted WordPress site using the software from WordPress.org, so what you may have seen could be aimed at self-hosted installations.

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