Hi all I'm currently struggling through my first Wordpress web design. Does anyone have any code (presumably for both footer.php and style.css files?) that they wouldn't mind sharing for adding footer navigation? It doesn't have to be anything fancy - just a row of page titles which, when clicked on, take you to appropriate pages. Drop down menus would probably be better but not essential. This is something I can do really easily in Expression but in Wordpress it's not so intuitive. Many thanks to anyone who can help.
While I don't have the exact code ATM, a quick Google search for "custom menu widget" for Wordpress 3 should give you the code you require. Basically, you'll have to add a couple lines of code to your theme's functions.php and also the footer.php. Then, from the admin panel, under "Appearance" you should see "menus". Create a new one, with the required pages. Then go to "Widgets", and drag the custom menu widget to the new "footer widget" placeholder. Select the new menu you just created and you're done.
Hello jj1, how are you? I'll tell you how to add 3 columns in your wordpress theme footer. First you have to register the sidebars in your wordpress theme. Open function.php (wordpress admin>appearance>editor>function.php) Search for the line: below this line you will find another line somewhat like this (depending on the number of sidebars you have): or If you have one sidebar in your theme and you want 3 more sidebars (which are to be placed in the footer) than you have to replace that line with this one: THis will register 4 sidebars. Now open footer.php (wordpress admin>appearance>editor>footer.php) place this code just above the footer division Now open your css file and add this customize the css as your theme requirements. Now go to your widgets (appearance>widgets) you will see 3 footer widgtized areas. Now place here what you like. Enjoy Take a look at my blog's footer. Visit chasingeyes[dot]com
Many thanks both. I've just spent the morning scanning the internet and experimenting and have finally managed to get footer navigation displayed horizontally just witht he simple code in footer.php and the following in style.css Works fine except long menu items can split over two lines - it's a variable list so can't put a hard-coded break in. Does anyone know how to keep menu items from splitting over two lines when the list of pages in the menu can change?