Hello there,
The safe way of editing the footer.php file is use a child theme. We have a premade one for Sydney, which can be downloaded from this link. Duplicate the main theme’s footer.php file to the child theme folder.
Now you can move the footer.site-footer block to the line below </div><!-- #page -->
Your final child theme’s footer.php would look like this:
<?php
/**
* The template for displaying the footer.
*
* Contains the closing of the #content div and all content after
*
* @package Sydney
*/
?>
</div>
</div>
</div><!-- #content -->
<?php do_action('sydney_before_footer'); ?>
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'footer-1' ) ) : ?>
<?php get_sidebar('footer'); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<a class="go-top"><i class="fa fa-angle-up"></i></a>
<?php do_action('sydney_after_footer'); ?>
</div><!-- #page -->
<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
<div class="site-info container">
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/', 'sydney' ) ); ?>"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s', 'sydney' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
<span class="sep"> | </span>
<?php printf( __( 'Theme: %2$s by %1$s.', 'sydney' ), 'aThemes', '<a href="https://athemes.com/theme/sydney" rel="designer">Sydney</a>' ); ?>
</div><!-- .site-info -->
</footer><!-- #colophon -->
<?php wp_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>
Afterwards, install and activate it.
Once activated, customizer’s settings might not be loaded. To sync it, switch back to main theme. Install and activate the Customizer Export/Import plugin. Visit Appearance > Customize; and export the settings. Activate child theme and import the settings file.
Regards,
Kharis
You’re welcome!
Please let us know in a new topic if you have any further questions, or if we can provide you with any other assistance.
Regards,
Kharis
