Title: Footer area
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Footer area

 *  Resolved [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/)
 * How do you edit the Footer area of the Editor theme? I’d like to add my own copyright
   information.

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 *  Theme Author [ArrayHQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/okaythemes/)
 * (@okaythemes)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291184)
 * Hi Tara,
 * You should be able to edit the footer by going to Appearance -> Editor and clicking
   footer.php. Here, you can change the text/link in the footer.
 *  Thread Starter [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291187)
 * Yes, but I don’t understand PHP. I can only code XHTML and CSS.
 *  [codemovement.pk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codemovementpk/)
 * (@codemovementpk)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291189)
 * Hi,
    click on **appearance **-> **editor **then open footer.php
 *  here you can edit the text/link in the footer area.
 *  <footer id=”colophon” role=”contentinfo”>
    <div class=”site-info”> <?php do_action(‘
   twentytwelve_credits’ ); ?> ” title=”<?php esc_attr_e( ‘Semantic Personal Publishing
   Platform’, ‘twentytwelve’ ); ?>”><?php printf( __( ‘Proudly powered by %s’, ‘
   twentytwelve’ ), ‘WordPress’ ); ?> </div><!– .site-info –> </footer>
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291191)
 * **[@arrayhq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arrayhq/)**, Are you planning
   on updating your theme?
 *  Theme Author [ArrayHQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/okaythemes/)
 * (@okaythemes)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291192)
 * Hi Andrew,
 * Updating the theme for what? There doesn’t seem to be any issues here.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291193)
 * If the theme updates any modifications Tara’s made to the theme’s files will 
   be erased.
 *  Theme Author [ArrayHQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/okaythemes/)
 * (@okaythemes)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291194)
 * Andrew, Yes, of course Editor will be kept up to date.
 * Tara, if you plan on updating Editor in the future, perhaps you should make these
   customizations with a child theme. A child theme allows you to make modifications
   to the theme without them being overwritten in future updates. Here is a guide
   on how to create a child theme.
 * Ultimately, it’s up to you. You can choose not to do the child theme if you don’t
   feel comfortable with the code, or if you don’t think you’ll need updates going
   forward.
 *  Thread Starter [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291195)
 * @codemovement.pk, thanks! I’m figuring it out one word at a time!
 *  Thread Starter [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291196)
 * Thanks guys, I’ll check it out. I actually ran into this problem on Friday. I
   had changed the link colours and then updated the theme—and it changed it back.
   Good thing it was such a minor edit.
 * I’ll start learning more about child themes.
 *  Thread Starter [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291381)
 * Hi again,
 * I’m trying to create a child theme. I followed the directions from: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * It’s not working. In WP dashboard > Appearance > Themes, it displays the following
   text:
 * —
    **Broken Themes** The following themes are installed but incomplete. Themes
   must have a stylesheet and a template.
 * Name: Editor Child
    Description: The parent theme is missing. Please install 
   the “Editor” parent theme. —
 * **What I did:**
    I made 2 files [styles.css and functions.php] and placed them
   in a folder called: editor-child, and placed that folder in the themes folder.
   There are no other files in this folder:
 * wp-content folder > themes folder > editor-child folder >
    functions.php _(code
   copy & pasted from the link above)_
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_parent_theme_style' );
       function enqueue_parent_theme_style() {
           wp_enqueue_style( 'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri().'/style.css' );
       }
       ```
   
 * style.css _(copied the editor’s style sheet and replaced the top code with the
   following:_
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: Editor Child
       Theme URI: https://array.is/themes/editor-wordpress-theme/
       Author: Array
       Author URI: https://array.is/themes/editor-wordpress-theme/
       Template: Editor
       Version: 1.0.8
       Tags: light, white, gray, two-columns, left-sidebar, responsive-layout, custom-colors, editor-style, featured-images, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, photoblogging
       Text Domain: editor-child
       */
   
       /* =Theme customization starts here
       --------------------------------------------------------------- */
       ```
   
 * Any ideas of what I did wrong? Is the PHP suppose to be custom and not just copied&
   pasted?
 *  Thread Starter [taraoreilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taraoreilly/)
 * (@taraoreilly)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/footer-area/#post-5291382)
 * I figured it out!
 * A character ‘E’ should have been lowercase ‘e’ in ‘Template: Editor’
 * And it seems you have to place ALL the files from the parent theme folder into
   the child theme folder.

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