ok i’ll give it a try… meantime the amended footer has now magically appeared on the blog page too… no idea why suddenly it works. Also dealing with a separate problem. The Google news widget I installed does not appear to be updating. Ah the joys of starting something new. Thanks again for the help. Will holler if I need further assistance
Won’t I still have to re-enter the changes (only now via the childtheme) every time WP updates?
Yes, I edited the footer.php file. I did not create a childtheme