Add New Footer Layout (Child Theme)

[SmallDogCreative]

Greetings!

I need to add a new footer layout to Cardinal. First, I:

1. Copied cardinal/swift-framework/sf-footer.php to cardinal-child.
2. Added new codeblock to cardinal-child/sf-footer.php:

<?php } else if ( $footer_config == "footer-9" ) { ?>

<div class="col-sm-6">
	<?php if ( function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) ) { ?>
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'footer-column-1' ); ?>
	<?php } ?>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">
	<?php if ( function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) ) { ?>
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Footer Column 2' ); ?>
	<?php } ?>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">
	<?php if ( function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) ) { ?>
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Footer Column 3' ); ?>
	<?php } ?>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-2">
	<?php if ( function_exists( 'dynamic_sidebar' ) ) { ?>
		<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'Footer Column 4' ); ?>
	<?php } ?>
</div>

What else must I modify in order to select it in Cardinal backend? I couldn’t find reference to footer functions in sf-functions.php.

Thanks!

[Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Can you explain what are you trying to achieve? More columns in the footer?

-Rui

[SmallDogCreative]

Hey Rui,

Yes, I wanted to create a new footer layout as shown here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vgm2fpg8gfa3w20/Screenshot%202015-02-03%2016.20.19.png?dl=0

which is col-sm-6, col-sm-2, col-sm-2, col-sm-2

Now, I have created this by modifying the core sf-footer.php file (changing footer-2), which we prefer NOT to do for upgrade compatibility reasons.

Therefore, I want to accomplish two things so that I can create additional layouts and select them at will:

1) Modify the core files in the child-theme only, if possible

2) Add new layout(s) (footer-9, footer-10, footer-11, etc) and have them available for selection in the Cardinal Theme Footer Options tab.

So, I guess I need to know what other core files must be changed to accommodate my request.

Thanks!

Steve

[Kyle – SUPPORT]

Unfortunately you can only override functions in a child them that start with a conditional

You cannot override the files themselves.

To activate your footer, you will need to add to the options by editing sf-options.php

– Kyle