Customizing Footer

You might try something like this instead:

<?php
if ( get_theme_mod( 'copyright_textbox' ) ) :
    echo get_theme_mod( 'copyright_textbox' );
else :
    ...default WordPress footer...
endif;
?>

Also, in the future, be sure to enclose all code within backticks (`) so it displays correctly.

Thanks for your reply. I’m just starting to learn php so the I’m having a hard time with the syntax.

When I do this I get an syntax error after the the word else :

if ( get_theme_mod( ‘copyright_textbox’ ) ) :
echo get_theme_mod( ‘copyright_textbox’ );
else :
<div class=”site-info”>
“><?php printf( __( ‘Proudly powered by %s’, ‘AC’ ), ‘WordPress’ ); ?>
<span class=”sep”> | </span>
<?php printf( __( ‘Theme: %1$s by %2$s.’, ‘AC’ ), ‘Artistic Collaboration’, ‘Underscores.me‘ ); ?>
</div><!– .site-info –>
endif;

?>

You need to close off the PHP tags before you can put HTML tags or you’ll get syntax errors. Try this:

<?php if ( get_theme_mod( 'copyright_textbox' ) ) : ?>
    <div class="site-info">
        <?php echo get_theme_mod( 'copyright_textbox' ); ?>
    </div><!-- .site-info -->
<?php else : ?>
    <div class="site-info">
       ... default WordPress footer...
    </div><!-- .site-info -->
<?php endif; ?>

HI,

If anyone is interested I got it to work like this:

<footer id=”colophon” class=”site-footer” role=”contentinfo”>

<div class=”site-info”>

<?php
if ( get_theme_mod( ‘copyright_textbox’ ) ) :
echo get_theme_mod( ‘copyright_textbox’ );
else :
echo ‘Proudly powered by ‘;
echo ‘WordPress ‘;
echo ‘Theme: THE THEME NAME by ‘;
echo ‘Underscores.me. ‘;

endif;
?>
</footer><!– #colophon –>

The only thing is, I’m working on my theme locally right now and when I try clicking on the link it doesn’t automatically take me to the site… is this because I’m working on the site locally??

Thank-you,
Dewi

Issued closed. Your code work. Thanks! Just learnt a lot!