How to display a footer in AlexKing Dots template?

  • I am using AlexKing’s Dots 3 column template (https://www.alexking.org/software/wordpress/styles/sample.php?wpstyle=dots) and I not able to get the footer displayed… I do not know what goes wrong here. If you view the source code from the page then the footer is there, it however does not come to the page:
    <p class="credit"><!--17 queries.--> 0.618 || <cite>Powered by WordPress</cite>
    </body>
    </html>
    I have been trying to tweak the wp-layout.css (colors) but that did not help… Is there anybody who has managed to get the footer in Alex’s Dots template?

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  • Yes I am absolutely sure I have read absolutely everything….including the plugs for Trident, which I don’t happen to like.
    So to reiterate, can anyone tell me how to add a gif file, as a footer, to the dots template….or whether this is, in fact, not possible?

    You can’t . Sorry. Not without very considerable editing of both the index file and the CSS. If you do not feel like taking it on there are a number of perpared 3 column templates available. If you do not happen to like any of them they are aesy to change but at least they are built for the job in terms of functionality. The default WP index file does not contain the presentational mark up to do the job.
    That is not a criticism. Out of the box it it is not designed for 3 columns. If you do not like anything you could always write your own ??

    @newbie – no, you don’t read (carefully). The link I put above says:

    don’t try adding footers to ‘dots’, it is not structured for this

    Anonymous

    OK, so a few people have said it is not possible to have a footer for dots, even though inside the index.php page there is the footer.
    there must be a way to have a footer?
    Anyone know of how to do this?
    thanks!
    Anon

    Root

    (@root)

    Well in the default WP index file the credits are in a paragraph. And they fall outside the rap. 1.3 has a file called footer but no extra divs at all compared to 1.2. Furthermore to move to even two columns in a blog – never mind three – requires a switch to float positioning. That itself requires two clearer divs in a 3 col blog. Every single one of us has the same choice which is go as far as we can in the CSS only or to add what we need into index. You have had some pretty good advice here. If you get it fixed your way do let the WordPress community know what you did. Good luck. ??

    Root

    (@root)

    You can add a background graphic to p.credits. But it may look very odd.

    Anonymous

    what about framing it? and then putting the footer at the bottom?
    Anon

    Anon – honestly, given the work involved, then getting the pages to work correctly, then getting it to display correctly cross-browser ….. not worth the huge amount of work.
    Dots is a faux 3 column layout, written with the absolute condition that index.php was not to be altered.
    WP has moved on a long way since then.
    Go get Trident.
    https://www.atthe404.com/trident/

    Anonymous

    The links to Trident aren’t working for me. Anyone have an alternate link?

    https://pinksocks.co.uk/trident.zip
    ??

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