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That looks like what I mocked up!

If I do this should I still use the drag-and-drop widgets in the dashboard for the first 3, and hardcode the fourth? Or hardcode all four?

My thoughts are going faster than my typing. I meant to say, if I needed an additional column in the footer, I know how to do that. I also know (sort of) how to modify my style.css.

I guess I just wasn’t sure what the footer.php is for, other than for the closing html tags.

I guess I don’t understand when to make changes to the hook or to the general functions file.

I want to restyle the footer area (colors, background, etc.), add the 3 widgets I am allotted to include a contact form, tag cloud, and something else. If I had a widget column, I know how to do that. Also, a copyright…I may need another div in there also.

Thank you!

Also, all of my pages are missing from my dashboard. I cannot figure out how to get them back. (I did save copies.)

Thanks for everyone’s help. The main problem is that I am getting confused between 2010’s “featured image”, which is really their new word for “thumbnail.” I know the difference, but I’m getting confused anyway as I try to think this through.

In any event, I am going to abandon this programming thought and post a new request for help, as I’ve found another way to accomplish what I want to.

It’s just not there. The only code I found like it is in the header.php file.

I am running this locally, for now.

I have checked page & single…could have missed it, though.

I tried putting it in the loop template but that didn’t work. Perhaps I didn’t write the code properly.

I know html and some CSS, but php may as well be another language. And yes, I read the codex pages for loops and images.

So is there any way for me to call a variable in the css file so that I can set the variable for each post as a background?

Even with this preceding it?: <?php header(“Content-type: text/css”); ?>`

How can I fix this?

I created a child of Twentyten. The code is under the import url in a section I called background elements. After that, I have sections that format the header, content, footer, etc. Everything else in my style sheet is working.