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Andrew, this advice has helped resolve a lot of issues. Many thanks, Gill

Hi, I have done exactly this;
activated childtheme
pasted the entire footer file in the child theme CSS
replaced the code as shown

but nothing happens. I’d be grateful to know what i’m missing

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying the footer.
 *
 * Contains the closing of the id=main div and all content after
 *
 * @package Spun
 */

$spun_facebook = get_theme_mod( 'jetpack-facebook' );
$spun_twitter = get_theme_mod( 'jetpack-twitter' );
$spun_tumblr = get_theme_mod( 'jetpack-tumblr' );
$spun_linkedin = get_theme_mod( 'jetpack-linkedin' );
?>

	</div><!-- #main .site-main -->

	<footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo">
		<div class="site-info">
			<?php do_action( 'spun_credits' ); ?>
			<a href="https://www.thoughtoutthings.co.uk/">COPYRIGHT &copy; 2014 Gillian Morrison</a>
<span class="sep"> | </span>
        	ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
		</div><!-- .site-info -->
		<?php if ( $spun_facebook || $spun_twitter || $spun_tumblr || $spun_linkedin ) : ?>
			<div class="social-links">
			<?php if ( $spun_facebook ) : ?>
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $spun_facebook ); ?>" class="facebook-link" data-icon="">
					<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Facebook', 'spun' ); ?></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			<?php if ( $spun_linkedin ) : ?>
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $spun_linkedin ); ?>" class="linkedin-link" data-icon="">
					<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'LinkedIn', 'spun' ); ?></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			<?php if ( $spun_twitter ) : ?>
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $spun_twitter ); ?>" class="twitter-link" data-icon="">
					<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Twitter', 'spun' ); ?></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			<?php if ( $spun_tumblr ) : ?>
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( $spun_tumblr ); ?>" class="tumblr-link" data-icon="">
					<span class="screen-reader-text"><?php esc_html_e( 'Tumblr', 'spun' ); ?></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			</div>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</footer><!-- #colophon .site-footer -->
</div><!-- #page .hfeed .site -->

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

</body>
</html>

@zeaks,

thank you. my impatience to solve, i found this post

https://mywordpress.sterndata.com/2012/10/new-theme-twenty-twelve/

which solved it great. thanks so much for replying with more info.

@andrew

sorry Andrew, not quite up on the thread etiquette yet. I wish there was a way to search within a specific plugin support forum. (maybe there is and i don’t know it yet)!

Hi Zeaks

this is exactly what i want to do, but after following your advice to the letter (yes, really) my site went straight to badly formatted text and grey background @_@

this seems to happen when i tweak the child theme too much. Any guesses what i’m doing wrong. In the meantime i deleted functions/footer and took out the css, all back to normal.

thanks ahead

https://www.inspiringleaders.org.uk/

this really helped me, thank you!

including the website, if it helps

https://www.inspiringleaders.org.uk/

what would be the solution for the same meteor slideshow on header on every page

and solution for home page only?

thanks again.

thanks alchymyth

For those worried about creating a child theme, the easiest way is by using a plugin. I use ‘child themify’