Footer menu items
The footer of the Fit & Healthy theme has two lines of links, and each has its own source. Knowing which line you want to change is half the work.
Contents
- Which line is which
- Add to the first line (FooterMenuID)
- Add to the second line (Footer links)
- The rest of the footer
Which line is which
| Line | Source | Who changes it | Cache |
|---|---|---|---|
| First line (Running ... Privacy Policy) | menu.ini [SiteInfo] FooterMenuID[], node IDs | admin: Setup > Ini settings, or exp:ini | Template & content after the change |
| Social icons | Fields facebook, twitter, instagram, linkedin of the site info object (remote ID from [SiteInfo] RemoteID) | editor: edit that object | none (publishing) |
| Second line (Login ... Forgot Password) | Children of the folder Media > Configuration > Footer links (class Menu item) | editor: create, edit, sort menu items | none (publishing) |
Both lines are rendered by pagelayout/footer.tpl of the media design, which the shared layout Header / Footer
includes through its footer template block (How the footer is built).
Add to the first line (FooterMenuID)
It works exactly like the header menu, with the setting FooterMenuID[] instead of MainMenuID[].
In the administration: Setup > Ini settings, menu.ini, siteaccess site, Show settings, Edit on
FooterMenuID[], add a line =<node id>, Save, then Clear cache > Template & content. The screenshots of the
same steps are on Header menu in the administration.
By command line, here adding Video (node 164):
$ ./console exp:ini add menu.ini/SiteInfo/FooterMenuID[] 164 siteaccess:site
Add to menu.ini/SiteInfo/FooterMenuID[] in siteaccess:site: settings/siteaccess/site/menu.ini.append.php
Backup: var/backup/ini/20261019-033842/settings/siteaccess/site/menu.ini.append.php
INI cache: cleared tag ini: 5 caches
Done
$ ./console exp:cache clear --tag=template,content
PASS cleared tag template, content: 17 cachesThe footer template is compiled with the list in it too: on the test copy, the compiled footer-<hash>.php held the
new ID after the clear, and Video appeared at the end of the first line.
Add to the second line (Footer links)
This line is content: no settings, no cache clear, and editors can do it. Step by step on Footer links from the content tree. In short: in Media > Configuration > Footer links, Create new > Menu item, enter a Title and an Item URL, Send for publishing.
The rest of the footer
- The logo is
content/parts/site_logo.tpl. - "Cookie settings" is
parts/cookie_settings_link.tpl. - The sentence "This demo site is built on Exponential 6.0.15+ and Exponential Layouts." and the "Powered by" line are
translatable texts in
pagelayout/footer.tpl(contextdesign/media/pagelayout); changing them is a template or translation change.
Related pages
- Footer links from the content tree
- How the footer is built
- Add a header menu item
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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