[jrothra]

jrothra

#1485

I decided this actually belongs in a different thread than this one: https://forum.graphene-theme.com/graphene-support/how-to-change-follow-me-text-on-twitter-widget

Even after reading WP’s description on child themes, I have many questions. However, for now, I’m curious about the footer.php file. I am adding a custom menu into the footer in lieu of the Meta widget, which I can’t customize. There is a link I want added that will be visible only to Admins who are logged in. I was thinking, can I create a file called footer.php in the child theme, and insert only this code in it:

<div class="footer-menu-wrap">

<ul id="footer-menu" class="clearfix">

<?php /* Footer menu */

$args = array(

'container' => '',

'fallback_cb' => 'none',

'depth' => 2,

'theme_location' => 'footer-menu',

'items_wrap' => '%3$s'

);

wp_nav_menu(apply_filters('graphene_secondary_menu_args', $args));

?>

<?php if ( ! $graphene_settings['hide_return_top'] ) : ?>

<li class="menu-item return-top"><a href="#"><?php _e('Return to top', 'graphene'); ?></a></li>

<?php endif; ?>



<!--ADDED BY JOHN START -->

<li><a href="#">Control Panel</a>

<ul class="sub-menu"><li><?php wp_register(); ?></li>

<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>

<?php wp_meta(); ?>

<!--LINK TO HOW TO VIDEOS FOR ADMINS ONLY-->

<?php global $user_ID; if( $user_ID ) : ?>

<?php if( current_user_can('level_10') ) : ?>

<li><a href="http://www.greggcountygop.com/howto/">Instructional Videos</a></li>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<!--END LINK TO HOW TO VIDEOS FOR ADMINS ONLY--></ul></li>

<!--ADDED BY JOHN END -->



</ul>



</div>

This way, only the div containing the custom menu is in the child footer.php file. If I do this, will the site pull the parent theme’s footer.php file and replace this portion? Or will it replace the entire footer.php file with the child footer.php?

[jrothra]

jrothra

#15981

Actually, as I look at what similar groups have done, they have no login info/meta on their site. So I may just scrap the “control panel”/meta info anyway. Admins will have the link to get into the site anyway.