[Support request] integrate Footer

[Raphael]

Hello,
I was trying to add a footer to the existing one, where i can put some more links etc. in. I created under Elements and Layout 3 footer widgets, but i dont know how i can integrate it. I checked by using it in the blog site and on all blogpost sites, but nothing happens. What can i do to make it work? And how can i change the existing small footer. i didnt find the right place.
Thank you.

ADD ON: I got the footer widgets in. But now i dont know how to change the size of the fonts in the widget area. I cannot choose this in typography.

[Ying]

Hi Raphael,

The widgets nowadays are mostly block widgets, you should be able to change the font size directly in the widget.

If you can’t, can you link us to your site?

[Raphael]

Hei, Thank you for the reply!

I tried now to design a nice footer are before the small footer i have already.
On Youtube was one video from 2020, where a guy showed how to perfectly do a design with blocks. But he has different options for designing. He had a Container Block, who i dont have. I dont know how it is called in english but in german its Gruppe / Spalte. There was the only option to do a background with 2 colours. But here i cannot change the line hight, or spacing, so my design looks really miserable :D…
Do you have an guide for this or can you help me to improve my design. Here is my website: https://manaverse.de/blog

[Raphael]

Now i cannot see the footer anymore, but the header design is destroyed.
In any case, i hope you can help me out. You are a fantastic team!

[Ying]

You can actually use a block element - site footer to fully customize the site footer.
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-site-footer/

And it comes with some pre-built templates to help you gain a quick kick start, you can give it a try.

In order to well use the block elements, you need to install GenerateBlocks plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/generateblocks/

but the header design is destroyed.

Not sure what it should be looking like… but I can see you are using the navigation as header option which can be disabled at customizer > layout > header.

[Raphael]

Thank you very much! Now i found the “Container” option. That was very helpful for the padding.
Now i only have one more question for the footer. As you can see on my website, i have some links in the footer. I would like to have some space between each link, but when i press enter or shift+enter, in both cases the space between the two links is too big for me. How can i finetune the hight of the enterspace for the foot area. Or do you have some other great ideas?

[Ying]

Do you mean these 2 menu items?
https://www.screencast.com/t/LJo3NM0CkWm
If so, try this CSS:

.footer-bar .widget_nav_menu li {
    margin-left: 3px;
    margin-right: 3px;
}

Adding CSS: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

You can adjust the value until you are happy with it.

[Raphael]

No i meant, the footer section above the dark gray one on the end of the site. The Section with all the blue links and Blogposts. I want to know how ich can adjust the space between each link, because the enter button or shift+enter option makes a space that is too big. I want to know wheter i can adjust the space that appear, when i press enter or shift+enter or you know some other ways.

[Ying]

This is what I see, I don’t see the blue links and blog posts:
https://www.screencast.com/t/HGRKuR6JdLG

Can you make sure the cache is cleared?

[Raphael]

This footer is only visible on blog site and blogpost sites, not on the homepage.

[Ying]

This is the blog page:
https://www.screencast.com/t/jcLFlfW4N2Q

[Raphael]

oh, it changed indeed. How can i check what´s wrong? How can i activate it or something? Because normally it was working?

[Ying]

You might’ve had server-level cache activated, can you contact your host to clear the server cache?

Or you can use the private info field to provide admin login, so I can see the backend.

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