[Resolved] Shortcode not working

[Swadhin]

Hi there,

I’d like to have the copyright year updated yearly on the footer I created (with Generateblocks) on my generatepress theme. I am leavingthe website in the secret box below and please check the footer sill says copyright year as 2021.

How to fix this?

Best regards,
-Swadhin

[David]

Hi there,

if you create a Block Element and set the Element Type to: Footer this will a) replace the themes footer and b) provide you with this template tag: {{current_year}} which should display the current year when added inside a Headline Block.

[Swadhin]

Thank you David, it worked. But not on the homepage.

I would also like to disclose that for the homepage, I set that footer block when I designed the page (not as a block). And may be so, the above shortcode didn’t work on the homepage. Would you like to take a look please?

P.S. If I will set that block as a “footer hook” (as I have set for the rest of the site) would I have to remove the section I built for the homepage (because it might appear as double) or it will take over?

-Swadhin

[Swadhin]

David,

I have now allowed the “hook” to be shown on the entire site (previously it was entire site minus the homepage). Still on the homepage it is not showing the year while it shows on the rest of the page.

[David]

Is the homepage now using the same Block Element as the rest of the site ?
If it is, then it may just require any server or plugin caches to be cleared.

[Swadhin]

I have set it as you said. I have cleared all cache 🙂

[David]

Odd – you homepage is caching the static string. Can you disable any caches and then check the site in an incognito browser ?

[Swadhin]

So I have disabled the cache and it still has the same issue.., however, I have found the following:

The footer block (on the rest of the site) is what I had built on the homepage. It is still there on the homepage as a part of the landing page.

The I copied that part of the landing page (homepage) and created a hook and set it as the site footer for the rest of the site except the homepage (because as we talked, I already had that block on the homepage).

Now, yesterday when I noticed I didn’t have the current year on the footer I asked your help and it worked for the rest of the site.

When I now set the hook to display on the entire site (so that I didn’t have to update the year on the homepage every year), I think the footer is staying behind (backseat) the block I created for the homepage (which is 2021 now).

Should I delete that footer block I built on the homepage so the site footer hook works here and comes front instead of taking a backseat?

-Swadhin

[Swadhin]

Update:

I created a staging site and removed the footer block (I originally created for the homepage) so that the footer hook (displaying on the whole site) would take over the homepage as it’s footer too.

Seems, that it is not the case.

I went and edited the “element” to display on the “entire site” (it was so previously too) and also another rule to display on the homepage.

Still the homepage is devoid of the footer.

Please check the URL of the staging site below. 🙂

-Swadhin

[Fernando]

Hi Swadhin,

The site-footer should appear even if there is already another site-footer.

See: https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0ugKPQv

Also see: https://share.getcloudapp.com/JruOnw04

Both appearing: https://share.getcloudapp.com/NQuN7e8W

Upon investigation, I can see that there is a CSS code hiding your site-footer.

See: https://share.getcloudapp.com/z8uL1wyN

If you disable this code: https://share.getcloudapp.com/P8u18lnW

As is, the code is coming from litespeed. Can you try disabling this temporarily and see how it goes?

Try disabling other caching plugins as well.

Please check if you have a Layout Element as well disabling the Site Footer as such: https://share.getcloudapp.com/E0ugKEWb

Kindly let us know how it goes.

[Swadhin]

Hi Fernando,

Thanks a ton for using so many examples to help me understand the situation. I am so surprised that such a huge issue had a very small cause behind it.

Yes, I had disabled the footer (since I had created the block in the landing page) on that page and so the new footer wasn’t displaying.

Just activating footer element (in the layout) made it work like a charm.

Thanks to you & David and please have a great rest of the week you both. 🙂

Best,
-Swadhin

[Fernando]

You’re welcome Swadhin! We’re glad to be of assistance!

As a side note, I find this very helpful with issues like this: https://share.getcloudapp.com/z8uL1nG2

Hovering on that would allow you to see active Elements on a specific page. 🙂

[Swadhin]

Thanks for the tip Fernando, I’ll keep that in mind. 🙂

[Fernando]

You’re welcome Swadhin! Feel free to reach out anytime you’ll need assistance with anything else. 🙂

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