Footer
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The Kalium footer is highly flexible and user-friendly, utilizing widget areas for easy customization. With the Block Editor, you can effortlessly add and arrange text, images, menus, and other elements, making it simple to create a footer that fits your design and functional needs.
To edit footer options and its structure go to Appearance -> Customize -> Footer
In the Footer customizer section, you will find the following settings to design your footer:
Footer options offer straightforward functionalities, such as the ability to completely disable the footer if you use a separate plugin to build it.
The footer type determines its positioning on the page. Setting it to Normal will keep it within the document flow, aligning it below the main content. Selecting Fixed will position the footer behind the main content wrapper, adding extra scrolling space and allowing for a smooth revealing animation such as Fade or Slide.
To edit footer settings for individual pages or other post types, go to the edit screen of the specific post or page, then scroll to Parameters and Options -> Page Options -> Footer Options
Overrides the global setting to enable or disable the footer on the current page.
Apply a different footer type specifically for the current page.
Creating your desired footer layout is straightforward. Click Add Footer Row to choose from a range of pre-defined footer row structures as shown below:
You can add as many rows as needed to customize your footer layout.
Similar to the header, the footer also utilizes a drag-and-drop builder for arranging elements. Below is the list of elements that footer supports:
A row is a flexible container that can include multiple columns. It offers various options to control the arrangement of both the container and its columns. You can also set the row width to full width.
It supports custom backgrounds, link and text colors, and common CSS properties like padding, margin, borders, as well as custom CSS classes.
The row element also offers responsive visibility options, allowing you to control when and how it appears based on different device screen sizes.
The column element allows you to divide a row into multiple sections, each with customizable width and alignment. It also supports Flexbox and other CSS properties. Additionally, you can assign custom CSS classes for further styling.
The column element also includes responsive visibility options, similar to the row element.
After inserting the row and columns, they will automatically include Widget Area elements, which pulls content from the defined sidebar widgets. Currently, there are 6 available widget areas, which are sufficient for creating a versatile footer structure:
Each widget area stacks content vertically by default. To arrange the content in columns, adjust the Widgets per Row option by clicking the three dots in the Widget Area element options:
In the following section, you’ll learn how to create the content for footer widgets.
You can hide elements temporarily by toggling the eye icon next to each one.
