Vexing footer problem
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Hello, all ~
I am trying to alter the "Sign in to edit this site" wordage at the footer of my site. FWIW, I am currently using the Greek Yogurt theme. All the relevant postings I've seen here indicate that the footer.php is located at ./themes/greek_yogurt/elements/footer.php, yet when I go into my cpanel w/my web host, edit this file, and save it, I don't see my changes taking effect. It's not a cache thing, because when I check the site out on my smart phone, the original wording is still in place, just like when I view it on the computer.
Any ideas on why I can't edit footer.php? Any assistance is much appreciated.
I am trying to alter the "Sign in to edit this site" wordage at the footer of my site. FWIW, I am currently using the Greek Yogurt theme. All the relevant postings I've seen here indicate that the footer.php is located at ./themes/greek_yogurt/elements/footer.php, yet when I go into my cpanel w/my web host, edit this file, and save it, I don't see my changes taking effect. It's not a cache thing, because when I check the site out on my smart phone, the original wording is still in place, just like when I view it on the computer.
Any ideas on why I can't edit footer.php? Any assistance is much appreciated.
Hi, and thanks for your reply.
There is a “themes” directory off my public_html directory, but it is empty. I’m looking in “themes/greek_yogurt/elements” off the directory that my concrete5 stuff is in, but the footer.php there is the one that seems to be unaffected by any changes I make. AFAIK there are no themes waiting to be installed, because the Greek Yogurt is of course standard, and that’s what I’m currently utilizing. If I’m using it, that would mean it’s already activated, right? Unless I'm misunderstanding things, which may be a distinct possibility.
I’m sorry if I’m missing something obvious but I’ve been tearing my hair out of late over this :) . I’m basically a newbie, with enough knowledge of html and css to take care of mundane tasks.
There is a “themes” directory off my public_html directory, but it is empty. I’m looking in “themes/greek_yogurt/elements” off the directory that my concrete5 stuff is in, but the footer.php there is the one that seems to be unaffected by any changes I make. AFAIK there are no themes waiting to be installed, because the Greek Yogurt is of course standard, and that’s what I’m currently utilizing. If I’m using it, that would mean it’s already activated, right? Unless I'm misunderstanding things, which may be a distinct possibility.
I’m sorry if I’m missing something obvious but I’ve been tearing my hair out of late over this :) . I’m basically a newbie, with enough knowledge of html and css to take care of mundane tasks.
Naahh... these are the stuffs that sometimes happens.
You could try to copy the Greek Yogurt theme, rename and paste in your root themes/ folder and activate that theme and see what happens.
Sometimes the server side cache thing might be the reasons. who knows? By activating a new theme (from the same file) it creates a new cached file (by c5) and normally you'll get new web view on browsers (once you've assigned the new theme). Worth a try.
I'm sure if you have edited correctly, it should show up. If not you'll get error line on screen and in your root/ error log file.
In c5 dsahboard > system & setting > cache setting > switch all cache to off > refresh browser > and view any changes.
If not, clearing the c5 cache files in root/files/cache/ folder is the last resort.
You could try to copy the Greek Yogurt theme, rename and paste in your root themes/ folder and activate that theme and see what happens.
Sometimes the server side cache thing might be the reasons. who knows? By activating a new theme (from the same file) it creates a new cached file (by c5) and normally you'll get new web view on browsers (once you've assigned the new theme). Worth a try.
I'm sure if you have edited correctly, it should show up. If not you'll get error line on screen and in your root/ error log file.
In c5 dsahboard > system & setting > cache setting > switch all cache to off > refresh browser > and view any changes.
If not, clearing the c5 cache files in root/files/cache/ folder is the last resort.
Well, I copied the Greek Yogurt theme and stuck in the other themes directory like you suggested, then activated that, and voila – the changes I had made appeared. But when I went back to my old theme, the edits were no longer present.
I checked the files in root/files/cache, but there is a ton of stuff there – most of it I assume generated from switching the themes from the original to the test and then back again, based on the time stamp on these files. How do I tell what are c5 cache files, and what isn’t? (How do I know what’s safe to eliminate?) Most of these files have “zend_cache---” or “zend_cache---internal-metadatas---” followed by a crazy long alphanumeric string.
Thanks for your help!
I checked the files in root/files/cache, but there is a ton of stuff there – most of it I assume generated from switching the themes from the original to the test and then back again, based on the time stamp on these files. How do I tell what are c5 cache files, and what isn’t? (How do I know what’s safe to eliminate?) Most of these files have “zend_cache---” or “zend_cache---internal-metadatas---” followed by a crazy long alphanumeric string.
Thanks for your help!
Well all files in files/cache folders are c5 cached files. You can delete all of them and c5 will automatically rebuild a cache set for your site (based on current setting).
BTW, best to turn off all cache in dashboard > cache setting and sometimes a few clear cache (ctrl-f5) should update your theme edit's view.
Glad it worked out.
BTW, best to turn off all cache in dashboard > cache setting and sometimes a few clear cache (ctrl-f5) should update your theme edit's view.
Glad it worked out.
Thanks - I didn't realize the cache could be cleared from the dashboard. I did that several times, and I also went into my cpanel and manually cleared out the files in /files/cache. Unfortunately, the silly footer still displays with the old wording despite all that clearing. I guess I'll have to throw in the towel on this and try again some other time when I can maybe figure out what's going on.
Thanks again for your suggestions and getting me pointed in the right direction ;)
Thanks again for your suggestions and getting me pointed in the right direction ;)
You're welcome.. cheers.
If you've already copied the Greek Yogurt theme from your_site/concrete/themes folder to your_site/themes/, did you activate it in dashboard > themss?
If you have not change the folder name, it will show up an additional Greek Yogurt theme waiting to install. Activate and edit the files in your root themes folder (renaming the folder would be best).
It is possible some confusion in theme locations would occur.
Refresh and clear browser cache (Ctrl+f5) several times (especially chrome) could also do the trick.