How to insert text (affiliate disclosure) in post meta data

[JurgaR]

Hello,

Hope you can help me. I would like to insert text that would appear next to the meta data of every post to disclose that my site uses affiliate links.

I found this topic: https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/adding-information-to-blog-post-meta/2634 and followed the steps, but then the text appears right under the rest of the meta data - see screenshot.
I would love the text to be to the right of the ‘comments’ and the same size as the rest of the text in that line - is this possible?
Also, when looking at the code provided by your support in this other thread, I was wondering what it means to H1 and H2 tags of the page. Hope this doesn’t have any influence?

Thanks a lot for your help.
PS my site is fullsuitcase.com and I am using x child theme and Ethos pack.

Best regards,
Jurga

[thai]

Hi There,

It seems you removed the code.

Could you please add it again?

Thanks.

[JurgaR]

I removed it because I wasn’t sure about the H1and H2 tags and the position/size of the text was not what I wanted. As explained, is it possible to insert the text in line with the other meta data, and without influencing H tags of the page?

Just for information, this was the code I used before:

<?php

// =============================================================================
// VIEWS/ETHOS/_CONTENT-POST-HEADER.PHP
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Standard <header> output for various posts.
// =============================================================================

?>

<header class="entry-header">
  <?php if ( is_single() ) : ?>
  <h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
  <?php else : ?>
  <h2 class="entry-title">
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to: "%s"', '__x__' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
  </h2>
  <?php endif; ?>
  <?php x_renew_entry_meta(); ?>

  <?php // you can add your text below ?>
  <p>THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS</p>
</header>

[jade]

Hi there,

Did you put _content-post-header.php in wp-content/themes/x-child/framework/views/ethos/?

If you already did and the code still does not work. Kindly provide us with the FTP details of your site in a Secure Note.

Thank you.

[JurgaR]

I did and the code worked. But - once again - I have questions about the H1 and H2 - does this code interfere with the Headings on the post? I am not a programmer but I see H1 and H2 in the code, thus the question.
And second - once again - I would like to be able to put the text to the right of the meta data, not under it. Is this possible? Maybe I need a completely different code placed in a different place to achieve that? See the screenshot of what I am trying to achieve (author, date, comments… and then the text about affiliate links). Thanks

[paul.r]

Hi,

The h1 tags will appear on single pages while h2 will appear on index pages.

Please delete the file _content-post-header.php in your child theme then add the code below in your child theme’s functions.php file.

function x_ethos_entry_meta() {

    //
    // Author.
    //

    $author = sprintf( ' %1$s %2$s</span>',
      __( 'by', '__x__' ),
      get_the_author()
    );


    //
    // Date.
    //

    $date = sprintf( '<span><time class="entry-date" datetime="%1$s">%2$s</time></span>',
      esc_attr( get_the_date( 'c' ) ),
      esc_html( get_the_date() )
    );


    //
    // Categories.
    //

    if ( get_post_type() == 'x-portfolio' ) {
      if ( has_term( '', 'portfolio-category', NULL ) ) {
        $categories        = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'portfolio-category' );
        $separator         = ', ';
        $categories_output = '';
        foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
          $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                              . get_term_link( $category->slug, 'portfolio-category' )
                              . '" title="'
                              . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                              . '"> '
                              . $category->name
                              . '</a>'
                              . $separator;
        }

        $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>%1$s %2$s',
          __( 'In', '__x__' ),
          trim( $categories_output, $separator )
        );
      } else {
        $categories_list = '';
      }
    } else {
      $categories        = get_the_category();
      $separator         = ', ';
      $categories_output = '';
      foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
        $categories_output .= '<a href="'
                            . get_category_link( $category->term_id )
                            . '" title="'
                            . esc_attr( sprintf( __( "View all posts in: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;", '__x__' ), $category->name ) )
                            . '"> '
                            . $category->name
                            . '</a>'
                            . $separator;
      }

      $categories_list = sprintf( '<span>%1$s %2$s',
        __( 'In', '__x__' ),
        trim( $categories_output, $separator )
      );
    }


    //
    // Comments link.
    //

    if ( comments_open() ) {

      $title  = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_title', get_the_title() );
      $link   = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_link', get_comments_link() );
      $number = apply_filters( 'x_entry_meta_comments_number', get_comments_number() );
      
      $text = ( 0 === $number ) ? 'Leave a Comment' : sprintf( _n( '%s Comment', '%s Comments', $number, '__x__' ), $number );

      $comments = sprintf( '<span><a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" class="meta-comments">%3$s</a></span>',
        esc_url( $link ),
        esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Leave a comment on: &ldquo;%s&rdquo;', '__x__' ), $title ) ),
        $text
      );

    } else {

      $comments = '';

    }

    
    //
    //Custom Text
    //
    $custom_text = "<span>THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS</span>";

    //
    // Output.
    //

    if ( x_does_not_need_entry_meta() ) {
      return;
    } else {
      printf( '<p class="p-meta">%1$s%2$s%3$s%4$s%5$s</p>',
        $categories_list,
        $author,
        $date,
        $comments,
        $custom_text
      );
    }

  }

Hope that helps.

[JurgaR]

Perfect! Just what I needed. Thank you very much

[thai]

You’re welcome.