Docs

[DGpromotions]

I am new to Theme X and have 2 issues since out conversion from an outdated X to the current version.

My SEO tools suddenly started producing all kinds of odd data. Upon looking at the page source, it became apparent that

1- The entire footer is located before the closing </BODY> tag. This effects SEO tools by having them count the content of the footer as part of the body, thereby skewing ratios, density reports, etc. I fear it could have a similar effect with Google.

Our site is dgpromoinc.com.

2- The footer contains a list of pages as follows:

<li class=”page_item page-item-1466″>T-Shirt Fundraising
<li class=”page_item page-item-325″>Tavares
<li class=”page_item page-item-2710″>Testimonials
<li class=”page_item page-item-2546″>Thank You
<li class=”page_item page-item-3144″>Top Custom T-Shirts| New Smyrna Beach T-Shirt Printing
<li class=”page_item page-item-3258″>Unicorn Shirt
<li class=”page_item page-item-335″>University of Central Florida
<li class=”page_item page-item-329″>Winter Park

This is located where we actually have links to other pages in the footer. However, we are not linking to these pages, and all this is doing is misrepresenting the page to search engines. I have no idea why this is here, or how to get rid of it. Given the odd behavior I am seeing, I am reluctant to experiment with changes.

Please help. Thanks,

Derrick

[Rue Nel]

Hi Derrick,

Thanks for writing in!

This is what I am seeing in your site;

Regretfully, at this time I am not entirely certain what it is you would like to accomplish based on the information given in your post. If you wouldn’t mind providing us with a little more clarification on what it is you’re wanting to do (a link to a similar example site would be very helpful, or perhaps some screenshots), we’ll be happy to provide you with a response once we have a better understanding of the situation.

Thank you.

[DGpromotions]

Sorry for the lack of clarity. I am trying to do 2 things.

1- Close the body </BODY> before opening the footer <FOOTER>

2- Delete these list items from the footer:

<li class=”page_item page-item-1466″>T-Shirt Fundraising
<li class=”page_item page-item-325″>Tavares
<li class=”page_item page-item-2710″>Testimonials
<li class=”page_item page-item-2546″>Thank You
<li class=”page_item page-item-3144″>Top Custom T-Shirts| New Smyrna Beach T-Shirt Printing
<li class=”page_item page-item-3258″>Unicorn Shirt
<li class=”page_item page-item-335″>University of Central Florida
<li class=”page_item page-item-329″>Winter Park

Thanks for your quick response.

Derrick

[Darshana]

Hi there,

#1. We don’t recommend doing that; however if you wish to proceed, you need to create a child theme first (https://community.theme.co/kb/how-to-setup-child-themes/) and then copy the file _footer.php which is under (/x/framework/views/global/) into your child theme. We advice you to contact a developer for this type of customizations, if you don’t have required knowledge.

#2. Head over to Appearance -> Menus and deselect “Footer Menu” from Theme Locations.

Hope that helps.

[DGpromotions]

1. I don’t have too big of an issue with this. It is just disrupting our SEO tool.

2. I think you are misunderstanding what I am asking for here. I am NOT trying to get rid of the footer menu. Within that menu are a list of items that do not visibly appear on the page, that we are not linking to, and that do not belong there. I am just trying to remove those 8 list items I identified in my last message without effecting the rest of the footer menu.

[Darshana]

Hi there,

#1. You can customize by using a child theme.

#2. Follow the example below and add the menu item IDs to hide. You can add this under Custom > CSS in the Customizer.

#menu-footer-menu #menu-item-1505, #menu-footer-menu #menu-item-2713{
    display: none;
}

Hope that helps.

[Author]

Posts