Footer file reverts back to broken links

lukkas · November 14, 2013, 4:40am

I logged into wp-admin and edited the footer file in the responsive bootstrap free theme appearance > editor > fooer.php to a direct url

<a href=“www.example.com/about”> instead <a href=“about”>, <a href=“privacy”>

the fooper.php files will not update, ( it saves the file and says updated, but after clicking save many times, many days. About 80% of the time, it just goes back to a previous version with broken links <a href=“about”>

The categories and tags on each post are links and if I visit their respective pages, link are broken links in brokenlinkchecker and if I check it manually.

I even manually ftp’d the footer.php file and it still does not update.

site is set up with the wp blog being in the articles directory but the main site is a normal php driven site.
what could be the problem in wordpress? this is probably not a user error since i have g00gled this and fond others with the problem and they adjusted their permalinks settings area to where mine is now.

the old broken updated url won’t show when I am logged into the site as Admin but once out it reverts back to 2 broken links on numerous blog pages, categories, and tags

I modified it once again as follows:

site.com/articles/wp-content/themes/footer.php (and it shows the modified date, today !!)

and am using
Theme URI: http://themeid.com/responsive-theme/ Version: 1.8.9.3

jaagare · November 14, 2013, 9:51am

The responsive theme basically uses Footer Menu from Appearance > Menu > In that select footer menu to the menu you want and that should solve your issue. If no menu has been selected, it will automatically go to a preset menu and I feel exactly that’s what’s happening - as there is no preset menu its falling back to a preselected menu. Try to add a Footer Menu and that should solve your issue.

lukkas · November 14, 2013, 3:48pm

I only have one menu in Appearance > Menu, the Main Nav which is at the top.

the drop down footer select menu only other option is to put the Main Nav there.

jaagare · November 15, 2013, 2:34am

Yes, if you put your main nav in Footer Menu then that will show up or you could create a new menu like FooterNav and then link it to the footer menu > say if you only want a couple of links in the footer menu like Privacy / Terms / Contact then you could create those three links under Footer Nav and link it there. That should solve your issue.

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 3:11am

OK, I am making another nav menu for the bottom, just those two links.

However before doing that , the footer.php file finally updated and has the appropriate links there. Wordpress is strange at times. It is truly dynamic and not static.

Thanks

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 4:00am

This basic theme does not have enough flexibility.

I have simialr problem with the header.

It only allows you to upload an image, there is not a widget to put in header area, just a logo. anyone know how to change the header when your code is this:


<?php

// Exit if accessed directly
if ( !defined('ABSPATH')) exit;

/**
 * Header Template
 *
 *
 * @file           header.php
 * @package        Responsive 
 * @author         Emil Uzelac 
 * @copyright      2003 - 2013 ThemeID
 * @license        license.txt
 * @version        Release: 1.3
 * @filesource     wp-content/themes/responsive/header.php
 * @link           http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Document_Head_.28header.php.29
 * @since          available since Release 1.0
 */
?>
<!doctype html>
<!--[if !IE]>      <html class="no-js non-ie" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]>    <html class="no-js ie7" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]>    <html class="no-js ie8" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]>    <html class="no-js ie9" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 9]><!--> <html class="no-js" <?php language_attributes(); ?>> <!--<![endif]-->
<head>

<meta charset="<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">

<title>
<?php
if ( defined( 'WPSEO_VERSION' ) ) {
    // WordPress SEO is activated
        wp_title();

} else {
	
    // WordPress SEO is not activated
	wp_title( '&#124;', true, 'right' );
}
?>
</title>

<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" />

<?php wp_enqueue_style('responsive-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), false, '1.8.9');?>

<?php wp_head(); ?>
</head>

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>
                 
<?php responsive_container(); // before container hook ?>
<div id="container" class="hfeed">
         
    <?php responsive_header(); // before header hook ?>
    <div id="header">
    
        <?php if (has_nav_menu('top-menu', 'responsive')) { ?>
	        <?php wp_nav_menu(array(
				    'container'       => '',
					'fallback_cb'	  =>  false,
					'menu_class'      => 'top-menu',
					'theme_location'  => 'top-menu')
					); 
				?>
        <?php } ?>
        
    <?php responsive_in_header(); // header hook ?>
   
	<?php if ( get_header_image() != '' ) : ?>
       
            
        <div class="logo">
            <a href="<?php echo home_url('/'); ?>"><img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" width="<?php if(function_exists('get_custom_header')) { echo get_custom_header() -> width;} else { echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH;} ?>" height="<?php if(function_exists('get_custom_header')) { echo get_custom_header() -> height;} else { echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT;} ?>" alt="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" /></a> 
        </div><!-- end of #logo -->
        
    <?php endif; // header image was removed ?>

    <?php if ( !get_header_image() ) : ?>
         <div id="uptop">        
        <div class="logo">
            <span class="site-name"><a href="<?php echo home_url('/'); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr(get_bloginfo('name', 'display')); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></span> 
            <span class="site-description">  <?php bloginfo('description'); ?> </span> 
        <div class="slogan"><img src="http://www.page.com/images/slogan-subheading.png" width="320" height="30" alt="logo" />
        </div>  
</div><!-- end of #logo -->  
 <div class="top-util">
				<a href="page">New Page</a>
			</div>
<br />
 <?php get_search_form(); ?> 
    <?php endif; // header image was removed (again) ?>
    
    <?php get_sidebar('top'); ?>
			    <br /><br />
				<?php wp_nav_menu(array(
				    'container'       => '',
					'theme_location'  => 'header-menu')
					); 
				?>
                
            <?php if (has_nav_menu('sub-header-menu', 'responsive')) { ?>
	            <?php wp_nav_menu(array(
				    'container'       => '',
					'menu_class'      => 'sub-header-menu',
					'theme_location'  => 'sub-header-menu')
					); 
				?>
            <?php } ?>
       
    </div><!-- end of #header -->
    <?php responsive_header_end(); // after header hook ?>
    
	<?php responsive_wrapper(); // before wrapper ?>
    <div id="wrapper" class="clearfix">
    <?php responsive_in_wrapper(); // wrapper hook ?>

I’ve put in more code but it does not display. .top-util

jaagare · November 15, 2013, 4:19am

I just installed the theme locally and it works fine.

The Top Menu is on on the top right
Just Below the logo the menu is : Header Menu
and for footer menu its Footer menu

Its working fine and if I remove the association of the menu it reverts to default menu else it shows whats linked in respective menus.

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 4:36am

But one is unable to add in text formatted text on the right side of the header (to the right of the logo image) and a search box just below that text.
I didn’t want a search widget on the right side bar which seems to be the only option. For now, there is juat the logo and a big empty space on the right in the header area.
I have the main navigation menu below the header.

You think WP requires you to know more than basic php coding?

jaagare · November 15, 2013, 4:51am

I think you are not aware that the theme also supports Widgets. If you go to Appearance > Widgets you can add or remove widget areas from there. If you want to add content to the right of the logo see widget Top Widget and you can drag the Search Widget and Text Widget to that section. That way you can show a search bar and text below that. To remove the search bar from the right sidebar,check appropriate widget area and remove the search bar from that section.

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 5:08am

jaagare,
Yes I know about the widgets but I was confused on using “Top Widgets” because when I click the arrow open, it says, “Area-11 sidebar-top.php”
That made me think it will be in the sidebar.

Update: well, you were right. why did they use words to steer you in the wrong direction?

Also, it updates while I am logged in, but the widget does not show at the top when logged out. Maybe it’ll take 1 day to update like the footer did. I did refresh the cache, ctrl f5 too.

Mittineague · November 15, 2013, 5:37am

Yes, it is a bit confusing. “sidebar” implies “side”, when a sidebar can be anywhere, left, right, bottom or top. and more.

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 5:42am

Well, I am better off than 2 days ago so it is progress. Thanks

lukkas · November 15, 2013, 4:17pm

inserted the text and search widgets into the top widget and this morning it is not displaying at all. Yes, it was saved and still there in the widget area but not in the header. Am I supposed to use some additional code in the header area?

lukkas · November 17, 2013, 3:22am

this is solved now. I had to use sidebar-top widget (insert text and search widgets) and then edit the header file and put php echo where it says get sidebar-top to make it display.

jaagare · November 17, 2013, 5:40am

@lukkas - good to know the suggestions I made were in the right direction helping you achieve updates to your site. Thanks

lukkas · November 17, 2013, 6:03am

I appreciate the help.
But now I am on the cyberchimp forum for this same responsive theme. I updated WP and their theme and now the darn menu does not work right.
This is why I still build sites with as static. It’ll get done though.

jaagare · November 17, 2013, 11:24am

@lukkas - Surprised at the issues you are facing with WP because usually I have not heard of such issues on WP or any major CMS software. Static sites are good if you have a couple of pages, but long term its great if its based on CMS / Database driven for ease of design modification / site wide changes. I am not sure how updating WP could change the menu system because I have been using WP almost since 2007 and not faced any major upgrade issues.

lukkas · November 17, 2013, 6:10pm

It happened to many who had this theme. They removed some @imports and styles that affected many who upgraded.