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WordPress Questions and Answers › Change footer image
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Austin Prater
asked 6 years ago
Hello, I am trying to update the image that serves as the background of the footer on our companies website however I can not find where this is done in WP.  I do not have a "Widgets" option under the Appearance tab.  Where else should I look?
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Austin Prater
replied 6 years ago

I’ve also looked under Appearance > Customize but find no Footer Settings to alter in the theme we are running 🙁

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Shawn Hesketh answered 6 years ago
Hi Austin, Hmm... there are several ways a site may incorporate a background image in the footer. Without a link to your site, I'm just guessing here. Does your theme have a “Theme Options” page, or section within the Customizer? If so, look for an option there to change the background image in the footer. It's also possible the background image is simply being set by your stylesheet, using CSS. You might check first in the Customizer > Additional CSS, then look for a reference to an ID or Class like #footer or .footer, which should incorporate the CSS property: background: url(/some/path/to/image.jpg); Hope that helps you track it down. If not, share the URL to your website here and I'll take a look at the source code to see if there are any clues to the method being used to set the background image.
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Austin Prater
replied 6 years ago

Hi Shawn, thank you for assisting! No theme options page and nothing in the CSS.

https://www.camofasteners.com/

Shawn Hesketh replied 6 years ago

Thanks for sharing the link to your site. Makes things so much easier. With a quick look at the source code for your site, it looks like your theme may have been custom-designed just for you. Does that sound correct?

In the CSS for your site I found this:

footer .footer-top {
background-image: url("/assets/images/footer-bg.jpg");
background-size: cover;
background-position: 50%;
position: relative;
}

That means the image in your footer is found here: https://www.camofasteners.com/assets/images/footer-bg.jpg

The fact that it’s located inside a folder called, “assets” tells me that it’s managed outside of WordPress. That’s indicative of a site with a custom or proprietary theme.

You can still update that image by connecting to your web server via FTP. Then, you can replace or update the image in the /assets/images folder.

It’s unfortunate that whoever created the custom design for your site didn’t provide a method for managing elements like this within WordPress. It’s clear they didn’t plan for you to change the design down the road. 🙂

Hope this helps!

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Austin Prater
replied 6 years ago

Yes the site is running a custom theme from the agency that developed it. I am just starting to learn the ropes managing the website and using WP so I greatly appreciate your support here. I’ve reached out to our agency and am awaiting their response. So much to learn!

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