Comments on: Magento Basics – Change Default Footer Links

By: Chriss

Chriss — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:38:50 +0000

Thx a lot this was giving me a headache, I had a store and there was a cms block called Footer_links and there i could change everything, but i don´t know what happened with this other page, there wasn´t Footer_links and even i created it didn´t work.

Anyway, thx a lot again

cheers

By: Conor Rhys Tomkins

Conor Rhys Tomkins — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:41:55 +0000

In reply to Alan Kelvin.

Hello,

This tutorial is unlikely to work on any other theme apart from RWD.

If you wish to contact via email we can have a look in to solving your issue.

Kind Regards

By: Alan Kelvin

Alan Kelvin — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:33:12 +0000

In reply to Conor Rhys Tomkins.

Hey Conor, apparenlty the theme I was using wasn’t compatible with Magento 1.9, I installed a new one called
Shoes Store(http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/shoes-store-responsive-layout-integrated-with-bootstrap.html) did the same think, no luck still.

Tried to create local.xml file, were able to remove some links from footer, but didn’t customize because no CMS blocks appeared even after inserting abit of code.

I can be more specific with the code I used and screenshots if you’re willing to help.

Thanks a lot.

By: Conor Rhys Tomkins

Conor Rhys Tomkins — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:29:11 +0000

In reply to Alan Kelvin.

Hello,

This tutorial is for use with the RWD theme only. If you are using a custom theme there may be a different approach required to achieve custom footer links.

What theme is it you are using? I may be able to advise.

Kind Regards

By: Alan Kelvin

Alan Kelvin — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:09:50 +0000

Hey, I’m new to magento and I have been going around in circles trying to make this work.

I have magento 1.9 installed and as well a custom theme I downloaded from magento connect, did the steps you mentioned, but apparently there isn’t a folder with my theme name when going after app/design/frontend/rwd/YOUR THEME/layout/page.xml.

Just to give it a try, I manually created a folder with my theme name in rwd then another one named layout and finally copied the page.xml file from rwd original files, and did the rest of the tutorial. No footer_links_social block appeared, though.

Sorry for long reply, but what am I missing here?

By: Prateek Regmi

Prateek Regmi — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:22:12 +0000

Yes I did comment out and then refreshed the cache and therefore i am seeing all contents as per my code in the static block however the first company section is duplicating showing up previous links as well Below is the commented section Page Footer bottom-container  footer_social_links

By: Conor Rhys Tomkins

Conor Rhys Tomkins — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:16:40 +0000

In reply to Prateek Regmi.

Hello Prateek,

Did you comment the code I mentioned above out of your page.xml?

Also, have you refreshed your cache?

Kind Regards

By: Prateek Regmi

Prateek Regmi — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:15:21 +0000

My site is displaying Company section twice by following your steps… First one is the default one and next one is the one i changed in the static block..
Did i miss something to comment out in page.xml?

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:54:53 +0000

Thank you so much for your help. For someone very new to Magento, all of this can be very overwhelming and can almost make you give up at the first hurdle. Your instructions were very clear (although I ended up editing something wrong) but you helped me very quickly and the lightening speed responses were unexpected but greatly appreciated. Highly appreciated! Thank you

By: Conor Rhys Tomkins

Conor Rhys Tomkins — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 23:47:31 +0000

In reply to Rose.

Hello,

I have had a look at your site & it appears you were editing the wrong static block.

If you do not have a static block in your Magento admin with the identifier “footer_social_links” you will be required to make this.

I have accessed your site and completed the required changes, this should now function as expected.

Hope this helps.