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Code snippets should be placed in your child theme's functions.php file. Note: Do not to copy the opening php tag in each snippet.

For Beginners, you may wish to use the Simple Edits plugin to edit the footer from the admin area.

For Intermediate users who need more control over the appearace of the footer –

Below is the code to customize the Return to Top of Page text on your site:

<?php /** Customize the return to top of page text */ add_filter( 'genesis_footer_backtotop_text', 'custom_footer_backtotop_text' ); function custom_footer_backtotop_text($backtotop) { $backtotop = '[footer_backtotop text="Return to Top"]'; return $backtotop; }

Below is the code to customize the Credits text on your site:

<?php /** Customize the credits */ add_filter( 'genesis_footer_creds_text', 'custom_footer_creds_text' ); function custom_footer_creds_text() { echo '<div class="creds"><p>'; echo 'Copyright © '; echo date('Y'); echo ' · <a href="http://mydomain.com">My Custom Link</a> · Built on the <a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis" title="Genesis Framework">Genesis Framework</a>'; echo '</p></div>'; }

Alternatively, you can use this:

<?php /** Change the footer text */ add_filter('genesis_footer_creds_text', 'footer_creds_filter'); function footer_creds_filter( $creds ) { $creds = '[footer_copyright] · <a href="http://mydomain.com">My Custom Link</a> · Built on the <a href="http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis" title="Genesis Framework">Genesis Framework</a>'; return $creds; }

<?php /** Customize the entire footer */ remove_action( 'genesis_footer', 'genesis_do_footer' ); add_action( 'genesis_footer', 'custom_footer' ); function custom_footer() { ?> <p>© Copyright 2012 <a href="http://mydomain.com/">My Domain</a> · All Rights Reserved · Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> · <a href="http://mydomain.com/wp-admin">Admin</a></p> <?php }

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