create a 2 section footer

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Last updated by martinE-4 4 years, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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January 16, 2020 at 11:53 pm #1462793

martinE-4

I would like to create a 2 section footer.
The first section would have 3 widgets in 3 columns across the content width, with a dark background. That seems simple and staightforward.
The second footer section below the first, would be only 1 column stretching the entire content width, and would contain a toolset view on a light background. That seems to be the hard part - creating this second area which has a toolset view and resides at the bottom of each page.

How do I do this with GeneratePress (premium) and Toolset Views. I think it used to be possible with Toolset Layouts but I am using the new Views using the block editor on my new site so I'm not sure how to go about this?

I would appreciate your opinion of how to best approach this without necessarily purchasing another page builder...
The only thoughts I could come up with were adding blocks to the bottom of each of my content templates to accomplish what I want? ( I have about 6 different content templates for the custom post types and archives). Of course these 'footer' blocks would not actually be in the theme footer but probably I could make it look as if they were. I would also have to keep 6 templates up to date rather than 1, but maybe that is the only way?

(this was the only doc I found that related but it seems old?)
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/layouts/hierarchical-layouts/

Many thanks.

January 17, 2020 at 7:36 am #1463381

Luo Yang

Hello,

Toolset Views content template can only works in post content area, for the footer area, I suggest you try the GeneratePress built-in settings, since I don't have a copy of GeneratePress premium in my localhost, so I have tried GeneratePress free version in my localhost, it works fine, I can setup 3 widgets in one row and another widget in second row. I suggest you try to setup the footer widgets by follow their document:
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January 20, 2020 at 5:14 am #1468575

martinE-4

Thanks for your CSS solution. That would work, but it was easier for me using the 'Element' in GeneratePress Premium to add a views shortcode and give it a hook to assign it to the location after_footer_widgets.