Trying to change the text on the "Return to top" link

[Cesc VilanovaParticipant Post count: 16]

Hi,

I’m trying to change the text on the “Return to top” link on my Modern Portfolio based site.

I’ve pasted this code:

// 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;
}

…that I found on GitHub, to my functions.php file of my child theme but it doesn’t seem to work.

Any advice at what I could be doing wrong?

This is the site I’m trying to implement this.

Thanks in advance!

Cesc.

[anitacModerator Post count: 2690]

Make sure your quotes and apostrophes are the correct ones. Sometimes, they don’t copy over correctly. Copy and paste into Notepad, verify and fix – then apply the code again to the Functions file.

Scrap that – your code looks wrong. It should be:

/** 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;
}

You have too many brackets.

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[Cesc VilanovaParticipant Post count: 16]

Thanks for your help!

I’ve removed one [ and the other ] and still doesn’t work though.

I’ve updated the site with the new code.

[anitacModerator Post count: 2690]

Re-copy MY code. Don’t use yours. Remove it and copy and paste mine.

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[csbeckParticipant Post count: 86]

Or you could try the Genesis Simple Edits plugin.

Just a thought.

[Cesc VilanovaParticipant Post count: 16]

Thanks to both of you for your help.

Anitac, I have used your code (I only changed the “return to top” text, of course) and it doesn’t work either

Csbeck, I was using Genesis Simple Edits.  This is the code I’ve put in my Footer Output field.

<div class=”gototop”><p>[footer_backtotop]</p></div>
<div class=”creds”><p>Copyright [footer_copyright] </p></div>

I understood that the code above requires me to change the function where the text is set. Maybe I’m wrong. I’m a total newbye

PD: The site is now at http://www.menthoria.com

[giraffewebParticipant Post count: 8]

Did you find a solution to this?  I found the “Return to Top of Page” text set in the Genesis/lib/shortcodes/footer.php.  It appears that no matter what you put in theme’s function file, or using simple edits, the Genesis setting is taking precedence over our custom settings.  I have tried all the above solutions you have and cannot get this to change to just “Top” like it is in the Fabric theme.

Judy

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