Updating the Footer

Currently, only a Web Services team member can update the site footer. While we work on bringing this functionality back to editors, please email webservices@georgetown.edu with any footer update requests.

To edit the Footer, hover over the GU Custom Settings tab and select Site Footer.

The Site Footer tab highlighted in the Administration Menu.

This will bring you to the Site Footer editing page with sections to add/edit Address Information, Contact Information, Office Hours, Social Media Links, and Extra Links.

The site footer with sections for address, contact information, extra footer links and social media links highlighted.

Address Information

The address information field.

Contact Information

The contact information field.

Office Hours

The office hours field.

Social Media Links

The social media links field.

To add social media links to your footer, select the social media platform (i.e. Facebook, Instagram etc.) from the list of Social Media Sites. Then enter the corresponding URL into the “Profile URL field”.

To Add more Social Media Links, select the “Add More” button. To delete a social media link, click the red minus sign to the right of the link editor.

The social media links field with options to delete and add more highlighted.
The extra footer links field.

The Extra Footer Links will add another link to the right of the “Full Site Menu” link.

To link to a post or page on the current site, select the “Link to Post” option and search for the post/page in the “select a post” field.

To link to an external webpage, select the External Link option and enter the webpage URL and the corresponding link text.

To add more Extra Footer Links, select the “Add More” button.

To delete an Extra Footer Link, click the red minus sign to the right of the link editor.

The extra footer links field with the delete and add more options highlighted.

To add hours of operation for your department/office, locate the “Office Hours” on the Site Footer page and add the hours to the text box.