second widget line in footer

One thing to ask here – i see that for the footer there was a compatibility update fix in: helper-compat-update.php
(enfold / includes / admin)
Do i have to set this two for the new column rows?

My thought was that there weren’t any older second row footers to transform to the newer Enfold versions – so that I can leave that adjustment out.

about socket widget columns:

i needed this for a customer – and if you like to know how – very similar to the procedure above:
here is the download of the edited footer.php : PasteBin
here you can see before for i have done: https://pastebin.com/u8yuxcK6

to register then the new widget areas and admin options etc. you had to insert this to your child-theme functions.php

function my_avf_option_page_data_add_elements( array $avia_elements = array() )
{
  $slug = 'footer';
  $id = 'footer_columns';
  
  $new_element =  array(
	"slug"	=> "footer",
	"name" 	=> __("Socket Columns", 'avia_framework'),
	"desc" 	=> __("How many columns should be displayed in your socket", 'avia_framework'),
	"id" 	=> "socket_columns",
	"required"	=> array( 'display_widgets_socket', '{contains_array}all;nofooterwidgets' ),
	"type" 	=> "select",
	"std" 	=> "3",
	"subtype" => array(
		__('1', 'avia_framework') =>'1',
		__('2', 'avia_framework') =>'2',
		__('3', 'avia_framework') =>'3',
		__('4', 'avia_framework') =>'4',
		__('5', 'avia_framework') =>'5',
		__('6', 'avia_framework') =>'6'));
  
  $found = false;
  $index = 0;
  

  foreach( $avia_elements as $key => $element )
	{ $index++;
	    if( isset( $element['id'] ) &&  ( $element['id'] == $id ) && isset( $element['slug'] ) && ( $element['slug'] == $slug ) ) { 
	      $found = true;
	      break;
	   	}
  	} 
		 if( ! $found ) { 
				$avia_elements[] = $new_element;
		 }
		 else {
		    $avia_elements = array_merge( array_slice( $avia_elements, 0, $index ), array( $new_element ), array_slice( $avia_elements, $index  ) );
		 }
  return $avia_elements;
}
add_filter( 'avf_option_page_data_init', 'my_avf_option_page_data_add_elements', 10, 1 );

/*** Register new socket widget areas */
function socket_widgets_init() {
	$socket_columns = avia_get_option( 'socket_columns', '6' );
	for ($i = 1; $i <= $socket_columns; $i++)
	{
		register_sidebar(array(
			'name' => 'Socket - column'.$i,
			'before_widget' => '<section id="%1$s" class="widget clearfix %2$s">', 
			'after_widget' => '<span class="seperator extralight-border"></span></section>', 
			'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">', 
			'after_title' => '</h3>', 
			'id'=>'av_socket_'.$i
		));
	}
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'socket_widgets_init' );

this will end up in this Enfold Options Dialog:

this here is only needed if you like to have 6 Columns for Original Footer Widget too

the 6th column is sometimes set in the source code, sometimes not.
f.e. in the originally footer there is allready a case 6 prepared.
but on the /includes/admin/register-admin-options.php not (only 5 for original footer columns) – you can add it there ( from line 4346ff)

$avia_elements[] =	array(
		"slug"	=> "footer",
		"name" 	=> __("Footer Columns", 'avia_framework'),
		"desc" 	=> __("How many columns should be displayed in your footer", 'avia_framework'),
		"id" 	=> "footer_columns",
		"required"	=> array( 'display_widgets_socket', '{contains_array}all;nosocket' ),
		"type" 	=> "select",
		"std" 	=> "4",
		"subtype" => array(
			__('1', 'avia_framework') =>'1',
			__('2', 'avia_framework') =>'2',
			__('3', 'avia_framework') =>'3',
			__('4', 'avia_framework') =>'4',
			__('5', 'avia_framework') =>'5',
			__('6', 'avia_framework') =>'6'));

then you can do in /includes/admin/register-widgets-area.php:

	//dynamic widgets
	
	#footer
	$footer_columns = avia_get_option( 'footer_columns', '6' );
	
	for ($i = 1; $i <= $footer_columns; $i++)
	{
		register_sidebar(array(
			'name' => 'Footer - column'.$i,
			'before_widget' => '<section id="%1$s" class="widget clearfix %2$s">', 
			'after_widget' => '<span class="seperator extralight-border"></span></section>', 
			'before_title' => '<h3 class="widgettitle">', 
			'after_title' => '</h3>', 
			'id'=>'av_footer_'.$i
		));
	}

and if you want to make it perfect – you can style the dummy widget data on the bottom for both ( socket and footer widgets) for case 6