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  • February 8, 2016 at 8:42 pm #579878
    thatryan

    I have directory in my child theme for “includes” and inside I have helper-main-menu.php to make some tweaks there. Works find. I am trying to do the same with helper-social-media.php but it does not look like that file is being recognized. ( I am trying to add some prefix text to the social bookmark links )

    February 9, 2016 at 3:10 am #580021
    Elliott

    Hi thatryan!

    What’s the exact change your trying to do?

    Best regards,
    Elliott

    February 9, 2016 at 3:21 am #580030
    thatryan

    in thmes/child-theme/includes/helper-social-media.php
    in the build_icon() function, around line 82, 

    $html  = "";
$html .= "<".$this->args['inside']." class='".$this->args['class']."_".$icon['social_icon']." av-social-link-".$icon['social_icon']." social_icon_".$this->counter."'>";
$html .= "<a {$blank} href='".$icon['social_icon_link']."' ".av_icon_string($icon['social_icon'])." title='".ucfirst($icon['social_icon'])."'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>".ucfirst($icon['social_icon'])."</span></a>";
$html .= "</".$this->args['inside'].">";

return $html;

    I am trying to add a span and some text right before the <ul> gets output.

    $html  = "";
 $html .= "<span>Follow Us: </span>";
    February 9, 2016 at 10:30 am #580251
    Vinay

    Hey!

    Are you trying to make these changes from Appearance > Editor > functions.php

    If so make sure the folder and file has writable permission set on it as well.

    for more info please check https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

    Another alternative is to make changes via FTP and upload the file to server.

    Cheers!
    Vinay Kashyap

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Vinay.
    February 9, 2016 at 7:19 pm #580523
    thatryan

    No I am changing it in my child theme via sFTP.
    Same way I have done everything else, so it is not a permissions issue.

    February 11, 2016 at 8:48 am #581492
    Ismael

    Hey!

    I’m sorry but you can’t override a helper function inside a child theme. The override will only work for template files such as the header.php, loops, templates etc. If you really need to do this in a child theme, copy the whole “avia_social_media_icons” class in the functions.php. Or use javascript / jQuery.

    Best regards,
    Ismael

    March 20, 2019 at 9:01 am #1080721
    mdekievit

    Hi Ismael,

    I’m also trying to override a helper php file in my child theme. How can I make sure the file in child the overrides the parent enfold version? I found a post that refers to putting something in functions.php?

    Best regards,
    Matthijs

    March 21, 2019 at 9:40 am #1081283
    Ismael

    Hi,

    You need to copy the whole function or class in the child theme’s functions.php file in order to override the parent function.

    Best regards,
    Ismael

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