I installed the Sponsors Carousel plugin and am having trouble getting the carousel to appear on my site. Using the UI, I added the following to Montezuma's footer.php:

<!-- debug --><pre>
<?php echo sponsors_carousel(); ?>
</pre><!-- debug -->

<div id="footer-bg">
etc…

My changes do appear — a dotted area indicates the <pre> block and, if I add "Hello world" inside the <pre> area, it appears on the page. My problem:

PHP Code:

<?php echo sponsors_carousel(); ?>

outputs nothing.

I tried replacing the PHP with the plugin's shortcode equivalent:

PHP Code:

<?php echo do_shortcode ('[sponsors_carousel]'); ?>

And nothing showed up. I tried another plugin to ensure the problem didn't lie with Sponsors Carousel:

PHP Code:

<?php echo do_shortcode ('[table id=3 /]'); ?>

This leads me to think the issue is related to the theme. What's going on?

Thanks!

are you editing the virtual or physical footer.php?

I'm editing via the UI at Montezuma Options. That's the virtual, right?

Yes, but you are limited in the php you can use -see the tab in the upper right 'Limited PHP Code'

Juggledad, thanks for coming through yet again. I got all the answers I needed under the "Limited PHP Code" tab and I like the direction in which I'm being guided — putting my changes in a physical file in a child theme. Thanks!