I have created separate logos for (a) very dark-background header and footers and (b) very light-background header and footers. The logos for footers and headers are also slightly different within the same mix. The footer logos include a slogan and the header logos do not. The logos have to be different to stand out, obviously. When I add any new mix to the Protean template, I can upload a separate and distinct logo for that template (new mix) in the header. For example, for a dark header, I will load the logo's lighter version. We do not get this option for the Footer within mixes, and I hope you agree we should have it there, too.
We can add a logo to the footer in the Navigation GUI. But as far as I can tell, I cannot create unique logos for Protean mixes there. So if I load a "white logo" there, it will not show up on the light templates. Conversely, a "dark logo" will not show up on the dark templates.
Here's a portion of the Header interface for a light mix; at the base of the screenshot you can see the labels and fields for Logo image upload:
Here is just the Logo image upload section in the Header of a darker custom mix for Protean. In this one, most of the logo is white to stand out against a very dark background; so, we can see very little of it below:
Contrast with this nice feature, the Footer section of the same light mix as the Header further above. Note, it has no "Logo upload," only a background image upload—not what I had in mind.
In the Studio > Navigation > System > Footer items GUI, seen below, we can specify a logo for the footer. I have a different version of the logo for my footer. It looks awesome on a dark background, but I need reverse lettering for a light background. The Navigation module only seems to allow the one footer image for the entire site. So, although welcome, it does not solve the problem.
I would love nothing better than for someone to show me what I'm missing and that adding footer variations for unique template mixes exists. But if not, I hope you designers at Una will considering adding this feature, making the Footer on equal footing with the Header regarding uploaded logo. Thank you.
Tuna
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I put in a temporary fix for my purposes by injecting a JavaScript that, onload; analyzes the color value (lightness or darkness) of my site header's background-color and switches out the footer "logo" I uploaded in lieu of an "icon," according to the same color value. This allows me to change from Protean Light Mix or any other mix I create with light headers to dark header and footers and still have the logo uploaded to the footer stand out. I say "temporary fix," because it is based on layout ids or classes designed into the Protean template system as markers to determine header and footer. That means the fix is more fragile than I would like. Still, it does work seamlessly.
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P.S. The script also—for good measure—switches out the header logos, although I designated different logos in the mixes of Protean I created. It also adds the important "alt" attribute with my company name to both header and footer logo and sets the height and width attribute for the footer Image, so that it is slightly larger than provided for when uploading a file in lieu of a FontAwesome icon in the system navigation > footer area.
Nevertheless, I still advocate for a built-in ability to add a logo to the footer of a "mix" within Protean. It's such a nice feature already implemented for the header. Thanks for your consideration, Team Una!