In what way would you like to change the footer text? If you’d just like to add some additional text, you can do that with CSS alone, for example:
.site-info::after {
content: " | My copyright info";
}
Don’t edit the theme files directly, otherwise your changes will be overwritten every time the theme is updated to the latest version.
An easy way to add custom CSS is to install the Jetpack plugin and activate the Custom CSS module. You’ll then add your custom CSS in the new stylesheet editor that’ll appear in your dashboard, under Appearance > Edit CSS.
As an alternative, you could install a standalone custom CSS plugin.
If you want to completely change the footer text, you’d normally need to go the child theme route to override the text in footer.php, but since Cubic is already a child theme of Boardwalk, that isn’t possible here. You can make the changes directly in Cubic, but you’ll need to redo them after every theme update, since they’ll be overwritten after updating the theme.
2) Change the color palette directly in the stylesheet
You can make colour tweaks by using CSS overrides in a CSS plugin as well.
Learning how to target your site’s CSS will help you make certain design and layout changes. Here are some very helpful posts that will help you customize your site with CSS:
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/css-selectors/
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/css-intro/
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/css-matched-rule-pane/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/how-to-find-your-themes-css/
https://thewc.co/articles/view/web-inspector-tutorial
https://cssworkshop.wordpress.com/
