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In a subtheme of Zen, I've got a templates folder that has region.tpl.php and region--footer.tpl.php that are copied from the main Zen theme. However, the custom region file is not being used for the regions of my theme; I even changed the contents of the region--footer.tpl.php file to just be <?php exit("Hi!"); to see if it's being called at all, and it appears to not be.

I've cleared the theme cache (it's set to clear every page load); what am I missing to get that custom region template to actually apply?

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A few things to check on that might be causing your error:

  • Is the footer region populated with a box or content? If no, the region won't show.
  • Have you edited the region--footer.tpl.php of the main Zen theme or your subtheme? Editing the wrong one won't show the result.
  • Is the footer properly actived (not commented) in your subthemes's .info file? (regions[footer] = Footer)
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  • Thank you, Apex; indeed I didn't have anything in my footer region. For one other custom area, it looks like my issue was that the name of the region had a hyphen in the name, which Zen/Drupal doesn't like. Changing the machine_name of the region to have an underscore instead (and change the custom region template's name) made it start applying.
    – MidnightLightning
    Oct 6, 2012 at 13:01
  • You're most welcome ^^
    – Jan Werkhoven
    Oct 7, 2012 at 13:18
  • Upvote? Could use the extra features on this exchange ;)
    – Jan Werkhoven
    Oct 7, 2012 at 13:21

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