How to: change the footer in Joomla

How to: change the footer in Joomla

One of the most commonly requested changes to an installation of the Joomla content management system to change the footer information or delete it altogether. As the Joomla license is free under the GPL, you can edit or remove the copyright information, how long the information within the platform-php to remain-source-code. This article assumes that you are using a Standard installation of Joomla version 1.5.15 with the default template rhuk_milkyway. Please note that if it is described to be a other template in your Joomla installation, the paths in this article, you might need to change.

One of the most commonly requested changes to an installation of the Joomla content management system to change the footer information or delete it altogether. As the Joomla license is free under the GPL, you can edit or remove the copyright information, how long the information within the platform-php to remain-source-code. This article assumes that you are using a Standard installation of Joomla version 1.5.15 with the default template rhuk_milkyway. Please note that if it is described to be a other template in your Joomla installation, the paths in this article, you might need to change.
things you Need

• Computer
• Internet connection

• FTP client

Change the 'Powered by' footer

• Download a copy of your index.php file from the folder \templates\rhuk_milkyway directory on your local system, and you create a backup copy. Open the original file with Notepad or your favorite editor and locate the following text starting at around line 158:

  Joomla!http://www.joomla.org\">Joomla!>. XHTMLhttp://validator.w3.org/check/referer\">XHTML> CSShttp://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer\">CSS>.

• Remove the " Powered by,' 'Valid' or 'and' text by simply deleting the text between the single quotes, so that only the ( "" ) and save the file. Not delete any code, as you can decide at a later date that you would like to have some text in this field.
• keep the connection of functionality and only change the text and link destination, we can use eHow as an example of a different link by changing Joomla!http://www.joomla.org\">Joomla!> eHowhttp://www.ehow.com\">eHow> and save the file.
• you will delete the link functionality permanently, delete one or more of the default links by simply removing the comprehensive code and text Joomla!http://www.joomla.org\">Joomla!>.
• Download your new index.php file and check your results.

to Change the Copyright Footer

• Download a copy of your en-GB.mod_footer.ini file located in the directory \language\en-GB directory on your local system, and then use it to create a backup copy. Open the original file and locate the following text:
  FOOTER=FooterFOOTER_LINE1=Copyright & #169 �te% %sitename%. All Rights Reserved.FOOTER_LINE2=Joomla!http://www.joomla.org\">Joomla!> this is Free Software, released under the GNU/GPL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html\">GNU/GPL license.
• remove all the traces of the copyright information, delete all the text and code to resemble the following lines. Save the file and upload it to your site.
  FOOTER=FooterFOOTER_LINE1=FOOTER_LINE2=
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• the copyright information, examine the FOOTER_LINE1 code closely. Remove the "Copyright" text and icon, just remove the following: Copyright & #169 . Remove the date or the name of the site, remove the percent sign, and the corresponding text. For example, remove the date by deleting �%te.
• described as Similar to the changes in the "Powered By" footer instructions you will find in line FOOTER_LINE2= and change the text and link destination, what and where you want it. Often the original code is modified to point to>your website similar to http://www.yourdomainname.com\"> Website.

tips & warnings

• Experiment with changing both footers. Add additional text or hotlinks or maybe a picture and you will see how you can you do differently to be displayed.

• Save yourself some pain, and you back up your original files before you make changes to them.