How to remove the author in a Joomla! Template

How to remove the author in a Joomla! Template

The Joomla! Content Management System comes with several pre-installed templates. More templates are available for free download, while some developers to buy a "premium template" from a professional web design company could. The templates included with Joomla!, as well as many free templates, links in the footer, which is the equivalent of free advertising for the author of the template. The author may request that links be left intact in exchange of the template to use. If not, you can removed, change the code in the template files.

to Remove

• Log in to the Cpanel of your web host. Open the folder with your Joomla! installation. Open the "templates" folder, then the folder with the name of the template that you want to change.
• Download the "index.php" the file and open it with a code editing application such as "Smultron" or "Notepad ". Save a copy of the original file, so you will be able to go back to it, if you need to.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page where you can specify tags, the beginning and the end of the footer. You will find the name of the author or the links that you want to remove. Are you searching for the words that you want to remove, if you have difficulties to find them. You should not rely know enough about HTML tags, stray bits of code. For example, to remove a link, delete all of the following:
  ">http://example.com">the text that shows on your site.
• Save the changes and upload the edited file in the original folder. Before you delete the old file or put your options for the upload and overwrite it.
• Update your Joomla! To see the Website changes.

tips & warnings

• read the license agreement before you make any changes to the code of the template. You can be compelled by law to leave the author links intact. Some templates are not designed to work if the author removed the links.