Removing Joomla footer (joomla! is free software released under the gnu/gpl license)

Thursday, 02 July 2009 21:22

This article explains how to change or remove the Joomla footer from a website. Although we all know what a great CMS Joomla is and it worth sprading the word about it, sometimes it's not desirable to have the footer with Joomla link saying "joomla! is free software released under the gnu/gpl license" at the bottom of our website. This is how you do it.

Fast Solution

With Joomla 1.5

In order to completely remove the footer, simply go to Extensions->Module Manager and unpublish the footer module. If you want only to change the text, get to desired language folder (english by default) inside the language directory, find the mod_footer.ini and change the text just the way you like.

With Joomla 1.0

To remove the footer from the default template, you should edit the file "includes/version.php". After you open it, find the $URL line and change it to a desired link. Avoid removing the whole line completely because this way you might break your template. Yet, if you don't want in there any link at all just leave an empty value ($URL = '').

If you see some link in the footer of any other template but the default one (rhuk_solarflare_ii) there is a good chance that it doesnt use the $URL variable. In this case you're going to have to remove the link in a conventional way by editing the template with your favorite html editor, looking for the url and changing it the way you want.

Further reading: Common strategies for placing a text in the footer.

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0 # 2010-11-12 02:09

thanks a lot

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0 # 2010-11-13 04:46

thankx a lot..

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0 # 2011-05-29 17:14

Thanks Bro.

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0 # 2011-06-09 06:46

Avoid removing the whole line completely because this way you might break your template.

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0 # 2011-08-09 02:27

T tried to remove the Foot credits as you told, and saved the file. BUt id didn't work! Have I to reset some Extension or something like that in order to work?

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