Removing Footer on some Wordpress Theme

Hello Guys,

I want to remove a footer link on some Wordpress Theme.

I will give the dude who have created the wordpress theme Credits, but I want to write my name too, because I have changed a lot of things on the theme..

This is what I have found in the style.css File

#credits {
color:#90aabf;
margin:0 auto;
width:980px;
}

#credits p {
margin:0;
line-height:16px;
padding:10px 0;
}

#credits a {
color:#90aabf;
}

#credits a:hover {
text-decoration:underline;
}

PHP:

The footer.php is crypted, and it cannot be changed from there..

Can someone help me?

Best Regards,
Simeon

 

Hi, I think you need to decode the php code. Most developer use base64 to compress. You can use online base64 decoder. Just google for "php base 64 decoder". This article might help you understanding more about this.

 

Get in touch with theme developer. Many allows you to alter once you approach them.

 

And if they ask you not to...DON'T. Sometimes I think we should just have a sticky thread here saying that, but at least you want to give him credit so it could be worse

 

Having taken the footer off, especially when using a free template can be quite tricky and most of the time can ruin the free distribution idea. You definitely have to make sure that the footer doesn't have link pointing to sides that are not appropriate or in sync with your own content. However, you should keep the initial link to the creator of the template existing so that the person gets rewarded and recognition, if he/she already hands them out for free. Definitely use the "php base 64 decoder" to see what the footer includes, since you don't want to destroy your own name.

 

it is good script ..

 

Hello

Here is the solution, right click on the website and click "view source". Check for that particular div tag in which code was written in encrypted mode. Now see what is there in the same div after clicking view source. You will see pure html code , just copy that code and add your lines where you want and replace encrypted code with this code.

 

Thank you for the answers.
I have decided to let the footer be in my website

I will not change it. I respect the author and i will give him backlinks

Cheers,

 

But sometimes the links in the footer are absolutely irrelevant. what you guys suggest in this scenario?

 

You can remove whole things on footer and write your own footer.php, you also need to change CSS file slightly. Second option is to communicate with developer and ask him to grant you permission to do so.