Guy i dont know if this is the right section to ask this. Please mods if it isnt , can you please move it to teh right section. Guys i have a free joomla template im using now, is there anyway legally to remove the link that says "Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License" Can anyone with knowledge about this please advise? thanks a bunch
Is the free template from Joomla? I suspect it isn't so I would say it's safe to remove the link back to Joomla.
This comes directly from Joomla's website Essentially there are three ways to change this text. 1. Within your template's index.php file. 2. Within the /includes/footer.php file. 3. Within the language files. A little explanation of how these methods are inter-related: Each template set lives in its own sub-folder within /templates// A template consists of: an index.php (not to be confused with the scripts index.php in the installation root. a css file usually css_template.css contained within /templates//css/ additionally image files within /templates//images/ /includes/footer.php is part of the core distribution of the script. Your template's index.php file 'includes' - programmer speak for merges - footer.php into the final output of the page. footer.php itself retrieves the Copyright text from the languages files. There are pros and cons to either of these strategies, which I will explain as I go. 1. Editing your template's index.php so as not to include includes/footer.php and to simply place your text directly into the template. Pros: Quick easy and efficient. It will also survive any upgrade of the core installation. Cons: If you change templates, or use multiple templates you will have to replicate your edits throughout multiple templates. Specifics: Find and remove this line from the file /templates//index.php 2. Editing includes/footer.php so it does not retrieve the copyright info from the language files. Instead enter your own details here. Pros: Again fairly quick and easy - possibly more efficient as the info will be available throughout multiple template sets. Cons: The includes/footer.php file is part of the core distribution - it gets overwritten when you upgrade your favourite CMS. specifics: COPYRIGHT; ?> URL; ?> Find and remove these lines, or similar from the /includes/footer.php file, and replace with your own html or php. 3. Editing the language files directly - so that footer.php retrieves your info. Pros: does the job Cons: less transparent to anyone who takes over from you as editor. Also prone to being overwritten when you upgrade your favourite CMS. Specifics: edit the file /languages/english.php If you are using Joomla 1.5 it is in the footer module.
He was using free theme, now he has made new theme and load. so we would like to know can we safely remove this from the current template? will this no harm on his sites? Please advice.