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I have a site built with Concrete5 and my host is Dreamhost. I would like to get rid of the entire footer, except for the photography copyright. My theme is Simple Style. I know absolutely nothing about web design and code - can anyone help me using very simple instructions?
My second question is that if I successfully delete the "sign-in" link from the footer, how can I sign in to the website?
Thanks in advance for your help!!
 
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
MrKDilkington
Hi jvuosomusiclessons,

Can you post a link to your website?

If you delete the login link, the login page will still be available at:
www.www.yoursite.com/index.php/login...

Do you have FTP access or control panel access to the site files?

To remove the items in the footer except for the copyright.
- first, make sure you have a site backup
- second, copy footer.php from this directory and put it somewhere safe:
themes\simplestyle\elements\footer.php
- next open footer.php
- select the entire contents of this file and delete it
- paste this code into the file:
<?php       defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied.")); ?>
    <div id="footer">
      <p><?php 
    $a = new Area('Footer');
    $a->display($c);
?></p><br/>
          © <?php      echo date('Y')?>
    </div>
  </div>
<?php       Loader::element('footer_required'); ?>
</body>
</html>

- save the file
jvuosomusiclessons replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks for your help, MrKDilkington.
I am at a very very basic level with this. How do I make a backup copy of the site?
I do have access to both FTP and Web FTP - which one should I go into when I do this?
The site is jvuosomusiclessons.com
Thanks again!
jvuosomusiclessons replied on at Permalink Reply
I just found the "backup" button within my dashboard. I selected "run backup" and now that is done and there are 3 choices next to my backup - "download" "restore" and "delete". Is this what you were referring to or did you mean that I need to save it on a flash drive somehow?
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Reply 1 Attachment
MrKDilkington
Now that I see the site, there is a site name after the copyright. I imagine you want this kept. If so, use this code.
<?php       defined('C5_EXECUTE') or die(_("Access Denied.")); ?>
    <div id="footer">
    <p><?php
    $a = new Area('Footer');
    $a->display($c);
    ?></p>
   © <?php      echo date('Y')?> <a href="<?php      echo DIR_REL?>/"><?php      echo SITE?></a>.
    </div>
    <p> </p>
  </div>
<?php       Loader::element('footer_required'); ?>
</body>
</html>


I attached a screenshot of everything else removed.

In your Web FTP, is there a folder called www or public_html?

You are looking for the footer.php file. Here is the folder path.
packages/simplestyle/themes/simplestyle/elements/footer.php

"I just found the "backup" button within my dashboard. I selected "run backup" and now that is done and there are 3 choices next to my backup - "download" "restore" and "delete". Is this what you were referring to or did you mean that I need to save it on a flash drive somehow?"

You will want to download the backup. It can be saved to your computer.
jvuosomusiclessons replied on at Permalink Reply
OK, I am getting really close to being able to do this. I have found the footer and I opened it in notepad. Deleted the text and pasted in the code you sent me. Hit save. There are no changes to the site and when I go back and open the footer again its still the original code. The changes aren't saving. Is there a program I need to download first instead of using notepad? Or am I missing something else? I really appreciate your help!!
MrKDilkington replied on at Permalink Reply 1 Attachment
MrKDilkington
What is likely happening is that you are opening and saving changes to a copy of the file.

Since you said you had FTP access to the site, you can just upload and overwrite the file.

I am attaching a zip file that has the original footer.php and the footer.php with the changes.

When you log into the FTP server you will use the same folder path to footer.php that you used with Web FTP. Once you navigate to the elements folder, upload the footer.php from the changed_footer folder. When prompted, you will choose to overwrite the file.
jvuosomusiclessons replied on at Permalink Reply
It worked!!! Thank you so so much MrKDilkington!! I truly appreciate all your help!!