{"id":29598,"date":"2013-07-02T05:10:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=29598"},"modified":"2017-08-16T09:43:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T13:43:28","slug":"joomla-3-x-how-to-change-footer-copyright-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-3-x-how-to-change-footer-copyright-message.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 3.x. How to change footer copyright message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p>This  tutorial is going to show you how to change the footer copyright message in a Joomla  3.x. based template.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtmGb2Y7A-0?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Joomla 3.x. How to change footer copyright message<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>  For  instance, your footer copyright message says:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_1.jpg 312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>To change the <strong>Privacy Policy<\/strong> text, go to your Joomla administration\u00a0  panel, then go to the menu <strong>Extensions\u00a0 -&gt;\u00a0  Template manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2-300x85.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"85\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2-150x42.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_2.jpg 798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>Click the theme marked as  &ldquo;Assigned&rdquo;.<\/li>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>Click the <strong>Options<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>Scroll down till you see a field  called <strong>Privacy Policy <\/strong>with the Privacy Policy text in it<strong>. <\/strong><\/li>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_5.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>Change the text. By using the <strong>Privacy Policy item <\/strong>you can<strong> <\/strong>change the link for this button. The <strong>Privacy Policy Link <\/strong>option allows you  to disable the button.<\/li>\r\n<li>If your footer also contains the <strong>Terms of Use <\/strong>text, on the same page you  can find options to change the text, disable\/enable a button with this text or  change its link.<\/li>\r\n<li>The <strong>Show Year<\/strong> option allows you to enable\/disable the year in the  footer. The <strong>Show @<\/strong> allows you to  enable\/disable the @ in your footer. The footer width can be controlled by the <strong>Footer Width<\/strong> option.<\/li>\r\n<li>Once you have made the necessary  changes, click <strong>Save<\/strong> at the top and  open the front page of your site to check these changes.<\/li>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/footer_copyright_message_chnaging_in_joomla3_templates_6.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<li>The part of the footer text that  says <strong>joomla <\/strong>can  be changed in the<strong> configuration.php <\/strong>file  located in the root directory of your site (can be accessed from FTP) in the  following line<\/li>\r\n<pre class=\"brush:php\">public $sitename = 'joomla'; <\/pre>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtmGb2Y7A-0?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Joomla 3.x. 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