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    • Asher
      Asher @Jantaro last edited by

      Yes that is correct.  Also, when you remove it, don't forget to update the file, simple but people tend to forget.

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      • irvingw
        irvingw last edited by

        There is a slight chance that the footer link is encrypted and removing it will break the formatting of the theme. Just a heads up, if you see that happen you'll need to do a little bit of Googling and you will find the solution, it's only slightly tricky if you know programming.

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        • Atlanta-SMO
          Atlanta-SMO last edited by

          Is there any way to tell if it's encrypted before doing it?  From the website source?

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          • Asher
            Asher @Atlanta-SMO last edited by

            Highlight the portion of the footer you want to remove, right click the highlighted portion and "inspect elements". This will tell you exactly what the code for that snippet is.  Hope that helps.

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            • Atlanta-SMO
              Atlanta-SMO @Asher last edited by

              This is what I get when I highlight:

              © Copyright 2013 · All Rights Reserved · Website by

              TechAdvocate Solutions

              I don't see anything odd there...

              the site is http://www.northatlantacleaning.com  if you can take a glance and see if you see anything odd??

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              • Asher
                Asher @Atlanta-SMO last edited by

                I don't see anything odd.  To me it looks to be located in the footer file.  Go appeance/editor/footer.php look for that snippet of code and delete.  It also looks to me to be the only bit of html in the footer.  Don't forget to update your file afterwards.

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                • Atlanta-SMO
                  Atlanta-SMO @Jantaro last edited by

                  I looked in the editor in the main theme and the child theme.  I used control f to search for it and didn't find their link.  Any other possibilities?

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                  • Asher
                    Asher @Atlanta-SMO last edited by

                    Jimmy, private message me with a screen grab of your footer.php file so i can see if i can find it.

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                    • Atlanta-SMO
                      Atlanta-SMO @Asher last edited by

                      The images below are what I see in the "editor"...  I don't see the tech-advocates url anywhere...

                      genesiseditor_zps404d2960.png Editor_zps76b1100a.png

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                      • Atlanta-SMO
                        Atlanta-SMO @Asher last edited by

                        I tried to PM you and it isn't letting me.  What is your username? I tried your name and going to your profile and clicking private message etc.  PM me and Ill respond.  thank you very much.

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                        • Budskab
                          Budskab last edited by

                          In genesis framework you edit the footer in functions.php

                          You could Google something like "Studiopress footer code snippet" or check at studiopress.com in the menu under Ressources > Code Snippets.

                          [Update]

                          Finally at a real computer 🙂

                          Snippets are here: http://my.studiopress.com/snippets/footer/#custom-footer


                          Hope this solves your problem!

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                          • Chris.Menke
                            Chris.Menke last edited by

                            It could be a footer widget.  If you go to the Appearance| Widgets section, you may a footer widget section--look in there for your code.  It may also be in the settings section of your theme's options--be sure to look through that section too.

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