How to change footer copyright in Joomla 2.5 template in joomla

This tutorial is going to show you how to change the footer copyright in Joomla 2.5 template.

E.g. the footer of your template says “Joomla © 2012 | Privacy Policy”

1) To change the text Privacy Policy text, go to the /language/en-GB/ folder on your FTP and open the en-GB.tpl_theme+your theme number.ini file there to edit. Change the text where it says:

TPL_PRIVACY = “Privacy Policy

2) To change the URL of the Privacy Policy link, on your FTP go to templates/theme+your_theme_number/features/  and open the copyright.php file. The URL can be changed here:

<p class="copyright"><?php echo $sitename. ' &copy; '. date('Y') . $this->get('text'); ?> | <a href="<strong>index.php/contacts</strong>"><?php echo JText::_('TPL_PRIVACY'); ?></a></p>

 

3) In order to change the text that says Joomla, open the configuration.php file in  the root (e.g. public_html, httpdocs, www etc) folder and change it where it says:

public $sitename = '<strong>Joomla</strong>';

 

How to change footer copyright in Joomla 2.5 template in joomla