Edit Footer.php

sure – in most themes
some themes not here at wordpress.org use functions to kill your site if footer links are removed, though

which theme do you use?

In footer.php, remove the following:

<div id="site-generator">
				<?php do_action( 'twentyten_credits' ); ?>
				<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://wordpress.org/', 'twentyten' ) ); ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Semantic Personal Publishing Platform', 'twentyten' ); ?>" rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Proudly powered by %s.', 'twentyten' ), 'WordPress' ); ?></a>
			</div><!-- #site-generator -->

does edit twentyten theme footer.php violate the rules of wordpress? if we violate the rules, what sanctions we get?

WordPress and the TwentyTen Theme are licensed under GPL. You are completely free to modify them in any way you so choose.

Though, I would recommend that you NOT change the TwentyTen Theme directly, but rather create a Child Theme to contain your changes. That way, when WordPress/TwentyTen are updated, your modifications are retained after the update.

But it’s a good idea, if you are going to modify it, to make a copy of the entire theme and rename it, so that your changes are not over written the next time you upgrade WordPress.

Actually, that’s not really a great idea. Better, for making such a minor change, would be to create a Child Theme.

I’m using the Code Blue 1.01 theme on one of my sites and cannot figure out how to change the footer to remove the WordPress note as well as another link out to another site. It has a script with a base64_decode in it. Is it possible?

Where did you get your Theme? Wherever it is, don’t ever get Themes from there, ever again. Seriously, only download WordPress Themes from trusted sources.

Are you using “Revolution Code Blue”? If so, get a clean copy from the WordPress.org Theme Repository.

I’m using Newsplus theme.But there is problem of edit footer.php.
Help me!

@lamusudip and @ayal007

You need to start your own topics. Your issues are separate from the OP’s.

I am trying to edit the footer.php in Twenty Ten to replace the “proudly powered by…”. I changed it and it looks fine, but I am getting a W3.org validation error. I’m not familiar with PHP. Can you help me fix there error?
Site: http://www.saravaron.net
The code I am using in the Child theme php is:

<div id="site-generator">
<?php do_action( 'twentyten_credits' ); ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( __( 'http://sheilahvaron.com/' ) );
 ?>" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'SheilahVaron.com'); ?>"
rel="generator"><?php printf( __( 'Site created by Sheilah Varon'), 'WordPress' ); ?>
</div><!-- #site-generator -->

The W3.org validation error message is:

4. Line 190, Column 84: Bad value generator for attribute rel on element a: Keyword generator is not registered.
…om/” title=”SheilahVaron.com” rel=”generator”>Site created by Sheilah Varon
Syntax of link type valid for and <area>:
A whitespace-separated list of link types listed as allowed on and <area> in the HTML specification or listed as an allowed on and <area> on the Microformats wiki without duplicate keywords in the list. You can register link types on the Microformats wiki yourself.