remove colorlib and wordpress branding from pages

Dazzling
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Is there any way to remove colorlib and wordpress branding from the pages of this site I’m building:
I’d also like to get rid of the ugly black band it sits inside if possible.

2

Hi there

Yes, that’s possible but first you need a license for that:
https://colorlib.com/wp/licence/

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Are you saying I have to pay to remove the branding from a wordpress website? I heard it was not allowed to charge for that and also that the “display none” method had big dangers. I just want to know the safe free method that should be available.

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I will try a different theme if I can’t do it for free. But this should not be described as a free theme if it is not really true. In this country that is illegal and called “False advertising”.

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Hello there,

I hope you are doing well today.

The theme is free but in this case you want a license for the theme. Keep in mind that you can remove it once you have coding knowledge.

Best Regards,
Support

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It is silly to ask users to edit the theme file extras.php in the parent theme. Also, the documentation is out of date in terms of removing the Colorlib and WordPress branding; I am running Sparkling 2.4.8 and the Sparkling child theme. It is equally absurd to have to add a function in the child theme to remove this branding. It seems Sparkling has gone backward and made it as difficult as possible to de-brand the footer. In 2021, themes should be as OEM as possible, with no reference to the parent company. Just my 2 cents. So my question is: do you plan on adding footer customization in the child theme that allows users to easily remove proprietary branding?

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Also telling the world (and hackers) that the site is WordPress is bass-ackwards as well in modern web design. You should never freely reveal the tech stack of a site. Make them dig for it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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Hi there

Thanks for your input, I agree with you, as you may know, theme was developed in the back several years ago, the update is a good idea and we have it in the plan, however I cant say when exactly this will happen, in the meantime you may use existing solution