/inc/_vars.inc.php line 183

Good luck

Afwas thanks for your prompt reply.

having looked I understand why the "Good luck"

I have commented out the whole lot until I can find out what I need to remove just for the 1 link.

What you can do is : remove that credit line and put a link back to b2evolution somewhere else.
We don't care where you put the link back, as long as it is somewhere there on the page.

I did a two-part mod.
in conf/_application.php change lines 62-64 to read:

$credit_links = array(
	array( 'http://b2evolution.net/" title="powered by b2evolution', 'b2evolution' ),
	);

in inc/_vars.inc.php change lines 182-184 to:

	$credit_links = array_merge( $credit_links );

Since I use a modified evopress having a link-back in the sidebar wasn't good enough (to me) because there is no sidebar on single-post pages.

After looking at the mess created to try to "push" competitors hosting companies I just removed the lot myself. I did not replace it with anything because there is already a prominent logo and link to b2 on the pages anyway. One logo/link is adequate to give credit to the source of the program.

I would have not gone this route if they ( authors ) had not made it an all-or-nothing choice and simply provided a means to turn off the link to their list of other hosting companies instead of trying to force me to promote them while denying me the option of adding my company to the list.

I did ask, never got on the list.
:-/

[u]Foot note[/u]: I believe in open source, however I do not believe that trying to force me ( A web host ) to provide a link to their list of my competitors has anything at all to do with a legitimate credit under GPL.

This "feature" should be complete removed or should include in the admin CP a means to turn it off. It is unethical and a slap in the face of any hosting company denied placement on their "special" list of hosts. and constitutes built in SPAM.

Found an easier one-step method to keep the feature without accepting all the undesirable linkage. Ignore changing conf/_application.php unless you want to add something to the credits array by using that feature. Instead change inc/_vars.inc.php change lines 182-184 to:

$credit_links = array_merge(array(array('http://b2evolution.net/','b2evolution')),$credit_links);

This way b2evolution will always be the first credit listed. Then anything you choose to add to your conf/_application file, then any credits you might have allowed from plugins (if they ask for it) and anything that comes with the skin you use.

Is it just me or has this moved in 2.4.2?

The array in _vars.inc.php is empty.

[url=http://blogrum.innervisions.org.uk/tech/killing-evo-spam-2-4-1-stable]Killing evo credits[/url]
[url=http://wonderwinds.com/hackblog.php/2008/05/11/seven-hacks-for-v242#hack2]Seven hacks for b2evo[/url]

Either of those links should help ;)

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Thanks, I'll try that when I get home.

No problem ;)

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¥åßßå wrote:

[url=http://blogrum.innervisions.org.uk/tech/killing-evo-spam-2-4-1-stable]Killing evo credits[/url]
[url=http://wonderwinds.com/hackblog.php/2008/05/11/seven-hacks-for-v242#hack2]Seven hacks for b2evo[/url]

Either of those links should help ;)

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Hi

Thanks for the links, but stupid question how I make them to work, I copu the hacks.php to the conf/ folder and after that?

Also is there a good php editor other than windows notepad.

Thanks

After that you should sit in the sun and sip fancy drinks with umbrellas and stuff :)

conf/hacks.php *should* do the job for you. If not we would have to see your file to ensure it is correctly structured. For example absolutely nothing before the <?php line, and absolutely nothing after the ?> characters at the end. Got link to your blog? Believe it or not it helps a lot.

Google "notepad++" for a cool replacement for plain old notepad. I use it for some stuff, but I prefer "HTML Kit" for my php file editing tasks.

hacks.php wrote:

<?php
// this kills footer spam in 241 and 242, leaving only a traditional linkback in it's place
global $global_Cache;
$evo_credit = array( array( 'http://b2evolution.net', 'Powered by b2evolution' ) );
$evo_linkback = array( '' => array( array( 100,'http://b2evolution.net/', array( array( 55, 'powered by b2evolution blog software' ) ) ) ) );
$global_Cache->set( 'evo_links', serialize( $evo_linkback) );
$global_Cache->set( 'creds', serialize( $evo_credit ) );
$global_Cache->dbupdate();
?>

url for blog is http://blog.navamuel.com/

I do not have a blogs folder just uploaded everything from that folder to the root.

Thanks for your time.

Octron your footer has the normal credits in it now, so there is nothing else for you to do. The hacks.php file removed "extra" links to things like a list of web hosts and info about putting ads on your blog. The links remaining in your footer are actually part of the skin you are using - not something this thread or hack addresses.

Hi

thanks, didn't noticed that, thanks for looking

The Octron recipe looks good, except for one thing: it updated the credits in the table in every access.

IIRC the reason it does that is because evo changed the db ( every hit ) if the links were removed.

Since then, and after a tad of a chat with FG, it no longer does that ;)

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Thanks much for all the posts. I didn't particularly like the idea of modifying the b2evo source and I really wanted to control the credits from my custom skin (which I might make public one day)... and these posts pretty much gave me a clue as to how I could do that.

Right before the call to credits in _body_footer.inc.php, I added the following:

global $global_Cache;
$credit_links = $global_Cache->get( 'creds' );
$my_links = array( array( "http://www.flickr.com/photos/45882720@N00/257669931/", "Header Photo (Sunset Mbalageti)" ) );
$credit_links = array_merge( $credit_links, $my_links );
$global_Cache->set( 'creds', serialize( $credit_links ) );

Sure, it resets everything every time it's called... but it does allow anyone who uses my skin to change it without jumping through hoops and it works in conjunction with hacks.php if you go that route.

The info in this thread is a bit dated, but the issue is still relevant. What's the current accepted method to do this in a way that modifies it for any theme?

All I want to do is change:

Contact • ©2010 by xxxxxx • Powered by b2evolution • multiblog • hosting companies

To just:

Contact • ©2010 by xxxxxx • Powered by b2evolution

Regardless of what theme the user selects.

b2evo 3 has an option to set the number of displayed credit links. Take a look at Blog settings > Advanced tab

sam2kb wrote:

b2evo 3 has an option to set the number of displayed credit links. Take a look at Blog settings > Advanced tab

Thanks! It's per-blog, but a workable solution.