Warning:
Please note that you are not permitted to remove the vBulletin branding / copyright unless you have purchased the branding-free option. The costs are $170 on a per license basis and is a one time fee.
Removing the branding without permission will result in having your license being revoked.
Removing the branding without permission will result in having your license being revoked.
Here are the steps to remove all the public branding from vB4:
1. Edit the footer template here:
Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates -> footer
And remove this section:
<div id="footer_copyright" class="shade footer_copyright"> <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice --> {vb:rawphrase powered_by_vbulletin} <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice --> </div>
Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Edit Templates -> footer
2. In your headinclude template remove this line:
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin {vb:raw vboptions.templateversion}" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin {vb:raw vboptions.templateversion}" />
<div id="footer_copyright" class="shade"> <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice --> {vb:rawphrase powered_by_vbulletin} <!-- Do not remove this copyright notice --> </div>
x_powered_by_vbulletin
From this:
{1} - powered by vBulletin
To this:
{1}
5. Then, edit the vbulletin_message phrase and change this:
vBulletin Message
...to whatever you want.
6. To change the default metatags in vBulletin, you would do so under the General Options
Admin CP -> Settings -> Options -> General Settings -> Meta Keywords and Meta Description
7. And finally, in the file /archive/index.php you need to remove this section:
<div id=\"copyright\">$vbphrase[vbulletin_copyright]</div> </div>
A. To edit Templates:
Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates
B. To edit Phrases:
Admin CP -> Languages & Phrases -> Search in Phrases -> phrasename (Phrase Variable Name Only)
Click on edit, and place the new phrase in the available language text boxes.
Warning:
Please note that if you are not permitted to remove the vBulletin branding / copyright unless you have purchased the branding-free option. The costs are $170 on a per license basis and is a one time fee.
Removing the branding without permission will result in having your license being revoked.
Removing the branding without permission will result in having your license being revoked.