Delete the mention "Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com."

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  melissawbi · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 3:43 pm

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  Dear all,

  I would like to delete the mention at the bottom of the page, which says “Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. | The Goran Theme.”

  Is this possible?

  Thanks in advance for your help!

  Cheers,

  M.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 4:00 pm

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  You cannot remove footer credit links. There is no upgrade that provides that ability. Removal of footer credit links is a Terms of Service violation.

  Though removing footer credit links, which leads to the untrue assumption that you designed the theme, and that you are hosting your site yourself is not allowed, it’s possible to add your own text to the footer area using CSS if you have purchased the Business bundle or Premium bundle of upgrades containing the Custom Design upgrade. Then you can include styling credit if you have done any unique styling and/or include a copyright notice.
  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/ 11.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  If you want to add to the footer using CSS editing please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.

  Added info:
  If all you want to include is a copyright many bloggers do that by including a copyright notice in a text widget.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/#1-include-a-very-clear-copyright-notice-on-your-blog

  Some like myself link that text widget notice to a copyright page like this one http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/copyright/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

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  timethief · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 4:06 pm

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  Also note that there is no domain mapping upgrade for http://wallonia.be here at wordpress.COM and we do not support forwarding. It’s unreliable and will fail. If you would like to use this domain http://wallonia.be to map to from http://walloniadotcom.wordpress.com/ you will first need to set up domain mapping.

  re: mapping an existing domain
  WordPress.com does not accept domain transfers but mapping an existing domain is possible.

  Domain mapping of an existing domain URL that you already own and purchased elsewhere is not done free of charge. You will have to renew the domain name purchase where you made, it and the domain mapping purchase here, each and every year.

  Mapping an existing domain costs $13. annually and a domain name purchase and domain mapping are included in the Premium upgrade bundle.

  In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com sub-domain blog to map from and it does not matter what that underlying .wordpress.com URL is. It does not have to match the domain URL.

  If you have registered a .wordpress.com blog you log in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the WordPress.COM blog, and as you own a domain URL already, you can see here for mapping an existing domain. http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  It can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.

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  melissawbi · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 4:17 pm

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  Thanks for this information. I actually have to map this domain: http://www.wallonia.co.uk/

  But I don’t know who owns the domain as I haven’t created that website with Weebly. Also, I have emails using wallonia.co.uk. I have this link https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/custom-dns/ but this is a bit of Chinese for me… hum!

  Basically, I am a bit stucked now and don’t know how to proceed… :s

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  timethief · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 4:22 pm

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  I’m going to tag this thread for Staff assistance. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Then please subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  melissawbi · Member · Sep 4, 2015 at 4:27 pm

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  ok perfect! Thanks a mil’

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  supernovia · Staff · Sep 4, 2015 at 7:27 pm

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  Hi @melissawbi, we’re happy to help.

  Just to clarify though, you mentioned you don’t know who owns wallonia.co.uk . You would need to have access to the domains settings before we can make it work.

  If your organization owns wallonia.co.uk, find out who registered it or get in touch with the registrar.

  If the domain is owned by someone else who doesn’t want to give you access, you’ll need to choose a different domain. Feel free to register it here. Let us know if you need more help!