Remove smiley face from footer so it doesn't print

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  robertsa2013 · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 3:41 pm

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  Onscreen, there’s a smiley face just below the line – Customized Twenty Thirteen Theme. Blog at WordPress.com. When I print any Page of my site, this symbol prints at the bottom and looks like a glitch. How do I get rid of it? (You can also see it in Print Preview.)

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

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  robertsa2013 · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 4:34 pm

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  Never mind. Found answer on another WP forum.

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  interstitial · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:04 pm

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  Same question.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:05 pm

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  The teeny tiny itsy bitsy smiley face is indicates your stats are being recorded.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:06 pm

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  P.S. All WordPress.COM support docs are here http://support.wordpress.com
  search results http://en.support.wordpress.com/smiley-on-your-blog/

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  interstitial · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:20 pm

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  … and, how do we remove it?

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 10:35 pm

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  @interstitial – you are in violation of the Terms of Service and your blog can be suspended at any time

  Current Terms of Service:

  11. Attribution. Automattic reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘Blog at WordPress.com,’ theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar. Footer credits and the WordPress.com toolbar may not be altered or removed regardless of upgrades purchased.

  http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

  The current policy about the footer in the support documentation:

  May I remove the ‘Blog at WordPress.com’ credit in my site’s footer?
  Although the Custom Design Upgrade certainly grants you the capability to hide the credit from your site’s footer, you are not permitted to do so. Even our VIP bloggers are required to maintain the credit.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  interstitial · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 11:32 pm

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  Whoa… slow down, there. My site is pretty new, I’ve been playing with the CSS for all of a few hours, and I’m still figuring things out. Take another look: your credits are now visible again.

  This thread, on the other hand, is about the smiley face below the credits.

  Instead of jumping down my throat, how about answering the question? I haven’t seen anything about removing the smiley face being a violation of terms. I wasn’t even the one that asked the question in the first place.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 11:47 pm

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  I did not see any footer credits and thought to warn you that you had a problem, my error I guess in trying to help you keep your blog legal – sorry for bothering you

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  justpi · Member · Oct 22, 2013 at 7:26 am

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  @interstitial: To remove the stupid smiley, add this CSS:

  #wpstats {
  display: none;
  }

  Note: in the future make sure you post CSS questions in the CSS forum, not the Support forum.