Footer - Powered by TurnKey Linux

The credit link is intended to help spread the word about the appliances. TurnKey Linux is a relatively new project so that's an important part of finding new users we can help. By default it's themed in a tiny font that doesn't spoil most themes.

In any case, it's easy to override the CSS for the credit footer so you can theme it to your liking like this:

/* This removes the credit link, but if possible we ask that you try and
re-theme it to your liking instead as a courtesy to the TurnKey Linux
project */

#turnkey-credit #override {
  display: none;
}

rdufou, add the code to your template's template.css to remove the footer.

It sounds like the CSS override isn't being applied inside your text widget which is being served as an IFRAME using the output from a separate PHP script. There are a couple of things you can try. Editing the PHP script to insert a bit of inline CSS into the PHP code that generates your widget, like this:

<style type="text/css">

#turnkey-credit #override {
    display: none;
}

</style>

Or alternatively you can disable the substitute Apache module that inserts the credit's HTML code ("a2dismod substitute" in a command line).

While I do appreciate all the hard work and contribution to the OS community that you guys have done, I have found on some of my website (pro ones)  that is necessary to remove the footer message. But please do give as much credit to these people that we can because what they have done is nothing less than extraordinary. Anyone can host professional websites from home or the cloud because of what they have done. 

I found the best way to do it other than CSS, because non-CSS pages will still have this footer message:

1. Login to webmin using your root account.

2. Under the Servers tab go into Apache.

3. Click Default server.

4. Under Per-Directory Options click Location /

5. Click Edit Directives.

6. Delete all the stuff in that box. Save and restart apache/ click apply changes.

7. Reload your webpage, you might need to clear your cache. 

Too bad!

If it's about giving credit where it's due, you yourself removed the "powered by Drupal" from this very site.  With some little persistent bug like this in the code, I'm not going to use or recommend it now for production servers, which means it won't be an accurate test server either.

If I did use it, I'd be thinking:  What other little self-serving bugs have you placed in the stack/code?  Will redirect ads start popping up on all the turnkey sites in a few months?  Have you left backdoors?  Yikes!

I'm all about giving credit but when I am billing a client to setup a server and or web application it looks rediculous if they can just go to your website and download a new vm :)

Its great to help development and thats why I recently bought you guys 12 beers :)

Thanks

Kyle

I apologize if this is listed somewhere, I honestly have looked everywhere I can think of.

Can someone please explain how the Powered by TurnKey Linux footer is removed from the Moodle installation? 

(If my employer weren't billing for this installation and requesting the removal, I would leave it!)

Keep up the great work, I shall donate to the Beer Fund my friends.

Regards,

Josh

Perhaps this is a little too well embedded. I am trying to use the VM to run two test websites and the substitute mod is forcing its way onto my other CMS' pages. I worked for a company that makes a CMS product and we never assumed that the client will want Powered By... pasted into their design. We always asked them first. Maybe as a compromise you could put it in the standard template that comes with the CMS you are supplying.

I want to modify the credit on the Trust theme and I am having difficulty doing so because I can't find where the it is. Please help...

If you have administrative access to the host and you want to completely remove the "Powered by TurnKey Linux" you simply need to delete two symlinks and restart apache.  From commandline run the following commands (Assuming you are using Ubuntu):

rm /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/substitute.conf

rm /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/substitute.load

/etc/init.d/apache restart

The last line should be "/etc/init.d/apache2 restart" if using apache2, which I believe all TKL appliances use.

How do you remove the turnkey linux statement in joomla 2.5?  AI have tried all of the above.

"a Turnkey Linux appliance"  and leave it at that.

I believe it brings up security and other issues when the "name" of the appliance is given.

My two cents on this...

First, I actually discovered this project by footer too-- and I am very glad I did!  I use it for all sorts of customer and project work, it's amazing what I've been able to use it for and how much it's helped me.  And had I not seen the footer one day.... well, who knows.

My question is -- I see where and how it's declared in CSS style sheets-- but where is "Powered by Turnkey Linux" actually defined?  That is, where are those words actually set in order to be displayed?

I ask this, because I would like to continue using all the appliances for customers and projects WITH the footer in place-- but I would like to append my company to the verbiage (separate, but on same line) so that my customers see both the Turnkey credit, and my company -- that adds professionalism for my customers and work.

In other words-- what file would I go in and edit where I could keep the TKL credit and append my company name? (NOT taking any credit for the project, just having my company name on the footer noting that my company is using the project.)

Gentlemen, telling people to edit a css file is equivalent to telling people to put a flowerpot in front of the stain in the carpet.

It creates invisible text, readable by crawlers and bots-- bad juju for google.

I don't mind leaving your turnkey linux link. Setting up the server is something I cannot do, and I'm grateful to you guys that you have done it so well. I sure don't mind spreading the word. I have a few tech visitors, so who knows? Here's hoping!

but "wordpress application?" my virtual host-- despite my repeated requests to not be so kind, I can install wordpress with three clicks of the mouse, WP is famous for that-- she went ahead and saddled me with your self-congratulatory phrase. 

Hi All

Could you guy please show me where the .css file is that needs to be changes. I followed the steps that CK and it did not work. I must say it was a point in the right direction.

Just to share what worked for me:

1: nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/substitute.conf
    and put a # tag in front of each line. ctrl+o, ctrl+x to save and close.

2: service apache2 restart

3: reload page.

done.

Reason I had to get rid of it, was because of a free template that also has a "powered by" footer hardcoded in to the php, and can't be removed. I love TKL, recommend it to all the techies I know.

Could you please tell me the exact location of the CSS file?

Best Regards 

I'll begin by stating that TKL is one of the best open-source projects aorund, miles ahead of comparable, ready made appliances by other vendors. That being said, I'd defintely prefer to deploy some of them, especially in commercial environments, without the pesky footer.

I've looked at all the threads discussing how to disable the footer but neither the Apache mods-enabled commands work, nor does adding the line to display footer none in CSS files work for me.

May I request the TKL authors to provide a clear, step-by-step how-to document that clarifies how to remove the footer that is embedded in each appliance, especially the newest v13 appliances? Simply saying modify the template css file is not good enough as there is actually no template.css file to be found in /var/www directory. 

Trust me, this one step would be deeply appreciated by your community and will lead to more deployments of TKL appliances in enterprise networks, not less.

Many Thanks for your consideration!