OpenCart 1.5.x. How to edit footer links and copyright notification

Login to your OpenCart admin panel. In your browser address bar type http://yourdomain.com/admin. If you have installed your Opencart under a subfolder “store” for an example the above URL will change to http://yourdomain.com/store/admin. Login using your username and password.

We will edit footer links and copyright notification.

The footer links and copyright notification should be edited in footer.tpl file which is located under /catalog/view/theme/themeXXX/template/common folder

You should edit it using any PHP/Code editor

First column is displaying Information/Content pages

<div class="column col-1">
	<h3><?php echo $text_information; ?></h3>
    <ul>
    	    <?php foreach ($informations as $information) { ?>
    		<li><a href="<?php echo $information['href']; ?>"><?php echo $information['title']; ?></a></li>
            <?php } ?>
   </ul>
</div>

You can edit them in OpenCart admin panel. Navigate to Catalog > Information. Here one can edit Information/Content pages.

2nd, 3rd, 4th and copyright columns are displaying links which are defined in footer.tpl file

Second column code:

<div class="column col-2">

  <h3><?php echo $text_service; ?></h3>

    <ul>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $contact; ?>"><?php echo $text_contact; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $return; ?>"><?php echo $text_return; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $sitemap; ?>"><?php echo $text_sitemap; ?></a></li>

    </ul>

</div>

Third column code:

<div class="column col-3">

	    <h3><?php echo $text_extra; ?></h3>

    <ul>

    	<li><a href="<?php echo $manufacturer; ?>"><?php echo $text_manufacturer; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $voucher; ?>"><?php echo $text_voucher; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $affiliate; ?>"><?php echo $text_affiliate; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $special; ?>"><?php echo $text_special; ?></a></li>

    </ul>
</div>

Fourth column code:

<div class="column col-4">

    <h3><?php echo $text_account; ?></h3>

    <ul>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $account; ?>"><?php echo $text_account; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $order; ?>"><?php echo $text_order; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $wishlist; ?>"><?php echo $text_wishlist; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $newsletter; ?>"><?php echo $text_newsletter; ?></a></li>

    </ul>

</div>

Copyright column code:

<div id="powered"><?php echo $powered; ?></div>

$text_contact, $text_return, $text_sitemap, $text_manufacturer, $text_voucher, $text_affiliate, $text_special, $text_account, $text_order, $text_wishlist, $text_newsletter and $text_powered variables are displaying the text in footer menu and defined in language files.

Store title that is displayed in footer copyright notification can be changed via the admin panel: System->Settings->Your Store Name->General tab->Store Name

Language file for the footer is called footer.php and is located in /catalog/language/english/common folder

Edit the file using any PHP/Code editor

<?php

// Text

$_['text_information']  = 'Information';

$_['text_service']      = 'Customer Service';

$_['text_extra']        = 'Extras';

$_['text_contact']      = 'Contacts';

$_['text_return']       = 'Returns';

$_['text_sitemap']      = 'Site Map';

$_['text_manufacturer'] = 'Brands';

$_['text_voucher']      = 'Gift Vouchers';

$_['text_affiliate']    = 'Affiliates';

$_['text_special']      = 'Specials';

$_['text_account']      = 'My Account';

$_['text_order']        = 'Order History';

$_['text_wishlist']     = 'Wish List';

$_['text_newsletter']   = 'Newsletter';

$_['text_powered']      = 'Powered By <a href="http://www.opencart.com">OpenCart</a> %s &copy; %s';

?>

Here we can see all the variables which are used in footer.tpl with theirs values.

To change Contacts to Contact Us one should edit the following line of code:
$_[‘text_contact’] = ‘Contacts’;
and change it to
$_[‘text_contact’] = ‘Contact Us’;

To add external or internal link to the footer menu we should edit /catalog/view/theme/themeXXX/template/common/footer.tpl file.

E.g. to add link to http://google.com to second column we should locate the code for 2nd column in footer.tpl file

<div class="column col-2">

    <h3><?php echo $text_service; ?></h3>

    <ul>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $contact; ?>"><?php echo $text_contact; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $return; ?>"><?php echo $text_return; ?></a></li>

        <li><a href="<?php echo $sitemap; ?>"><?php echo $text_sitemap; ?></a></li>

    </ul>

</div>

Copy the last line of code:

<li><a href="<?php echo $sitemap; ?>"><?php echo $text_sitemap; ?></a></li>

Add a new line and paste the code we have copied. Please edit it as follows:

<li><a href="http://google.com">Google</a></li>

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

OpenCart. How to edit footer links and copyright notification