Thread: How to Whitelabel Classipress/ClassiEstate?

How to Whitelabel Classipress/ClassiEstate?

Can we white label both classipress and classiestate and disguise it in the source code? If so, how? I saw a wordpress plugin for white labeling a site from from wpmu.org but wasn't sure if this would work with Classipress/ClassiEstate or not. http://wpmu.org/white-label-wordpress-ultimate-branding-gives-you-complete-control/

Have you ask to the developers if what you are trying to do it is right? Maybe you are not aloud to do such thing on ClassiPress and/or Classiestate so better contact the creators and maybe they will tell you if this can be done how to achieve it.
Best regards.

How to Whitelabel Classipress/ClassiEstate?

Yes, I did. They told me I could but to post it in the forum for specific answers.

Anyone else have any ideas? I'm trying to figure out how to take out the references to appthemes in any footer links and in the developer source pages so the competition doesn't know what technology/software i'm using.

Hi, with no disrespect but any half decent developer will know what program your using just from looking at the site that is unless you are going for a custom designed theme then it may be a little bit longer for them to work it out. Most people in the classified scripts marketplace already know what code is available weather its appthemes or a different 3rd party its just down to personal choice what they use. Remember just because someone uses on script does not mean it will work for them you have to look at your own requirements.

The white label plugin on WPMU Dev is for backend changes to the wordpress admin this is ideal if you want to brand the wordpress portal with your business logo to look a bit more professional or perhaps remove the wordpress version number and replace with a help url or ticketing system etc.. but again developers/designers can tell right way what you are using.

My suggestion would be worry less about trying to hide what software you are using and spend more time on building a site that caters for your niche and giving something different for your customers so they come and use your site instead of the others.. at the end of the day you can spend hours and hours hiding source code but with no customers whats the point the site wont work, people always copy each other human nature just you have to be different and out in front, lead the crowd others will copy but at that point your in front and working on the next big thing whilst the other play catch up...

Yes sir, smart words!!!!
My very best regards

Thanks. No disrespect taken. I agree with everything you said, however, most people in my industry aren't tech savvy. Regardless, it would be good to know how to take out the obvious - links at the bottom or on the front end showing appthemes.com references or classipress references, and then also when you click on "view source" (an average person can do this), there should be no reference to it there. I've seen some people white label their sites so it doesn't show the name of the theme they offer. I just thought someone here might be able to give some direction.

no worries, well the links at the bottom of the pages i.e on the theme are easy and can be changed by a simple edit to the footer however changing these files will require a bit of coding understanding and if a new theme version is released you will have to make the changes to the new theme so the recommendation would be to create a child theme and make the edits on the child rather than the source theme files (makes life very easy when upgrade is due).

A search on child theme/s on the forums will bring back lots of topics and info how to create them.

The following is from memory so may not be correct on the latest CP release code lines may have changed and with any site changes make sure you backup first of all!

From the wordpress backend look for Appearance > Editor and click on Footer (footer.php)

Scroll to the bottom and look for the following:

You can either comment out the code, remove the code line or replace with your own but remember you can't claim to own or have created the classified software so i recommend replacing with just a copyright all rights reserved etc..

Save the changes and refresh the front end to see the change.

With regards to the links in the source code i am not sure if you can edit this or not it depends on the CP licensing perhaps a mod can answer on that but in general i think you will find you cant remove the headers as thats part of the licensing, could be wrong..

Lastly if you want to add some branding to the backend there are plenty of plugins available like the one you mention from WPMU DEV i have used that and it works great, also white label branding for wordpress again a plugin you have to purchase but works well.

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Thank you for this. I am finally finding the time to work on my theme and need your help again. Do you know if the steps you outlined are achievable? I mainly want to take out the mention of classipress or classiestate in the domain name source code.....like I've seen some custom wordpress sites don't inclue the name of the them but may simply name it after the developer or simply "custom..." For example, notice the words "zacjohnson-genesis" after "theme." <link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="http://zacjohnson.moneyreigninc.netd...es/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Hi

Can anyone give advice. I have been following video tutorials on the setting up etc of Classipress
and have come across a problem where I want to change the footer.
I was told to go to appearance then editor, but there is no editor in the
appearance, or any where else why isn't the editor there ?