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Blog templates with base64 encryption strings
It is very common to download and use themes for Wordpress blogs. Generally the theme/template designer places a link or some type of credit to their own website or business, usually in the footer file of the template. In some cases you may come across a base64 encoded string within the footer.php file. Generally, someone has encoded information so that the information wouldn’t be removed/altered, and they could retain credit for the original theme. It is also possible that another party has encrypted hidden text or information that is not visible in the footer code due to encryption, and is not possible to see when viewing the blog. If you downloaded a theme from a third party site, you should check your sites source code to see if you should be worried about any extra hidden or encrypted code. When viewing your blog, right click in an open area ( not on a picture ), then click on “View Source Code”. A new window opens up, showing you what is basically the coding to make your blog ( or any other website ) look the way it does. You will see html code, and possible css and javascript. This is normal. Now look near the very end where your footer section should be, and see if there is any text that looks like spam. ( If you aren’t sure about any of this, there are web and blog designers that can help you out. ) If you attempt to remove the encryption string, make a back-up of the original string and/or footer file beforehand so that you can replace it if things don’t work out correctly. Depending on your template, this and a few other adjustments may be necessary. Not all templates are the same, and the underlying html and css may not display your blog correctly if any code is removed, so if there are display problems there is not a quick-fix for all templates. The assistance of a blog or web designer may be helpful at this stage if you cannot get your site to display correctly. As a test, I found a two sites to download the same theme I am using for my personal blog. I downloaded both of them to view their footer.php files. One downloads’ footer file was the same as my current one, with an encrypted string of a couple hundred characters. The second footer.php file, from the second download, also had the encrypted string, however this one was hundreds of lines long. As a precaution, you may want to take a look through your blog files, in particular the footer.php file, and see if there is an encrypted string, and if so you may need to find an online decoder to view the underlying code. Also remember to view your page source as described above. |
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