Removing The “Generator” Tag in Joomla
Inside the source code on every page generated by Joomla is the “Generator” tag that calls out that the page is being generated by Joomla. This tag can be used by spiders to identify your website as Joomla-driven and possibly be a target for an attack by hackers who try to take down Joomla sites.
You may have other reasons for keeping the fact that your site is built in Joomla hidden. Either way, it’s pretty easy to remove the generator tag from the source code and this video explains in detail how to do it.
Skill Level: Intermediate
PDF class sheet: Removing The “Generator” Tag class sheet
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You can of course be even funkier and change the generator tag to anything you want instead of just removing it.
$this->setGenerator(‘Drupal’)
or
$this->setGenerator(‘Wordpress’)
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You could also use a plugin for this.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/credits/10496
Then when you switch templates, you don’t have to put in this code again
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