diff --git a/comicpress-options-config.php b/comicpress-options-config.php
index 4d9d569..7e5c271 100644
--- a/comicpress-options-config.php
+++ b/comicpress-options-config.php
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ $options = array (
 			"default" => "no",
 			"type" => "comicpress-disable_dynamic_menubar_links"),
 			
+		array(
+			"id" => "comicpress-disable_footer_text",
+			"default" => "no",
+			"type" => "comicpress-disable_footer_text"),
 
 		array("type" => "close")
 		);
diff --git a/comicpress-options.php b/comicpress-options.php
index ce2dd79..10fb7cb 100644
--- a/comicpress-options.php
+++ b/comicpress-options.php
@@ -298,6 +298,20 @@ function comicpress_admin() {
 				</td>
 				</tr>
 				
+				<?php break;
+			case "comicpress-disable_footer_text": ?>
+				<tr>
+				<th scope="row"><strong>Disable the default text in the footer?</strong><br /><br />Set to &quot;Yes&quot; and the text in the footer will not show.<br /><br /></th>
+				<td valign="top" width="100">
+				<label><input name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>-yes" type="radio" value="yes"<?php if ( get_option( $value['id'] ) == "yes") { echo " checked"; } ?> />Yes</label>
+				&nbsp;&nbsp;
+				<label><input  name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>-no" type="radio" value="no"<?php if ( get_option( $value['id'] ) == "no") { echo " checked"; } ?> />No</label><br />
+				</td>
+				<td valign="top">
+				Footer text that shows up in the #footer area can be simply removed this way.
+				</td>
+				</tr>
+				
 				<?php break;	
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/footer.php b/footer.php
index bb9ae35..35ea289 100644
--- a/footer.php
+++ b/footer.php
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 		</div>
 	<?php } ?>
 	<?php get_sidebar('footer'); ?>
+	<?php global $disable_footer_text; if ($disable_footer_text != 'yes') { ?>
 		<p>
 			 <?php echo cp_copyright_year(); ?> | Powered by <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> with <a href="http://comicpress.org/">ComicPress</a>
 			| Subscribe: <a href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url') ?>">RSS Feed</a> | <a href="#outside" onclick="scrollup(); return false;">Back to Top &uarr;</a><br />
 			<!-- <?php echo get_num_queries() ?> queries. <?php timer_stop(1) ?> seconds. -->
 		</p>
+	<?php } ?>
 </div>
  
 <?php global $disable_page_restraints; if ($disable_page_restraints == 'no') { ?>
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index afc93e3..dabbd6d 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ if (get_option('upload_path') !== false) {
 				'disable_lrsidebars_frontpage'	=> 'disable_lrsidebars_frontpage',
 				'calendar_directory'			=> 'calendar_directory',
 				'contact_in_menubar'			=> 'contact_in_menubar',
-				'disable_dynamic_menubar_links'	=> 'disable_dynamic_menubar_links' ) as $options => $variable_name) {
+				'disable_dynamic_menubar_links'	=> 'disable_dynamic_menubar_links',
+				'disable_footer_text'			=> 'disable_footer_text' ) as $options => $variable_name) {
 		$variables_to_extract[$variable_name] = get_option("comicpress-${options}");
 	}
 	
diff --git a/widgets/comicdate.php b/widgets/comicdate.php
index 8bd9ac2..702a37d 100644
--- a/widgets/comicdate.php
+++ b/widgets/comicdate.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class widget_comicpress_comic_date extends WP_Widget {
 		?>
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>">Words to use before date:<br /><input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($title); ?>" /></label></p>
 		<p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('format'); ?>">Format of the Time/Date:<br /><input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('format'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('format'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($format); ?>" /></label></p>
+		<p><a href="http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php" target="_blank">Date String Examples</a></p>
 		
 		<?php
 	}