diff --git a/config.inc.php.example b/config.inc.php.example
index 20711ac..0b9d658 100644
--- a/config.inc.php.example
+++ b/config.inc.php.example
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #### System ####
 $sitename           = 'SemanticScuttle'; #The name of this site.
 $welcomeMessage     = 'Welcome to SemanticScuttle! Social bookmarking for small communities.'; # The welcome message of this site
+$footerMessage      = ''; #HTML message appearing at the bottom of the page (just above SemanticScuttle credits)
+$sidebarTopMessage  = ''; #HTML message appearing at the top of the sidebar
+$sidebarBottomMessage = ''; #HTML message appearing at the bottom of the sidebar
 $root               = NULL; # Set to NULL to autodetect the root url of the website. If your installation is into a subdirectory like "http://www.example.com/semanticscuttle/" then replace NULL by your address (between "" and with final '/');
 $locale             = 'en_GB'; #locale used in /locales/ {de_DE  en_GB  fr_FR  ...}
 $usecache           = false; # use cache ? {true,false}
diff --git a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
index 09b1d95..a7cc184 100644
--- a/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
+++ b/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ switch(getSortOrder()) {
 	$titleSort = 'title_asc';
 	break;
 }
-//$dateSort = (getSortOrder()=='date_desc')? 'date_asc':'date_desc';
-//$titleSort = (getSortOrder()=='title_asc')? 'title_desc':'title_asc';
 ?> <a href="?sort=<?php echo $dateSort ?>"><?php echo T_("Date").$dateArrow; ?></a><span>
 / </span> <a href="?sort=<?php echo $titleSort ?>"><?php echo T_("Title").$titleArrow; ?></a><span>
 / </span> <?php
diff --git a/templates/bottom.inc.php b/templates/bottom.inc.php
index 9fb2306..09d95c1 100644
--- a/templates/bottom.inc.php
+++ b/templates/bottom.inc.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <!--following code is generated by templates/bottom.inc.php-->
 <div id="bottom">
+<?php echo $GLOBALS['footerMessage'].' ';?>
 <?php
 echo T_("Propulsed by ");
 echo "<a href=\"https://sourceforge.net/projects/semanticscuttle/\">SemanticScuttle</a>";
diff --git a/templates/sidebar.tpl.php b/templates/sidebar.tpl.php
index ad5c74f..e823af5 100644
--- a/templates/sidebar.tpl.php
+++ b/templates/sidebar.tpl.php
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 
 
 <?php
+echo $GLOBALS['sidebarTopMessage'].' ';
 
 $size = count($sidebar_blocks);
 for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++) {
 	$this->includeTemplate('sidebar.block.'. $sidebar_blocks[$i]);
 }
+
+echo $GLOBALS['sidebarBottomMessage'];
 ?>
 
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/upgrade.txt b/upgrade.txt
index 107ee2a..e09d5e7 100644
--- a/upgrade.txt
+++ b/upgrade.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 - Upgrade your database by following instructions ONE after ONE (order is important) :
 #NOTHING TO CHANGE IN DB
 - Upgrade your current configuration file (config.inc.php) with respect to config.inc.php.example
+$footerMessage      = ''; #HTML message appearing at the bottom of the page (just above SemanticScuttle credits)
+$sidebarTopMessage  = ''; #HTML message appearing at the top of the sidebar
+$sidebarBottomMessage = ''; #HTML message appearing at the bottom of the sidebar
 $adminsCanModifyBookmarksFromOtherUsers = true;  # 'true' if admin users can edit or delete bookmarks belonging to other users. Else 'false'.
 $adminsAreAdvisedTagsFromOtherAdmins = false;  # 'true' if tags from other admins are proposed to each admin (in add/edit a bookmark page). Else 'false'.