MENDELU/Replace footer "Theme by" with a copyright sign

[MatusBeke]

Replaces the Theme by wording in the footer's vendor credit with a bare copyright sign, set as a superscript of the company name.

Part of dataquest-dev/dspace-customers#592. MENDELU first — once this is approved the same change goes out to the remaining seven customers.

Before / after

before	Theme by on its own line, + dataquest stacked underneath
after	+ dataquest© on a single line, sign riding the name as a superscript

Screenshot below.

What changed

footer.component.html — the credit was a block-level <p> plus an <a> inside a d-flex wrapper, sitting in a narrow col-md-2 cell. That is what forced the two halves onto separate lines. It is now one line of text:

<p class="footer-sign"><a class="dtq-sign" …>{{ companyName }}</a><span class="footer-sign__mark">&#169;</span></p>

footer.component.scss — new .footer-sign block. .footer-sign, .theme-by and .dtq-sign had no rules of their own before; the layout came entirely from Bootstrap utilities, which cannot express a superscript or a non-breaking pair.

en.json5 / cs.json5 — footer.theme.by.message removed. It is now unused: a copyright sign is a symbol, not a translated word, so English and Czech render identically. Both files still parse (3698 / 3695 keys).

Verification

Run locally against the live dev-6 backend (real MENDELU theme and data), checked in both languages on the compiled build:

rendered text	+ dataquest© (EN and CS identical)
name	17px, weight 500, #fff
sign	11.56px, vertical-align: super, line-height: 0
link target	https://www.dataquest.sk/dspace
footer height	83px — unchanged

line-height: 0 on the superscript is deliberate: without it the raised glyph grows the line box and the whole bar gets taller.

Notes for the reviewer

• The leading + in + dataquest comes from the backend property themed.by.company.name and is untouched.
• The credit stays white to match the nav links beside it. Worth knowing: #fff on this green measures 2.29:1, below the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 — but the five nav links next to it already have exactly the same problem, so this PR neither introduces nor fixes it. Flagging it as a separate ticket rather than smuggling a visual change in here.
• The redundant [title] tooltip is dropped — the link text already supplies the accessible name.
• Merging this triggers the deploy of instance 8573 on dev-6. Per the issue, JM and PU need to agree to the change first.

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[MatusBeke]

Footer as it renders with this branch — MENDELU theme, run against the live dev-6 backend:

The credit now reads + dataquest© on one line, sign riding the name as a superscript. Czech renders identically — only the nav links beside it change language.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates the MENDELU footer vendor credit to display + dataquest© on one line with a superscript copyright mark.

Changes:

• Reworks the vendor-credit markup and styling.
• Removes the obsolete translation key and VarDirective.
• Preserves the configured company name and link.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
footer.component.ts	Removes the unused directive.
footer.component.scss	Adds vendor-credit and superscript styling.
footer.component.html	Updates the credit markup.
en.json5	Removes the unused English translation.
cs.json5	Removes the unused Czech translation.

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[MatusBeke]

Superseded by #1464. The team voted on the wording and picked the plain company name over a copyright sign, so this branch is being closed rather than reworked — #1464 starts fresh off customer/mendelu with no copyright markup in its history.