Hello ralp.m
here is the complete footer code, maybe you can see can see a culprit lurking 
{* ------ right banners ------- *}
{if in_array('right',$banners_positions)}
{banner->getTemplateBanners p1='right' p2=$section p3=$cat p4=$bloc assign='array_banners'}
{if $array_banners|@count}
</td>
<td class="right_banners" valign="top">
{foreach from=$array_banners item=v}
<div class="vert_banners">{include file="banner.html"}</div>
{/foreach}
{/if}{/if}
{* ------- end right banners ------- *}
{if in_array('left',$banners_positions) || in_array('right',$banners_positions)}</td></tr></table>{/if}
</div>
<!-- end: #main -->
{* ------ footer banners ------- *}
{if in_array('footer',$banners_positions)}
{banner->getTemplateBanners p1='footer' p2=$section p3=$cat p4=$bloc assign='array_banners'}
{if $array_banners|@count}<div class="clearfix"></div><div class="dcenter"><table align="center"><tr><td>{/if}
{foreach from=$array_banners item=v}
<div class="hor_banners">{include file="banner.html"}</div>
{/foreach}
{if $array_banners|@count}</td></tr></table></div><div class="clearfix"></div>{/if}{/if}
{* ------- end footer banners ------- *}
<br/>
<!-- begin: #footer -->
<div id="footer">
<a href="http://www.digg.com"><img src="/templates/platinum/images/social/digg.png" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="2" align="middle" alt="Digg">
<a href="http://www.digg.com"><img src="/templates/platinum/images/social/linkedin.png" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="2" align="middle" alt="Digg">
<a href="http://www.digg.com"><img src="/templates/platinum/images/social/youtube.png" hspace="1" vspace="1" border="2" align="middle" alt="Digg">
<a href="http://www.digg.com"><img src="/templates/platinum/images/social/digg.png" hspace="5" vspace="1" border="2" align="middle" alt="Digg" onclick="centeredPopup(this.href,'myWindow','500','300','yes');return false">
{* -------- social networks ---------- *}
{if in_array("social_networks", $modules_array)}
{include file="modules/social_networks/sn_buttons.html"}
{/if}
{* -------- end social networks ---------- *}
<div id="footer-nav">
<a href="{$live_site}/{if $seo_settings.enable_mod_rewrite}{$sef_links.contact}{else}contact.php{/if}">{$lng.navbar.contact}</a>
{foreach from=$sec_navbar item=cp }
|
{if $cp.type==1}
<a href="{$live_site}/{if $seo_settings.enable_mod_rewrite}{$cp.id}-{$cp.url_title}/{$sef_links.content}{else}content.php?id={$cp.id}{/if}" {if $cp.blank==1}target="_blank"{/if}>
{else}<a href="{$cp.hreflink}" {if $cp.blank==1}target="_blank"{/if}>
{/if}
{$cp.title}</a>
{/foreach}
<br/>
<span>{$appearance.footer_text}</span>
</div>
</div>
<!-- end: #footer -->
</div>
<!-- end: #page -->
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
{if $appearance.show_footer_categ}
<div id="footer_categories">{$footer_links}</div>
<!-- end: #footer_categories -->
{/if}
{if $appearance.show_footer==1 && $appearance.footer_pic!=''}
<div id="footer_image">
{if $appearance.footer_pic_link!=''}<a href="{$appearance.footer_pic_link}" target="_blank">{/if}
{if $appearance.footer_is_flash}
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,79,0"
id="{$appearance.footer_pic}" width="{$appearance.footer_pic_width}" height="{$appearance.footer_pic_height}">
<param name="movie" value="images/{$appearance.footer_pic}">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain">
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
name="{$appearance.footer_pic}"
width="{$appearance.footer_pic_width}" height="{$appearance.footer_pic_height}"
src="images/{$appearance.footer_pic}"
quality="high"
swliveconnect="true"
allowscriptaccess="samedomain">
<noembed>
</noembed>
</embed>
</object>
{else}
<img src="{$live_site}/images/{$appearance.footer_pic}" alt="" />
{/if}
{if $appearance.footer_pic_link!=''}</a>{/if}
</div>
{/if}
{* -------- social networks ---------- *}
{if in_array("social_networks", $modules_array) && $self_noext=="details"}
{include file="modules/social_networks/sn_footer_details.html"}
{/if}
{* -------- end social networks ---------- *}
<script language="javascript">
var popupWindow = null;
function centeredPopup(url,winName,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings =
'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
popupWindow = window.open(url,winName,settings)
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
I am only adding the script, paste-save-upload = footer gone!
<script language="javascript">
var popupWindow = null;
function centeredPopup(url,winName,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings =
'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
popupWindow = window.open(url,winName,settings)
}
</script>
