diff --git a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
index 65a2b9bc42f9e0f22dc0cd6ca6baac094e94eee7..4ce481e62142bb08e06f71bc6368e9bbb3784a84 100644
--- a/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
+++ b/build.properties.d/00_default.properties
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ BUILD_FAVICON=pics/caosdb_logo_42.png
 ##############################################################################
 
 # Link to the data policy statement document.
-BUILD_FOOTER_DATA_POLICY_HREF=https://missing-domain.com/missing-page
+BUILD_FOOTER_DATA_POLICY_HREF="Please configure me!"
 
 # Custom footer elements can be placed here (will be placed inside a <div>
 # element).
@@ -90,7 +90,23 @@ BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_ONE=
 # ${BUILD_NUMBER}.
 BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_TWO=
 # BUILD_FOOTER_CUSTOM_ELEMENT_TWO=$(cat footer_element_2.html)
-BUILD_CUSTOM_IMPRINT='<p> Put an imprint note here </p>'
+
+# Contact mail or link to contact information for the responsible administrator of this caosdb server instance.
+BUILD_FOOTER_CONTACT_HREF="Please configure me!"
+#BUILD_FOOTER_CONTACT_HREF=mailto:info@indiscale.com
+
+# Link to imprint for this caosdb server instance.
+BUILD_FOOTER_IMPRINT_HREF="Please configure me!"
+#BUILD_FOOTER_IMPRINT_HREF=https://www.indiscale.com/imprint/
+
+# Link to docs (should rarely be changed (maybe for additional docs))
+BUILD_FOOTER_DOCS_HREF="https://docs.indiscale.com"
+
+# Link to sources (should almost never be changed (maybe for additional sources))
+BUILD_FOOTER_SOURCES_HREF="https://gitlab.com/caosdb"
+
+# Link to license (should almost never be changed (maybe for other languages))
+BUILD_FOOTER_LICENCE_HREF="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html"
 
 ##############################################################################
 # ext_trigger_crawler_form properties
diff --git a/src/core/xsl/footer.xsl b/src/core/xsl/footer.xsl
index 39d9cf3fc6b0dbbd442e81cb04e21964f320319f..ce491222ca8e018ced18167bdfc9e934c37fa4d8 100644
--- a/src/core/xsl/footer.xsl
+++ b/src/core/xsl/footer.xsl
@@ -35,17 +35,17 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="container d-flex flex-md-row flex-column justify-content-center">
-      <a href="mailto:info@indiscale.com">Contact</a>
+      <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_CONTACT_HREF}">Contact</a>
       <span class="caosdb-bulletsep d-none d-md-inline">•</span>
-      <a href="https://www.indiscale.com/imprint/">Imprint/Impressum</a>
+      <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_IMPRINT_HREF}">Imprint/Impressum</a>
       <span class="caosdb-bulletsep d-none d-md-inline">•</span>
       <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_DATA_POLICY_HREF}">Data Policy</a>
       <span class="caosdb-bulletsep d-none d-md-inline">•</span>
-      <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html" target="_blank">License (AGPL-v3)</a>
+      <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_LICENCE_HREF}" target="_blank">License (AGPL-v3)</a>
       <span class="caosdb-bulletsep d-none d-md-inline">•</span>
-      <a href="https://gitlab.com/caosdb" target="_blank">Sources</a>
+      <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_SOURCES_HREF}" target="_blank">Sources</a>
       <span class="caosdb-bulletsep d-none d-md-inline">•</span>
-      <a href="https://docs.indiscale.com" target="_blank">Documentation</a>
+      <a href="${BUILD_FOOTER_DOCS_HREF}" target="_blank">Documentation</a>
     </div>
   </xsl:template>
 </xsl:stylesheet>