> My ez pages footerbar status display is set to on so what am I missing to get it to show?

You have to turn the entries in Tools > EZ-Pages that you want to show to green (display in footer = yes, sort order > 0) in the Footer column.
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/ezpages/ezpages_display/

> I also cannot find how to remove some of the links in the information side box ...

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/admin...inepagestatus/

Note that About Us and Brands links are different - see
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/custo...fic_overrides/