diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/_static/readable.css b/package/doc/sphinx/source/_static/readable.css
deleted file mode 100644
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-/*
- * Adapted for combining with alabaster for MDAnalysis.
- * To be used as a custom CSS
- *
- * based on:
- *
- * readable.css_t
- * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- *
- * Sphinx stylesheet -- readable theme.
- *
- * :copyright: Copyright 2013 by Ignacy Sokolowski.
- * :license: MIT, see LICENSE for details.
- *
- */
-
- 
-/* -- page layout --------------------------------------------------------- */
- 
-body {
-    font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
-    font-size: 17px;
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-}
- 
-div.document {
-    margin: 10px auto 0 auto;
-    /* max-width: {{ page_width }}; */
-}
-
-div.documentwrapper {
-    float: left;
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-div.bodywrapper {
-    /* margin: 0 0 0 {{ theme_sidebarwidth|toint }}px; */
-}
-
-div.body {
-    background-color: #ffffff;
-    color: #3e4349;
-    padding: 0 30px 30px 30px;
-}
- 
-div.footer {
-    color: #555;
-    font-size: 14px;
-    margin: 20px auto 30px auto;
-    text-align: right;
-    max-width: 880px;
-}
- 
-div.footer a {
-    color: #444;
-    text-decoration: underline;
-}
- 
-div.related {
-    padding: 10px 10px;
-    width: auto;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar {
-    float: left;
-    font-size: 14px;
-    line-height: 1.5em;
-    margin-left: -100%;
-    /* width: {{ theme_sidebarwidth|toint }}px; */
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebarwrapper {
-    font-size: 14px;
-    line-height: 1.5em;
-    padding: 10px 0 10px 10px;
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebar h3,
-div.sphinxsidebar h4 {
-    color: #333;
-    font-size: 24px;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    margin: 0 0 5px 0;
-    padding: 0;
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebar h4 {
-    font-size: 1.1em;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar h3 a {
-    color: #333;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar p {
-    color: #888;
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebar p.searchtip {
-    line-height: 1.4em;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar ul {
-    color: #000;
-    margin: 10px 0 20px;
-    padding: 0;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar a {
-    color: #444;
-}
-
-div.sphinxsidebar a:hover {
-    color: #d00;
-}
- 
-div.sphinxsidebar input {
-    border: 1px solid #ccc;
-    font-family: sans-serif;
-    font-size: 1em;
-}
-
-/* -- body styles --------------------------------------------------------- */
- 
-a {
-    color: #900;
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-a:visited {
-    color: #700;
-}
- 
-a:hover {
-    color: #d00;
-    text-decoration: underline;
-}
-
-hr {
-    border: 1px solid #b1b4b6;
-}
-
-div.body h1,
-div.body h2,
-div.body h3,
-div.body h4,
-div.body h5,
-div.body h6 { font-weight: normal; }
-
-div.body h1,
-div.body h2,
-div.body h3,
-div.body h4 { color: #212224; }
-div.body h5 { color: #000; }
-div.body h6 { color: #777; }
- 
-div.body h1 { margin: 0 0 10px 0; }
-div.body h2,
-div.body h3 { margin: 30px 0px 10px 0px; }
-div.body h4,
-div.body h5,
-div.body h6 { margin: 20px 0px 10px 0px; }
-
-div.body h1 { padding: 0 0 10px 0; }
-div.body h2,
-div.body h3 { padding: 10px 0 10px 0; }
-div.body h4 { padding: 10px 0 10px 0; }
-div.body h5,
-div.body h6 { padding: 10px 0 0 0; }
- 
-div.body h1,
-div.body h2,
-div.body h3 { border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
-div.body h4 { border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; }
- 
-div.body h1 { font-size: 230%; }
-div.body h2 { font-size: 180%; }
-div.body h3 { font-size: 130%; }
-div.body h4 { font-size: 110%; }
-div.body h5 { font-size: 105%; }
-div.body h6 { font-size: 100%; }
- 
-a.headerlink {
-    color: #c60f0f;
-    font-size: 0.8em;
-    padding: 0 4px 0 4px;
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
- 
-a.headerlink:hover {
-    background-color: #c60f0f;
-    color: #fff;
-}
-
-div.body ul {
-    list-style: disc;
-    margin: 1em 0;
-    padding-left: 1.3em;
-}
-
-div.body ul ul, div.body ol ul {
-    margin: .2em 0;
-    padding-left: 1.2em;
-}
-
-div.body ul li {
-    padding: 2px 0;
-}
-
-div.body ul.search li {
-    padding: 5px 0 5px 20px;
-}
-
-div.body ol {
-    counter-reset: li;
-    margin-left: 0;
-    padding-left: 0;
-}
-
-div.body ol ol {
-    margin: .2em 0;
-}
-
-div.body ol > li {
-    list-style: none;
-    margin: 0 0 0 1.9em;
-    padding: 2px 1px;
-    position: relative;
-}
-
-div.body ol > li:before {
-    content: counter(li) ".";
-    counter-increment: li;
-    top: -2px;
-    left: -1.9em;
-    width: 1.9em;
-    padding: 4px 0;
-    position: absolute;
-    text-align: left;
-}
-
-div.body p,
-div.body dd,
-div.body li {
-    line-height: 1.4em;
-}
- 
-div.admonition p.admonition-title + p {
-    display: inline;
-}
-
-div.highlight {
-    background-color: #fff;
-}
-
-div.important, div.note {
-    background-color: #eee;
-    border: 1px solid #ccc;
-}
- 
-div.attention, div.caution, div.hint, div.seealso, div.tip {
-    background-color: #fef9e9;
-    border: 1px solid #fbe091;
-}
- 
-div.topic {
-    background-color: #eee;
-}
- 
-div.danger, div.error, div.warning {
-    background-color: #ffe4e4;
-    border: 1px solid #f66;
-}
- 
-p.admonition-title {
-    display: inline;
-}
- 
-p.admonition-title:after {
-    content: ':';
-}
- 
-pre {
-    background-color: #f5f5f5;
-    border: 1px solid #C6C9CB;
-    color: #222;
-    font-size: 0.75em;
-    line-height: 1.5em;
-    margin: 1.5em 0 1.5em 0;
-    padding: 10px;
-    box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
-    -webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
-    -moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #d8d8d8;
-}
-
-pre, tt, code {
-    font-family: 'Consolas', 'Menlo', 'Deja Vu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', monospace;
-}
- 
-tt, code {
-    background-color: #ecf0f3;
-    font-size: 0.85em;
-}
-
-tt.descname, code.descname {
-    font-size: 0.95em;
-}
-
-tt.xref, a tt, code.xref, a code {
-    font-weight: normal;
-}
-
-span.pre {
-    padding: 0 2px;
-}
-
-dl.class, dl.function {
-    margin-bottom: 50px;
-}
-
-dl.function > dt,
-dl.attribute > dt,
-dl.classmethod > dt,
-dl.method > dt,
-dl.class > dt,
-dl.exception > dt {
-    background-color: #f5f5f5;
-    margin: 25px 0 10px 0;
-    padding: 1px 10px;
-}
-
-table.docutils {
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-table.docutils.footnote {
-    width: auto;
-}
-
-table.docutils thead,
-table.docutils tfoot {
-    background: #f5f5f5;
-}
-
-table.docutils thead tr th {
-    color: #000;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    padding: 7px 5px;
-    vertical-align: middle;
-}
-
-table.docutils tbody tr th,
-table.docutils tbody tr td {
-    border-bottom: 0;
-    border-top: solid 1px #ddd;
-    padding: 7px 5px;
-    vertical-align: top;
-}
-table.docutils tbody tr:last-child th,
-table.docutils tbody tr:last-child td {
-    border-bottom: solid 1px #ddd;
-}
-
-table.docutils thead tr td p,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td p,
-table.docutils tbody tr td p,
-table.docutils thead tr td ul,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td ul,
-table.docutils tbody tr td ul,
-table.docutils thead tr td ol,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td ol,
-table.docutils tbody tr td ol {
-    margin: 0 0 .5em;
-}
-table.docutils thead tr td p.last,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td p.last,
-table.docutils tbody tr td p.last,
-table.docutils thead tr td ul.last,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td ul.last,
-table.docutils tbody tr td ul.last,
-table.docutils thead tr td ol.last,
-table.docutils tfoot tr td ol.last,
-table.docutils tbody tr td ol.last {
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-
-.viewcode-back {
-    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
-}
-
-div.viewcode-block:target {
-    background-color: #fef9e9;
-    border-top: 1px solid #fbe091;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #fbe091;
-}
-
-@media screen and (max-width: 870px) {
-
-    div.document {
-        width: auto;
-        margin: 0;
-    }
-
-    div.documentwrapper {
-        float: none;
-    }
-
-    div.bodywrapper {
-        margin: 0;
-    }
-
-    div.body {
-        min-height: 0;
-        padding: 0 20px 30px 20px;
-    }
-
-    div.footer {
-        background-color: #333;
-        color: #888;
-        margin: 0;
-        padding: 10px 20px 20px;
-        text-align: left;
-        width: auto;
-    }
-
-    div.footer a {
-        color: #bbb;
-    }
-
-    div.footer a:hover {
-        color: #fff;
-    }
-
-    div.sphinxsidebar {
-        background-color: #333;
-        color: #fff;
-        float: none;
-        margin: 0;
-        padding: 10px 20px;
-        width: auto;
-    }
-
-    div.sphinxsidebar h3,
-    div.sphinxsidebar h4,
-    div.sphinxsidebar p,
-    div.sphinxsidebar h3 a {
-        color: #fff;
-    }
-
-    div.sphinxsidebar ul {
-        color: #999;
-    }
-
-    div.sphinxsidebar a {
-        color: #aaa;
-    }
-
-    div.sphinxsidebar a:hover {
-        color: #fff;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/package/doc/sphinx/source/_templates/footer.html b/package/doc/sphinx/source/_templates/footer.html
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{% extends "!footer.html" %}
+
+{% block extrafooter %}
+{{ super() }}
+<div class="footer"><p>Please see
+    our <a href="https://www.mdanalysis.org/pages/privacy/">Privacy Policy</a>
+    to learn how <a href="https://www.mdanalysis.org">MDAnalysis</a> collects data.</p>
+    <script data-goatcounter="https://mdanalysis.goatcounter.com/count"
+        async src="//gc.zgo.at/count.js"></script>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}