diff --git a/conf/netlify/cms/config.yml b/conf/netlify/cms/config.yml
index b7967092..0945de9a 100644
--- a/conf/netlify/cms/config.yml
+++ b/conf/netlify/cms/config.yml
@@ -150,10 +150,20 @@ collections:
       file: src/site/_data/links.json
       i18n: false
       fields:
-        - { label: Twitter label, name: twitter_label, required: true, widget: string }
+        - { label: Twitter label, name: twitter_label, required: false, widget: string,
+            hint: "If this field is empty, the link to twitter will not appear in the website's footer" }
         - { label: Twitter URL, name: twitter_url, required: true, widget: string }
-        - { label: Forum label, name: forum_label, required: true, widget: string }
+        - { label: Forum label, name: forum_label, required: false, widget: string ,
+            hint: "If this field is empty, the link to the forum will not appear in the website's footer" }
         - { label: Forum URL, name: forum_url, required: true, widget: string }
+        - label: "Additional links"
+          name: "additional_links"
+          widget: "list"
+          summary: '{{fields.name}}'
+          fields:
+            - {label: Name, name: name, widget: string }
+            - {label: Link, name: url, widget: file}
+
 - label: Home page
   name: home
   # Configure i18n for this collection.
diff --git a/src/site/_includes/footer.njk b/src/site/_includes/footer.njk
index bd82b237..d1821481 100644
--- a/src/site/_includes/footer.njk
+++ b/src/site/_includes/footer.njk
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@
         {% ilink page, "contact/info", locale %}{{i18n.header_footer[locale].contact}}{% endilink %}
       </nav>
       <nav class="footer-navigation">
-        <a href="{{links.twitter_url}}"  rel="nofollow noopener">{{links.twitter_label}}</a>
-        <a href="{{links.forum_url}}" rel="nofollow noopener">{{links.forum_label}}</a>
+        {% if links.forum_url %}
+          <a href="{{links.twitter_url}}"  rel="nofollow noopener">{{links.twitter_label}}</a>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% if links.forum_url %}
+          <a href="{{links.forum_url}}" rel="nofollow noopener">{{links.forum_label}}</a>
+        {% endif %}
+        {% for link in links.additional_links %}
+          <a href="{{link.url}}" rel="nofollow noopener">{{link.name}}</a>
+        {% endfor %}
       </nav>
     </div>
   </div>