diff --git a/core/includes/menu.inc b/core/includes/menu.inc
index c7fcd92..6f58e58 100644
--- a/core/includes/menu.inc
+++ b/core/includes/menu.inc
@@ -1755,6 +1755,7 @@ function menu_list_system_menus() {
     'admin' => 'Administration',
     'account' => 'User account menu',
     'main' => 'Main navigation',
+    'footer' => 'Footer menu',
   );
 }
 
@@ -3321,22 +3322,22 @@ function _menu_find_router_path($link_path) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Inserts, updates, or deletes an uncustomized menu link related to a module.
+ * Inserts, updates, enables, disables, or deletes an uncustomized menu link.
  *
- * @param $module
- *   The name of the module.
- * @param $op
- *   Operation to perform: insert, update or delete.
- * @param $link_path
+ * @param string $module
+ *   The name of the module that owns the link.
+ * @param string $op
+ *   Operation to perform: insert, update, enable, disable, or delete.
+ * @param string $link_path
  *   The path this link points to.
- * @param $link_title
- *   Title of the link to insert or new title to update the link to.
+ * @param string $link_title
+ *   (optional) Title of the link to insert or new title to update the link to.
  *   Unused for delete.
  *
- * @return
+ * @return integer|null
  *   The insert op returns the mlid of the new item. Others op return NULL.
  */
-function menu_link_maintain($module, $op, $link_path, $link_title) {
+function menu_link_maintain($module, $op, $link_path, $link_title = NULL) {
   switch ($op) {
     case 'insert':
       $menu_link = array(
@@ -3345,15 +3346,32 @@ function menu_link_maintain($module, $op, $link_path, $link_title) {
         'module' => $module,
       );
       return menu_link_save($menu_link);
-      break;
+
     case 'update':
       $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {menu_links} WHERE link_path = :link_path AND module = :module AND customized = 0", array(':link_path' => $link_path, ':module' => $module))->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
       foreach ($result as $link) {
-        $link['link_title'] = $link_title;
+        if (isset($link_title)) {
+          $link['link_title'] = $link_title;
+        }
         $link['options'] = unserialize($link['options']);
         menu_link_save($link);
       }
       break;
+
+    case 'enable':
+    case 'disable':
+      $hidden = ($op == 'disable' ? 1 : 0);
+      $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM {menu_links} WHERE link_path = :link_path AND module = :module AND customized = 0", array(':link_path' => $link_path, ':module' => $module))->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+      foreach ($result as $link) {
+        $link['hidden'] = $hidden;
+        if (isset($link_title)) {
+          $link['link_title'] = $link_title;
+        }
+        $link['options'] = unserialize($link['options']);
+        menu_link_save($link);
+      }
+      break;
+
     case 'delete':
       menu_link_delete(NULL, $link_path);
       break;
diff --git a/core/modules/contact/contact.module b/core/modules/contact/contact.module
index 1087308..4bdb4c0 100644
--- a/core/modules/contact/contact.module
+++ b/core/modules/contact/contact.module
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function contact_menu() {
     'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
     'page arguments' => array('contact_site_form'),
     'access arguments' => array('access site-wide contact form'),
-    'menu_name' => 'main',
+    'menu_name' => 'footer',
     'type' => MENU_SUGGESTED_ITEM,
     'file' => 'contact.pages.inc',
   );
diff --git a/core/modules/menu/menu.install b/core/modules/menu/menu.install
index 20277a7..65a1e59 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/menu.install
+++ b/core/modules/menu/menu.install
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function menu_install() {
     'account' => $t('Links related to the user account.'),
     'admin' => $t('Contains links to administrative tasks.'),
     'main' => $t('Use this for linking to the main site sections.'),
+    'footer' => $t('Use this for linking to site information.'),
   );
   foreach ($system_menus as $menu_name => $title) {
     $menu = array(
@@ -101,3 +102,16 @@ function menu_update_8001() {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Adds the footer menu to custom menus.
+ */
+function menu_update_8002() {
+  db_insert('menu_custom')
+    ->fields(array(
+      'menu_name' => 'footer',
+      'title' => 'Footer menu',
+      'description' => 'Use this for linking to site information.',
+    ))
+    ->execute();
+}
+
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.info b/core/profiles/standard/standard.info
index 8b8a33b..44739cc 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.info
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.info
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dependencies[] = block
 dependencies[] = color
 dependencies[] = comment
 dependencies[] = contextual
+dependencies[] = contact
 dependencies[] = help
 dependencies[] = image
 dependencies[] = menu
diff --git a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
index b4dc761..7fd4024 100644
--- a/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
+++ b/core/profiles/standard/standard.install
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ function standard_install() {
     ),
     array(
       'module' => 'system',
+      'delta' => 'menu-footer',
+      'theme' => $default_theme,
+      'status' => 1,
+      'weight' => 0,
+      'region' => 'footer',
+      'pages' => '',
+      'cache' => -1,
+    ),
+    array(
+      'module' => 'system',
       'delta' => 'powered-by',
       'theme' => $default_theme,
       'status' => 1,
@@ -401,6 +411,9 @@ function standard_install() {
   );
   menu_link_save($item);
 
+  // Enable the Contact link in the footer menu.
+  menu_link_maintain('system', 'enable', 'contact');
+
   // Populate the default shortcut set.
   $shortcut_set = shortcut_set_load(SHORTCUT_DEFAULT_SET_NAME);
   $shortcut_set->links[] = array(
diff --git a/core/themes/bartik/template.php b/core/themes/bartik/template.php
index 5373c92..9a6c8a9 100644
--- a/core/themes/bartik/template.php
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/template.php
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ function bartik_process_maintenance_page(&$variables) {
  * Implements hook_preprocess_HOOK() for block.tpl.php.
  */
 function bartik_preprocess_block(&$variables) {
-  // In the header region visually hide block titles.
-  if ($variables['block']->region == 'header') {
+  // In the header and footer regions visually hide block titles.
+  if ($variables['block']->region == 'header' || $variables['block']->region == 'footer') {
     $variables['title_attributes']['class'][] = 'element-invisible';
   }
 }