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Below are Blog Designs linkware rules. Your use of graphics provided by Blog Designs is proof of acceptance of said linkware rules and terms of use. If you have any questions about any of these, please visit http://www.blogdesigns.com and check our terms of service or email us. Thanks!

5 Easy Linkware Rules :

  1. Absolutely no commercial use (for details on commercial use of these templates, please
    email us). Commercial use pertains to the following:
    • Any website that makes money, attempts to make money and/or barters for services through the use of their website.
    • Any website made for a company whether for direct commercial gain or indirect.
    • Any webmaster/developer/designer who creates a page for another for profit, barter or to build their portfolio up.
  2. A link back to Blog Designs must be on each and every page that any of these images are used on. The link-back must say Blog Designs, and be clearly visible using this url: http://www.blogdesigns.com.
  3. No part of this theme (or any theme provided by Blog Designs) may be altered or used in derivative works with one exception, blank buttons and blank title pieces may have text added to them. If you require customization, all we ask is a small $2 fee for our time and also to help keep new templates coming for you.
  4. These graphics are not to be resold and/or redistributed in any form.
  5. Be sure that you have credited every artist whose words, art, webdesign, etc have been used on your site. If there is any unaccredited work, we will immediately require that you remove our graphics.

Instructions for using Greymatter Template:

  1. Upload all the image files (.jpg/.gif) and the stylesheet if applicable (.css) to the directory where your main greymatter index file will be.
    Please note: If you make a new directory for images, you will need to make those changes in the greymatter template files as well.


  2. Log in to your greymatter control panel and click on Edit Templates > Edit Main Index-Related Templates.


  3. Open the greymatter.html file included in your zip within notepad or another html editor of your choice. In the top input box named Main Index Template, in Greymatter, copy and paste the entire contents of this greymatter.html file.

  4. Save Template Changes at the bottom of the page in Greymatter.


  5. Now click on Edit Archive-Related Templates, then in the top box named Archive Master Index Template, replace what is there with everything in the greymatter-archivemaster.html (included in the zip).


  6. Then in the next box down named Archive Log Index Template, replace the current content with everything in the greymatter-archivelog.html (also included in the zip).


  7. Save Template Changes at the bottom of the page in Greymatter.


  8. Then click on Edit Entry-Related Templates, and replace the top template on that page named Entry Page Template: Current Standard Entries, with everything in the greymatter-entrytemplates.html file that was included in the zip. Then below each of the other template boxes on that page is a checkbox with "Make this the same as the above template (current standard entries)", these will need to be checked under each of the remaining template boxes.


  9. Save Template Changes at the bottom of the page in Greymatter.


  10. Finally, click on Edit Header, Footer & Sidebar Templates. You will need to copy everything from the header.txt file (in the zip file) to the Header Template, everything from the footer.txt file to the Footer Template, and everything from the sidebar.txt file to the Sidebar Template. Now Save Template Changes.


  11. Click Return to Main Menu to go back to the main menu in your Greymatter Control Panel. Now, choose Rebuild Files > Rebuild Everything (last choice on the Rebuild page). Let Greymatter rebuild the files and don't interrupt it as that will mess the whole process up. Once it is done rebuilding, you should be able to go to your site and refresh and have the new template ready to use.

If you have questions or need specific help, please send us an email at webmistress@blogdesigns.com and we will do our best to try and help!