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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 Movable Type Template:

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



2. Log in to your Movable Type control panel and click on Manage Blog > Templates.



3. Open the MT-main.html file included in your zip within notepad or another html editor of your choice. Now, within the templates in Movable Type, click on the Main Index template link at the top of the page. Copy everything from the MT-main.html into the Main Index template (replacing everything that is there currently).



4. Save Template Changes at the bottom of the page in Movable Type.



5. Now go back to the template listing and click on Master Archive Index template, then replace what is there with everything in the MT-archive.html (included in the zip).



6. Save template, then back to the template listing again and click on Category Archive. Now replace everything inside with the contents of the MT-catdate.html file (also included in the zip). Repeat this exact process only this time with the Date-Based Archive template and replace with the information in the same file, MT-catdate.html. Save this template.



7. Back again to the template listing and click on Individual Entry Archive. Now replace everything inside with the contents of the MT-individual.html file (also included in the zip) and save this template also.



8. Now back on the template listing page, scroll all the way to the bottom of that page and you will see where a set of templates can be created called Template Modules. Click the link on the right side beside the words Template Modules, 'Create new template module'.



9. On the new template page, in the Name: field, type 'header' (without the single quotes), then copy and paste everything from the MT-header.html file that was included in the zip into the Module: area. Now save this template.



10. Click to create a new template page again, and in the Name: field, type 'footer' (without the single quotes), then copy and paste everything from the MT-footer.html file that was included in the zip into the Module: area. Now save this template.



11. Once more, go to create a new template page, and in the Name: field, type 'sidebar' (without the single quotes), then copy and paste everything from the MT-sidebar.html file that was included in the zip into the Module: area. Now save this template.



12. Once this is all done, over on your sidebar, click on the Rebuild Site button (down near the bottom of the menu bar). Another small box should pop up and you will need to choose 'Rebuild All Files' and click on Rebuild. Do not press anything until it finishes. Once it finishes, you can click on View Site from the small box and everything should work properly. Once at your site, you may need to refresh to get the current version.

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!