WpLicense

2006-12-20T22:56:06Z

Hearn9000: /* Install */

[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:OpenSource]]
[[Category:WpLicense]]
[[Category:Choose license implementations]]

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WpLicense is a plugin for [http://wordpress.org WordPress] which allows users to select a Creative Commons license for their blog and content. In addition to the administration interface, WpLicense provides three template functions which may be used to insert the license information into templates. WpLicense was developed by [[User:NathanYergler|Nathan Yergler]] and is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. See the [[WpLicense Developer]] page for development information.

WpLicense only works with the self-hosted version of WordPress downloaded from wordpress.org.

[[Image:Wplicense_admin_thumb.png|frame|wpLicense admininstration page ([[:Image:Wplicense_admin.png|full size]]).]]

== System Requirements ==

* PHP 4 (4.3.0 or later) or PHP 5

== Download ==

* The latest release is [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download/wpLicense-0.7.5.zip wpLicense 0.7.5]
* Previous releases are available from [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download the download page].

== Install ==

* Follow the download link above for the lastest release. You'll end up with a file named something like <code>wpLicense-0.6.1.zip</code>.
* Unzip the file and copy the wpLicense.php and wpLicense folder into the "wp-content/plugins" directory in your WordPress installation.

[Note: How you go about this will vary based on how you have your web host configured and how you can access it (i.e. via FTP, SSH, etc). See the WordPress [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins Plugin Management] documentation for details. For example, if you're working from the command line:]

$ cd ~/blog
$ cd wp-content/plugins
$ unzip ''/the/directory/you/downloaded/to/''wpLicense-0.6.1.zip

* After unzipping the download and copying the wpLicense.php and wpLicense folder to "wp-content/plugins" directory , log-in to your WordPress administration panel and click the '''Plugins''' tab. > Click the '''Activate''' link to the right of WpLicense. This will enable the plugin.
* Go to the '''Options''' tab, and click the '''Content License''' sub-tab to select your license. You can begin the selection process by clicking the '''(select)''' link.

== Getting Help ==

There are a couple of places you can go for help with WpLicense:

* '''Email''' the [[Mailing Lists|cc-devel]] mailing list
* '''Chat''' with CC developers on [[IRC]]
* '''Email''' software@creativecommons.org -- note that your response time will probably be longer here than with the mailing list

== Additional Information ==

* [[WpLicense Function Reference]] PHP functions which may be used in non-standard templates to include license information
* [[WpLicense Release History]]

WpLicense

2006-12-20T22:54:27Z

Hearn9000: /* Install */

[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:OpenSource]]
[[Category:WpLicense]]
[[Category:Choose license implementations]]

__TOC__

WpLicense is a plugin for [http://wordpress.org WordPress] which allows users to select a Creative Commons license for their blog and content. In addition to the administration interface, WpLicense provides three template functions which may be used to insert the license information into templates. WpLicense was developed by [[User:NathanYergler|Nathan Yergler]] and is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2. See the [[WpLicense Developer]] page for development information.

WpLicense only works with the self-hosted version of WordPress downloaded from wordpress.org.

[[Image:Wplicense_admin_thumb.png|frame|wpLicense admininstration page ([[:Image:Wplicense_admin.png|full size]]).]]

== System Requirements ==

* PHP 4 (4.3.0 or later) or PHP 5

== Download ==

* The latest release is [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download/wpLicense-0.7.5.zip wpLicense 0.7.5]
* Previous releases are available from [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/software/wplicense/download the download page].

== Install ==

* Follow the download link above for the lastest release. You'll end up with a file named something like <code>wpLicense-0.6.1.zip</code>.
* Unzip the file and copy the wpLicense.php and wpLicense folder into the "wp-content/plugins" directory in your WordPress installation. (e.g.: http://example.com/me/blog/wp-content/plugins/)

How you go about this will vary based on how you have your web host configured and how you can access it (i.e. via FTP, SSH, etc). See the WordPress [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins Plugin Management] documentation for details. For example, if you're working from the command line:
$ cd ~/blog
$ cd wp-content/plugins
$ unzip ''/the/directory/you/downloaded/to/''wpLicense-0.6.1.zip

* After unzipping the download and copying the wpLicense.php and wpLicense folder to "wp-content/plugins" directory , log-in to your WordPress administration panel and click the '''Plugins''' tab. > Click the '''Activate''' link to the right of WpLicense. This will enable the plugin.
* Go to the '''Options''' tab, and click the '''Content License''' sub-tab to select your license. You can begin the selection process by clicking the '''(select)''' link.

== Getting Help ==

There are a couple of places you can go for help with WpLicense:

* '''Email''' the [[Mailing Lists|cc-devel]] mailing list
* '''Chat''' with CC developers on [[IRC]]
* '''Email''' software@creativecommons.org -- note that your response time will probably be longer here than with the mailing list

== Additional Information ==

* [[WpLicense Function Reference]] PHP functions which may be used in non-standard templates to include license information
* [[WpLicense Release History]]

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