Blog/Publish
You can add a CC license to almost any blog as you can almost any website. Here are instructions for a few specific blogging platforms.
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WordPress
See Adding a CC mark to a WordPress blog.
Blogger
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Step one: Choose a license
Start by choosing a license for your work at the Creative Commons website. |
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Step two: Copy the code
On the "Mark your content" page of the license process, copy the code provided by highlighting it with your mouse and hitting ctrl-c (command-c on a Mac). |
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Step three: Paste code into your Blogger Template
Log into your Blogger blog, then click the Template tab to edit the code. Near the end of the template code, before you see </body></html>, paste in the code copied in the previous step by clicking the page and hitting ctrl-v (command-v on a Mac). Click "Save Template Changes" then republish your blog to add your license to your Blogger site. |
Movable Type
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Step one: Login to Movable Type
You'll want to start by logging into your Movable Type installation, and finding the "Edit Configuration" link for the blog you'd like to license. |
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Step two: Edit Configuration/Choose license
On the main configuration page, click on the "Preferences" option in the upper right area, then scroll down to the link marked "Create a License now" link. Answer the questions, scroll down to save your configuration, then republish your blog to see a license button added to your site. |
Typepad
Begin by follow the first two steps above for Blogger to choose a license and copy the code.
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Step three: Create a new Typelist
You'll want to create a new Typelist to hold the Creative Commons license code. Log into Typepad, then click on the Typelists tab, and create a new Typelist called CC or Creative Commons, and make it a Link type of list. |
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'Step four: Paste code into your new Typelist
Click "New Item" to add a Typelist item, and paste your license code into the "Notes" area and save the item. |
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Step five: Change Typelist configuration
Once the item is saved in your new Typelist, click the "Edit Configuration" link for your Creative Commons typelist, then scroll down to the Advanced options, and under "Display Notes" click the "as text" option and save. |
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Step six: Add Typelist to your blog
The last step is to add the typelist to your blog. Click the "Edit Design" option on your blog, then click the "Content" link and scroll down to the Typelists options, then click your Creative Commons typelist, save, then republish your blog to add the license. |
Tumblr
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Step one: Login to Tumblr
Start by logging into Tumblr and finding the "Theme" menu within the blog you'd like to license. |
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Step two: Modify HTML
Click the "Customize HTML" button on your theme to edit the HTML directly. |
| Step three: Get code from the CC license chooser.
Use the CC License Chooser to obtain the copy-and-paste HTML code for a particular license. Make sure to |
| Step four: Embed license code in the Tumbler theme HTML
Use the CC License Chooser to obtain the copy-and-paste HTML code for a particular license. Make sure to |
