Help Section
Below is our detailed Open Designs Community help section. We will continue to add more information as time permits and as questions and answers become available.
Forum FAQ
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Design Licenses
Below are the licenses we use on Open Designs for template downloads.
Each author and designer chooses the license that fits the designs they have for download, so be sure to check each design you download for proper use of the designs.
Public Domain: You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, to make derivative works and to make commercial use of the work.
Creative Commons Licenses: You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, to make derivative works and to make commercial use of the work under the following conditions:
You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder.
Web Standards
Web Standards is a general term for the formal standards that describe aspects of the World Wide Web.
It tends to be associated with a higher-level of development that has a direct effect on the accessibility and usability of web sites.
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