Use WordPress Theme for normal Homepage
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Hi there
I’d like to know if i’m allowed to use one of the WordPress Theme for my Homepage or is this illegal? Thank you very much!
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I think what zockerwurf means, is are they allowed to use one of the WordPress themes – like from the WordPress package – on their homepage. As far as I know, it’s not illegal if you leave credits – but I’m NOT sure about that.
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The Themes which are avaible are to be used for the wordpressblogs. But could I for example take the theme and create with that a own webpage, which is not a blog and not a wordpressbased one? Or is this some kind of stealing?
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“[…] if you leave credits […]”
It would be enough if there is written on the bottom e.g. “Theme: Sapphire by Michael Martine.”?
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WordPress themes (available on the web) will only work when the wordpress software from wordpress.ORG is installed on the site. If you simply upload the theme (without the wordpress software) to a web host, it will not work.
That said, people use wordpress software, and the themes out there as a base for many different types of websites, not just blogs. You do however typically need to have experience with php script and CSS to be able to modify things if you are talking about straying very far from the general structure.
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What can be done with themes, depends on the license the theme is offered under. Some are GPL, and basically wide open for modification and derivative works. Others require you to always have a link to the original designer when you make modifications (Creative Commons attribution). Others do not allow any modification or derivative works.
It all depends on the theme designer’s choice.
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Oh… that means i can use that in every way i want? i don’t even have to mention the credits?
it’s clear that I can’t simply upload the package, but I know how to use CSS, HTML and so one. You’re sure that this is allowed? Does WordPress or the Theme-Creator has to be mentioned?
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You will have to check the license on each theme. Sometimes it is on the website where the theme is offered, and sometimes you have to ask. Sometimes it is in the readme file with the theme.
For you to be able to use and modify it as you wish, it is going to have to have a GPL license.
You won’t find any html when you download a theme, you will find only php script files which create the pages on the fly and populate the pages with information it pulls out of the MySQL database.
Your best bet would be to find something you like, and then create your own using HTML and CSS since you have experience with them. Trying to modify a wordpress theme to use as a standard website, without the wordpress software is going to be a very, very, very, very big project.
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Sure? I tried to rebuild such a theme… It was done in a few minutes. I activated the theme for my blog, downloaded the CSS and the backgroundpictures. That was all and it worked without problem.
If there is written that the theme is 100% open source, does this mean that I can use it? or is this the wrong licence?
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You have to review the license. Some will say they are open source, but then put in a clause that you have to keep an attribution, which is not really open source, it is more along the lines of CC-attribution.
I’m not a lawyer.
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