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Frequently Asked Questions: General

Is Rin free?
As a bird. Rin operates under a GPL license.
Do I need to keep the link and credits in the footer?
Rin is under a GPL license, which basically means it’s open source, and as such you have every right to change ANY part of the code. There is only one section you’re not allowed to remove, and that’s my copyright notice in the css file, and the GPL license information.
So who retains the copyright?
Basically I retain my copyright of the original Rin code. All changes you make are your copyright. If you want to include your copyright notice for your changes, then simply append them after/before my copyright notice. I talk about this in a lot more detail, so if you're interested then go here .
What’s all this I hear about Flavours?
In my mind Rin comes in various Flavours. The idea is that when you’ve played around with this template, you get to put your signature on it. Think of it like an artist signing his art after he’s done with it.

Frequently Asked Questions: Design

Ok I’ve downloaded Rin. How do I run it on my site?
So you’ve got Wordpress 1.5 running on your system? If that’s the case the next step should be as easy as pie. In your FTP manager (I can’t live without FileZilla http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) :
  1. Drag and drop the Rin folder you just downloaded into the themes folder (which can be found in wp-content file).
  2. Now go to your presentation tab in your control panel. You should be presented with two options, the default theme and the Rin theme. Press the Select button next to the Rin Description.
How do I get Archives and Links pages working?
This uses Wordpress 1.5’s new ’static’ page feature. Go to
  1. Write > Write Page
  2. In the Page Title dialogue type in Archive
  3. The scroll down to the Page Options, where you should get a further three options in the scroll down menu other than Default Template.
  4. Archives, Links and About. Choose the Archives template.
  5. Create the page.
  6. Do the same for the other 2 pages.
  7. If you now have a look at your site you'll see that the pages have been linked automatically. Clever don't you think?