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.

WordPress

See Adding a CC mark to a WordPress blog.

Blogger

Step one: Choose a license Start by choosing a license for your work at the Creative Commons website. Choose a license for your blog

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Step one: Choose a license Start by choosing a license for your work at the Creative Commons website. Choose a license for your Tumblr blog. Make sure to fill in all fields as completely as possible. "Source Work URL" should be the blog URL.

Step two: Login to Tumblr Start by logging into Tumblr and finding the "Theme" menu within the blog you'd like to license.

Step three: Modify HTML Click the "Customize HTML" button on your theme to edit the HTML directly.

Step four: Embed license code in the Tumbler theme HTML