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Recently I get a lot of notes or comments where people ask me for permission to use my journal templates. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.

First I was confused why people do that, but then I figured out that they might get confused by something like this in any description of a template/skin:

You need to have a Premium Account or to be a staff member/volunteer to use this.

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Some still don’t know what the requirement for the CSS feature is and that’s why they think that, if they don’t belong to the ones listed above, they have to ask to use it. That is wrong!

Everyone who submits a template to the “Journal Skin” or “Complete Journal CSS” gallery offers their templates for free. Some might have some rules for usage, but still they are all for free use – unless there is some kind of hint, that you have to pay for it. But then you won’t have access to any CSS code.

If someone mentions Premium Accounts, staff members or volunteers it doesn’t mean that only those people have the permission to use the templates. It’s just mentioned because actually they are the only ones who will be able(!) to use them.

The CSS feature is only for those people who have paid for their accounts, who belong to the staff of deviantART or who gained seniorship.
Only those people will be able to install AND use the skins or to add the downloaded CSS of the usual templates.

Of course you can still click that install button of a certain Skin, but nothing will happen, if you have a free account. When writing on a new journal or editing an old one, you won’t have the CSS option tab on your journal page, so you can’t apply the Skin.

If you aren’t sure what kind of account you have, go to your profile page. Below your icon/username there is a bar that contains different information about you.
The second block tells you, for how long you have been already part of deviantART and right below you will either have the information of how long your Premium Membership will still last or if you would need one.

In case it says that you would need one, you don’t own one yet and you won’t be able to use it. No matter what you try, no matter how often you click the install button or download a Complete Journal CSS.

In this news article I already explained some more facts around Journal and Gallery CSS: news.deviantart.com/article/85…

Description
body div#devskin0 hr { }

Recently I get a lot of notes or comments where people ask me for permission to use my journal templates. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.

First I was confused why people do that, but then I figured out that they might get confused by something like this in any description of a template/skin:

You need to have a Premium Account or to be a staff member/volunteer to use this.

:thumb139539507:

Some still don’t know what the requirement for the CSS feature is and that’s why they think that, if they don’t belong to the ones listed above, they have to ask to use it. That is wrong!

Everyone who submits a template to the “Journal Skin” or “Complete Journal CSS” gallery offers their templates for free. Some might have some rules for usage, but still they are all for free use – unless there is some kind of hint, that you have to pay for it. But then you won’t have access to any CSS code.

If someone mentions Premium Accounts, staff members or volunteers it doesn’t mean that only those people have the permission to use the templates. It’s just mentioned because actually they are the only ones who will be able(!) to use them.

The CSS feature is only for those people who have paid for their accounts, who belong to the staff of deviantART or who gained seniorship.
Only those people will be able to install AND use the skins or to add the downloaded CSS of the usual templates.

Of course you can still click that install button of a certain Skin, but nothing will happen, if you have a free account. When writing on a new journal or editing an old one, you won’t have the CSS option tab on your journal page, so you can’t apply the Skin.

If you aren’t sure what kind of account you have, go to your profile page. Below your icon/username there is a bar that contains different information about you.
The second block tells you, for how long you have been already part of deviantART and right below you will either have the information of how long your Premium Membership will still last or if you would need one.

In case it says that you would need one, you don’t own one yet and you won’t be able to use it. No matter what you try, no matter how often you click the install button or download a Complete Journal CSS.

In this news article I already explained some more facts around Journal and Gallery CSS: news.deviantart.com/article/85…