ACCESSING SCRAPBOOK-BYTES FREE
DOWNLOADS
**PLEASE NOTE** The Downloads area is
currently being rebuilt to accommodate the new system. The process of rebuilding
is expected to take several weeks**
Scrapbook-Bytes.com has always
offered its members’ free downloads to encourage and assist members in creating
their digital scrapbook pages. SBB hosts the largest collection of free digital
scrapbooking elements on the internet.
Subscribing to the Downloads area of
SBB gives you access to many more elements that are available in addition to
those accessible to registered users.
Currently (as of 12/05) annual
subscriptions are available for a cost of US$15 from the STORE. This
cost is to assist in offsetting the huge cost of bandwidth and storage of these
items – it is not a charge for the elements themselves.
***PLEASE NOTE***
All of the items in the Downloads
gallery are free for PERSONAL USE ONLY, unless the Terms of Use for an
individual item indicate otherwise.
YOU MAY NOT allow others to use your
user name and password to access the Subscribers Area. Subscriptions are valid
for the purchasing member ONLY. You may access the area on another computer as
long as you will be the only recipient of the elements.
YOU MAY NOT share direct links – that
is any link with the .zip extension, to any item available in the Download
gallery to registered members or subscribers, with any other person or persons
by way of email, website or any other means. This is called HOTLINKING and is
NOT permitted under any circumstances. Subscribers and members proved to be
sharing links in this manner will have their access revoked and membership
terminated. YOU MAY share a link to the website
www.scrapbook-bytes.com or the Downloads Area
http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/chat/local_links.php or a
specific category for others to view the content.
YOU MAY NOT redistribute any files in
the Downloads area available to registered members or subscribers, by any manner
including email, e-lists, CD or DVD compilations etc. Subscribers and members
proved to be sharing files of any download material in this way will have their
access revoked and membership terminated.
Please remember as a registered
member of SBB you have agreed to abide by the site Terms of Use
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/terms.php.
HOW TO ACCESS THE FREE CONTENT
Only registered members can access
the content in the free downloads area. Registration is free. You can register
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/article_304.shtml
HERE.
Go to http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com > Free Downloads from the menu at left.
You can also access the Downloads by
choosing the Downloads Link in the Quick Site Links section of both the forum
and gallery.
You should now see the following:
The information box at right lists
the most popular entries during the last 30 days - clicking on any listed item
will take you to that entry.
The information box also allows you
to choose “What’s New” to view new items added, “What’s hot” to view items in
order of popularity and the number of new entries entered since your last visit.
To browse the Free Downloads area,
choose Free Downloads. The next window will contain a list of cateogories at
right and the amount of entries in that category at left.
Choose any category. Page Kits has
been selected.
The preview of the item is shown at
left. Click on the image to begin downloading the single zip file. For security
reasons, all files are only one single zip file and download managers (like
DownloadThemAll) are not supported by the software. Registered Members are limited to only 15 file downloads per day. Paid Subscribers will continue to have the ability of unlimited download limits.
At the right of each listing is
information about the file including its size in Kb
To thank the designer of the element,
leave a comment or rate the download, choose view ratings/comments. Designers
appreciate your thanks for their hard work. Where comments are left but no rating is given the software assumes a rating of 0 so please choose a star rating for the element.
Choose Return to return to the
category you were viewing.
You can switch between categories by
using the links at the top of the screen.
Choosing Show will allow you to
access a particular group of items.
The Search button allows you to
search for a particular item by keyword.
Choosing Sort By at left lets you
select the method by which the elements are sorted for viewing.
If you find a link does not work or
the file is corrupted when you try to unzip it please firstly ensure you are not
using a download manager, and that you have tried using Windows own unzip
program (right click on the zip file and choose Extract All) If you are still
having difficulty, use the REPORT BAD LINK icon to submit the problem. Posts are
not monitored for comments regarding this issue.
For more helpful information on
organizing your elements collection, please read this article
http://scrapbook-bytes.com/cgi-script/tutorials/publish/article_292.shtml
