There are a few guidelines you should be aware of before submitting your template to FreeSiteTemplates.com.

When you submit your designs, you are granting FreeSiteTemplates.com the right to freely distribute your designs to any visitor asking for permission to download the file. You may request but not insist that link credit remains within the template your template will not be added. By submitting your template you are giving the template to whomever downloads it free and clear.

You will be highly visible to the people who download your files. Your full contact information, including your email address, company name and the URL of your web site.

To submit your template, you will need the following:

1. A ZIP file containing all of the elements and source files needed to make use of the template, including HTML pages, graphics and instructions (if any.)



2. If the template uses Flash, the Flash source files MUST be included.



3. If the template is for Dreamweaver, FrontPage or other page generator, the templates source files needed to generate the page MUST be included.



4. A readme.txt file including information about the template along with any editing instructions and information you and your services.
You cannot insist or require a link, copyright to your company or company 'credit' to remain on the site in any form.


5. A 145 pixel wide thumbnail of the main page of the template.
   
   SUBMISSIONS WITH LARGER OR SMALLER THUMBNAILS WILL BE REJECTED



6. Please include the standard copyright line that we have on all of the templates. This is important to show the user where to place this information.



7. Please include a location in the design for a standard 468 x 60 banner advertisement. All of our templates have a banner integrated into them to help the user know where it should go.



8. Please validate your code. While 100% validation is not necessary, correct code is. Any templates with errors that cannot be quickly corrected will be deleted.



9. Please review our Quality Guidelines if you have any concerns or questions regarding the types of templates we will accept.



10. Please be sure to include everything a user would need to customize the page. Without these files we will not be able to list your template.

That's all there is to it. Our database software will upload your files and data for review by the site manager. Any missing or incorrect information will cause delays in inclusion and the possible exclusion your template.

Quality Guidelines

While FreeSiteTemplates.com accepts a wide variety of templates reflecting a wide variety of skill levels from basic HTML to Flash we do have a few quality restrictions.

Code should be correct. Please use a validator on your site to check for any errors before submitting. The most common errors are incorrectly nested tables and fonts tags. While you may code to any level of HTML or xHTML you choose it is preferred that you follow current w3 standards and guidelines.

Templates submitted should be actual templates. Please do not submit full copies of your own web site complete with links and text.

Please do not submit templates that are little more (or less) than self promotion.

That's about it.

If you contribute a template without the standard requested features, we will add them to the design for you. If your template is submitted in a format other than ZIP it will be deleted before review.