A word of uncalled for advice -
1. If you share a file only post it on one Forum; sharing the same file on multiple forums can cause confusion as to where the file actually originated. When you create a file mark it © the year and your name plus any special requests ( personal use only etc)
2. Rather than sharing a trace of a dingbat ( bit of a cheek in my opinion) AND it's not an original work but a derivative why not publish a picture of your image and give a link to where you got the dingbat ; this also creates less confusion.
3. If you share freely be prepared to have your files stolen. Whether you believe it or not even the most basic template has commercial value in someone's greedy little eyes: up to a year ago I designed and shared templates freely just for the pleasure of doing so. Someone who knew my work mailed me to say she'd found my free files from the site I work with on a CD on EBay. I contacted the owners - they took the CD off sale. Another 57 of my files were found on 2 other CDs and I was even offered one as a free download from another site ( obviously with my copyright carefully erased!). Now - being a nasty person- I decided that if anyone was going to make money from my files I'd rather it was me so now I only design purchaseware files . So be warned- the advent of SCAL really has opened up a new market for the unscrupulous 'out to make an easy buck' section of the crafting community.
Harsh but sadly true - if you have files that you are particularly proud of share a picture but not the file.
Susibi
