Saving, sharing and public designs
Copy a public design and edit it
Public designs are view only. “Copy and edit” makes an independent design of your own in this browser; the author’s own beads are replaced by type.
Who it is for
Anyone, also without signing in. “Edit my original” is only for the signed-in author.
Before you start
- A public design open at its address (from Public designs, a stone page, Favorites or a link).
Public designs
Public designs are either kept by the site (“From the web”) or shared by users (“Shared by a user”). Their pages are view only, and viewing never copies or stores anything.
Make a copy
A replacement has the same type: the same stone, round shape and size. This does not promise the same look or quality. A position with no match becomes a “To choose” position naming the type; choose, change or remove it before buying. Nothing is reserved by copying.
- Open the public design.
- If it uses the author’s own beads, choose where replacements come from: “Public material library (default)” or “My own beads first, then the public library” (only when you are signed in and have beads ready to use). The line below counts the replacements.
- Press “Copy and edit”.
- The copy opens as your own design in this browser; its card in My designs says “Copy of a shared work”.
Edit my original
When you are signed in as the author, “Edit my original” opens the linked design in this browser, or stores your shared design here, linked to it.
What you will see
- A notice that the design was copied, and the copy open for editing.
- The original unchanged on its public page.
Limits
- A copy is not shared unless you share it.
- Changing the copy never changes the original.