Links in CSS style pages

When is it alright to put a link in a css page?

[vigilante85]

If I'm providing free CSS designed template pages (to help introduce CSS to new designers) under the condition that the user leaves the copyright comment that includes my website URL, will this hurt my site's PR? For example, the code may look like:

/*** CSS Style provided by "Author's Name" ***/
/*** More Designs at www.mysitename.com ***/

Its not an active link, just a mention of the URL, does this hurt or benefit PR in anyway? Any other ideas or alternative solutions to this? I think at most, the people that actually read the comment might take a look at the site at best, people ripping the site will just delete the comment, but maybe someone will learn right =P

[martinibuster]

Well, comment tags are meant to be ignored... Technically they are supposed to be ignored by the search engines. So, the answer is that they should not help increase your link popularity.

You can always slap discrete "template by" link at the bottom of the page. Just use Dreamweaver to make it a Dreamweaver template. Then, using Dreamweaver, declare your "powered by" link in the footer to be an uneditable region. Those who code with Dreamweaver won't be able to edit out your "powered by" link. There are ways around it of course, but there'll probably be enough people who don't know who will help increase your link pop.

Good luck.

[vigilante85]

Thanks martinibuster, I think I'll go with "watermarking" a link at the footer.