Re: Become a friend of GNOME button

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
> > > I've came up with an alternative for the Friends of GNOME button. I've
> > > got it running on one of my own websites. You can see the result here.
> > > http://test.hightechstartups.nl/friends/
> > >       
> > I feel this is a bit too much diversion for the front page. It was designed
> > with the primary goal of pushing people to donate, and I don't want to drift
> > away from this too much.
> > A link beneath the link to "List of previous donors" should probably be
> > enough.
> >     
>
> I'm afraid that if we put a link below "List of previous donors"
> nobody will notice it and I believe it's key to get many people to put
> a badge on their site. I also agree with you that currently my
> proposal is a bit noisy and could distract too much. Especially the
> HTML code distracts. What about this version
>
> http://gnome.haitsma.org/friends/
>
> Both the button and the hyperlink link to the pages with the badges
>   
I'm still not quite happy about it.
Our number one goal is to get people to donate, to get others to donate 
is a secondary goal.
When I first enter the page now, it appears that I can become a friend 
of GNOME either by putting a badge on my website, or by donating money. 
It's too prominent now, especially as it's placed in the top, right corner.
- Andreas