Re: Different subscription amounts for Friends of GNOME

["Jaap A. Haitsma" <jaap haitsma org>]

Hi Guy,

Thanks for the patch. I decided to change it slightly. Basically I
make people attentive at the top of the page that they can increase
their donation. Basically the same as with the one time donations.
That way it is more consistent. Furthermore I added a sentence like
you did to explicitly ask people if they want to make a larger
difference.

It's already live on http://www.gnome.org/friends/

Jaap

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 04:08, Guy Lunardi<glunardi novell com> wrote:
> Jaap,
>
> Finally found a few minutes to get back to this. Sorry it took so long,
> I was away this weekend in Florence and swamped before that.
>
> Not sure if the format will work for you but here is an attempt at a
> patch for the page that includes the changes I suggested.
>
> The front page of friends would need to change to reflect the new
> monthly subscription options.
>
> Best regards,
> -Guy
>
>
> On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 08:15 +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>> Guy,
>>
>> Have you had time to work on your patch?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jaap
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 18:43, Guy Lunardi<glunardi novell com> wrote:
>> > Awesome,
>> >
>> > I will do that later today. Got distracted looking at the terms and
>> > conditions of Paypal's subscription service. Not as clean as I would
>> > like them to be but I have not found an alternative.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > -Guy
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 19:56 +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>> >> Hi Guy,
>> >>
>> >> You can get the sources from git
>> >> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnomeweb-wml/tree/www.gnome.org/friends
>> >>
>> >> you can also clone the complete gnomeweb-wml repo. It allows you to
>> >> also test your code
>> >>
>> >> Jaap
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 15:39, Guy Lunardi<glunardi novell com> wrote:
>> >> > Jaap,
>> >> >
>> >> > If you could please send me the step2.php file from the server side, I
>> >> > will make the diff from that for you.
>> >> >
>> >> > I can only see the generated HTML coming out of the webserver and I am
>> >> > sure it is stripping out php content from the original document.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best,
>> >> > -Guy
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 07:58 +0200, Jaap A. Haitsma wrote:
>> >> >> Hi Guy,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Nice work. If the people like your changes you can sent me the patch
>> >> >> and I can commit it for you.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'd move the section "Feel like making a difference? Select the amount
>> >> >> you wish to donate every month:"
>> >> >> to the top of the page.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would also add an option to do $100 and a free form option where
>> >> >> people can fill in the amount they would like to contribute.
>> >> >> We probably should check if the amount is more than 10$ or are we fine
>> >> >> if people contribute less or we should only sent a t-shirt whenever a
>> >> >> year has passed and 120$ has been contributed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What do others think?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Jaap
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 06:05, Guy Lunardi<glunardi novell com> wrote:
>> >> >> > Stormy,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I looked into this rather quickly but it seems rather straightforward on
>> >> >> > the Paypal side. We need to make a few changes to our HTML form and that
>> >> >> > should be it.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > We would need to make the following changes to the form:
>> >> >> >  -  Change "cmd" from "_s-xclick" to "_xclick-subscriptions"
>> >> >> >  -  Add "a3" input which define the amount of the donation
>> >> >> >  -  Add "p3" input with a value of "1" (every month)
>> >> >> >  -  Add "t3" input with a value of "M" (Monthly)
>> >> >> >  -  Add "src" input with a value of "1" (recurring)
>> >> >> >  -  Rename "item_name" to remove "$10/month"
>> >> >> >  -  Remove references to "for a monthly amount of $10"
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > There are many way to handle "a3" (the donation amount):
>> >> >> >  - We use HTML radio elements like the rest of the form
>> >> >> >  - Use javascript to create the form (unnecessary)
>> >> >> >  - ...
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > While I was procrastinating this evening waiting for Miguel to be ready
>> >> >> > to go home, I made a sample page with most of these edits:
>> >> >> > http://www.487massave.org/friends/step2.html
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > It should be live and connect to Paypal... I did not test all the way, I
>> >> >> > don't have any privileges to make changes to the actual page but will be
>> >> >> > happy to walk anyone to the changes I made to the page above.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Best regards,
>> >> >> > -Guy
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Thu, 2009-07-30 at 15:29 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
>> >> >> >> Anybody like to take this on? Maybe when you click on monthly, there's
>> >> >> >> a link that says "different amounts" and that takes you to a page with
>> >> >> >> different amounts. (I'm not the ui designer though!)
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Stormy
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> >> >> From: John Palmieri <johnp redhat com>
>> >> >> >> Date: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:14 AM
>> >> >> >> Subject: Re: Friends of GNOME
>> >> >> >> To: Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Hi Stormy,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Nice touch with the e-mail actually.  It is nice to see a human behind
>> >> >> >> all of this instead of the automated beast that is PayPal.  It really
>> >> >> >> took a bit to find out how to cancel the subscriptions but since you
>> >> >> >> have to go through PayPal people will blame them :)  In any case Zana
>> >> >> >> set up a link for me.  I suggested to her that we set up links for
>> >> >> >> $10, $20, $30, $40, $50 and $100 a month (you won't get it if you
>> >> >> >> don't ask for it as it is really a pain to sign up for multiple
>> >> >> >> subscriptions).  This can be done by having the first page redirect to
>> >> >> >> a second page where there are radio buttons for each amount with the
>> >> >> >> $10 being selected by default.  When the user hits the submit button
>> >> >> >> we simply redirect them to the correct PayPal link.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> John
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> ----- "Stormy Peters" <stormy gnome org> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Hey! Never mind my last mail.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > How'd you get a $50 subscription set up??
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Thanks very much!
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Stormy
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Stormy Peters < stormy gnome org >
>> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Hi John,
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I saw you canceled your Friends of GNOME subscription.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I just wanted to let you know that we appreciate your contributions.
>> >> >> >> > If there's anything I can do to help you, let me know. (And if you
>> >> >> >> > have any feedback for the Friends of GNOME program, please let me
>> >> >> >> > know!)
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Best,
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Stormy
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > --
>> >> >> >> > Stormy Peters
>> >> >> >> > Executive Director
>> >> >> >> > GNOME Foundation
>> >> >> >> > 970-481-2076
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
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>> >> >> >> John (J5) Palmieri
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>> >> >> >> Red Hat, Inc.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
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