Forgive me if I missed something in the discussion, but is the plan to put a url on any of the friends page somewhere?
A small link in the sidebar on the index page would probably be enough.
Let me know when you have pushed the changes so the page is up, and I'll put it there.
- Andreas
Paul Cutler wrote:
Here is a patch that adds a spread.wml page to the Friends of GNOME Website.
Inside the page, the copy reads:
<h2>GNOME Badges</h2>
Do you have a blog or website? Tell others you support GNOME by proudly displaying a GNOME badge and helping spread the word about the Friends of GNOME program.
Just copy and paste the code below into your webpage or blog.
And then it links to the last two badges from the thank you page.
This is my first Git patch ever, so please review it, and the HTML. If the patch should be filed in Bugzilla instead, please let me know.
Thanks.
Paul
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Paul Cutler <pcutler foresightlinux org <mailto:pcutler foresightlinux org>> wrote:
Claus,
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Claus Schwarm<http://planet.gnome.org>). I guess not many people within the<clschwarm googlemail com <mailto:clschwarm googlemail com>> wrote:
I may be wrong, but it seems to me, Jaap has something
different in mind. What about:
I attached the archive per Jaap's second email, but I agree with
your thoughts below there is more we could do.
(1) Moving Paul's "embedding code" to a separate page, say
"wgo/friends/spread.html". At least the last two badges could
also be used by everybody who wants to support the friends of
GNOME program.
(2) Offering different image sizes (standard ad sizes) so that
they are more prominent and fit into other people's layout.
I like both these ideas. I think a vision of good in my opinion
is some of the things EFF does that are similar, though I think
they could combine some of their different pages:
Various EFF badges for blogs and such, including different sizes: http://www.eff.org/badges/
More banners and buttons (some banners in flash): http://w2.eff.org/campaigns/banners/
Logos: http://w2.eff.org/press/logos/
Flash banners: http://w2.eff.org/campaigns/flash/
They offer a number of different sizes, from small to big badges
for blogs and websites to full size banners that are standard size
for websites that advertise.
Similar sites:
FSF "Play Ogg" campaign has different sized badges right on the
home page: http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg
Firefox: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/affiliates/homepage
(3) Linking the "friends/spread.html" page from the main
friends of gnome page: "Are you running a blog or website? You
can help GNOME also by spreading the word about the Friends of
GNOME program."
Again, looking at something other non-profits do:
EFF Help Out (including a "Spread the Word" section):
http://www.eff.org/helpout
(4) Making an announcement of the new page (GNOME's main
mailing list or a blog on planet.gnome.orglive.gnome.org <http://live.gnome.org>, in a new sidebar of <http://planet.gnome.org>, in the footer of
GNOME community know these badges exist.
(5) Adding these badges where we can now: in the sidebar of
gnomesupport.org/forums/ <http://gnomesupport.org/forums/>, in
the footer of bugzilla.gnome.org <http://bugzilla.gnome.org>,
etc..
I've added the "Support GNOME" badge to the footer of GNOME Journal.
Later, we might be able to set up a separate (dynamic)
infrastructure to serve these ads. Then, we could then switch
announcements, maybe even track reactions. But there's no need
to wait for that.
Best regards,
Claus
I will work on "Spread GNOME" type page over lunch today and
submit a patch we can review that uses some of these ideas.
Paul
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Stormy Peters<stormy gnome org <mailto:stormy gnome org>> wrote:
I agree we need Friends of GNOME more prominently on the
website. I think we will get some of this when we get the
"ruler" that shows donations towards our goal.
We do have badges:
http://www.gnome.org/friends/thank-you.html.
And Paul Cutler wrote some html that shows code for
embedding it in your website,
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2009-April/msg00019.html.
(We still need someone with web access to incorporate that
into the website.)
Best,
Stormy
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Jaap A. Haitsma<jaap haitsma org <mailto:jaap haitsma org>> wrote:
Hi,
What about "friend of GNOME" button that links to
http://www.gnome.org/friends/ which people can put on
their site/blog?
Furthermore the button can be used on the GNOME site.
Currently I only
see a news story about somewhere down on the main page
so it does not
really catch attention of many people.
Jaap