Re: Become a friend of GNOME button

[Andreas Nilsson <nisses mail home se>]

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
>     <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.org
>         <http://planet.gnome.org>). I guess not many people within the
>         GNOME community know these badges exist.
>
>         (5) Adding these badges where we can now: in the sidebar of
>         live.gnome.org <http://live.gnome.org>, in a new sidebar of
>         the GNOME Journal, in the footer of planet.gnome.org
>         <http://planet.gnome.org>, in the footer 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