I added TDWYT to the Flattr catalogue. Donations will go into the FSFE account.
https://flattr.com/thing/1829406
I've also migrated the TDWYT website from Webgen (ruby, unmaintained) to Pelican (Python). It's not quite finished, but you can see where I've added a flattr button in the site footer in the screenshot attached.
At the inception of the campaign last year, Matthias and I discussed using Flattr, and concluded we shouldn't. I've reconsidered this however, as it's possible to add it discreetly as I have done, because campaign costs are adding up, and because we're now anticipating a broader audience than we originally intended (the postcards will be in generic locations, not just universities). I wanted to change the button colours to be less harsh, but this is a pain to do as it's iframe based and therefore ignores normal CSS rules.
Views, feedback, questions etc. welcome as ever :)
Sam.
On 19/08/13 16:56, Sam Tuke wrote:
I wanted to change the button colours to be less harsh, but this is a pain to do as it's iframe based and therefore ignores normal CSS rules.
Its not 100% hideous but I am a little unsure about iframes in general. Is there no way to keep the functionality and have a none iframe solution?
A X
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On 21/08/13 22:21, Anna F J Morris wrote:
Its not 100% hideous but I am a little unsure about iframes in general. Is there no way to keep the functionality and have a none iframe solution?
No, but maybe we don't need all the functionality. Maybe we could use a static button that we could theme ourselves, rather than the JS generated dynamic one that includes the number of flattrs.
Yes its not a good idea to have 3rd party scripts from flattr being delivered to our visitors if we can help it, especially as we can't predict what they'll be when they arrive via iFrame.
Sam.
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:55:32 +0200, Sam Tuke wrote:
No, but maybe we don't need all the functionality. Maybe we could use a static button that we could theme ourselves, rather than the JS generated dynamic one that includes the number of flattrs.
Yes its not a good idea to have 3rd party scripts from flattr being delivered to our visitors if we can help it, especially as we can't predict what they'll be when they arrive via iFrame.
We can just do the standard "flattr this" button, or our own one, with the link to the page on flattr.com.
Alternatively, we could do a bit of our own javascript implementing the button ourselves, without an iframe: http://developers.flattr.net/button/
Seems to still need to load their own javascript, but at least there's no iframe involved.
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On 22/08/13 12:04, Daniel Martí wrote:
We can just do the standard "flattr this" button, or our own one, with the link to the page on flattr.com.
I guess that's the easiest solution. I'd rather not invest in learning their API if possible (though the flattr count widget is nice and probably encourages more donations :\ )
Sam.
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On 22/08/13 11:28, Sam Tuke wrote:
On 22/08/13 12:04, Daniel Martí wrote:
We can just do the standard "flattr this" button, or our own one,
with the
link to the page on flattr.com.
I guess that's the easiest solution. I'd rather not invest in learning their API if possible (though the flattr count widget is nice and probably encourages more donations :\ )
thats true but it does always look lame if there are only a few on there, so maybe we can do a static button and then if the campaign grows and we get a lot of flatring we could ask one of our then many volunteers to work on it? ;)
A x
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On 22/08/13 12:34, Anna F J Morris wrote:
thats true but it does always look lame if there are only a few on there, so maybe we can do a static button and then if the campaign grows and we get a lot of flatring we could ask one of our then many volunteers to work on it? ;)
Good plan
Sam.
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