On Jul 16, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@googlemail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> On 7/16/12 9:12 AM, drew wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 14:24 +0800, Zhe Liu wrote: >>>>> Hi Juergen? >>>>> Do you mean this bottom left one on the page >>>>> http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/? >>>>> I think there also should be one on the header of www.openoffice.org. >>>> >>>> I would agree with you - perhaps it could be as simple as a link to the >>>> current donation instructions: >>>> http://apache.org/foundation/contributing.html#Paypal >>> >>> yes or using the PayPal button directly with a one sentence explanation. >>> >>> A prominent place for the button on all our pages. >>> >>> Juergen >>> >> >> >> Well an interesting and challenging idea. ALL our pages...do mean this >> literally? >> >> Does anyone have any ideas? >> > > It should be possible to do this via an addition to the header or > footer. A prominent place would be the upper right, maybe where we > currently have the Incubator logo.
I added the link in a the more subtle place in the footer. So far it is only on http://ooo-site.staging.apache.org/ > > But I'd recommend raising the idea with V.P., Fundraising. My > impression was the ASF is more geared to receiving larger > contributions. Although receiving 10,000 donations of 10 euros would > be significant, I imagine it would increase bookkeeping work, and I > wouldn't want to flood anyone unless they were prepared for this. > > So maybe a note to Fundraising@ is in order? I would say that we should commit the footer change and then ask them about a button at the top - perhaps to the right of "search". The other question is whether the link should be to #Paypal or the whole page. If the project wants an intermediate page then we should add htat now before contacting fundraising@. Regards, Dave > > -Rob > >> Right now, on the main web site, we have "Develop" as a tab. Would we be >> better making this "Get Involved" where it goes back to the project web >> site, and make "Donations" more visible on that page? Currently, its a left >> nav item way toward the bottom. >> >> I don't have any ideas for the wiki or forums. >> >> >>>> >>>> //drew >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2012/7/16 Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@googlemail.com>: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought we had replaced the former donation button with a new that >>>>>> goes directly to Apache. I tried today to find it but haven't found any >>>>>> hints for making a donation on our website. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe I am simply to silly to find it in the morning and I happy for >>> any >>>>>> hint. >>>>>> >>>>>> But If I am not to silly and there is no donation button anymore, I >>>>>> would like to discuss to include one on all pages. And we should create >>>>>> a page explaining why donations to Apache will help the OpenOffice >>>>>> project. This includes the user forum as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Juergen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> "I would rather have a donkey that takes me there >> than a horse that will not fare." >> -- Portuguese proverb
