Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations

Hi :)
The Dvd is a tad different!  The way you have it is perfect for the Dvd imo.  This thread is about 
online browsers getting hooked in, or not.  With Dvd they have already been snared and less likely 
to go wandering off at the slightest thing.  
Regards from 
Tom :)





> ________________________________
> From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 20:47
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Increasing Donations
>
> On 04/09/2013 02:54 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Simon Phipps wrote on 2013-04-09 18:53:
> > > Here's a simple tip from Eclipse on how to increase donations:  "Ask for a
> > > donation when the download is occurring, not when a user is browsing the
> > > project site."
> > > http://ianskerrett.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/how-to-increase-donations-to-an-open-source-project/
> > >  
> >
> > I just started hacking a simple download script. I am really no developer, so it is really just 
> > a very very quick shot, but how about that:
> >
> > From the official download page, we currently redirect to download.documentfoundation.org which 
> > involves MirrorBrain. Making MirrorBrain show something while downloading does not work easily.
> >
> > However, how about we simply changed that link to some redirection script, that first shows the 
> > download page and then invokes the download itself?
> >
> > Here's how this could look like:
> > http://kermit.documentfoundation.org/DownloadRedirect.php?target=http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/4.0.2/win/x86/LibreOffice_4.0.2_Win_x86.msi
> >  
> >
> > @Admins: Feel free to have a look at the PHP script. I am *really* no developer, so please don't 
> > laugh. ;-) You'll find it in /var/www/sites/kermit.documentfoundation.org/DownloadRedirect.php
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > Florian
>
> Every NA-DVD .iso file [and made ones] have the official Donation Page link on the top of each of 
> its browser-based pages. I do not know if that will help with online donations, but it could not 
> hurt.  I have made mine via the donation page.  Also if any money comes to TDF from the Lulu.com 
> books, then I have made some there as well.
>
>
>
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