Re: [us-marketing] how easy is it to add the LO donation "link"?

On 07/02/2012 07:20 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote on 2012-06-30 18:05:
>
> > I was wondering about how easy it would be to have the donation link/box
> > that is on the left side of the
> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Main_Page .
>
> it's actually not that complicated. As far as I know, you can easily 
> copy the HTML code, which would be:
>
> <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"; method="post">
>     <p>
>     <input name="lc" value="EN" type="hidden">
>     <input name="cmd" value="_donations" type="hidden">
>     <input name="business" value="paypal@documentfoundation.org" 
> type="hidden">
>     <input name="return" value="http://www.documentfoundation.org"; 
> type="hidden">
>     <input name="undefined_quantity" value="0" type="hidden">
>     <input name="item_name" value="The Document Foundation" 
> type="hidden">
>     <input name="amount" size="4" maxlength="10" value="10" 
> style="text-align: right;" type="text">
>         <select name="currency_code">
>             <option value="EUR">EUR</option>
>             <option value="USD">USD</option>
>             <option value="GBP">GBP</option>
>             <option value="CHF">CHF</option>
>             <option value="AUD">AUD</option>
>             <option value="HKD">HKD</option>
>             <option value="CAD">CAD</option>
>             <option value="JPY">JPY</option>
>             <option value="NZD">NZD</option>
>             <option value="SGD">SGD</option>
>             <option value="SEK">SEK</option>
>             <option value="DKK">DKK</option>
>             <option value="PLN">PLN</option>
>             <option value="NOK">NOK</option>
>             <option value="HUF">HUF</option>
>             <option value="CZK">CZK</option>
>             <option value="ILS">ILS</option>
>             <option value="MXN">MXN</option>
>     </select>
>     <input name="charset" value="utf-8" type="hidden">
>     <input name="no_shipping" value="1" type="hidden">
>     <input name="image_url" 
> value="https://www.libreoffice.org/themes/libo/images/logo.png"; 
> type="hidden">
>     <input name="cancel_return" 
> value="http://www.documentfoundation.org"; type="hidden">
>     <input name="no_note" value="1" type="hidden"><br><br>
>     <input 
> src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/logo/PayPal_mark_60x38.gif"; 
> name="submit" alt="PayPal secure payments." type="image">
>     </p>
>     </form>
>
> > I was thinking that it would be proper to have such a link on the NA-DVD
> > page [front index page of the domain].  It would be another place where
> > someone can click on a link to donate some money to LO to help pay for
> > the server costs, etc.
>
> That would be very much appreciated, definitely! :-)
>
> > It would be nice for me to have a link to help pay for my server costs,
> > but LO need it more for the "cost of doing business", including server
> > and marketing costs.
>
> Oh, do you have expenses for creating the NA-DVD?
>
> Florian
My biggest cost is the cost of making and handing out the DVDs to local 
users and businesses. DVDs and DVD cases do not grow on trees.  For a 
person on a fixed income, that cost can add up.  I have never charged 
anyone for my DVDs.

Sure, LO's costs are more than mine, much more.  Yet, local people still 
can have "marketing costs" to cover.  I would do more marketing, local 
print and such, if I had the income to do so.




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