From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 19:36:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCEF16A468 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:36:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from murray.stokely@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5435513C4D9 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from murray.stokely@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so408211rvb for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:36:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=m/sEn4pQ0Yr72t8U0XNvZtozLtPZpNBhZmhrMVpxxaU=; b=eyZmQvmfC2PJyHC3opAyKM7K5osbjamwhEimRGW4tgMzveJ45yMA7qLjjBw/EDfl2eGTgdCCB0gPBUeNfzoR6JWNwiAmPmib0bp+/ax/wPlsGAkO9TaArXx9iBSmLW4Ayi5BSEWw9KeWi7okeUZh45ajbjB7BcqS3ijEKa0Cssc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=QGv9/lSQI6VP+7s/Zn+I4aQgnKpre/bLmoPIWh52xJr8SNPKE7vCNIEmIKlIm8UiqxMluoBU3CJFPc/spvjmqZgoxq24Wg3cA+su3kEO2w2UsyWQ9hEdN7Kul2H/fd+gnfyjGC7BCNMX8QhZMqh8JNWvpyY+7TPd6G/ty4a1AEM= Received: by 10.141.167.5 with SMTP id u5mr2190697rvo.1196969800407; Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:36:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.193.6 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:36:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <474078f80712061136o6f708e5cn2bd0b264cd005f83@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:36:40 -0800 From: "Murray Stokely" To: "Deb Goodkin" In-Reply-To: <47583F21.3060605@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20071119222308.GB99904@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <474078f80711191545s24e37234j930387517a986d52@mail.gmail.com> <47423C9E.3090804@freebsd.org> <1903047056.20071120072553@rulez.sk> <4743086C.7030709@freebsd.org> <4756F06B.8010009@freebsd.org> <2a7894eb0712051054k2dbcb342qef5db08f7e38d558@mail.gmail.com> <47570639.6030508@freebsd.org> <2a7894eb0712051320x6be1f6bayf9225089bdb6c7fb@mail.gmail.com> <47583F21.3060605@freebsd.org> Cc: board@freebsdfoundation.org, Murray Stokely , doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: front page idea X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:36:50 -0000 Do you have text for a newsflash entry about the end of year fundraising drive? That is much easier to edit and will give a lot of space on the front page to this activity. I spent some time looking at this and will try to get a diff for the site to place the button this evening, but in the mean time we could put a newsflash up real quickly. - Murray On Dec 6, 2007 10:27 AM, Deb Goodkin wrote: > I have two buttons that I'd like to offer. The Black-on-Yellow was > created to be next to the Foundation link. Since it is such a narrow > space, I think we will need to remove the "Donate Now!" line. The Donate > Button2 middle button would be my choice if we put the button in the top > center portion of the home page. > > Can I talk to the web person to understand what he needs from us to > replicate the button? We also want the button to link to our donate page > at http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/. > > Thank You, > > Deb > > Murray Stokely wrote: > > Yea how about we put it just as a button next to the current > > 'Foundation' link in the header.. so it will be on a grey background. > > > > Murray > > > > On 12/5/07, * Deb Goodkin* > wrote: > > > > Thanks Murray, we really appreciate this. I'm working on the button > > right now. I thought I could just give you the html to our donate > > button. But, it is based on style sheets that are on our server. I'm > > having someone help create a button that will probably be in a gif > > format that you can size correctly for your website. Are you going to > > put it in the header? We will make it yellow if it is in the header. > > Otherwise, we will keep it red for now. > > > > Thank You, > > > > Deb > > > > Murray Stokely wrote: > > > How about we put it wherever you want it with the understanding that > > > this is a 1 month trial during the end of the tax year? Can you > > point > > > me at the button? I'll put aside my concerns about too many links to > > > the same institution if I know I can revert this in January and > > we can > > > examine it again then. > > > > > > - Murray > > > > > > On 12/5/07, *Deb Goodkin* > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > I never heard back on my request for where the button should > > go. Is > > > there any way we can get the button in the header, so it is > > displayed on > > > every page? If possible I'd like to get the button up soon, > > since this > > > is when we receive most of our donations. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Deb > > > > > > Deb Goodkin wrote: > > > > Is there any way to have the button above or below the "Get > > > FreeBSD Now" > > > > button? This is a more prominent spot, that will draw the > > > viewer's eye > > > > to the button. In the example, it took me a while to find the > > > foundation > > > > button. Or, if it is added to the header, it will always be > > > displayed. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Deb > > > > > > > > Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > > >> Hello Deb, > > > >> > > > >> Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 2:47:10 AM, you wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> They had suggested to either add a "Donate to the > > Foundation" > > > or "Keep > > > >>> FreeBSD Free" button in a prominent spot on each page of the > > > project. > > > >>> That would also create a connection between the two > > entities. > > > >>> Especially, since our whole mission is to support the > > project. > > > We are > > > >>> going to add a section on our website that answers the > > questions: > > > >> > > > >> I didn't read this thread so far, because I haven't had time > > > yet, but > > > >> here is what I did some time ago: > > > >> > > > >> http://cvsup.sk.freebsd.org/~danger/FreeBSD/ > > > >> > > > >> I've just moved the links around, so that the link to > > Foundation > > > is on > > > >> the more prominent place. If you people like it, just > > let me > > > know and > > > >> I can produce some diff :) > > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org > > > > > > mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > > > > > >" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > " > > > > >