Re: [website-dev] Re: Donate to OpenOffice.org

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Bernhard Dippold
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Alexandro Colorado schrieb:
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Bernhard Dippold
>> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Drew, all,
>>>
>>> Drew Jensen schrieb:
>>>>
>>>> On 3/7/2010 4:22 PM, Drew Jensen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Didn't there used to be a way to donate to funds to the project from
>>>>> the main website?
>>>>
>>>> oops - sorry, I forgot it is only on the download pages.
>>>
>>> But I think the question is valid.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if people only want to donate some money when they download
>>> OOo.
>>>
>>> The main page links via "Participate" to the possibility for monetary
>>> donations. Should this be made more clear?
>>
>> There used to be a contribute tab about participating in the project
>> and money was also included. However this was retired becaused it
>> produced a big overlap with "support".
>>
>> The page still exist but is orphaned: http://contributing.openoffice.org/
>
> Not really - is is directly linked from the main page via "I want to
> participate in OpenOffice.org".
>
> My question was about the wording - should we make more clear on the main
> page, that people interested in donating money should click on that link?
>
> Do they feel like participants in OOo?
> "Feel free to contribute" (The last part of the sub-line) is probably more
> helpful, but is this enough?
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard
>
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In my experience having a standarized link for donations (maybe at the
footer) would be great for the project.

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Alexandro Colorado
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