The page should be inviting and leading people to the different options for donating and becoming a member in a clear way that highlights what is best for them.
We need a new design and content for the page as part of the migration to Donorbox.
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| Status | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T16325 Migrate supporting memberships from CiviCRM to Donorbox | ||
| Open | None | T4275 Design a new ev.kde.org/donations.php page |
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I can help with the text, but not the design or code. I don't have any relevant web design skills.
Carl is probably a better point of contact for those.
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Lays, are there any pages from the web that can help as inspiration for our page?
This one https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2022/ which we basically just want to copy past to kde.org/donate. I'll see if I can do that during the promo sprint this weekend
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Done https://kde.org/community/donations/ :)
But there are probably some more additional improvements we can do
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From this page, I am thinking some work can be done to break down the sentences, balance the text vs the donation box. It would be idea if we make it half and half. Right now the text is taking ~70% of the page content and the donation box is the rest. I would suggest making that more balanced.
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Following some feedback from users (and one YouTuber) who have had difficulty finding ways to customise their donations, I suggest some small changes that can solve these problems:
- Remove the current one-time donation box and move the Support Members box to the right in its place
- In the empty space on the left, add the box from the "Donate to KDE" campaign
- The text describing alternative ways of donating in the current on-time donations box can be moved outside of the box, onto the page under the two boxes.
This figure shows what I mean:
The main advantage is that users get all the donation options they have now, plus some more, allowing them, for example, to customise periodic donations. Donorbox also allows for payment with credit card, PayPal and bank transfer. This change is very easy to implement and can be carried out in a few minutes. All the moving pieces already exist and are in use elsewhere.
The main caveat is the commissions: the current PayPal option for one-off donations is cheaper than the proposed option using Donorbox, which charges higher rates