[FM Discuss] FLOSS Manuals Book Store

[adam hyde]

hey Mike,

was that the flash cut and paste you tried? ...would you mind trying the
straight html in wordpress?:

<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://stores.lulu.com/feed.php?fStore=flossmanuals&fFormat=js"></script>



> 
> I did see the Lulu graphic for the border of the widget. It's pretty
> horsey in my opinion. 
> 
> How about some simple cut 'n paste banners?
> 

good idea...lets try a few things out with the widgets then try some
banners

adam


> Mike
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:03 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> wrote:
>         hi,
>         
>         So we are experimenting with a few things including a widget
>         to embed a
>         FLOSS Manuals bookstore on your site (blog/facebook/website
>         etc). We
>         have access to some neat tools, including widgets in flash and
>         javascript, and widgets for facebook and myspace.
>         
>         I was wondering if there is anyone that could try the
>         following :
>         
>         <div
>         style="background:url('http://www.lulu.com/images/widgets/bg_glass.jpg?20081001144434') no-repeat bottom; background-position: 11px 321px; width: 425px; padding-bottom: 30px;text-align: center;">
>         <object width="425" height="350" ><param name="src"
>         value="http://www.lulu.com/author/widgets/msf/ministorefront.swf?theme=7&showThumbnail=true&showDescription=true&showTitle=true&widgetName=FLOSS+Manuals%27s+Storefront&luluID=2724217〈=en_US&buy=no&version=20081001144434" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.lulu.com/author/widgets/msf/ministorefront.swf?theme=7&showThumbnail=true&showDescription=true&showTitle=true&widgetName=FLOSS+Manuals%27s+Storefront&luluID=2724217〈=en_US&buy=no&version=20081001144434" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" ></embed></object>
>         <a href="http://stores.lulu.com/flossmanuals"
>         style="color:blue;
>         font-size:11pt; position: relative; display: block;
>         margin-top:
>         -9px;">Visit my storefront to learn more >></a>
>         
>         
>         or this :
>         <script type="text/javascript"
>         src="http://stores.lulu.com/feed.php?fStore=flossmanuals&fFormat=js"></script>
>         
>         and let us know how it looks on your site (its for testing
>         only at this
>         point)
>         
>         these are not our tools, if they were we wouldnt build them
>         with FLASH,
>         but I would be interested in peoples thoughts on :
>         * the look and feel
>         * whether they would help us support FM by hosting a book
>         store widget
>         on their site
>         * whether using another services FLASH (partly open file
>         format) is ok
>         for FM stores
>         
>         adam
>         
>         
>         
>         --
>         Adam Hyde
>         Founder FLOSS Manuals
>         http://www.flossmanuals.net
>         
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