[FM Discuss] FLOSS Manuals Book Store

[adam hyde]

interesting...

Heres another version with some styles applied which makes it a little
smaller and simpler:


<style>
  @import url(http://adam.engagetv.com/bookstore.css);
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://stores.lulu.com/feed.php?fStore=flossmanuals&fFormat=js"></script>


adam





On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 23:21 -0400, Mike Lee wrote:
> OK, works better in TypePad:
> 
> http://curiouslee.typepad.com/test_blog_1_3columns/2008/10/test-lulu-widge.html
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:16 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> wrote:
>         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
>         >
>         >
>         >
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