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How does the Donation progress bar work? (merv.news)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This progress bar is on the bottom of https://join-lemmy.org Does it automatically update when people donate to either the Liberapay, Patreon, or Open Collective? Is this progress bar open source so lemmy servers can implement it to show their donation\costs amounts?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's just a static image. At the end of every month, a guy logs into all the donation sites, punches the numbers into a calculator, calculates how many more pixels needs to be added, then fires up MS Paint and paints the progress bar and uploads it to the website. ^(/s)

[–] Asudox 1 points 9 months ago

The only way.

[–] Clearwater 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It seems to be manually updated.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/donation_stats.ts

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Oh, so is the progress bar just an image or is it code that can update the progress based on the manually inputted values?

Seems like something that could be automated using SVGs

[–] porksoda 8 points 9 months ago

Seems like something a donation could fund.

[–] Clearwater 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The main donate block of items is here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/common.tsx#L129

Follow the chain and you'll see it's just using the progress html element.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it automatically updates every hour. Its just an html progress bar based on a coded goal, and the current donation amounts from given platforms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thats awesome! it would be great if you could make a post about it so instance admins would be aware of it and know they can implement it on their homepage so users can ensure their instance is sustainably funded