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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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[โ€“] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 28 points 11 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)

[โ€“] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The only way.

[โ€“] Clearwater@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] nix@merv.news 6 points 11 months ago (3 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

[โ€“] porksoda@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Seems like something a donation could fund.

[โ€“] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

IIRC @dessalines@lemmy.ml decided against updating the donation progress automatically because it would involve juggling multiple donation platform APIs, which seemed more of a pain in the ass than it's worth.

[โ€“] Clearwater@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[โ€“] auf@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

And here's the code to update the stats

https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/update_donations.mjs

Does it automatically update when people donate to either the Liberapay, Patreon, or Open Collective?

It seems not. It's updated each time the website owner ~~rebuilds the front page~~ runs npm run update_donations.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Its run and updated in a cronjob every hour.

[โ€“] dessalines@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 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.

[โ€“] nix@merv.news 4 points 11 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