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### BountySource
-{< admonition title="Warning" >}
+{{< admonition title="Warning" >}}
- Requires 3rd-party [/blog/2017-12-17/on-cloudflare/](Cloudflare)-hosted
JavaScript sources to function.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
BountySource lets people donate money towards an issue on Github your projects.
Once an issue gets fixed, you can claim the "bounty" that was on this issue.
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ You can find Liberapay at https://liberapay.com/.
### MakerSupport
-{< admonition title="Warning" >}
+{{< admonition title="Warning" >}}
- The site requires a 3rd-party hosted jQuery.
- You have to solve a Google reCaptcha in order to register a new account.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
MakerSupport seems to be another option, aimed at content creators who might
need freedom of speech more than others. It seems to be less focused on
@@ -102,20 +102,20 @@ requests. Secondly, their error when uploading a "wrong" format is also not
very user friendly, as it won't give you any details on why it's disallowed,
nor what images are allowed instead.
-{< admonition title="Note" >}
+{{< admonition title="Note" >}}
It seems they check the extension of the uploaded image's filename. As far as I
can tell, you're allowed to upload files that end with `.jpg` and `.png`.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
You can find MakerSupport at https://www.makersupport.com/.
### Patreon
-{< admonition title="Warning" >}
+{{< admonition title="Warning" >}}
- Requires 3rd-party link:/articles/on-cloudflare[Cloudflare]-hosted
JavaScript sources to function.
- You have to solve a Google reCaptcha in order to register a new account.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
Patreon is possibly the most famous donation-based funding platform available
right now. Its popularity is a good thing, since this means there's probably
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ project, they won't be able to give any kind of appreciation for it. Use social
media outlets, public forums, mailing lists, anything! Tell them what you made,
why it's useful and how they could use it to improve their digital life.
-{< admonition title="Warning" >}
+{{< admonition title="Warning" >}}
Ofcourse, don't spam it to unrelated communication channels. This will only
backfire.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
### Using the rewards system
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ few do appreciate having this information available to them.
It can be as simple as adding a `/donate` link to your site where you explain
how to donate to you, and what you do with the donation money.
-{< admonition title="Warning" >}
+{{< admonition title="Warning" >}}
Don't let it turn into an annoying advertisement though, this will surely have
an opposite effect.
-{< / admonition >}
+{{< / admonition >}}
## Further reading