Announcing the Badge Contest! Prizes!
Posted July 22nd, 2009 by benHello Flutherites!
We have good news. We’ve just built a new way for you show your Fluther Lurve on your own website: the Lurve Badge! This is what it looks like:
And to kick off the launching the Lurve Badge, we’ve decided to have a little contest. Oh, what fun!
Here’s what we’re giving away:
- Runner-up gets a free Fluther T-Shirt
- Grand Prize winner gets a secret, custom gift chosen personally for you by the Fluther Founders based on your profile. It’s going to be awesome.
Here’s how to enter:
- If you don’t already have a blog or website, create one. (I recommend tumblr for something super easy.)
- Paste the widget code into your blog directly as HTML.
Depending on what blog you use, there are lots of different ways to paste in the code. If you’re having difficulty, leave a note here and we’ll help you out–or ask on Fluther!
UPDATE: Check out this great tumblr how-to screencast from JohnPowell. http://www.pillowpersuasion.com/fluther/vids/wid.mov
On August 25th we’ll randomly select the runner-up and grand prize winner out of everyone who has installed the Fluther Lurve Badge on their blog,
As usual, let us know if you have any question or feedback–and good luck!
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 am
tres sweet.
wait - does this mean if i win i get a banana?
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
Oooh…oooh, giant eyeball, here I come. Seriously though, I’ve been meaning to start my own blog for about a million years, maybe this will give me an excuse.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
Hmmm, I don’t have room for a zebra, I barely have room in this office for my computer and my Hissers.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Should everyone notify you here if they’ve put up badges on their web sites? Or will you simply monitor the HTTP Referer request-header for traffic direct to Fluther user profile pages?
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 am
I am working on tumblr but without luck. It pastes in as code but is not converting. Maybe I should switch blog sites.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
@robmandu We are tracking the requests, so no need to notify us (and we already saw you are the first user to install your Lurve Badge on your blog. Looks great!).
@Dog So far, I’ve seen success in tumblr, so I wouldn’t switch blog sites. Would you like more detailed instructions on how to paste the code in?
The simplest way is something like:
- Customize –> Info –> Description.. and paste the code there. Is that useful? Let me know if you want more specific help.
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Ickk. I’m confused. xD
I can’t figure out how to put the badge on my site (tumblr) /and/ I don’t know how to do the whatever whatchamacallit so that you know that I have it up there. Dx
I can has halp?
July 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 am
I fear if I win, I’ll be sent a baby. No thank you, I already have one of the way.
I’ll get to installing it on my journal today
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:04 pm
hmm, so I tried putting it in my livejournal, and no badge came up, just “my profile on fluther” is that normal?
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
So…if I win…I’ll get homemade chocolate chip cookies?!?
Holy sweet pickles! Tumblr here I come.
(I thought of putting it on my graphic design site, but it seems inappropriate)
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Success!
Many thanks to Robmandu for his help.
Now I am realizing that Tumblr is a cool site after all- I pretty much gave up on it last year.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I’m having the same problems as Casheroo. =[
Help! (please? with sugar on top…)
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I tried pasting mine into my update on facebook, it didn’t work
I wonder where else I can try it? Will it work on myspace??
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
It works on blogger blogs- just add an html widget and paste the code.
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Tried posting it on Last.fm but all that comes out is the website in blue and the while code is revealed. So I have the same problem as dear Casheroo and Hambayuti
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I’m going to do this. On both of my blogs. But I don’t believe for one second that any prizes will go out. I’m *still* waiting for my guacamole.
Oh! Is that the top secret prize??? SOMEONE ACTUALLY GETS THE GUAC??
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Done and Done!
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I’m going to try it on Blogspot, my new blog… my friend and I are co-writing it.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I made a little video for how to do it on tumblr.
http://www.pillowpersuasion.com/fluther/vids/wid.mov
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:04 pm
It works perfectly in Blogger, but as Casheroo et. al. have found, it doesn’t seem to like being in my livejournal profile.
Also I’ve just realized that ‘dalepetrie’ is Dale Petrie! All this while I’ve been pronouncing it “dah-LEH-peh-tree.” Like a french word, perhaps. Very elegant my way, albeit hilariously different than the real thing.
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Thanks @JP, you’re a rockstar.
@sakura, unfortunately, it probably won’t work on Facebook (until we make something that does).
@Casheroo (Congrats), @Mangeons, @Hambayuti: See the awesome how-to vid by JP.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
any way to add this to facebook, in the sidebar? that’s really the only bloggish type thing i use.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
uhm, i’m a frigging retard. didn’t see the above comment. nevermind.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
I have a blog on multiply: http://yarnladyisback.multiply.com/
but I can’t see anything about putting badges on it. Please help.
July 22nd, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I just started a blog yesterday! What a coincidence
I’ll be sure to add a badge soon!
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:33 pm
hmmm, his video showed it on tumblr, but not livejournal. I don’t even know what tumblr is *hides in shame*
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Yeah. My intent was only for Tumblr.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
I tried this blog also, and I still can’t see where to put it:
http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/yarnladyisback/
I also tried on my Newsvine account:
http://yarnlady.newsvine.com/
I cannot find anyplace on any of my blogs to paste the code.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:16 pm
My user name is too long to display properly on my badge.
Can a heretic get some text wrap?
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Per my comment above dated July 22nd at 8:27 pm why does it say: “YARNLADY Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.” What does that mean?
July 23rd, 2009 at 1:36 am
Works like a charm! http://ru2bz46.tumblr.com/
Now, I need something to say on a blog…
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 am
Sadly, I checked the video and found I have different settings on how to place widgets on my blog. Sigh. Oh, well…”My profile on Fluther” is better than nothing (for the meantime) =P
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:09 am
Can non-US residents also enter. If not, I’ll still put the badge up, it’s awesome!
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I attempted to add multiple ones on the same blog (wordpress) and got some interesting results. Me and Allie and PnL have killed the blog but I wanted to try.
http://imgur.com/wc4av.png <–The code
http://imgur.com/DCNaN.png <– The result
I don’t expect this to get fixed. It is a total “edge” case. But I thought I would let you know.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Hopefully it’s open for us non-US residents , regardless the deed has been done
July 24th, 2009 at 10:09 am
@ben I found what you wrote to be of more use “The simplest way is something like:
- Customize –> Info –> Description.. and paste the code there.”
Thanks for that as i would never of got it working .
July 24th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Done!! Now I can show off all my lurve
July 25th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Hmm… Snazzy! Looking forward to the results of this competition!
July 25th, 2009 at 8:46 am
It works fine on Blogger.
July 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
No dice.
I’m still waiting on my goddamned guacamole I was promised.
* spits *
July 28th, 2009 at 2:33 am
I updated the video a bit. Now it has fancy special effects. But it should be a bit easier to see what is going on.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Uuuumm yeah I’m not really into blogging and what have you. Can I just print mine out and tape it to my forehead? No? Booo!
July 28th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
It’s on my tumblr chelseababyy.tumblr.com
July 30th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I’m getting the same results on Blogger as I am on livejournal (i.e. it just has a link saying ‘My Fluther Profile’… Can anyone explain to me how to add the widget?
August 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
does this mean that you guys already know that I have it on my tumblr?
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:21 am
@Cynthia hugs :: Yes they know. It calls the servers on Fluther so they can see that you have it installed.
August 3rd, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I have mine up at deriot.blogspot.com
I just don’t get how you guys know, so I thought I’d post it here. xD
I have an RSS feed to Fluther if that’s what it is.
August 4th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I have tried and failed to do the cut and paste thing on all three of the blogs I belong to, but I have placed a blog post about it on my main blog, and a news article on Newsvine.com. Please enter my name in the contest, since your “java script” is not acceptable on my sites.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Milo here; I am keeping an elegant journal on parchment and am using a quill pen and making my own ink from wasp bolls. Does that count?
August 8th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Gail here; Milo asked me to pass this on.
Milo here; I am keeping an elegant journal on parchment and am using a quill pen and making my own ink from wasp bolls. Does that count?
August 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Gail here; MIlo meant to say oak galls. He is stil an ink-making neophyte.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Gail here; MIlo meant to say oak galls.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
@John Powell.
–Stalkers–
August 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Oh, yeah, and I posted the Fluther Sticker I received on my refrigerator, so that should count for something.
August 18th, 2009 at 6:43 am
I tried to paste it into my flickr profile but it only came out as a text link…
August 26th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I hope the next contest will be geared to everyone, and not just the ones who have a compatable blog site. I posted a fluther blog on three of my websites, even though they wouldn’t take the badge thingy.