Re: generate_html : Adding new field to option structure in the generation of documentation from texinfo

[Carnë Draug]

On 14 May 2016 at 22:52, Oliver Heimlich <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 14.05.2016 23:41, Julien Bect wrote:
>> Le 14/05/2016 22:51, Oliver Heimlich a écrit :
>>> 3. Add Sourceforge logo to count page impressions:
>>>     --set-customization-variable 'PRE_BODY_CLOSE <a class="sf-logo"
>>> href="http://sourceforge.net/";><img width="120" height="30"
>>> style="border:0" alt="Sourceforge.net Logo"
>>> src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=2888&amp;type=13"; /></a>'
>>
>> I don't undertstand.  What is this supposed to do ?
>
> “Service-specific restrictions
>
> Our policies require the following when using the project web service,
> in addition to the requirements of our Terms of Use:
>
>     We encourage all projects to display the SourceForge.net logo we
> provide for statistics tracking (sflogo) to highlight that the site is
> hosted on SourceForge.net.
>
> …” (https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Project%20Web%20Services/)
>
> As far as I understand, this is used for website statistics, maybe a
> Forge admin (Carnë) can confirm this. Also, note that we have such a
> logo on any other HTML page produced by generate_html (e. g. function
> reference).
>

I guess they can use it for statistics purposes, I always took it as a
publicity "stamp" showing who's providing the hosting.  If they have
statistics about the project I have never looked at them.

Carnë