VFR Online Network

Now we’re cooking with gas!

I am very happy to present a new tool for VFR programmers that maintain their own Websites: the Valley Free Radio Online Network. What does this mean? It means when you select one of the pieces of code below and paste it into the html code of your site, a VFR “badge” will be dynamically inserted onto your page. The graphic clearly identifies you as a member of the VFR family and provides a link back to the VFR site.

Why is this a big deal? Here are a few reasons: this extends the VFR brand image, identifying many sites that look different with a consistent mark. Also, for special events such as a fundraiser or pledge drive, we can insert special badges on your Website without any work from you–we take care of the images on the VFR Web server. Moreover, as people insert these badges on their sites we’ll start collecting better Web traffic statistics for you and VFR. Again, it’s good for you because work by you is unnecessary once you insert the code.

Which image to choose?

To begin I have created two different image sizes with each having a dark or light background version (that is, the background of your site is either light or dark). The images are either 100×75 pixels or 200×47 pixels. After choosing the image that will work best on your site, copy the appropriate code and paste it into your site code. I am suggesting that people include the code in their sidebar, or some other part of the site that is included with every page.

100×75 pixels with a dark background


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/include/vfr-network/index.php?b=1"></script>

100×75 pixels with a light background


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/include/vfr-network/index.php?b=2"></script>

200×47 pixels with a dark background


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/include/vfr-network/index.php?b=3"></script>

200×47 pixels with a light background


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/include/vfr-network/index.php?b=4"></script>

Please make use of this tool. As some people know, my number one gripe is either the lack of links back to VFR, or poor positioning of VFR promotion on programmer’s sites.

If you are having a problem with inserting the badge, and haven’t been able to figure it out, I will try to give you a hand (though please don’t abuse this offer, as I am still working on more features!) web [at] valleyfreeradio [dot] org