Fire up the Fox!
The Fire up the Fox! project was launched in November 2006 (see announcement on the old SFx). Recently the project has moved to its own site and has been rebuilt in PHP to make it more dynamic.
Reasoning:
Many people host a Get Firefox button on their site, however a large proportion of people now already use Firefox and they have no need to download it again. In a way such a banner is wasted on them. This is where the idea to provide an alternative banner for Firefox users comes from. The alternative in this project is to send them to Fire up the Fox!. Where people are given some pointers as to how to get more out of Firefox, it provides a selection of extensions, themes, search plugins, tips to get help, info on how to get involved with Firefox. Getting existing Firefox users to use such features or use them more is a good way to help keep them as Firefox users in the long term. So it's also a project to increase Firefox retention.
How to use:
By adding a button or banner to your site or blog, you can help this project. You can even use your own Spread Firefox affiliate code for Fire up the Fox as well, a few links on the site could earn you points, such as the join Spread Firefox link, the download page for Thunderbird and the link to the Mozilla Store. Non-Firefox users are shown a notice at the top of the page telling them they need Firefox to benefit from the resources on the site. That download link will of-course also give you Spread Firefox points.
There are two tools available to generate banners and easily include your SFx affiliate code:
How to help:
Here are a few things you can do to help:
- Join this group.
- Add a button or banner to your site or blog. (See above)
- Design more buttons and banners.
- Discuss which extensions, themes and other resources should be on the short list.
- Report any bugs/problems that you may discover.
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