Create custom page for "Submit your business"

[JustAHappyKid]

Bounty: 25,000 bits / ~$250 USD

In the process of writing a patch to fix the problem of directing users to UseBitcoins.info, I noticed the link to "Submit your business" on the Getting Started page. I propose a new, custom page for this link, similar to the new "Spend" page (for which I'm going to submit a pull-request very soon), and I'm happy to take up the effort. The page could have specific links for the different services (Coinmap, Spendabit, etc) alongside a short instruction.

[JustAHappyKid]

Adding a reminder here (for myself) that it probably wouldn't hurt to add a link to this new (hypothetical) page under the "Get some free visibility" of the Bitcoin for Businesses page.

[Vishesh-Gupta]

I would love to work on this issue. Could you suggest what would you like to be mentioned on the webpage so that I could make as desired by @wbnns and @JustAHappyKid

[JustAHappyKid]

@Vishesh-Gupta I had in mind something not too unlike the Spending Bitcoin page, in terms of design/layout: three different "sections" pointing to the signup forms for the top three Bitcoin "directories".

I of course assumed one of the options would point to Spendabit (which is a project I work on, fyi). Assuming you do point users to Spendabit, consider using the URL for our forthcoming Onboarding Wizard. This Wizard is not 100% complete, and surely has some bugs to work through, but it may well be ready for general use by the time the proposed page would go live.

Also worth mentioning here is that we (Spendabit) are presently accepting signups for a general business directory service (via the same link), in addition to our traditional product-search service, so we will be welcoming a broader array of businesses in the coming year. This may or may not change the content for the proposed "submit your business" page.

[JustAHappyKid]

Oh, also, I wanted to mention... @wbnns, we'd be happy to share a portion of the subscription fees with Bitcoin.org, for businesses that choose a paid plan. (We offer a free option, but merchants can pay a few bucks/month to get premium features.)

[Vishesh-Gupta]

@JustAHappyKid Hmm. This looks like a nice idea. I will get to work right away though I might start working on it later during the break from school. Also, do you recommend any places to learn how this template thing is working as it got me a bit confusing.

[JustAHappyKid]

@Vishesh-Gupta The site is built using Jekyll, so you may find some guidance on the Jekyll website. There's also some documentation on [how to get set up] for making changes to Bitcoin.org. Hope that helps.

[jdabs]

@JustAHappyKid @Vishesh-Gupta also, do take a look on the README of this repo. It has a specific page on setting up your development environment.

When I first started, I found that running a build with limited plugins and languages using the option flags speeds up development. It saves a lot of time when you're doing CSS changes.

[DrBeta]

You could create a custom directory. Using serverless functions, you could do that. I actually have a bit of experience with this but it could mean you have to use netlify or something but I think you can make a empty site with some netlify functions and call it from the main site. Another solution would be making a separate directory site and make it a subdomain like directory.bitcoin.org @JustAHappyKid