[request-tracker-maintainers] Bug#602584: Bug#602584: please don't show oversized bps credits on all pages

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 09:50:37AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> it would be nice if rt would avoid showing the best practical oversized
> credit thinggie on all pages in the right bottom of the page. will
> attach patch as soon as i've recieved the bug number.

I'm not convinced by this. Aside from introducing a local patch which
is very unlikely to be accepted by upstream, with all the associated
maintenance overhead, it isn't going to be a great way of encouraging
Best Practical to work with us (and we currently have a good working
relationship with them). It also doesn't really seem (to me at least)
to gain much for the users -- personally I hardly notice the credit
appearing during day-to-day use of RT.

I also wonder whether it's even legal to remove a copyright notice in
this way. It certainly wouldn't be for the source code, and I don't
really want to run the risk of this being a problem.

If you particularly want to hide the box for your use, you can do this
with a local stylesheet -- either browser-side, if you client supports it,
or by following something like
<http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/AddCustomStyleSheet>

#bpscredits {
    display: none
}

although you'll have to decide for yourself whether this is allowable.
A safer option to make the box smaller by removing the logo would be

div#footer #bpscredits {
     background: none;
     padding-top: 0em;
} 

Dominic.

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