Question about running a fork of likecoinbutton using Rest API host on github

[Wonderer11]

I saw the announcement that likerland will stop supporting the likecoin button unless someone proposes to increase the creator fund or run a fork.

https://ckxpress.com/like-community/

I'm trying to run a fork on my personal site to keep the likecoin button working, but there are some technical issues. I've already forked the repository, but I'm still trying to figure out how to make it work.

1. I have to separate the likecoin button from the likerland application so that it won't be affected when likerland stops supporting it. What do I need to do? Can I just change the api to make it work?
2. If changing the api is necessary, what are the steps to set up an api file for the likecoin button?
3. My personal website is a github page, can I use rest api on github to make the likecoin button works?

https://docs.github.com/en/rest?apiVersion=2022-11-28

4. How to set the "creators fund" for my fork?

[williamchong]

1. This repo is the UI part for likecoin button, forking it would allow you to deploy your own copy of likecoin button, but it would be still calling https://api.like.co
2. Please check https://github.com/likecoin/likecoin-button/blob/master/src/util/api/api.js . Mainly our API checks for user auth, and record like actions to our database.
3. Yes you can.
4. The creators fund was run by a daily cron job hosted by us. It query our database for daily like actions, then calculate rewards for each content, and send rewards out from a API wallet. You can reimplement this flow by replacing our API, run a similar db and cronjob

So the basic components to reimplement are

• API to receive and check like actions, and maybe handle login
• Database to record like actions and users
• A script to send out rewards daily

[Wonderer11]

This repo is the UI part for likecoin button, forking it would allow you to deploy your own copy of likecoin button, but it would be still calling https://api.like.co

1. Does it mean that the https://api.like.co cannot be change?

Please check https://github.com/likecoin/likecoin-button/blob/master/src/util/api/api.js . Mainly our API checks for user auth, and record like actions to our database.

2. How can I change to make it check the like address instead of the user auth?
3. Where are your datebase, can I use that for the reimplement or I have to build a new one? What kind of database do you suggest?
4. How to make sure the data can share/sync with you?
5. Since the migration plan focus on the NFT books, how will it affect the re implement of likecoin button? it seems that the whole blockchain is turning to a complete difference focus and governance.

https://ckxpress.com/likecoin-v3-whitepaper/

遷回以太坊後，LikeCoin 通證還有用麼？
有，而且很重要。
在 v3，一本書所獲 stake（質押）的 LikeCoin 通證越多，曝光率越高；讀者把手上的 LikeCoin 通證 stake 到喜歡的作品，有助把出色的作品帶得更遠。有別於傳統書店由專人選書、社交網絡以黑箱演算法選內容，在 LikeCoin v3 生態，作品的能見度由完全透明的機制決定，這就是分散式策展。
除了新加入的分散式策展，LikeCoin 通證亦可用於社群治理和小額支持創作者。

5. Since GitHub Pages is static, how can I connect my static site to a dynamic backend API without requiring a server-side component? Is it possible to use GitHub Actions for this?
6. Any other step that is necessary or other things that I have to be aware of?

[ckxpress]

Since the migration plan focus on the NFT books, how will it affect the re implement of likecoin button? it seems that the whole blockchain is turning to a complete difference focus and governance.

The key thing is to convince the community to allocate a budget from community fund for creators fund from time to time. i can leave you a slot to speak in the August community call to talk to the community.

[Wonderer11]

Since the migration plan focus on the NFT books, how will it affect the re implement of likecoin button? it seems that the whole blockchain is turning to a complete difference focus and governance.

The key thing is to convince the community to allocate a budget from community fund for creators fund from time to time. i can leave you a slot to speak in the August community call to talk to the community.

Why will you think that allocate a budget from community fund for creators fund from time to time will solve this issue? Since the project no longer focus on supporting blog writers but turn to a focus on nft books, the funding will only run out again in a period of time.

[ckxpress]

Why will you think that allocate a budget from community fund for creators fund from time to time will solve this issue? Since the project no longer focus on supporting blog writers but turn to a focus on nft books, the funding will only run out again in a period of time.

what is your suggestion then?

as a matter of fact, the budget ran out long before Liker Land decided to focus on books.

[Wonderer11]

what is your suggestion then?

as a matter of fact, the budget ran out long before Liker Land decided to focus on books.

“My suggestion” doesn't matter, what matters is that the Likerland team managing the whole project should be mindful of the Creator's Fund and communicate with the validators to make sure that the fund doesn't run out, instead of waiting until the fund runs out and then saying, “We're running out of Creator's Fund and no one's come up with a proposal to add to it, let's drop the feature.”

From what I've seen on discord and liker.social, there has been no discussion of likerland discontinuing support for the likecoin button, not because they agree with it, but because there are still a lot of people out there who don't know about it and think the feature will work as it was before.

I am part of the community who know how the news has evolved and would like to keep this feature, the developer should talk to community instead of me talking to other people who don't even know about the news.

If the raise proposal feature still working during the migration, I will raise a proposal of increasing fund now of after the migration finish. It is just a backup of the feature if my future proposal fails.

https://docs.like.co/developer/raise-proposal

[ckxpress]

good. talk to community. raise proposal. convince them to support it and allocate creator's fund if you believe in it.

Liker Land is no different from you or others, it is just a volunteer who's been managing the button for years, and have the right to move on.

[Wonderer11]

So is the raise proposal feature working right now or I have to wait until the migration finish?

Also, can I continue to get help of backing up the feature, if likerland is no different from me or others, being a part of the community I should have the right to backup my favorite feature.