Web Monetization Demo

Introduction

• This is a Web Monetization Demo
• It's developed by Peter
• This web application service is written by PHP, JavaScript
• I use the Slim Framework and jQuery to complete back-end and front-end functionalities easily :)
• I use the Bootstrap template to complete all of template pages

Prerequisites (Production)

• One VPS server, or a Platform with supporting MySQL, PHP :).
  • Our Production Demonstration is located on DigitalOcean :).
• PHP 7.2+
• MySQL 5.7+ or MySQL 8.0+ version support
• Apache 2.4+ version support
• Composer support and it can help this application service to install required dependencies easily!
• A Web browser with Coil support.
• Need some help? Try to run cd /path/to/web-monetization-demo and ./installer.sh --prod and it will help you to check some stuffs for your production!

Prerequisites (Development)

• A operating system with supporting PHP, MySQL and Apache server. These required versions are as follows:
• Ubuntu 18.04+
• PHP 7.2+
• MySQL 5.7+ or MySQL 8.0+ version support
• Apache 2.4+ version support
• Composer support and it can help this application service to install required dependencies easily!
• A Web browser with Coil support.
• Need some help? Try to run cd /path/to/web-monetization-demo and ./installer.sh --dev and it will help you to check some stuffs for your development!

Installation

• Installation is not hard, and try to use ./installer.sh --dev for the development and ./installer.sh --prod for the production.
• Above step will help you most of developers to build their demonstration environment easily.

Features

• Implement Web Monetization to show exclusive contents when sending payment to Coil.
• Implement "alternative" donation page to let developers donate micro payments when staying specific donating page.
• Implement transaction history to present the total USD I have made on this Web Monetization Demo service :).

References

• Coil
• Web Monetization Docs
• Grant For the Web Hackathon Announcement