The latest articles on DEV Community by Pedro Fracassi (@pedrofracassi). https://dev.to/pedrofracassi https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F258615%2F01cd911f-b7db-49e4-883c-b164f9f22589.png https://dev.to/pedrofracassi en Pedro Fracassi Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:01:54 +0000 https://dev.to/pedrofracassi/how-to-get-more-people-to-join-your-discord-community-by-adding-an-invite-widget-to-your-readme-9ne https://dev.to/pedrofracassi/how-to-get-more-people-to-join-your-discord-community-by-adding-an-invite-widget-to-your-readme-9ne <p>Inspired by shields.io, we've created a service that generates SVG images that mimic Discord's invite widgets, shown on the app when you send an invite link to a chat. Adding these to your README is an easy way to get more people interested in joining your community!</p> <p>These look really cool on your repository README, or even in GitHub's new <a href="https://dev.to/ypedroo/have-you-seen-github-s-cool-new-feature-an7">profile READMEs</a>!</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--mumeZyD8--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/dg9r30xbcg543k8xwkgj.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--mumeZyD8--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/dg9r30xbcg543k8xwkgj.png" alt="Invidget in a GitHub repository"></a></p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--ir7Ox_7y--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/o9wddb65iid6zh6bzehu.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--ir7Ox_7y--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/o9wddb65iid6zh6bzehu.png" alt="Invidget in a GitHub profile"></a></p> <p>It's super simple. Just add your invite code to the end of the URL, throw it into your browser...<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>https://invidget.switchblade.xyz/2FB8wDG </code></pre></div> <p>...and you'll get a nice SVG widget!</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--KFfne48f--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/iptvjwgyvrmw7bwtf6ar.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--KFfne48f--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/iptvjwgyvrmw7bwtf6ar.png" alt="Invidget Widget Example"></a></p> <p>It even supports discord's - awfully ugly - light theme, by adding the <code>theme</code> query parameter to the URL:<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>https://invidget.switchblade.xyz/2FB8wDG?theme=light </code></pre></div> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--6G7f3LuT--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/yirmz99zlxwc3qc8llbt.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--6G7f3LuT--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/yirmz99zlxwc3qc8llbt.png" alt="Light Invidget Widget Example"></a></p> <p>...and you can set it to render in your language!<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>https://invidget.switchblade.xyz/2FB8wDG?language=pt </code></pre></div> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--3xhg4uNo--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/m76qnuw175p2b28m43i7.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--3xhg4uNo--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/m76qnuw175p2b28m43i7.png" alt="Portuguese Invidget Widget Example"></a></p> <p>After selecting your language and fighting with your collaborators over light or dark theme, you can then add it to your README, linking to your Discord community, like so:<br> </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>[](http://discord.gg/2FB8wDG) </code></pre></div> <blockquote> <p>Again, remember to replace the invite above code with one that takes people to your server.</p> </blockquote> <p><em>Invidget</em> is <a href="https://github.com/SwitchbladeBot/invidget">open source</a>, and we still have a bunch of features planned, so feel free to open a PR or two!</p> showdev github