user18: I know that Area 51 has ads for promoting proposals, e.g.:
Stack Exchange Q&A site proposal: Buddhism http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/45110.png
<a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/45110/buddhism?referrer=wfrtzfRZknfyJ6AWfccLUw2">
    <img src="http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/45110.png" width="220" height="250" alt="Stack Exchange Q&A site proposal: Buddhism" />
</a>

but I don't see anywhere that they offer ads for the betas themselves. Should we create one, or is there a standard, accepted way for displaying such a link on your site? Or should we just use the Area 51 ad?
Edit: another tool that SE offers, maybe not terribly appropriate for self-effacing Buddhists, is flair, e.g.:



which can be placed on one's website or weblog. 

user18: Here's a dynamic image as an example of what can be easily accomplished with PHP; the number of days on this image will be created dynamically, based on the date:

I've not quite got an exact time when our beta started, so it's still a little off.

18: <p>I know that Area 51 has ads for promoting proposals, e.g.:</p>

<p><a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/45110/buddhism?referrer=wfrtzfRZknfyJ6AWfccLUw2">Stack Exchange Q&amp;A site proposal: Buddhism http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/45110.png</a></p>

<pre><code>&lt;a href="http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/45110/buddhism?referrer=wfrtzfRZknfyJ6AWfccLUw2"&gt;
    &lt;img src="http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/45110.png" width="220" height="250" alt="Stack Exchange Q&amp;A site proposal: Buddhism" /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>but I don't see anywhere that they offer ads for the betas themselves. Should we create one, or is there a standard, accepted way for displaying such a link on your site? Or should we just use the Area 51 ad?</p>

<p>Edit: another tool that SE offers, maybe not terribly appropriate for self-effacing Buddhists, is flair, e.g.:</p>

<p><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/18/yuttadhammo">
<img src="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/users/flair/18.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for yuttadhammo at Buddhism Stack Exchange, Q&amp;A for people practicing or interested in Buddhist philosophy, teaching, and practice" title="profile for yuttadhammo at Buddhism Stack Exchange, Q&amp;A for people practicing or interested in Buddhist philosophy, teaching, and practice">
</a></p>

<p>which can be placed on one's website or weblog. </p>
 18: <p>Here's a dynamic image as an example of what can be easily accomplished with PHP; the number of days on this image will be created dynamically, based on the date:</p>

<p><img src="http://static.sirimangalo.org/private/qa_image.php" alt="Q&amp;A Dynamic Logo"></p>

<p>I've not quite got an exact time when our beta started, so it's still a little off.</p>
