Mark Please read this, it's in french but you can translate the page , its a good and clear resume of the situation, But above all there is a solution that is proposed and which does not require you to make two versions of moosocial... just a plugin lol (aka wordpress)
Please read about "Locally host your Google Fonts."
/joke on
I told you a few years ago that sooner or later google, facebook etc would screw us all up..
Here we are ? lol
/Joke
thank you for doing what is necessary, a German company has already been condemned to pay 100 euros and to put its site in order under penalty of a more severe fine
A plugin to host fonts and icons on your own server would be a good solution - a complete deactivation of Google Webfonts Mark, is there something in planning?
I think a solution like the wordpress plugin, using the simplicity (for dev) of google font, while respecting the GDPR wouldn't be bad .The solution seems to be open source
I was about to post part 3 of my SEO "series", but saw that the topic of google fonts had already been addressed.
Here's another argument for hosting google fonts on your own server (at least as an option to be set up): everything that doesn't have to be reloaded via an https query usually has a shorter call time.
And yes, it is urgent that such an option is created, as ALL installations in Europe are at risk of being penalized because of the GPDR.
In Germany, there was a court ruling on goo... moreI was about to post part 3 of my SEO "series", but saw that the topic of google fonts had already been addressed.
Here's another argument for hosting google fonts on your own server (at least as an option to be set up): everything that doesn't have to be reloaded via an https query usually has a shorter call time.
And yes, it is urgent that such an option is created, as ALL installations in Europe are at risk of being penalized because of the GPDR.
In Germany, there was a court ruling on google fonts at the beginning of last year, which forbids loading a font located on google servers without the prior consent of the user. This is practically tantamount to a ban, as user habits make it impossible to obtain consent before viewing the website. Since then, warnings have been issued in Germany with costs, in other countries this should have a role model character.
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votesGPDR Compatible Version of Moosocial for Europe
- A "world" version with Google Fonts
- A "Europe" version where Google Fonts are not used and all fonts and icons can be hosted on your own server.
Because in Europe Google Webfonts is more and more a legal problem.