Paste the block into a site

nods.to writes one block of HTML for each installation, counts the clicks on it and serves its card.

Record what the client agreed to.

You make an installation for each site and say which tier its owner agreed to. The tier decides what the block holds. The figures are measured from the block nods.to writes for the site in these docs.

Paste the block where the footer is.

The block is a style element and the credit, drawn by the same package as a build would use. The credit carries data-nods-instance, which names the installation and is the same for every visitor.

The credit, after its style block

<span
    class="nods"
    data-nods="kiln"
    data-nods-instance="kf7w2mxp"
    aria-describedby="nods-summary">
  <span class="nods-label">Designed and built by </span>
  <a
      class="nods-name"
      href="https://nods.to/kiln/marigold"
      rel="author nofollow noopener"
      target="_blank">Marigold</a>
  <span class="nods-sep"> and </span>
  <a
      class="nods-name"
      href="https://nods.to/kiln/pocket-monday"
      rel="author nofollow noopener"
      target="_blank">Pocket Monday</a>
  <a
      class="nods-page"
      href="https://nods.to/kiln"
      target="_blank"
      rel="noopener">Credits</a>
  <span
      class="nods-sr"
      id="nods-summary">Kiln, 2026. Design: Marigold. Build: Pocket Monday. Made with Five colours.</span>
</span>

Count a click through nods.to.

In a pasted block each name points at nods.to/project/name, which answers with a 302 to that maker’s own site. Change the destination in the app and every footer follows. The record page, once you publish it, is at nods.to/kiln.

Marigold

nods.to/kiln/marigold

Pocket Monday

nods.to/kiln/pocket-monday

A counted click stores the seven things below. It keeps no IP address and no user agent, and it sets no cookie.

• The time
• The project
• The credited name
• The host of the site the click came from
• The installation, where that host matches one
• A two-letter country
• A device class

Load the card when a visitor reaches for it.

The Full tier adds an inline script that attaches three listeners and makes no request. The first pointer or focus to reach the credit imports the card, and a click before it arrives waits for it. If the import fails, the click goes where the link went.

The card

nods.to/e/kf7w2mxp.js, with this installation’s markup and stylesheet.

The panel script

nods.to/e/panel.6d4be2c44018.js, the same for every site and cached for a year.

Each opening

One empty POST to nods.to/e/kf7w2mxp/open, with credentials omitted.

Change a credit after it is pasted.

The card is fetched, so a new card, new colours or a republished record reach every site within five minutes. The line is static markup, so a new line style arrives when the block is next pasted.

Allow three entries in a strict content security policy.

style-src

The inline style block, by hash.

script-src

The inline script, by hash, and https://nods.to.

connect-src

https://nods.to.

Where inline script is refused, the control stays an ordinary link to the record page. For developers states all of this for the person who maintains the site.

Expect one request a week from nods.

On a plan with the weekly check, nods fetches the page once a week with a single GET, from the user agent nods-check/1, and looks for data-nods-instance to confirm the credit is still there.

Pricing lists what each plan includes. Next, style your page with CSS.

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