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Loving That Thing You Love:

How to Contribute to WordPress

Who Am I

● Designer / Developer / Consultant at SixFour Web Design & Marketing

● SixFour Web helps businesses and non-profit organizations tell their stories online to help them reach their customers and supporters in a meaningful and compelling way

Loving That Thing You Love:

How to Contribute to WordPress

YAY, I WIN WordCamp!

● Without bragging or exaggeration, this is the single most important presentation at WordCamp this entire weekend. It is the single most important presentation I've ever delivered at a WordCamp.

● WordPress needs YOU!

Loving That Thing You Love:

How to Contribute to WordPress

Why Should You Love WordPress

● It's Open Source● It's Easy to Use● It's Powerful● It's Flexible● It's Free● Our Kool-Aid Tastes Better

Loving That Thing You Love:

How to Contribute to WordPress

Why I Love WordPress – Getting Personal

● Ray's Back Story● TL;DR

– WordPress provided me an opportunity to create and develop a business that supports my family with a minimal cash outlay, and continues to allow me to grow my business as my skills and knowledge grow.

– I've met plenty of good people along the way

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How to Contribute to WordPress

My WordPress Inspiration

Amy Hendrix

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How to Contribute to WordPress

My WordPress Inspiration

Amy Hendrix

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My WordPress Inspiration

● In 2012 Amy gave a presentation called “I am WordPress (and so can you!)”

● It was a call to action on behalf of WordPress

● I answered● Thank you, Amy

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How Can You Show Your Love?

● Core

● Accessibility

● Documentation

● Community

● Flow

● Design

● Polyglots

● Themes

● Meta

● Mobile

● Support

● Plugins

● Training

● TV

● Whether your skills are non-technical or hardcore geek, there is a place for you in the WordPress Community.

● Visit https://make.wordpress.org/ to learn about each of these areas and how you can take part.

CoreCore

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CORE

● WordPress Core team members make coding improvements, fix bugs, test patches, release updates, identify and report security vulnerabilities, and more. The Core team is a great place to flex your PHP development muscles, or start building them.

DesignDesign

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DESIGN

● Are you a CSS wizard? The design team is responsible for the look and feel of WordPress. They're responsible for design, mock-ups, user testing, and more. You can leverage your skills in Graphic Design, UX Design, Front-end development and benefit the entire community.

Theme/Plugin ReviewTheme/Plugin Review

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Theme/Plugin Review

● Team members review the themes submitted for placement in the WordPress.org theme repository. They check the themes for adherence to good coding standards as well as to ensure that they meet requirements around features and functionality. The plugin team works in a similar manner, checking the soundness of submitted plugins to keep WordPress users safe and satisfied when downloading from the repository.

AccessibilityAccessibility

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ACCESSIBILITY

● The goal is to make WordPress available and accessible for everyone. Accessibility team members test WordPress using different brands of screen readers on multiple browsers, using keyboard only navigation, checking tab-order and discovering unreachable links. They also check color contrast of on screen items and investigate other accessibility issues.

CommunityCommunity

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How to Contribute to WordPress

Community

● We're beneficiaries of the hard work of the community team members. The members of the Community team organize and manage Meetups and other opportunities for people to share around WordPress. They provide support to mentorship programs, diversity initiatives, contributor outreach, and other ways of growing the WordPress community.They of course, are also responsible for coordinating WordCamps.

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Be Inspired!

● No contribution to the WordPress community is too small. From identifying typos in the Codex to creating new ways to leverage the REST API, making WordCamp presentations or just simply pressing the button to record presentations, the WordPress community needs your participation to stay vibrant and to continue making the platform great.

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BE INSPIRED!

● Pick an area, roll up your sleeves and get some!

● I hope this inspires you to make your contribution to the WordPress community.

● Let me know how you're making a difference - @SixFourWeb on Twitter