Not a Developer?Not a problem!

Giving back is more than code!

Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • brett@elgg.org • @brettprofitt

Conversations: The curious

"I love Elgg. Is there a plugin that...?"

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Conversations: The demanding

"I love Elgg. You need to write a plugin that..."

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Conversations: The threatening

"I use Elgg. I'm going to switch to Socialize Wowzer X-Treme Pro Elite unless you..."

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Conversations: The true love

"I love Elgg. How can I help?"

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An OSS project is more than code

● Community● Documentation● Evangelism● (Others, but we only have 20 minutes!)

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Community

● Moderate community site● Try and comment on plugins● Help newbies

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Community - Adopt a newbie example

Matt Beckett helps a newbie

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Documentation

● Non-technical docs● Lessons learned● Docs for users

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Community - User documentation

Arvixe's Elgg blog by Rodolfo Hernandez

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Evangelism

● Telling people about Elgg● Holding meetups● Tweeting, suggesting it to people to try,

blogging

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Community - Evangelism

Elgg Meetup LDN (Laura Gill) and NYC (Mike Kasper, Rene Yap)

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Community is #1

● Everything is important, but community is #1.● Plans to improve the Elgg community

○ New theme○ Improved plugin repo○ Karma plugin○ Ignore users

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Not a Developer?Not a problem!

SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai

Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • brett@elgg.org • @brettprofitt