Getting Involved in the Joomla Community
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Getting involved in J!
Hi, I’m Chad
•Small Town, Rural America - Spencer•College Student•Web Developer•Motorcycle Enthusiast•Now, World Traveler
Rural America – Spencer, New York
Really, really small
Starting in Joomla!
2007-08: GHOP
resources.joomla.org
Getting Started
• What is Joomla Community?– Purpose– Function– Status
• Getting Involved– Why– How
What is the Joomla Community
The Joomla Community is an organization – Group(s) of individuals collaborating together.
Purpose
• Powers Joomla Development• “Life Blood of Open Source”• Open Source Eco System• Development Collaboration• Continuing Innovation• Cares about Project
Everyone
“Potluck” Concept
• More Options• More Choices• Better Meal
Result of Joomla Community
• High Quality Code• Great Powerful Community• World Renowned Software• Helpful & Friendly Community• Simply put – We get Joomla
Why users don’t contribute
• Time Expense• Lack of recognition• Don’t know how• Joomla not specific about needs• Doubt skill set
Why Contribute
• 10% of FOSS Have Active Community– Karl Fogel
• Get out what you put in• Eco-System Relies on Joomla• No Joomla without Joomla• History Demands It
Contributing
• Where can you get involved in the Joomla project?– Forums– Tutorials– Joomla Magazine– Mailing Lists– Extension Development– Documentation– Translations
Who are you?
• Developers– Patches– Extensions
• Writers– Documentation– Joomla Magazine– Inform Community
• Marketers– Joomla Evangelism– Branding
• Educators– Teach / Inform– Speak / Present
• IT• Sites & Infrastructure
Contribution Workflow
Contribution Workflow
Contribution Workflow
Let’s be Specific
• Patches– Fix Security Vulnerability– Fix Bugs– Improve Usability– Improve Performance
Forums
docs.joomla.org
Mailing Lists
Report Bugs
Write Code (Do’h)
Contributing Code
• Sign JCA• Tell PTL / CMS Mailing List• Submit Feature Patches• Request Branch
Links
• magazine.joomla.org• docs.joomla.org• code.joomla.org• extensions.joomla.org• people.joomla.org
Questions?
Contact
• Chad Windnagle• S-go Consulting• Spencer, New York• @drmmr763• +1 607-229-6260• [email protected]• http://www.s-go.net