'Not a developer? not a problem!' Brett Profitt #ECSF

Not a Developer?Not a problem!

Giving back is more than code!

Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • [email protected] • @brettprofitt

Conversations: The curious

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

@BrettProfitt • SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai

Conversations: The demanding

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


Conversations: The threatening

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


Conversations: The true love

"I love Elgg. How can I help?"


An OSS project is more than code

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


Community

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


Community - Adopt a newbie example

Matt Beckett helps a newbie


http://community.elgg.org/pg/forum/topic/855404/htaccess-and-php/

Documentation

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


Community - User documentation

Arvixe's Elgg blog by Rodolfo Hernandez


http://blog.arvixe.com/?s=elgg

Evangelism

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

blogging


Community - Evangelism

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


http://www.meetup.com/find/?keywords=Elgg&mcId=&mcName=&lat=&lon=&userFreeform=&gcResults=&op=search&events=&allGroups=true&submitButton=Search



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


Not a Developer?Not a problem!

SpeakerRate: http://el.gg/as3ai

Brett Profitt • ElggCamp SF 2012 • [email protected] • @brettprofitt

'Not a developer? not a problem!' Brett Profitt #ECSF

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