getting involved in the joomla community
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There's many ways to be involved in the Joomla community. Learn which way is right for you!TRANSCRIPT
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Getting involved in J!
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Hi, I’m Chad
•Small Town, Rural America - Spencer•College Student•Web Developer•Motorcycle Enthusiast•Now, World Traveler
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Rural America – Spencer, New York
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Really, really small
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Starting in Joomla!
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2007-08: GHOP
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resources.joomla.org
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Getting Started
• What is Joomla Community?– Purpose– Function– Status
• Getting Involved– Why– How
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What is the Joomla Community
The Joomla Community is an organization – Group(s) of individuals collaborating together.
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Purpose
• Powers Joomla Development• “Life Blood of Open Source”• Open Source Eco System• Development Collaboration• Continuing Innovation• Cares about Project
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Everyone
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“Potluck” Concept
• More Options• More Choices• Better Meal
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Result of Joomla Community
• High Quality Code• Great Powerful Community• World Renowned Software• Helpful & Friendly Community• Simply put – We get Joomla
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Why users don’t contribute
• Time Expense• Lack of recognition• Don’t know how• Joomla not specific about needs• Doubt skill set
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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
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Contributing
• Where can you get involved in the Joomla project?– Forums– Tutorials– Joomla Magazine– Mailing Lists– Extension Development– Documentation– Translations
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Who are you?
• Developers– Patches– Extensions
• Writers– Documentation– Joomla Magazine– Inform Community
• Marketers– Joomla Evangelism– Branding
• Educators– Teach / Inform– Speak / Present
• IT• Sites & Infrastructure
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Contribution Workflow
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Contribution Workflow
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Contribution Workflow
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Let’s be Specific
• Patches– Fix Security Vulnerability– Fix Bugs– Improve Usability– Improve Performance
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Forums
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docs.joomla.org
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Mailing Lists
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Report Bugs
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Write Code (Do’h)
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Contributing Code
• Sign JCA• Tell PTL / CMS Mailing List• Submit Feature Patches• Request Branch
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Links
• magazine.joomla.org• docs.joomla.org• code.joomla.org• extensions.joomla.org• people.joomla.org
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Questions?
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Contact
• Chad Windnagle• S-go Consulting• Spencer, New York• @drmmr763• +1 607-229-6260• [email protected]• http://www.s-go.net