Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Overview
Introduction My
Database
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driven solution:
Mambo CMS
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Working more closely with people around the planet Skype Chat Global Mod Team
2008
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Question
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Are you willing to help out in the Joomla! community, but don't know how to program in PHP and MySQL?
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Coding skills are not necessary to help out in the Joomla! community! There are a lot of different areas, outside the field of programming, where people are helping out at Joomla.org.
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Interests
Participation
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Knowledge,
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Your involvement in Joomla Community? Question 3: Who is helping out in any way in the local South African Joomla community?
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Open Source Software License (e.g. GNU GPL) protects freedom & rights of users Source code open, public knowledge of inner working of software Open Source Software = Open Knowledge Sharing knowledge = important
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Joomla = Open Source GNU GPL license protects freedom & rights of users Community driven project (not backed by commercial company) Joomla's success depends on its community and the contribution of individuals to the project Therefore contribution = important!
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1.Report misbehavior (e.g. SPAM) 2.Ask questions? Thank people who help you give follow-up with your solution 3.Help others with your knowledge 4.Moderators
2. Extensions
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2. Extensions
Joomla Extension Directory (JED)
http://extensions.joomla.org
1. Use JED
3. Documentation
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3. Documentation
Joomla Documentation Site (Docs)
http://docs.joomla.org
1. Refer to official documentation 2. Adhoc: Register & Improve documentation 3. Adhoc: Add new documentation 4. Join the documentation team
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4. Improve Joomla
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4. Improve Joomla
Joomla CMS Issue Tracker
http://joomlacode.org/tracker (formerly know as 'Bugtracker')
3. Submit patches
http://docs.joomla.org/Filing_bugs_and_issues
5. Languages
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5. Languages
1. Joomla Language packs http://community.joomla.org/translations/ joomla-16-translations.html 2. Language files for 3rd party extensions
http://extensions.joomla.org -> link to developer
3. Translation Teams
http://community.joomla.org/translations.html
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6. Magazine
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6. Magazine
Joomla Community Magazine (JCM): 'Written by the community, for the community'
http://magazine.joomla.org
1. Refer other people to interesting articles 2. Write articles & share Joomla related background information 3. Join team of JCM editors
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7. Social Networking
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7. Social Networking
Joomla People Site (Jpeople)
http://people.joomla.org
Registration
= currently unavailable Used by Joomla User Groups (JUG) Discussions in Community about future
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1. Refer people to the Site Showcase and help to promote Joomla 2. Share your 'awesome' Joomla website
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way that suits you, your interests, knowledge and capacities contribution that is valuable for other Joomla users and for the Joomla project
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Question
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Who is willing to help out but doesn't feel comfortable in the international community?
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Joomla Community & your involvement Fact 2: You don't need to help in the international Joomla community to contribute to Joomla
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
Please share your valuable time in some way with other people through the Joomla community and we will all benefit from it!
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Questions?
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My Questions
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My Questions
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Questions?
Sheets Two
other presentations:
How to create a multilingual website with Joomla 2.5 in 10 steps? (with Matthew Philogene) How to change Joomla without core hacks
Used Photos
Diversity 4 - B S K http://www.sxc.hu/photo/834151 Diversity 6 - B S K http://www.sxc.hu/photo/888077 light bulb - Andrzej Gdula http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1112643 Low energy lamp - neil hoskins http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1135765 paper chain in the dark - Stephanie Hofschlaeger http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1215912 Hands - Marco Michelini http://www.sxc.hu/photo/587214 signs signs - Jason Antony, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/751034 Face - Questions - Bob Smith, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/418215
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