How to contribute to the Joomla community

By Peter Martin Joomla Community Leadership Team

Friday 17 August 2012 Saturday 18 August 2012

Overview
Introduction My

introduction with Joomla + community 10 ideas to contribute Questions?

My introduction to Joomla Community

My introduction to Joomla Community

My introduction to Joomla Community

My introduction to Joomla Community

Discography HTML

= list of records of an artist

page too long to load

Workaround: divide into 2 pages...

Database

All

driven solution:

2003: PHP & MySQL

items in database, record covers as file images Program everything: database connection, layout, etc

My introduction to Joomla Community

2004:

Mambo CMS

Write component & CMS took care of database connection + layout

My introduction to Joomla Community

2005

Forum user To give something back to the project

Forum = great resource for solving own problems

My introduction to Joomla Community

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Moderator at Joomla Forum

Helping out officially

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Global Moderator at Joomla Forum

Working more closely with people around the planet Skype Chat Global Mod Team

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Joomla Forum Admin 2009 Community Leadership Team (CLT)

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Your involvement in Joomla Community?

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Your involvement in Joomla Community?

Question

1:

Who is helping out in any way at Joomla.org?

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Your involvement in Joomla Community?

Question

2:

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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Your involvement in Joomla Community?

Fact

1:

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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Your involvement in Joomla Community?

Area

Interests

Participation

level

Adhoc help Structural help

Knowledge,

skills, experience & motivation

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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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The importance of contribution

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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The importance of contribution

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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10 ideas to help in the Joomla! community (in random order)

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10 ideas to help in the Joomla! community (in random order)

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1. Technical Joomla support

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1. Technical Joomla support

Joomla Forum (Forum)
http://forum.joomla.org

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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

Give reviews Recommend extensions (share JED URL)

2. Report misbehavior 3. Write applications & share your code 4. Moderators

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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')

1. Report Bugs http://joomlacode.org/issuetracker 2. Request Features

http://joomlacode.org/featuretracker

3. Submit patches
http://docs.joomla.org/Filing_bugs_and_issues

4. Joomla! Bug Squad (JBS)

http://docs.joomla.org/Bug_Squad
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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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8. Real Life Meetings

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8. Real Life Meetings

Meet fellow Joomla users IRL (in Real Life) http://events.joomla.org/ Joomla User Groups (JUG) http://community.joomla.org/user-groups.html 1. Attend a Joomla User Group Meeting 2. Organize a Joomla User Groups Meeting Joomladays http://community.joomla.org/events/joomla-days.html 1. Attend a Joomladay 2. Organize a Joomladay

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9. Share your Websites

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9. Share your Websites

The Joomla Community Showcase ('Joomla Site Showcase')
http://community.joomla.org/showcase/

1. Refer people to the Site Showcase and help to promote Joomla 2. Share your 'awesome' Joomla website

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10. Use your imagination!

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10. Use your imagination!

Other possibilities to help out: 1. Help other people with Joomla websites 2. Help other people with Joomla knowledge 3. Help to promote Joomla in positive way

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Bonus: 11. Need some ideas?

Did I say 10 ideas? Help over longer period of time? 'Help wanted in the community' (Joomla forum) http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=681
Social

Media Skype Chat Marketing Team

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Find your own way to contribute

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Find your own way to contribute

a

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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Joomla Community & your involvement

Question

4:

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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Joomla Community & your involvement

Local

Joomla community of South Africa http://joomla.org.za/

Resource Directory, News, Community Showcase, Usergroups (JUGS), etc.

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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
1.

What can Joomla.org do to increase community participation?

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My Questions
2.

How can Joomla.org make it easier to contribute?

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Questions?
Sheets Two

will be available at www.db8.nl

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

Peter Martin e-mail: peter.martin at community.joomla.org website: www.db8.nl

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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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