getting involved in the joomla community

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• chad@s-go.net• http://www.s-go.net