Spearhead your career by contributing to the WordPress community

WordCamp Montreal presentation, June 30, 2013

Transcript

1. Spearhead your Career by Contributing to WordPress Christine Rondeau @bluelimemedia
2. WHY •Learn/teach •Connect •Get/give referrals •Make friends •Say thanks It raises your status inside the community which is helpful, because it’s a very tight-knit community, and a lot of your business links are going to come from there. A lot of your potential partners on ventures and projects are going to come from within the community. And by contributing and staying close to the tight-knit group, you keep your connections alive. -- Mark Jaquith WHO •Developers •Designers •Writers •Organizers •Teachers
3. MAKE WORDPRESS Core, UI, Accessibility, Plugins, Themes, Support, Mobile, Polyglots
4. CONTRIBUTE TO CORE http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/
5. SUBMIT A PLUGIN
6. REPORT BAD PLUGINS Plugins that have malware or are in violations of the terms and conditions can be reported at: plugins@wordpress.org
7. HELP WITH APPS
8. RELEASE A THEME
9. JOIN THE THEME REVIEW TEAM
10. RATE/REVIEW PLUGINS & THEMES
11. TRANSLATE WORDPRESS
12. EDIT THE CODEX •Fix typos •Update info •Add info
13. ADOPT A CODEX PAGE
14. EDIT THE HANDBOOKS
15. PROVIDE SUPPORT Everyone knows something
16. GET INVOLVED •Participate •Speak •Volunteer •Organize •Sponsor central.wordcamp.org www.meetup.com
17. THE ARE TONS OF WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE How To Contribute To WordPress by Siobhan McKeown
18. DON’T TRY TO DO IT ALL
19. QUESTIONS? Special thanks to Mark Jacquith Mika Epstein Siobhan McKeown https://speakerdeck.com/crondeau/