My talk at #sfdmumbai

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Contributing to WordPress
By Alexander Gounder
@gounder

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Why Contribute
• Open source software is built on
contributions from volunteers
• Great Place to learn
• Something for everyone

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Where to start
• https://make.wordpress.org/
• https://codex.wordpress.org/Contributin
g_to_WordPress
• http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbo
ok/

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Developers
• Development Planning
• Testing WordPress
• Finding and Reporting Bugs
• Fixing Bugs

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Design / UI - UX
• http://make.wordpress.org/design/
• http://make.wordpress.org/flow/

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Documentation
• Write Documentation
https://codex.wordpress.org/Codex:Cont
ributing
• Handbooks

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Polyglots
• WordPress in your Language
• Hindi is almost ready
• Marathi and others still a long way to go

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Support
• https://wordpress.org/support/
• IRC FreeNode Server at #wordpress

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Community
• WordCamps
• Meetups
• WPMumbai.org

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A few things to remember
• GPL – 100% for WordPress Derivatives
• Slack - https://make.wordpress.org/chat/
• Ask for help

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KOSHAN TIME!!

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Hi we are Inkmyweb.com
• We are not actively hiring!
• But ping us if you think we are cool and would
like to work for us.