The WordPress project is 100% user driven and depends on volunteers to make it all happen. From the core code to documentation ... translation to support ... plugins to themes ... WordCamps and Meetups - - everything that happens around the WordPress.Org project happens because of users who volunteer their time. WordPress is 100% free for all of us to use to run our web sites; run our businesses in some cases - why not consider taking some time out of your day to give back and volunteer some of your time to WordPress?

1. GETTING INVOLVED.
Help Make WordPress.
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2. About Your Presenter:
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Author of books.
Designer of sites.
Lover of WordPress.
http://lisasabin-wilson.com
@LisaSabinWilson
✤ Wisconsin (Go Pack!)
✤ WordPress user since 2003
✤ Author since 2006
✤ Twitter: @LisaSabinWilson
✤ Co-owner:WebDevStudios.com
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3. WordPress For
Dummies
WordPress For Dummies
WordPress All In One
WordPress Web Design For
Dummies
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4. WordPress: Open Source
Software (OSS)
The self-hosted version of WordPress (.Org)
is 100% volunteer driven.
How can you get involved?
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5. 2 KINDS OF WORDPRESS
USERS
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6. Just WORK!
Wants to publish content.
Does not really care about the code base.
Does not want to get involved in the community.
Probably doesn’t even know a community exists.
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7. HOW does it work?
Wants to publish content.
Possibly a designer or developer.
Maybe an aspiring entrepreneur.
Wants to get involved in some way.
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8. You fall into the second group
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9. Who can do it?
Developers
Designers
Writers
Helpers
Testers
Event Organizers
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10. Coders
Non-Coders
everyone in between
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11. MAKEWORDPRESS.ORG
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12. For Devlopers...
Proficient in PHP, JavaScript, jQuery
Knowledge of WP actions, hooks & filters
Get Started Resources
Core Contributor Handbook http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/
Make Core (official discussion on
core development)
http://make.wordpress.org/core/
Submit a patch
http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/
submitting-a-patch/
Weekly developer chats
http://make.wordpress.org/core/weekly-
developer-chats/
Thursday, August 22, 13

13. For Developers...
iOS,Android,Windows Phone & Blackberry
Get Started Resources
WP Mobile Handbook http://make.wordpress.org/mobile/handbook/
WordPress Apps (official
development blog)
http://make.wordpress.org/mobile/
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14. For Developers...
Get involved in WordPress plugins & join the discussion around
WordPress plugins.
Get Started Resources
WordPress Plugins (official
developer blog)
http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/
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15. For Designers...
Designers interested in getting involved in the
User Interface (UI) part of the WordPress platform.
Get Started Resources
UI Design and Development Group http://make.wordpress.org/ui/
WordPress UI Style Guide http://dotorgstyleguide.wordpress.com/
WordPress CSS Coding Standards
http://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/
coding-standards/css/
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16. For Writers...
Documentation is vital to any software project.
Get Started Resources
Documentation Group http://make.wordpress.org/docs/
WordPress Codex Contributions
http://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/
contributing-to-the-wordpress-codex/
Getting Started with the Codex
http://codex.wordpress.org/
Codex:Contributing#First_Things_First
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17. For Polyglots...
WordPress in any language? SURE - help make it happen!
Get Started Resources
Translation Teams http://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
Translators Handbook (Draft)
http://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/translators-
handbook-draft/
WordPress InYour Language
http://codex.wordpress.org/
WordPress_in_Your_Language
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18. For Helpers...
You can start helping in the WordPress Support forums today!
Get Started Resources
WordPress Support Forums http://wordpress.org/support/
WordPress.Org Registration http://wordpress.org/support/register.php
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19. For Early Adopters...
Test beta versions of WordPress and report bugs
Get Started Resources
Beta Tester Plugin
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-
tester/
How to Report a Bug http://codex.wordpress.org/Reporting_Bugs
WordPress Trac http://core.trac.wordpress.org/
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20. For Community ...
WordCamps. WP MeetUps.
Attend. Volunteer. Speak. Organize.
Get Started Resources
WordPress Events Blog http://make.wordpress.org/events/
Official WordCamp Website http://central.wordcamp.org/
Become an Organizer
http://central.wordcamp.org/become-an-
organizer/
Help Plan WordCamps http://plan.wordcamp.org/
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21. HELP MAKE WORDPRESS.
@LisaSabinWilson - http://webdevstudios.com
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