Contributing to WordPress without Coding
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The document outlines various ways to contribute to WordPress without coding, including participating in forums, community outreach, meetups, and events like WordCamps. It emphasizes opportunities in areas such as documentation, accessibility, training, translation, design, and plugin development. The text provides details on specific times and channels for engagement, aimed at inviting users to contribute based on their skills and interests.
Contributing to WordPress without Coding
- 1. H O W T O C O N T R I B U T E T O W O R D P R E S S W I T H O U T C O D I N G S L I D E S C A N B E F O U N D AT H T T P : / / M L B . P W / W C M I A 1 5
- 2. M I C H E L E B U T C H E R • WordPress Specialist, Site Cleaner, and Trainer for WP Security Lock • One Woman Wonder at Can’t Speak Geek • WordPress Evangelist for InMotion Hosting • WordPress Website Designer @michele_butcher
- 3. T H E R E I S A L O T M O R E T O W O R D P R E S S T H A N C O R E Y O U C A N B E A C O N T R I B U T O R ! @michele_butcher
- 4. I F Y O U C A N L O G I N T O T H E D A S H B O A R D , Y O U C A N C O N T R I B U T E @michele_butcher
- 5. M A K E . W O R D P R E S S . O R G @michele_butcher
- 6. W O R D P R E S S . S L A C K . C O M @michele_butcher
- 7. I B E T N O W Y O U A R E W O N D E R I N G J U S T H O W Y O U C A N C O N T R I B U T E @michele_butcher
- 8. 1 . F O R U M S • The most popular way to contribute • Anyone can ask and answer tickets • Can respond to any tickets • Can choose which tickets to answer • Spend as much or as little time as you want WordPress.org/Support Forums Chat Thursdays 16:00 UTC #forums @michele_butcher
- 9. 2 . C O M M U N I T Y https://make.wordpress.org/community/ • Community Outreach Team Projects • Meetups • WordCamps • WordPress.TV Meetups and Volunteering Tuesdays 1500 UTC WordCamps and Finances Thursdays 1500:UTC #Events @michele_butcher
- 10. C O M M U N I T Y O U T R E A C H T E A M P R O J E C T S @michele_butcher Thursdays at 19:00 UTC #outreach https://make.wordpress.org/community/team-projects/ • Diversity Outreach • Mentorship Programs • Academic Programs • Public Service • Training (more on this soon)
- 11. M E E T U P. C O M / S F - W O R D P R E S S - U S E R S / Y O U R L O C A L W O R D P R E S S M E E T U P Davie Location: Nova Southeastern University, Carl DeSantis Building Every first Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress User Meetup. Every third Thursday of the month, we have the WordPress Developer Meetup. Miami Location: Miami Ad School | 571 NW 28 Street, Miami, FL 33127 @michele_butcher
- 12. N O T I N S O U T H F L O R I D A ? See meetup.com for your local WordPress Meetup Group and times. @michele_butcher
- 13. M E E T U P S @michele_butcher • New Meetup Application Review • Existing Meetup Transfers • Co-Organizer for local Meetups • New Meetup Starter Pack https://make.wordpress.org/community/meetups/ Weekly Office Hours Tuesday, May 26, 2015 15:00 UTC-5 and Thursday, May 28, 2015 15:00 UTC-5 in the #events
- 14. W O R D C A M P S @michele_butcher WordCamp.org • Organize a WordCamp • Volunteer at a WordCamp • Setup/Takedown/Venue • Happiness Bar • Speak at a WordCamp • Sponsor a WordCamp https://make.wordpress.org/community/wordcamps/ WorCamp Sponsorship Office Hours Wednesdays at 17:00 UTC #events
- 15. W O R D P R E S S . T V Thursdays at 17:00 on #WPTV @michele_butcherWordPress.tv • Editing Video • Uploading Video • @brashrebel plugin that brings WP.tv to the dashboard • https://github.com/brashrebel/wptv • Captioning of videos • Documentation
- 16. 3 . T R A I N I N G Tuesdays at 1800 UTC #outreach on Slack @michele_butcher Making reusable lesson plans for Meetups, community groups, and others to use to teach WordPress • Slides, • Documentation • Printables
- 17. 4 . D O C U M E N TAT I O N @michele_butcher Thursdays 19:00 UTC #docs • Updating and editing the Codex • Helping out with the Handbooks • Upating WordPress’ inline docs • Helping to build developer.WordPress.org https://make.wordpress.org/docs/
- 18. F O R T H O S E W H O D O L I K E A L I T T L E C O D E B U T N O T M U C H T H E R E I S A L I T T L E S O M E T H I N G F O R E V E RY O N E @michele_butcher
- 19. 5 . A C C E S S I B I L I T Y @michele_butcher Mondays 18:00 UTC #accessibility Help to make WordPress available to everyone • Accessibility Testing • Accessible Theme Pattern Library Ideas • WP Accessibility Plugin https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/
- 20. 6 . P O LY G L O T S @michele_butcher Europe, South America, Africa & West Asia Wednesdays 10:00UCT Asia, Australia, New Zealand 16:00UTC #polygots Help translate WordPress into all the languages. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/
- 21. A N D I F Y O U J U S T A B S O L U T E LY L O V E C O D E … There are a few places for you. Plus, if you are wanting to learn more about PHP, CSS, and HTML, what better way than to write your own plugin or theme?
- 22. 7 . D E S I G N @michele_butcher The design and development of the user interface Thursdays 17:00 UTC #design https://make.wordpress.org/design/ • Image Flow Links • Dashicons Posts • Core CSS Roadmap
- 23. 8 . M O B I L E @michele_butcher Mondays 16:00 UTC #mobile iOS and Android app for mobile devices • Design • Development • Documentation • Handbook updates https://make.wordpress.org/mobile/
- 24. 9 . M E TA @michele_butcher Meta is where all the WordPress.org projects happen. For a list of current projects https://make.wordpress.org/meta/project-queue/ #meta on Slack
- 25. 1 0 . T H E M E S @michele_butcher Every theme is reviewed and approved by the Theme Review Team before going onto the WordPress Theme Repository. Tuesdays 18:00 UTC #themereview https://make.wordpress.org/themes/
- 26. 1 1 . P L U G I N S No Office Hours or Slack meetings @michele_butcher Contribute to WordPress by taking your function idea and turn it into a plugin https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/
- 27. 1 2 . C O R E Y O U C A N A LWA Y S C O N T R I B U T E T O W O R D P R E S S C O R E . T H E R E W E R E O V E R 2 8 0 C O N T R I B U T O R S F O R W O R D P R E S S 4 . 2 Y O U C A N B E O N E O F T H E M A N Y O N W O R D P R E S S 4 . 3 O R 4 . 4 @michele_butcher Wednesdays 20:00 UTC #core https://make.wordpress.org/core/
- 28. Q U E S T I O N S ? @michele_butcher
- 29. T H A N K Y O U F O R AT T E N D I N G ! Slides can be found at https://mlb.pw/wcmia15 Michele Butcher @michele_butcher http://wpsecuritylock.com http://cantspeakgeek.com