{"id":3308,"date":"2016-03-11T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.london.wordcamp.org\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2016-03-11T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:24:35","slug":"making-wordpress-at-contributor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/london.wordcamp.org\/2016\/making-wordpress-at-contributor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Making WordPress at Contributor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contributing back to WordPress is one of the most important ways of maintaining, improving and developing the platform. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;ve never contributed before, all you&#8217;ll need to get started is your laptop and a willingness to learn!<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp London 2016 will hold a Contributor Day\u00a0on <strong>Friday 8th April<\/strong> at London Metropolitan University in the <strong>Graduate Centre<\/strong>, and\u00a0we&#8217;d\u00a0like to warmly welcome all and every skill level to come along and make WordPress with us.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Teams<\/h2>\n<p>There are many\u00a0ways of getting involved with WordPress; here&#8217;s some of the areas you can contribute towards and some of the teams we&#8217;ll have running on Contributor Day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Core<\/h3>\n<p>You can write code, fix bugs, debate decisions, and help with WordPress development.<br \/>\nYou will need to have a local development tool set up on your laptop (<a href=\"https:\/\/2014.manchester.wordcamp.org\/setting-up-your-machine-for-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Design<\/h3>\n<p>The design group is focused on designing and developing the user interface. It\u2019s a home for designers and UXers alike. There are regular discussions about mockups, design, and user testing.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Accessibility<\/h3>\n<p>Making\u00a0WordPress core and all of WordPress\u2019 resources accessible.<br \/>\nYou will need to have a local development tool set up on your laptop (<a href=\"https:\/\/2014.manchester.wordcamp.org\/setting-up-your-machine-for-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Mobile<\/h3>\n<p>Help with the iOS, Android, Windows, and Blackberry apps. They need designers, UX experts, and testers to give users a smooth experience on every device.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Support<\/h3>\n<p>Answering a question in the support forums or IRC is one of the easiest ways to start contributing. Everyone knows the answer to something! You may need to have access to a test WordPress site (to be able to reproduce problems people mention).<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Polyglots<\/h3>\n<p>WordPress is used all over the world and in many different languages. If you\u2019re a polyglot, contribute by translating WordPress into your own language.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Themes<\/h3>\n<p>Reviewing themes sharpens your own theme development skills. You can help out and join the discussion on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to have a local development tool set up on your laptop (<a href=\"https:\/\/2014.manchester.wordcamp.org\/setting-up-your-machine-for-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Documentation<\/h3>\n<p>Helping people help themselves when they get stuck.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Community<\/h3>\n<p>Working to support events, to create outreach and training programs, and generally support the community.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Meta<\/h3>\n<p>The Meta team makes WordPress.org, provides support, and builds tools used by all the contributor groups.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>BuddyPress<\/h3>\n<p>Support the tool which builds WordPress communities.<br \/>\nYou will need to have a local development tool set up on your Laptop (<a href=\"https:\/\/2014.manchester.wordcamp.org\/setting-up-your-machine-for-contributor-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Day<\/h2>\n<p>Contributor Day is free but we only have a limited number of tickets available; you can claim your <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.london.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\">free Contributor Day ticket and purchase a\u00a0Conference ticket (if you haven&#8217;t already!) here<\/a>.\u00a0Registration will start at 09:00 and the event finishes at 17:00. When you register for Contributor Day, you&#8217;ll be registered early for the Conference and will be able collect your badges.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"stand-out\">Please do not forget to bring:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laptop<\/li>\n<li>Power cables and any plug adaptors<\/li>\n<li>Any additional\u00a0devices (to help with testing!)<\/li>\n<li>bundles of enthusiasm!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve signed up for Contributor Day, you&#8217;ll be receiving an email to confirm your attendance with all of the finer details.<\/p>\n<h3>Food &amp; Drinks<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ll provide food, drinks and snack throughout the whole day &#8211; as well as plenty of support and encouragement!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more about contributing to WordPress and ways to get involved beyond Contributor Day\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Make WordPress<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributing back to WordPress is one of the most important ways of maintaining, improving and developing the platform. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;ve never contributed before, all you&#8217;ll need to get started is your laptop and a willingness to learn! WordCamp London 2016 will hold a Contributor Day\u00a0on Friday 8th April at London Metropolitan University &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/london.wordcamp.org\/2016\/making-wordpress-at-contributor-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Making WordPress at Contributor Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14442817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6VVdi-Rm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4726,"url":"https:\/\/london.wordcamp.org\/2016\/call-for-organisers-wordcamp-london-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":3308,"position":0},"title":"Call for Organisers: WordCamp London 2017","author":"Jenny Wong","date":"08 Aug 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A massive thank you to everyone who made WordCamp London 2016 a success! 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