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Transcript of Joomla! Community Involvement
The Joomla! project
Community involvementNieuwegein, Netherlands
Wilco Jansen, Sander Potjer
What is this presenta,on about?
What is this presentation about?
A project like Joomla can only be achieved with an active community, in case of Joomla! the FOSS philosophy is used and the project materialized by the GPL
The beginning…
On 31 August 2005
On 27 April 2009
User Groups Around the World
• 4.640.631 visitors and 24.235.484 page hits past month
• 1.611.740 posts, 360.683 topics and 276.761 users in our forum
• More then 10.000.000 download• 82.000 registered developers and 2.255
registered projects on Joomlacode• 4.688 registered (active) projects on our
extensions site• 60+ supported languages
To boldly go where no one has gone before?
To boldly go where no one has gone before?
To boldly go where no one has gone before?
The key for the growth of Joomla!
The license
Leadership (workgroups)
And community
“All together”
Communi'es in the Netherlands
JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ founded on October 1st, 2008
‐ by 16 (old‐) team members of DutchJoomla
‐ currently 25 team members
JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ founded on October 1st, 2008
‐ by 16 (old‐) team members of DutchJoomla
‐ currently 25 team members
Our main targets:
‐ broad Joomla plaDorm in NL
‐ promote Joomla
‐ good rela'onships with Joomla users/developers/company’s in the Netherlands & Belgium
‐ high quality Joomla transla'on
‐ real ‘community’ and ‘Joomla’ (all together) spirit
‐ suppor'ng Joomla events
Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu
Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ January 10, 2009:Dutch local help in Joomla 1.5.9
Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ January 10, 2009:Dutch local help in Joomla 1.5.9
‐ January 15, 2009:Moorua.org & JoomlaCommunity.eu join forces
Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ January 10, 2009:Dutch local help in Joomla 1.5.9
‐ January 15, 2009:Moorua.org & JoomlaCommunity.eu join forces
‐ March 19, 2009:Official Joomla! transla'onDutch Transla'on Team founded
Short site tour, what do we offer?
JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er
JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er
JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er
JC subsites
download.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ Dutch transla'ons of Joomla core (1.0 and 1.5)
‐ Dutch language files for extensions
‐ VirtueMart
JC subsites
download.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ Dutch transla'ons of Joomla core (1.0 and 1.5)
‐ Dutch language files for extensions
‐ VirtueMart
JC subsites
help.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ documenta'on for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5
‐ documenta'on for Joomla extensions
‐ documenta'on for VirtueMart
‐ local Dutch help server
JC subsites
help.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ documenta'on for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5
‐ documenta'on for Joomla extensions
‐ documenta'on for VirtueMart
‐ local Dutch help server
JC subsites
help.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ documenta'on for Joomla 1.0 and 1.5
‐ documenta'on for Joomla extensions
‐ documenta'on for VirtueMart
‐ local Dutch help server
JC subsites
forum.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ anyone is welcome!
‐ for real Joomla n00bs & professional users
JC subsites
forum.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ anyone is welcome!
‐ for real Joomla n00bs & professional users
JoomlaCommunity.eu structure
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional Joomla! users
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional Joomla! users
4 teams:Documenta'on team
Documenta*eteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional Joomla! users
4 teams:Documenta'on teamModerator team
Documenta*eteam
Moderatorteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional Joomla! users
4 teams:Documenta'on teamModerator teamSubsites & structure team
Documenta*eteam
Moderatorteam
Subsites & structuurteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional Joomla! users
4 teams:Documenta'on teamModerator teamSubsites & structure teamTransla'on team
Documenta*eteam
Moderatorteam
Subsites & structuurteam
Taalteam
Communica,on
Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums
Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums
‐ MSN/Skype group chat
Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums
‐ MSN/Skype group chat
‐ on (Joomla!) events/mee'ngs
Joomla! releases
Q: “How is it possible that the Dutch transla'on is released so soon acer a Joomla release?!”
Joomla! releases
Q: “How is it possible that the Dutch transla'on is released so soon acer a Joomla release?!”
‐ we’re following the development
‐ some team members are also involved in the Joomla Bug Squad
‐ we receive the release notes early as transla'on partner
‐ great teamwork!
Contribute to the Joomla! project
“Why should I contribute?”
“How can I contribute to ?”
How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the forums
How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs
How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs
‐ send in your transla'ons of extensions
How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs
‐ send in your transla'ons of extensions
‐ join one of our teams
How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs
‐ send in your transla'ons of extensions
‐ join one of our teams
‐ other contribu'on, eg monthly ar'cles
“That’s certainly 'me‐consuming!” Or...?
“What is in it for me?”
Sneak preview!
We’re working on:
‐ security list
We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups
We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups
‐ restructuring of Downloads & Documenta'on
We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups
‐ restructuring of Downloads & Documenta'on
‐ integra'on of MijnJoomlaSite.nl into JoomlaCommunity.eu