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