{"id":543,"date":"2017-04-18T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T20:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.bern.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2017-09-01T11:50:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:50:55","slug":"contributor-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/contributor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-919\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.bern.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/bern.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/04\/WordPress-Core-Contributors-WordCamp-Switzerland-2015.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>WordCamp Contributor Days give you a special opportunity to share a room with other people who are contributing to WordPress. WordPress is now running more than 27% of the World Wide Web and it needs our help. We encourage you to take part in WordCamp Bern&#8217;s Contributor Day: especially if you have never contributed before and you\u2019re looking for a way to get started. There will be people at the conference and at Contributor Day who can help you get started.<\/p>\n<h4>Register for attendance<\/h4>\n<p>Attendance at Contributor Day\u00a0is free, but attendance is not included in the conference ticket. Please complete <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScX1IWuc0_5rEhxhxNSBe9GbqtJ_zxmSHxK8nUHuox4F-zTpA\/viewform\">this separate\u00a0registration form<\/a>. We are using a smaller venue, which means that there will be a limited number of places available.<\/p>\n<h4>When and where will Contributor Day be held?<\/h4>\n<p>WordCamp Bern&#8217;s Contributor Day will take place on <strong>Friday 8th September 2017 <\/strong>at<strong> 09:00 am<\/strong>. \u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.bern.wordcamp.org\/location\/#contributor-day\">location<\/a> is around five\u00a0minutes from Bern&#8217;s main station when travelling by public transport, and there will be free car\/bike\u00a0parking spaces available. <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.bern.wordcamp.org\/location\/#contributor-day\">Find the address here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>What do I need?<\/h4>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget your laptop and charger \u2013 you\u2019ll need them during the contributing process.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for (or make sure that you already have):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/register.php\">WordPress.org account<\/a><\/li>\n<li>a <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">Slack account<\/a> for WordPress users (we can help you create that!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently, the main communication medium for contributors is Slack, so download a desktop version or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\">web version<\/a>\u00a0with your WordPress.org credentials.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding the Contributors day, reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.bern.wordcamp.org\/contact\/\">any organizer<\/a> or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wcbrn\">#wcbrn<\/a>\u00a0hashtag on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h4>What happens at Contributor Day?<\/h4>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never contributed your time to WordPress before, Contributor Day is a great place to start. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone to help projects like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Core<\/a> \u2013 improve the main WordPress platform. Pascal (<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/swissspidy\/\">@swissspidy<\/a>) &#8211; who is a core committer &#8211; can help you get you to get started with contributing to WordPress Core.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/\">Design<\/a> &#8211; Help design and develop the user interface for WordPress; a home for designers and UXers alike. Maja <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/travel_girl\/\">@travel_girl<\/a> will leading this team.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/\">Theme Review<\/a> \u2013 Join the team which is responsible for the high quality in the WordPress.org Themes Directory. Ulrich (<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/grapplerulrich\/\">@grapplerulrich<\/a>) from the Key Reviewers team will be around to help with any questions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/\">Translations<\/a> \u2013 make WordPress and its accompanying resources available in your language. Dominik Schilling <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ocean90\/\">@ocean90<\/a> will be helping lead this team.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/\">Community<\/a> \u2013 improve the WordCamp and meetup organization processes. Help getting a meetup started in your area. We have meetups in Geneva, Bern, Z\u00fcrich, Luzern, Baden, Sion, and St. Gallen. Thomas Bruehl <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/00sleepy\/\">@00sleepy<\/a> will be helping how you can start a WordPress community in your area.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/tv\/\">WordPress.tv<\/a> \u2013 reviews and approves every video submitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/WordPress.tv\">WordPress.tv<\/a>. They also help WordCamps with video post-production. We need help editing the videos of the talks so that we can upload them to WordPress.tv.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More ways to contribute<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/\">Documentation<\/a> \u2013 improve the Codex, handbooks and other online resources for WordPress users and developers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/\">Support<\/a> \u2013 spread some happiness by helping out WordPress users in the support forums.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a> \u2013Make WordPress core and bundled themes accessible &amp; usable for all.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/glotpress\/\">GlotPress<\/a> \u2013 help to improve the collaborative, web-based software translation tool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/\">Mobile<\/a> \u2013 with the growing number of mobile devices on a daily basis, let\u2019s make WordPress more mobile-friendy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meta\/\">Meta<\/a> \u2013 help the main WordPress websites such as WordPress.org or WordPress.tv.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buddypress.org\/\">BuddyPress<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bbpress.org\/\">bbPress<\/a> \u2013 grow the community building group by helping each of these projects.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wordpress.org\/plugins\/json-rest-api\/\">Rest API<\/a> \u2013 join the Rest API team and start contributing to the future of WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Contributor Days give you a special opportunity to share a room with other people who are contributing to WordPress. WordPress is now running more than 27% of the World Wide Web and it needs our help. 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