{"id":5042,"date":"2016-04-20T09:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2016-06-20T11:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T10:58:40","slug":"sign-up-for-wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sign-up-for-wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign up for WordCamp Europe 2016 Contributor Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>WordPress is created by thousands of people\u00a0just like you.\u00a0You don\u2019t have to be a developer or a designer to start contributing.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you answered a single question on WordPress.org forums, I have a surprise for you \u2013 you already contributed! But, you should come to WordCamp Europe Contributor Day on Sunday, June 26th, \u00a0and learn new ways of giving back to the community.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wceurope.polldaddy.com\/s\/wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day\">Sign up for #WCEU Contributor Day<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday, June 26!<\/h3>\n<p>Did\u00a0I mention that this would probably be the largest Contributor Day ever? Now&#8217;s your chance to write history.<\/p>\n<h2>What are contributor days?<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5067\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5067\" data-attachment-id=\"5067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sign-up-for-wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,387\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800&amp;#215;387\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Design team at WCEU 2015 Contributor day. Photo by kreatidos.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387-300x145.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-5067\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387.jpg\" alt=\"The Design team at WCEU 2015 Contributor day. Photo by kreatidos.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387.jpg 800w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387-768x372.jpg 768w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/kreatidos-glosario-contributor-day-wceu-2015-800x387-500x242.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Design team at WCEU 2015 Contributor day. Photo by kreatidos.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Contributor days give you a special opportunity to share a\u00a0room with some of the awesomest developers, designers and community enthusiasts from all over the world. So, don&#8217;t worry, we&#8217;ve got you covered nonetheless you&#8217;re a seasoned contributor or if this will be your first Contributor day. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Every year Contributor days get bigger with more and more people involved. <strong>WordPress is now running 25% of the World Wide Web and it needs our\u00a0help.<\/strong> And there are so may ways you could help. From helping the Theme Review team, working on\u00a0Translations, Community, Docs, Support, Accessibility or WordPress.tv \u2013 to name just a few. And don&#8217;t forget \u2013 that&#8217;s not nearly all. You could also contribute to Core, Design, GlotPress, Mobile&#8230; the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We encourage you to take part of Contributor Day especially if you have never contributed before and you&#8217;re looking for a way to get started.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Become a WordPress Contributor!<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve never contributed to WordPress before, WordCamp Europe would be a great place to start. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone to help the projects, such as:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sign-up-for-wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day\/wceu-contributor-day\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day.png\" data-orig-size=\"500,1273\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WordCcamp Europe 2016 Contributor Day\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-118x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-216x550.png\" class=\"wp-image-5047 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-118x300.png\" alt=\"WordCcamp Europe 2016 Contributor Day\" width=\"376\" height=\"956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-118x300.png 118w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-216x550.png 216w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day-393x1000.png 393w, https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/wceu-contributor-day.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Core<\/a> &#8211; improve the main WordPress platform<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/themes\/\">Theme Review<\/a> &#8211; join the team responsible for the high quality in the Themes Directory on WordPress.org<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/\">Translations<\/a> &#8211; make WordPress and its accompanying resources available in your language<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/\">Community<\/a> &#8211; improve the WordCamp and meetup organization processes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/docs\/\">Docs<\/a> &#8211; 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> &#8211; spread some happiness by helping out WordPress users in the support forums<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/design\/\">Design<\/a> &#8211; UI and UX updates<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a> &#8211; test and improve the accessibility of the WordPress project<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/tv\/\">WordPress.tv<\/a> &#8211; reviews and approves every video submitted to WordPress.tv. They also help WordCamps with video post-production.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/glotpress\/\">GlotPress<\/a> &#8211; help to improve the collaborative, web-based software translation tool, which was recently converted into a WordPress plugin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/mobile\/\">Mobile<\/a> &#8211; with the growing number of mobile devices on a daily basis, let&#8217;s make WordPress more mobile-friendy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meta\/\">Meta<\/a> &#8211; 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> &#8211; grow the community building group by helping each of these projects<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/meta\/2015\/07\/06\/wceu-2015-contributor-day-marketing-group-notes-this\/\">Marketing<\/a> &#8211; join and contribute to WordPress with other marketers from all around the globe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wordpress.org\/plugins\/json-rest-api\/\">Rest API<\/a> &#8211; join the Rest API team and start contributing to the future of WordPress<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/training\/\">Training<\/a> &#8211; join the group of educators teaching WordPress around the globe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See? There&#8217;s plenty of room for everyone, and we&#8217;re more than happy to welcome newcomers to each of the WordPress Contributors team!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure which team is best for you, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\">Make WordPress<\/a> website and all of the active teams.<\/p>\n<h2>What do I need?<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget your laptop and charger &#8211; you&#8217;ll 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<\/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 one<\/a> with your credentials.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding the Contributors day, reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/organizers\/\">any organizer<\/a> or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wceu\">#wceu<\/a> hashtag on Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>For Experienced Contributors<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an experienced WordPress contributor, join the Contributor Day! We are looking for more mentors for the people starting out, and your experience would be a great asset for the day.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in helping out and\/or mentor new contributors with a specific team, <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.europe.wordcamp.org\/contact\/\">let us know!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Plan For the Day<\/h2>\n<p>The Contributor Day will start at <strong>11am<\/strong> on June 26th at the Vienna University in the city center. And we will wrap up at <strong>6pm<\/strong>. Make sure that you are present at 11am when we will introduce the team leaders and the room that each team would be using for brainstorming and work.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch would be available, so don&#8217;t forget to mark your dietary requirements (if any) in the form below.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the contributing teams, workshops would also be given at a separate room at the building. Nothing is set in stone yet and you will be able to switch teams or attend some of the workshops.<\/p>\n<h2>Sign Up Now<\/h2>\n<p>Fill in the form below to secure your place. The places are limited so act fast and reserve your slot!<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/wceurope.polldaddy.com\/s\/wordcamp-europe-2016-contributor-day<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is created by thousands of people\u00a0just like you.\u00a0You don\u2019t have to be a developer or a designer to start contributing. 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