{"id":12041,"date":"2022-05-05T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2022-05-06T08:26:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T07:26:04","slug":"contributing-as-a-beginner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/contributing-as-a-beginner\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributing as a beginner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penny is a WordCamp newby and a WordPress beginner and she had some worries about not being able to contribute at Contributor day. <br>To tackle this she had a conversation with Wendie, an experienced WordPresser and WordCamper, who already joined several Contributor days. Together they discussed several teams that Penny can contribute to even if she has no experience contributing. You can listen to the conversation here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/05\/contributing-conversation_Penny_Wendie.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways from this conversation: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There is always an area you can contribute. <\/li><li>All the teams can be found at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\" target=\"_blank\">make.wordpress.org<\/a><\/li><li>A beginner&#8217;s perspective is a valuable asset to bring to the table<\/li><li>Asking questions and sharing your experiences is also contributing<\/li><li>Contributing isn&#8217;t confined to Contributor day, you can do it any time that is convenient for you<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Lo and behold, after our discussion, I now have the problem of deciding between 6 teams which I have an interest in participating in.<\/p><cite>Penny<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you a beginner at Contributing and a little scared and worried there might not be something you can contribute to? <br>Contributor day will start off with a small introduction for beginners to get you started. Besides contributing, connecting to other WordPress people and learning new things are all part of the Contributor day experience. We look forward to seeing you there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penny and Wendie &lt;3 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/contributor-day\/contributor-day-registration\/\">Sign up for Contributor Day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny is a WordCamp newby and a WordPress beginner and she had some worries about not being able to contribute at Contributor day. To tackle this she had a conversation with Wendie, an experienced WordPresser and WordCamper, who already joined several Contributor days. Together they discussed several teams that Penny can contribute to even if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/contributing-as-a-beginner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Contributing as a beginner&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15025730,"featured_media":12299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"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":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/files\/2022\/05\/contributing_post.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15025730"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12500,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions\/12500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}