Presentation about the Joomla project en community involvement, with a closer look on the local Dutch Joomla community, given at Dutch Joomladays 2009 in Nieuwegein by Sander Potjer & Wilco Jansen

1. The Joomla! project
Community involvement
Nieuwegein, Netherlands
Wilco Jansen, Sander Potjer

2. What is this presenta,on about?

3. 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

4. The beginning…

5. On 31 August 2005

6. On 27 April 2009

7. User Groups Around the World

8. To boldly go where no one has gone before?
• 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

9. To boldly go where no one has gone before?

10. To boldly go where no one has gone before?

11. The key for the growth of Joomla!

12. The license

13. Leadership (workgroups)

14. And community

15. “All together”

17. Communi'es in the Netherlands

18. JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ founded on October 1st, 2008
‐ by 16 (old‐) team members of
DutchJoomla
‐ currently 25 team members

19. 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

20. Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:
Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu

21. Timeline
‐ October 1, 2008:
Launch of JoomlaCommunity.eu
‐ January 10, 2009:
Dutch local help in Joomla 1.5.9

22. 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

23. 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'on
Dutch Transla'on Team founded

24. Short site tour, what do we offer?

25. JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er

26. JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er

27. JC subsites
www.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ news
‐ general info
‐ Joomla! books
‐ Joomla! agenda
‐ newsle[er

28. JC subsites
download.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ Dutch transla'ons of Joomla
core (1.0 and 1.5)
‐ Dutch language files for
extensions
‐ VirtueMart

29. JC subsites
download.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ Dutch transla'ons of Joomla
core (1.0 and 1.5)
‐ Dutch language files for
extensions
‐ VirtueMart

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. JC subsites
forum.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ anyone is welcome!
‐ for real Joomla n00bs &
professional users

34. JC subsites
forum.joomlacommunity.eu
‐ anyone is welcome!
‐ for real Joomla n00bs &
professional users

35. JoomlaCommunity.eu structure

36. Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and
Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional
Joomla! users

37. 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 team

38. Documenta*eteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and
Moderatorteam
Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional
Joomla! users
4 teams:
Documenta'on team
Moderator team

39. Documenta*eteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and
Moderatorteam
Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional
Joomla! users
4 teams:
Documenta'on team
Moderator team
Subsites & structure team
Subsites & structuurteam

40. Documenta*eteam
Team members
‐ 25 team members
‐ from the Netherlands and
Moderatorteam
Belgium
‐ ages between 16 and 56
‐ Hobby & Professional
Joomla! users
4 teams:
Documenta'on team
Moderator team
Subsites & structure team
Transla'on team Subsites & structuurteam
Taalteam

41. Communica,on

42. Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums

43. Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums
‐ MSN/Skype group chat

44. Communica,on
‐ our (private) forums
‐ MSN/Skype group chat
‐ on (Joomla!) events/
mee'ngs

45. Joomla! releases
Q: “How is it possible that the
Dutch transla'on is released
so soon acer a Joomla
release?!”

46. 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!

47. Contribute to the Joomla! project

48. “Why should I contribute?”

49. “How can I contribute to ?”

50. How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the
forums

51. How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the
forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs

52. How can I contribute?
‐ help other users on the
forums
‐ give feedback/report bugs
‐ send in your transla'ons of
extensions

53. 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

54. 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

55. “That’s certainly 'me‐consuming!” Or...?

56. “What is in it for me?”

57. Sneak preview!

58. We’re working on:
‐ security list

59. We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups

60. We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups
‐ restructuring of Downloads
& Documenta'on

61. We’re working on:
‐ security list
‐ Joomla User Groups
‐ restructuring of Downloads
& Documenta'on
‐ integra'on of
MijnJoomlaSite.nl into
JoomlaCommunity.eu