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1. Kunena Forum Project
Matias Griese
Lead developer of Kunena
Email: matias@kunena.org
Twitter: @MatiasGriese
Web: www.kunena.org
Joomla! Day Finland 2011
5-11-2011
2. What’s Kunena?
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Free forum component
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Native for Joomla! 1.5, 1.7 and beyond
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4 major releases
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Active development & support
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Bug fix release cycle every 2-3 months
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3. What’s Kunena again?
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Community based project
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Translated into 20-30 languages
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1.6M downloads, used in 300-500k sites
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Many add-ons
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Import from phpBB, SMF2, Joomla forums
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4. RIP FireBoard 6/2008 - 12/2008
✗ No strategic vision
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Not responding to needs of the community
MY OWN needs were not met
➔ Build it myself or use something else
With others feeling the same Kunena was born
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5. Major Releases
Kunena 1.0 2/2009 – 11/2009
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First objective: make it usable
Kunena 1.5 6/2009 – 1/2011
• Second objective: Broaden its appeal
Kunena 1.6 & 1.7 3/2010 –
• Third objective: Make it maintainable & Joomla! 1.6+
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6. Kunena 2.0 – New Vision
Objective: Communication platform
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Providing a way forward for existing users
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Performance & Scalability
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Easy & powerful integration
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More than just a forum (for J! 1.5 & 2.5)
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8. How did Kunena become popular?
Q: How to succeed with Open Source?
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Be open
• Gain a good reputation
• Build your community
• Organize your project
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9. Be Open; Collaborate
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GPL: visibility in JED
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GitHub: allow others to participate
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Transifex: make translating easy
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Forum: allow people to help themselves
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Wiki: allow people to find information
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10. Be Known; Gain Reputation
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Be responsive to the users needs
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Use media: positive JED reviews
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Aim for robustness, reliability, quality
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Strong partnerships and connections
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11. Build Your Community
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Reward the most helpful users
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Bind key people to your project
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Provide new opportunities for
volunteers to participate
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Self helping and active community
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12. Organize Your Project
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Leadership skills; keeping it together
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Technical skills; understanding technology
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Journal skills; telling a good story
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Design skills; attracting new people
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Marketing skills; turning users into addicts
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Nobody can do everything alone
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13. Managing Your Community
Shit happens:
Deal effectively with trouble makers
Deal with internal conflicts
DON'T HESITATE to kick out team
member if he becomes an obstacle
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14. Managing Your Project
Team members (including you):
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tend to do whatever they want to
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may have 8h / day or 1h / week
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often promise more than they can deliver
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come and go
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15. Why Do People Participate?
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Fulfilling their own needs
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Having fun
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Believing in the project
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Worship of the leader
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16. Kunena – Who Are They?
LittleJohn, 810, Matias, svanschu, xillibit
(fxstein, severdia, sozzled, Mortti, rich...)
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17. Why To Start Making Money?
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There is no room for sentiment in life
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Your efforts are valuable
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Project needs predictable schedules
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Project needs reliable support
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Project needs to grow
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18. How to make money?
$1 000 000 question!
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19. Questions?
• Questions?
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20. The end
Thank you for listening
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