Community its easier than you think

By blueRiver

Mura CMS !!

Community:!It’s easier than you think!!

About Me: Grant Shepert• Developer for 20 years • Started using Mura CMS in 2008 • Plugin development : Meld MiniCommerce, Forums,

many others • Core contributor: Drag/Drop FormBuilder, Bundles • Head the office in London, UK

What is community?

What is community?it’s not just about contributing code!

What is community?

What is community?• sharing ideas

• asking questions

• answering questions

• distributing knowledge

• mentoring

• building awareness

• expansion into otherneighbourhoods

• robust, healthy andself-sustaining

Why is it important?

Why is it important?• awareness


• creates a resource pool



• mentors and Subject Matter Experts




• trust and respect





• long life





• long life

• profit

I would but…

I would but…• …I’m shy


• …I can’t code



• …I don’t know how




• …I had a bad experience




• …I had a bad experience

• …I have a problem with commitment

Blogging & Social Media

Blogging & Social Media • Let people know about the cool things you are

working on


working on

• Solve a problem? Write a blog about it!


working on


• Share what excites you


working on



• Discoveries and successes


working on



• Discoveries and successes

• Failures and frustrations

Blogging & Social Media

Evangelism

Evangelism • Engage in conversations


• Promote your work, your tools, your success stories



• Introduce Mura to other communities



• Introduce Mura to other communities

• Show off your work

Conferences

Conferences • Do presentations


• Lightning talks


• Lightning talks

• B.O.F.s


• Lightning talks

• B.O.F.s

• Attend, chat, educate

Themes

Themes • Design a theme


• Client design … generic / distributable?


• Client design … generic / distributable?

• Theme Forrest … sell your themes!

Community Support

Community Support • Google Group


• LinkedIn


• LinkedIn

• GitHub


• LinkedIn

• GitHub

• also on Twitter, StackOverflow, Facebook

Translations

Translations • Mura currently translated into multiple languages

http://crowdin.net/projects/MuraCMS


• Project crowdin.net/projects/MuraCMS




• 4 complete, 7 partial, many to go




• 4 complete, 7 partial, many to go

• Mura documentation


Bug reporting

Bug reporting • Find a bug and report it


• GitHub is a community ‘support’ hub too



• post issues



• post issues

• fix & pull request

Documentation

Documentation • Development

• Best Practise

• Code Examples

• Themes

• Administration

• Plugins

• Quick Start Guides

• Installation

• How To Tutorials

• Implementation

• Translate

• Contribute to the officialdocumentation

Documentation

Documentation • Delivery methods


• online, books, tutorials (uDemy, NetTuts), videos, app/digital



• Updates



• Updates

• Mura Publish + Workflow



• Updates


• Translations



• Updates


• Translations

• Translation Manager

$.getBean(‘coCode

$.getBean(‘coCode • GitHub: 120 contributions


• Post a solution


• Post a solution

• Write a plugin


• Post a solution

• Write a plugin

• 390 Github projects


• Post a solution

• Write a plugin


• Contribute functionality


• Post a solution

• Write a plugin



• Sponsor functionality


• Post a solution

• Write a plugin



• Sponsor functionality

• Workflow, Approval Chains via RCUK

Participation Optional

Participation Optional • Do what you’re comfortable with


• Don’t be afraid to reach out to us



• Don’t be discouraged




• Be socially responsible





• Participation is optional, but encouraged






• Don’t expect to get out more than you put in






• Don’t expect to get out more than you put in

• Blue River will support the community, but not be the community

Hey…

Hey… … since I have your attention …

Hey… … since I have your attention …

… do you have any suggestions on improving, inspiring, growing or managing the community?

Thank You! Thanks for attending MuraCon, for your contributions, and for your involvement in our community!

Community its easier than you think

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