My Joomla Story - Joomla!Day Germany 2012

My Joomla! Story
Joomla!Day Germany, Berlin
6 october 2012
Sander Potjer - @sanderpotjer
Joomla! Community Leadership Team

Berlin, Germany -> Weesp, The Netherlands

www.joomla.org Joomla!Day Germany 2012

Weesp


Weesp, Amsterdam & Pampus


Pampus


Voor-Pampus expression 1


Voor-Pampus expression 2


Voor-Pampus rowing team in 2002


Sloeproeien: ‘Kutterpullen’


Muiden-Pampus-Muiden


Muiden-Pampus-Muiden race


Enjoying beers after hard work


My first webpage ‘costs overview’


Website around ‘costs overview’


Ok, yes... I used FrontPage too!


How do websites update links?


CuteNews, no database required


Rowing website in CuteNews


But then, my first website using a CMS...


... a CMS, called “Joomla!”


Started to help people on local forum


Help out others on local or
international Joomla forums.

www.joomla.org
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Joomla!Day Germany 2012

Joined on of the active teams


Join team of local /
international communities.

www.joomla.org
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Joomla translations


Translate Joomla, Joomla
extensions & Joomla

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documentation.


My first Joomla!Day in 2008


Attend Joomla events.
http://events.joomla.org

www.joomla.org
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Sitting next to future team colleague


Fork of the local community


Start of JoomlaCommunity.eu in 2008


JoomlaDay UK in 2009


Part of the Dutch Joomla!Days team 2009


Start of Joomla User Groups in The Netherlands in 2010


Meanwhile 14 JUG’s


Joomla 1.6 release party 2011


Organize / speak / attend
Joomla User Groups (JUG).

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http://community.joomla.org/user-groups.html


JUG’s in Germany


Started testing new versions of Joomla


And report (& sometimes fix) issues


Help testing Joomla & report
(and fix?) bugs.
http://joomlacode.org/issuetracker
http://docs.joomla.org/Bug_Squad

www.joomla.org
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Founded local foundation “Stichting Sympathy” 2011


Backpack with experience from local community


(You can buy the bag if you want)


Joined the Community Leadership Team 2011


Back to my rowing team


Joomla does not have a “steersman”


Joomla Leadership at J and Beyond 2012


Open Source Matters


Join the Joomla trademark
team.

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http://magazine.joomla.org/issues/Issue-Sept-2012/item/872-Volunteers-needed-for-the-Trademark-Team


Production Leadership Team


Community Leadership Team


Working with people from all around the globe


Language barriers: challenges


But it is fun!


Dutch Joomla!Days organized by Stichting Sympathy


From ‘session event’ to ‘social event’


Active local community


Printed local Joomla Magazine


30 people involved with creation of magazine


Share knowledge by writing
articles.
http://magazine.joomla.org/join-joomla-magazine

www.joomla.org 8

Write article for Joomla Community Magazine


CLT Liaison for Joomla Extensions Directory


Use Joomla Extensions
Directory, review, report or

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join the team.
http://extensions.joomla.org/component/content/article/30


Joomla marketing group www.joomla.org/3


Main communication via Skype group chat


Sneak preview of joomla.org improvements


With detection for other languages


Join the Joomla Marketing
team.

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http://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=699


Started rowing in 2002


Still rowing 10 years later, but learned more then just rowing!


Submit your story www.joomlastory.com


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10 ways to contribute


10 ways to contribute
1 Help out others on local or international Joomla forums.
2 Join team of local / international communities
3 Translate Joomla, Joomla extensions & Joomla documentation.
4 Attend Joomla events.
5 Organize / speak / attend Joomla User Groups (JUG).
6 Help testing Joomla & report (and fix?) bugs.
7 Join the Joomla trademark team.
8 Share knowledge by writing articles.
9 Use Joomla Extensions Directory, review, report or join the team.
10 Join the Joomla Marketing team.

But many more possibilities, up to you!
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