This document discusses how individuals can get involved with and contribute to the TYPO3 open source content management system project. It provides an overview of TYPO3, including its history and community. It then outlines various ways people can contribute, such as contributing code, participating in events, writing documentation, or providing financial support. The document encourages people to get involved in teams, committees, and activities to help support and advance the TYPO3 project.

1. TYPO3 & You
What TYPO3 gives you and how you can give back

2. Agenda
● About me
● What is this all about?
● TYPO3
● You
● Contribution and involvement
● Questions and answers

3. About me

4. About me
● Olivier Dobberkau, 48
● President of the TYPO3 Association
● TYPO3 since version 3.2
● Founder of dkd Internet Service GmbH, Germany
● Head of Research & Development
● Twitter: @T3RevNeverEnd
● E-Mail: olivier.dobberkau@typo3.org

5. What is this all
about?

6. What is this all about?
● You and TYPO3, TYPO3 and You
● Joining an open source community is difficult
● Lots of hidden doors
● Not everyone can contribute to the code base
● Give and take
● Inspiring to Share
● Community of interests
● Understanding motivation
● Find your spot and thrive on!

7. TYPO3

8. TYPO3
● Open Source Enterprise Content Management System
○ Web server, PHP & MySQL
● Existing since more the 15 years. Many releases
● Zillions of websites made with it
● Very much used in DACH area. Good usage in Europe
● 62,324,032 $ of worth man hours
● Initially invented and released by Kasper Skaarhoj
● Developed by a great community (over 50.000 typo3.org users)
● Under the patronage of the TYPO3 Association
○ Trademarks, financial and legal support
○ Events, information, education & certification

9. TYPO3 in numbers
● 3,833,548 lines of code
● 1133 person-years of effort
● Coding Languages
○ PHP 64%
○ Javascript 21%
○ XML 5%
○ CSS 5%
○ HTML 1,6%
● 95.6863 commits by 588 contributors
● 62,324,032 $ of worth man hours
● Source: https://www.openhub.net/p/typo3

10. The Y in TYPO is for
You

11. You
● Who are you?
○ TYPO3 Agency providing TYPO3 Services
○ TYPO3 Client searching for or using TYPO3 Services
○ Hosting Company
○ Open source coder
○ ???

12. Contribution &
Involvement

13. Contribution and Involvement
● How can you be active in the TYPO3 community?
○ Contribute to the code base
○ Join a team
■ Core Team
■ Marketing Team
■ T3ORG
■ Security
■ Documentation
○ Go to a TYPO3 event
■ Conference, barcamp, user group, meet TYPO3
■ Internet day Italy i.e.
○ Write a blog post
○ Ask questions on the forums, mailing lists, slack or stackoverflow

14. Contribution and Involvement
● Donate to TYPO3
● Join the TYPO3 Association
● Support a crowdfunding activity
● Go to a TYPO3 Event
● Join a Committee
● Follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Youtube
○ @TYPO3,
● Post your thoughts with #TYPO3
● Show your TYPO3 project to the world!

15. More than a favour
● How can you return the favour of getting TYPO3 for free?
○ Place a link to typo3.org on your website
○ Use the right TYPO3 logo and link to typo3.org
○ Write a blog post about your TYPO3 usage
■ How you did stuff
○ Invite other Web Agencies for a TYPO3 demonstration
● Write a small thank you e-mail to the extension author
● Looks for someone amazon wishlist
● Send a gift or voucher to someone that you see doing stuff
● Sponsor the travel of somebody else contributing
● Send Sweets for a code sprint

16. Your todo list
● Create an account on typo3.org
○ https://typo3.org/my-account/sign-up/
● Join the TYPO3 slack
○ https://forger.typo3.org/slack
● Identify a project you can contribute to
○ https://typo3.org/teams-committees/
● Request a personal mentor
○ https://typo3.org/community/mentorship/
● Look out for a TYPO3 event
○ https://typo3.org/events/
● Join as a member of the TYPO3 Association
○ https://typo3.org/association/membership/levels/

17. Grazie!
Thank you!

18. Questions and answers

19. How to contact me
Olivier Dobberkau
President of the TYPO3 Association
TYPO3 Association, Sihlbruggstrasse 105, CH-6340 Baar, Switzerland
Support the TYPO3 project by joining the TYPO3 Association as a member:
http://typo3.org/join
E-Mail olivier.dobberkau@typo3.org
Web http://typo3.org/association/