As an open source project, MODX has the benefit of tapping into a large community of users, designers and developers to grow and improve. In this talk, Mark will talk about how everyone can contribute in their own way and what has the biggest impact. Obstacles like Git will be broken down and the community will celebrate.

1. CONTRIBUTING TO MODX
Mark Hamstra

2. MARK HAMSTRA
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Freelancer
xPDO
22 year old
Ambassador
Entrepreneur
PHP
MODXer since 0.9.6.2-ish
Bacardi
ExtJS Self-taught Not a morning person
Back-end Developer
Introvert (except online, doh)
Lazy
Former Hospitality Management Student
Twitter
Email:
Personal website:
Business website:
@mark_hamstra
hello@markhamstra.com
mrkh.co
modmore.com

4. “Unity is strength... when there is
teamwork and collaboration, wonderful
things can be achieved.”
–Mattie Stepanek
mrkh.co/ctm/q

5. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO…
Leader
Follower
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7. ROLES IN OPEN SOURCE
End User
Site builder
Bug Handlers
Documentation
Ambassador
Designer
Developer
Tester
Committer
Project Leadership
mrkh.co/ctm/c

8. BUG HANDLERS
Report Bugs
Go through existing bugs to
replicate and categorise
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9. DOCUMENTATION
Create tutorials
Update the RTFM
Structure available
documentation
Collect off-site learning materials
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10. AMBASSADOR
Spread the Word
Organise Meetups / Events
Talk about MODX at events

11. Need a Meetup Sponsor?
Email support@modmore.com

12. DESIGNER
2.3 is looking shiny, but not shiny
enough!
Developers can’t design
Please help. Please.

13. DEVELOPERS
Developers rock!
How to be awesome (IFIPS™):
1. Identify what you want to fix
2. Fix it (PHP, xPDO, CSS or ExtJS)*
3. Import the fix to Git**
4. Pull Request the awesome
5. Success, celebrate!
*Need help? hello@markhamstra.com
**Learn git: try.github.com

14. DEVELOPERS » GIT IS EASY!
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Fork the modxcms/revolution repository on Github
$ git clone https://github.com/your-username/revolution.git modx
$ git checkout [release-2.2|develop|release-2.3]
$ git checkout -b bug-1234
Install MODX from Git: mrkh.co/ctm/git
Fix bugs!
$ git add .
$ git commit -m “Fixed bug 1234”
$ git push -u origin bug-1234

15. TESTER
Identify bugs!
Work with preview releases
Start testing 2.3!
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16. PROJECT LEADERSHIP
mrkh.co/ctm/rant

17. mrkh.co/ctm/er

19. mrkh.co/ctm/com

20. ROADMAP IN THE RTFM

21. ROADMAP IN THE TRACKER

22. ROADMAP LIKE MARK WANTS IT
Revolution 2.3.0
Release: January 2014 | Feature cut-off: December 2013
New Features:
[done] User Group Settings
[in-dev] Package Dependencies
[open] Uninstall Options
[done] Deprecate modAction
Improvements:
• [in-dev] Cleaner Manager interface.

23. PROJECT LEADERSHIP
mrkh.co/ctm/rant

24. ROLES IN OPEN SOURCE
End User
Site builder
Bug Handlers
Documentation
Ambassador
Designer
Developer
Tester
Committer
Project Leadership
mrkh.co/ctm/c

26. THANK YOU
Contacts
@mark_hamstra
hello@markhamstra.com
markhamstra.com