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Contributing to The OpenPhoto Project

There's a spot for everyone to be a part of something BIG

Hear ye, hear ye! Developers, designers, copywriters, community managers, translators, and anyone else who wants to help. If you want to contribute to The OpenPhoto Project, the good news is that there's probably a place where we could use your help!

It's easy to get in touch with us, as many of us hang out in #openphoto on Freenode. Don't hesitate to come and chat with us. We're happy to answer any questions you might have.

Here's a full list of ways to contact us:

Developers and Designers

There's a lot of engineering goodness to be had here. We've got code written in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Python, Java and Objective-C. If you're interested helping out with a specific part of OpenPhoto, then fork the repository and send us some pull requests. If you don't know exactly where to begin, then contact us. We're more than happy to help you get started.

That being said, the largest part of the code base is the frontend repository. It houses the web interface, as well as the REST API which every other repository communicates to. This repository is also the one we've got a formal process to contribute to with unit tests and the works.

Start contributing

Copywriters and Wordsmiths

If you've got a gift with words we're in desperate need of your help. Much of the community consists of engineers and well, we suck at taking complex ideas and distilling them into small and easy to understand sentences.

The best way to get started is to read the copy at the The OpenPhoto Project website. Some of it is technical, like the documentation, but much of it is also trying to explain why users should care about what we're building. Wherever your passion lies, we will definitely appreciate the help.

Everything can be found in the community repository for the non-technical bits or the frontend repository for the documentation.

You can open an issue for the appropriate repository or fork it and send us a pull request. If you have any questions, let us know using one of the channels above.

Community Managers and Social Media

Send an email to [email protected] or @mention us on Twitter if you'd like to help with Community Management or Social Media.

Translators

We want to make The OpenPhoto Project available for everyone. This means translating it into as many languages as possible. If you're interested in helping us out, then drop an email to [email protected] and we'll be in touch once we have our translation platform ready.