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Mathieu Viet b7a6f3885b Documentation: migrate the codex page about providing support
Replace 2 broken links with updated resources.

Props josevarghese

Fixes #9141
Closes https://github.com/buddypress/buddypress/pull/279



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assets Update & migrate the documentation about contributing to code 2024-02-01 08:13:05 +00:00
code Improve contributor & developer documentation fixing some typos 2024-03-10 14:44:38 +00:00
documentation Improve contributor documentation fixing some typos 2024-03-09 04:42:45 +00:00
project Documentation: migrate & update the Prelaunch checklist Codex page 2024-04-06 07:47:19 +00:00
support Documentation: migrate the codex page about providing support 2024-05-03 08:28:31 +00:00
manifest.json Documentation: migrate the codex page about providing support 2024-05-03 08:28:31 +00:00
README.md Documentation: migrate the codex page about providing support 2024-05-03 08:28:31 +00:00

Contributor Handbook

Welcome to the BuddyPress Contributor Handbook. As an open source project, BuddyPress can accept changes from anybody in the world. If your goal is to learn faster collaborating with others or simply improve the software you use to power your WordPress site's community area, this is a good place to find some guidance to help you make your first contributions. Contributing to BuddyPress can be as simple as fixing typos or updating documentation.

Important

Our software is maintained by volunteers just like you. It is vital for the current and future success of BuddyPress to have a healthy group of contributors. Please consider being one of them!

Contribute to documentation

Help improve BuddyPress documentation by writing some new helping resources or updating existing material on the BuddyPress Documentation Handbooks. Our documentation is volunteer-led and is driven by community contributions, we encourage everyone to get involved and help improve how we all can enjoy BuddyPress.

Support Forums

The most valuable way to contribute to BuddyPress is to help others learning how to use the software, on our support forums. If you're looking for tips about how to contribute the best way to BuddyPress support forums, you can read this nice collection of useful links.

Test & Report Bugs

Testing BuddyPress beta releases for issues is critical to developing the software and ensuring its quality. It is the key to a safe upgrade for you and every BuddyPress users. Its also a meaningful way for anyone to contribute — whether you have coding experience or not. If you think youve found a bug, its a good idea to search Trac first to see if a ticket already exists that you could contribute to. Otherwise, go ahead and open a new ticket!

Never written a bug report? The WordPress Core Contributor Handbook has an excellent guide on what to do before you report a bug and how to write a good bug report.

Translate BuddyPress

Become a Translation Contributor translating BuddyPress into your language or improving existing translated texts. Choose your preferred language e.g. French. Then select Stable (latest release) or Development (trunk) and start submitting your contributions.

Contribute with Code

You are very welcome to join us to work on making the plugin as great as possible : every enhancement and each improvement depends on the community. This Quick Start Guide to contributing code to BuddyPress Core is where you can find the resources needed to take you through the process of submitting your first patch or your first pull request.

Chat with us joining our Contribution meetings

BuddyPress contribution meetings happen on Wednesdays at the #buddypress channel on WordPress.org Slack. To check the scheduled time, see the sidebar on the BP Team's Blog.

Have fun contributing to BuddyPress 😅