{"id":5325,"date":"2015-11-09T18:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.us.wordcamp.org\/?p=5325"},"modified":"2015-11-09T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:38:04","slug":"join-us-for-the-wordcamp-us-contributor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2015\/join-us-for-the-wordcamp-us-contributor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for the WordCamp US Contributor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many many many of you indicated when purchasing tickets that you&#8217;d be interested in participating in the Contributor Day at WordCamp US, which is well on its way to becoming the largest contributor day ever held at a WordCamp!<\/p>\n<p>So what <em>is<\/em> a contributor day?<\/p>\n<p>A contributor day is an event dedicated to giving back to the WordPress project, often paired with a WordCamp. It\u2019s for both seasoned contributors and people making their first foray into getting involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: WordCamp US Contributor Day<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Sunday, December 6. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. for a 10:00 a.m. start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paconvention.com\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Pennsylvania Convention Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Change your mind? If\u00a0you indicated you&#8217;d be attending in error or have changed your mind or you didn&#8217;t sign up to attend but now you want to give back, you can opt in or out by following the link in your ticket confirmation email. If you&#8217;re not sure if you signed up to attend Contributor Day you can check on the <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.us.wordcamp.org\/attendees-contributor-day\/\">Contributor Day Attendees page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things you\u2019ll be able to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contribute your first patch to core<\/li>\n<li>Fix bugs<\/li>\n<li>User testing<\/li>\n<li>Translate WordPress or WordPress plugins or themes<\/li>\n<li>Write documentation<\/li>\n<li>Help out on the support forums or IRC<\/li>\n<li>Get involved with accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Review themes<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For those of you who are <em>new<\/em> to contributing to WordPress, we&#8217;ll be sending out information soon about how to get set up for each team. The hope is to start the ramp-up process in advance so we can all spend more time actually contributing!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more information on who will be leading teams at the WordCamp US Contributor Day, and if you haven&#8217;t already, join us on the <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.wordpress.org\">&#8220;Making WordPress&#8221; Slack<\/a> in the #wcus-contributor-day channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many many many of you indicated when purchasing tickets that you&#8217;d be interested in participating in the Contributor Day at WordCamp US, which is well on its way to becoming the largest contributor day ever held at a WordCamp! 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