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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2016/09/11 17:00:36 UTC
svn commit: r997176 - in /websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk: cgi-bin/ content/
content/xx/participate/index.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Sun Sep 11 17:00:36 2016
New Revision: 997176
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for ooo-site
Modified:
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/cgi-bin/ (props changed)
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.html
Propchange: websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/cgi-bin/
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Modified: websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.html
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--- websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.html (original)
+++ websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.html Sun Sep 11 17:00:36 2016
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<head>
<link href="/css/ooo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
-<title>Get Involved</title>
+<title>Participate in Apache OpenOffice</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
<div id="content">
- <h1 class="title">Get Involved</h1>
+ <h1 class="title">Participate in Apache OpenOffice</h1>
<style type="text/css">
/* The following code is added by mdx_elementid.py
It was originally lifted from http://subversion.apache.org/style/site.css */
@@ -33,11 +33,25 @@
visibility: hidden;
}
h2:hover > .headerlink, h3:hover > .headerlink, h1:hover > .headerlink, h6:hover > .headerlink, h4:hover > .headerlink, h5:hover > .headerlink, dt:hover > .elementid-permalink { visibility: visible }</style>
+<h2 id="help-needed-most-wanted">Help Needed & Most Wanted<a class="headerlink" href="#help-needed-most-wanted" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
+<p>OpenOffice is currently looking for people with the following:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Are you a software developer with C++ skills?</li>
+<li>Do you have expertise with build systems for different platforms?</li>
+<li>Are you proficient in English?</li>
+<li>Do you like contributing to open source projects?</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Come and join us in helping OpenOffice to thrive.</p>
<h2 id="why-get-involved-with-the-openoffice-project">Why get involved with the OpenOffice project?<a class="headerlink" href="#why-get-involved-with-the-openoffice-project" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
<p>There are many motivations for why volunteers participate in an open source project
like OpenOffice. Some of the more common ones include:</p>
+<p>Although many want to <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/donations.html">make a small donation</a>
+to support Apache OpenOffice and the Apache Software Foundation (we appreciate every
+contribution), some users want to do more and volunteer their time and expertise with
+the project. There are many motivations for why volunteers participate in an open source
+project like OpenOffice. Some of the more common ones include:</p>
<ul>
-<li>To help reduce the "digital divide" by ensuring continued access to free
+<li>To help reduce the "digital divide" by ensuring continued access to free
high-quality free productivity applications world-wide.</li>
<li>To help bring the benefits of OpenOffice to you country or region</li>
<li>To "give back" to open source</li>
@@ -46,49 +60,47 @@ high-quality free productivity applicati
<li>To support a customer or other commercial venture that relies on OpenOffice</li>
<li>To develop credentials for consulting work related to OpenOffice</li>
<li>To bring something to OpenOffice that you've always wanted to see done</li>
-<li>To have fun, working with a close-knit international team of volunteers working
-on one of the oldest and most famous open source projects around.</li>
+<li>To have fun, working with a close-knit international team of volunteers working on
+one of the oldest and most famous open source projects around.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="a-multidisciplinary-open-source-project">A multidisciplinary open source project<a class="headerlink" href="#a-multidisciplinary-open-source-project" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>You don't need to be a programmer to contribute to Apache OpenOffice. Our project
-involves a large range of different skills, levels of involvement and degrees of
-technical expertise. So, if you want to get involved in Apache OpenOffice, there
-is almost certainly a role for you. </p>
+<p>You are not a programmer? Don't worry. Our project involves a large range of different
+skills, levels of involvement and degrees of technical expertise. So, if you want to get
+involved in OpenOffice, there is almost certainly a role for you.</p>
<p>We are looking for people to:</p>
<ul>
-<li>Write or update documentation</li>
+<li>Work on bug reports and try to reproduce them/</li>
+<li>Write or existing documentation, also with technical topics </li>
<li>Help support new users</li>
-<li>Test the program and report bugs</li>
+<li>Test the program and report problems</li>
<li>Fix bugs</li>
<li>Code new features</li>
<li>Design artwork and other marketing materials</li>
-<li>Translate to different languages</li>
+<li>Translate the UI and help topics to different languages</li>
<li>Maintain the website and develop new materials</li>
<li>Promote OpenOffice and help explain its benefits</li>
-<li>anything you can see that needs doing</li>
+<li>Anything you can see that needs doing</li>
</ul>
-<p>All of these contributions help to keep a project active and strengthen
-the community. We welcome and encourage participation, and try to make it
-as easy as possible for people to get involved. </p>
+<p>All of these contributions help to keep a project active and strengthen the community.
+We welcome and encourage participation, and try to make it as easy as possible for
+people to get involved. </p>
<h2 id="how-to-get-started">How to get started<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-get-started" title="Permanent link">¶</a></h2>
-<p>OpenOffice is a large, complex open source project, with a culture developed over
-many years as an independent project, combined with our experience at Apache.</p>
-<p>If you are familiar with Apache-style open source
-development then you might just jump in. Subscribe to a relevant project
-<a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">mailing list</a>
+<p>OpenOffice is a large, complex open source project, with a culture developed over many
+years as an independent project, combined with our experience at Apache.</p>
+<p>If you are familiar with Apache-style open source development then you might just jump
+in. Subscribe to a relevant <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html">mailing list</a>
and introduce yourself. We'll help you get started. </p>
<p>If, however, you are new to Apache, or want a more methodical approach to getting started,
-then we have a set of graduated
+then we have a set of graduated
<a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html">New Volunteer Orientation Modules</a>
designed for new volunteers that takes you through a number of background topics related
-to Apache OpenOffice and how we do things.</p>
+to OpenOffice and how we do things.</p>
<p>Which path you take is up to you and is a matter of personal preference. You can even do both.</p>
<p>We also maintain a list of specific areas where we need volunteers on our
<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted">Help Wanted</a>
page of the wiki.</p>
<p>If you are a student, looking to contribute to the project as part of your school work,
-please also see our
-<a href="/students.html">Advice for Students</a>
+please also see our <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/students.html">Advice for Students</a>
page.</p>
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