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This involves working on the code Dreamwidth is based on. You can find out information about this in the [[:Category: Development|Development category]], specifically in the [[Dev Getting Started]] article.
 
This involves working on the code Dreamwidth is based on. You can find out information about this in the [[:Category: Development|Development category]], specifically in the [[Dev Getting Started]] article.
  
The Dreamwidth community for beginning development volunteers is <dwcomm>dw_dev_training</dwcomm>.
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The Dreamwidth community for beginning development volunteers is <dwcomm>dw_dev_training</dwcomm>, which includes [http://dw-dev-training.dreamwidth.org/45772.html a masterlist of bugs for beginners]. The dedicated [[IRC]] channel is [[IRC#.23dreamwidth-dev | #dreamwidth-dev]].
  
 
==Styles==
 
==Styles==

Revision as of 15:27, 8 September 2013

Dreamwidth places a big emphasis on its volunteers, who can help in a variety of areas across the site. For information on why we think volunteers are awesome, you can read the page about our Volunteer philosophy and the Guide to happy and effective volunteering.

We welcome all volunteers who want to contribute to Dreamwidth.

General Volunteering Information

If you want to volunteer in any area where you will produce code or text for the site (FAQs etc.), you will need to fill out a Contributor Licensing Agreement.

There are several areas in which we need volunteers. Information on who leads the projects and how they can be contacted can generally be accessed on the Project Teams page.

Accessibility

Accessibility on Dreamwidth is the process of making the site and everything related to it accessible to everyone, no matter their ability level. The official LJ community for that project is [info]dw_accessibility.

Anti-Spam

We are trying to keep Dreamwidth as clear from spam as possible. This project's official community is located at [info]dw_antispam.

Documentation

Documentation involves working on site documentation, like FAQs.

The Dreamwidth community for beginning documentation volunteers is [info]dw_docs_training.

Development

This involves working on the code Dreamwidth is based on. You can find out information about this in the Development category, specifically in the Dev Getting Started article.

The Dreamwidth community for beginning development volunteers is [info]dw_dev_training, which includes a masterlist of bugs for beginners. The dedicated IRC channel is #dreamwidth-dev.

Styles

Styles encompasses things like designing new layouts for Dreamwidth, creating mood themes, documentation of existing styles, and so forth. Dreamwidth's styles team community is located at [info]dw_styles.

You can get more information at the Styles and Design Getting Started page.

Support

Dreamwidth's Support Board is an area that's run by volunteers. If you want to start answering questions, reading the Support guide is recommended. A Getting Started page is in the works - for the time being, if you'd like more detail your best bet is to grab someone in IRC, including the specific project channel #dreamwidth-support.

The Dreamwidth community for beginning support volunteers is [info]dw_support_training.

Wiki

This wiki is designed to be a helpful resource for people wanting to use Dreamwidth, help with Dreamwidth, or read about Dreamwidth. Wiki Getting Started is an introduction to wikis as a concepts; the Wiki Tasklist contains small repeating tasks, and a list of larger projects. The [info]dw_wiki community also lists official tasks.

Other than that, if you have knowledge about any specific area related to Dreamwidth, feel free to look around the site and dive in.