Introduction: JD Wilson
Hello, world! Who My name is JD Wilson. I am in the USA, Eastern Time Zone. I am a database developer/DBA with prior experience in both web and desktop development. My main focus these days is SQL, though most of my past work experience has been full stack web development. I've worked with the following web languages: PHP, Java (Apache Wicket), Coldfusion, HTML, CSS, Javascript/JQuery, Bootstrap, and Materialize CSS. I've played around with NodeJS, Spring, React, and C#. My web skills are admittedly a bit rusty, so I'll be best suited with some of the easier fixes. What I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development. Something I immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I think there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look more modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following these instructions ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website). I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area to start contributing! Why I've wanted to contribute to Linux since I first began using it years ago, I just never knew how. The openness of the Fedora project to volunteers is what made me choose it over Ubuntu years ago. I knew that one day I would be writing an email like this, and to be honest it feels weird that I'm finally here. Time flies! I feel I am useful enough as a professional to make a difference in the Fedora community. I love the idea of open source software and I am ready to "walk the walk", to contribute to the success of Fedora rather than just stand on the shoulders of others. I don't just want to use Fedora, I want to help build it! I can pretty easily contribute 2-4 hours a week to start, and I would be willing to ramp it up as I get more involved with the team. My IRC handle is wilsonj. I am still trying to figure out exactly how all of this works, so I welcome any and all onboarding assistance. Look forward to meeting you all, JD ___ websites mailing list -- websites@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to websites-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/websites@lists.fedoraproject.org
Re: Introduction: JD Wilson
Hey! Sorry for the delay. I've been talking to the Infrastructure team for the last couple of weeks and they got me started on an easy-fix ticket: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/5316 I did some testing of the proposed patch for that ticket and found some cases where it wasn't quite right. I have a decent idea of what it's missing but haven't had the time to sit down and work through it yet. Hopefully soon! Thanks, JD On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 7:06 AM Gleb Vassiljev wrote: > Hi! > > I also have joined Fedora Project recently. As a fellow new community > member I would like to welcome you! > Being open source enthusiast I mainly used Debian/Ubuntu for over 12 years > and always felt a bit guilty not contributing to the Linux popularization. > Mostly it was that running "Debian Testing" didn't really fit into my > workflow. Also since at least a few years ago their system had some > artificial hurdles that kept me from contributing but I heard that it's > been changing fast and I still have great respect for the Deb camp. > > I've been using Fedora for a couple of years on one machine without > actually realizing how powerful the system was and how friction free and > encouraging the community was to get the new people to share and > contribute. > > > > > I would like to contribute to the Fedora website development. Something I > > immediately noticed while creating my account was the outdated look and > > feel of the Fedora admin page (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/). I > think > > there are a lot of easy fixes to make that section of the site look more > > modern, and to make the pages mobile-first. I'm assuming this area has > > higher access rights since I did not get the code to it when following > > these instructions ( > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_fix_bugs_on_the_Fedora_Project_website > ). > > I also realize that a redesign of the site like that would require > > collaboration with the more senior members and would not be a > > solo-decision. It's just something that I thought would be a fun area to > > start contributing! > > As I understand and I might be wrong, but you would need to go through > infra-teams on-boarding process > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted > > My guess is that you should talk to them in IRC and mailing lists to be a > part of this. > > Then maybe you could submit an issue or find anyone else who might be > working on it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues > > It's great to see such experienced developers like you joining Fedora > community! > > Cheers! > //ojn > ___ > websites mailing list -- websites@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to websites-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/websites@lists.fedoraproject.org > ___ websites mailing list -- websites@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to websites-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/websites@lists.fedoraproject.org