Supporting Exponential
Helping Exponential grow: contributing code, documentation, translations, testing and word of mouth.
12 pages
- Supporters: start here The landing page for everyone who wants to help Exponential - individuals and companies. Why the project needs support, the ways to help (code, documentation, translations, testing, community help, advocacy, funding)…
- Ways to support Exponential Every way to support Exponential compared in one place - code, documentation, translations, testing, community help, advocacy, funding, partnership - with the time or money each takes, the skills it needs and the impact…
- Contributing code How individuals contribute code to Exponential - finding something to work on, setting up from Git, the branch and pull request workflow of CONTRIBUTING.md, commit messages, the file manifest, tests and CI, the merge…
- Contributing documentation How to improve the Exponential documentation and this help - fixing a page with Edit on GitHub, writing a new help page with front matter, style rules, sources, the GFDL, and other places to write (eZpedia…
- Contributing translations How native speakers translate Exponential - where the translation catalogues live, which languages are complete, how to translate and test, review by a second speaker, right-to-left languages, and translating the…
- Testing and reporting bugs How any user supports Exponential by testing and filing good bug issues - which tracker to use, what a good bug description contains, testing development versions, security problems that must be reported privately, and…
- Helping others in the community How experienced users support Exponential by helping others - the community places (forums, Telegram, Slack, Discord, eZpedia), how to answer well, turning answers into documentation, and welcoming newcomers.
- Advocacy: telling others about Exponential How supporters spread the word about Exponential truthfully - what you can say with sources, where to say it, writing and speaking, the Powered by Exponential credit, naming it right, and what not to claim.
- Funding the work Why money matters for an open source project like Exponential, what funding pays for, the two organizations you can fund (7x and the Exponential Foundation) and the ways to give, from a few dollars a month to sponsored…
- Supporting Exponential as a company How companies and organizations that rely on Exponential support it - a support policy, staff time for contributions, sponsoring as an organization (including GitHub's invoice option and fees), partnership, publishing…
- Recognition for supporters How supporters of Exponential are recognized, as far as the sources say - credit in the Git history, sponsor badges and mentions by tier, README and website listings, partner points - and what is not yet defined.
- Supporter FAQ Short answers to common questions from people who want to support Exponential - skills needed, where to start, licenses, money, 7x versus the Foundation, recognition and companies - with links to the full pages.
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