Mattermost community questions

How can I contribute to Mattermost?

You can get involved and contribute to Mattermost in the following ways:

• Join the Developers channel on the Mattermost Community server to get troubleshooting help or provide help to others

• Contribute code

• Find “Help Wanted” projects

• File bugs

• Test new features

• Share feature ideas

• Contribute to content

• Help translate Mattermost into other languages

• Make Mattermost more accessible

Can contributors add themselves to the Mattermost company page on LinkedIn?

Yes! If you have contributed to the Mattermost project we think you should be recognized for it professionally beyond GitHub.

To add yourself to the Mattermost page on LinkedIn, do the following:

1. Log in to LinkedIn or create an account.

2. Go to Me > View profile.

3. Under Experience, select the plus symbol and specify the following:

• Title: - Enter Developer if you contributed code to the open source project or created a plugin, integration, or other enhancement. - Enter Contributor if you’ve contributed without writing code (e.g., filed bug report, answered troubleshooting questions, proposed a feature, etc.). - Enter Translator if you’ve helped translate Mattermost products. - Enter QA Tester if you tested Mattermost features or workflows. - Enter Documentation if you contributed to Mattermost product, repository, or developer documentation.

• Company: Find Mattermost (you’ll see the Mattermost logo).

• Location: Enter where you live.

• From: Date of first contribution or perhaps month you cloned github.com/mattermost.

• Select I currently work here.

• Update my industry: Leave unchecked.

• Update my headline: Leave unchecked.

• Description: Leave blank or write a sentence about what you have contributed.