The PHPWomen community is a helpful, friendly group of people from around the world who use PHP and related technologies such as MySQL, CSS, HTML and JavaScript. In developing and encouraging women who use PHP we undertake a number of tasks on a voluntary basis such as;
- Maintaining a website and social media presence using tools such as WordPress, Twitter and Facebook.
- Keeping an eye out for PHP related conferences, calls for papers and unconferences such as BarCamps and ensuring our members know about them through twitter, irc and mailing lists
- Assisting other members in growing their technical and professional skills; for instance reviewing a conference application or CV
- Providing a welcoming, friendly and helpful channel on IRC
- Maintaining a range of merchandise on sites such as Zazzle to help raise funds for the group, which are then in turn used to assist members to attend conferences and industry events
- Collecting and distributing review copies of books, and coordinating with those who would like to do book reviews.
- Managing our mentorship in co-operation with http://phpmentoring.org
- Evangelizing and promoting the group at conferences, and keeping track of conference shwag
Get involved
There are a number of tasks we’d greatly appreciate your assistance with. If you’re able to help out, simply get in touch with us
PHPWomen website
The website is the place to keep our members posted, share information and find eachother. Our aim is to have a more member focused website with information and ability to easier find members attending conferences in your area.
There is a range of ideas we would love to realise and new ideas are welcome. We are soon putting PHPWomen on github so keep an eye out on this page and our twitter feed if you are interested in contributing.
Merchandise
We maintain a number of products on various merchandise sites such as Spreadshirt and Zazzle so that PHPWomen and our fans around the world can show their pride! The tasks involved include;
- Maintaining products and creating new products with PHPWomen logos on the merchandise websites
- Reporting back on sales and popularity of different products
Social media and internet relay chat (IRC)
PHPWomen maintains a presence on various social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The tasks involved in maintaining our social media presence include;
- Tweeting and posting about events and developments
- Responding to queries and comments
- Providing a welcoming and friendly face in the #phpwomen channel on irc.freenode.net
Book Reviews
From time to time we are approached by publishers who have books to offer to the group in exchange for a book review. There are several ways in which you can help:
- Coordinate this effort with the publishers and be the contact person. Post new books for review on our forums, and coordinate with anyone interested in writing a review.
- Writing book reviews. Book reviews help everybody, and they don’t need to be any grandiose works of art. You also get to keep any books you review. Win!
