You can find everything you need to get started on LocalGov CMS or our Microsites Platform on our Docs site and all our code is on Github.
Community
We're always happy to hear from new councils, answer questions and share ideas.
Follow this step-by-step to joining the community.
For general enquiries or to find out how to get more involved, contact us on hello@localgovdrupal.org
To chat with members of our community, email us to join our Slack channel.
To keep up with the latest happenings sign up to our mailing list for regular updates.
When I come up with any issues, I just go to the team. There's lots of collaboration, there's lots of sharing. The way this LocalGov Drupal product group shares information is brilliant.
Groups & Meetings
There are regular meetings for the Community, Technical, and Content groups, plus various meetings for those working on particular features.
Community meet-up
Join us at our community meet-ups (monthly on the 3rd Thursday, 2:00 pm). You can register for these on Luma.
Technical Sessions
There are 3 technical session types
- The Technical Drop-in is a weekly open session for developers, on Thursdays, to hear what's happening, get help and guidance and share ideas.
- Merge Monday - Weekly - Mondays at 2:00pm
- Technical Governance - Monthly - Wednesdays at 4:00
If you'd like to join a session email us on hello@localgovdrupal.org or message the #group-technical Slack channel.
Content Design Sessions
Content Group - Fortnightly - Tuesday at 2:00
If you'd like to join the content design sessions then email us on community@localgovdrupal.org or message the #group-content Slack channel.
Add to your calendar
To check what's going on and when, see the shared Google calendar.
To add the shared calendar to your own, you will need to copy this link and add it to your calendar via the subscribe from web / URL option in your calendar.
Here is how to do this in Outlook.
Contributing
We're always looking for people to contribute and improve LocalGov Drupal. Some ideas for how you can help are:
- Developers - contribute code, issue reports, bugfixes, test pull requests and documentation.
- Front-end developers and designers - share new theming, and do accessibility testing.
- Content designers - road-test new features and suggest improvements
- Service designers - share your user research and documentation
Every contribution is valuable. As always, you can get in touch at hello@localgovdrupal.org or in Slack.
Mission Patches
Each phase of LocalGov Drupal has its own mission patch - feel free to download and use them.
