Hiya folks,
I've been involved in development of a website for a Chicago advocacy effort using Drupal, and we're completely stuck due to inability of technical help.
I was wondering if anyone can recommend a way to find individuals willing to help out. There is some money available but it would be a few hours here, a few hours there, so not likely to be terribly motivating purely for financial reasons. There is a little bit of site configuration mess that needs fixing, but the bulk of the need is in more of a teaching capacity, as we're mostly able to manage the content but get stuck on little things that should be simple to figure out (typical example-- how to get the fonts to display consistently, how to get things to line up visually).
Thanks for any leads.
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look w/in your community
Hey Neal2 ->
As the founder and pretty much the only maintainer of the bikegeeks project (bikegeeks.org) I know just where you're coming from. We have lots and lots of projects that need work, but it's hard to find good help for free.
The best thing I can offer is to look within your community for help. This will often take just as much work to provide direction for the volunteer, but you'll hopefully get someone who takes ownership of the project.
Hi Neal
I could help you out.
Could you please provide me your website url and I might suggest you the solutions and you can fix them.
http://edrupler.com is my website.
Just reply to this comment If interested :)
Cheers
thanks!
edrupler.com
help for whom?
@flyboyomad -- were you offering to help neal2 (the original poster) or me (w/r/t the bikegeeks project)?
thanks,
Original Poster
@toddgee : I was replying to the original Poster.
But if you need some help Let me know. I don't mind
Thanks!
thanks!
edrupler.com
A few questions and some approaches
Hi Neal,
I've worked with nonprofit organizations in Chicago of all shapes and sizes from one-person-organized grassroots groups all the way up to giant institutions and I've heard your problem from many of them, regardless of their size, mission, or in-house tech ability :)
Build your skills/DIY -- we don't know any specifics about your organization and it looks like you're posting from a fairly new and unused Drupal.org account, but have you tried soliciting either volunteers or paid contractors or just plain old advice on specific problems on this site? Matt (Slurpee) runs in-person Chicago Drupal meetups that are good for meeting folks and getting advice as well.
Find an awesome volunteer -- I would only recommend this if you have a dedicated volunteer who is committed to your cause AND has a proven track record in Drupal. If a volunteer wants to teach themselves Drupal, your site is not the place to do it or your "little bit of site configuration mess" could become a big site configuration mess while the volunteer wanders away :)
Find an awesome contractor -- if you have even a limited budget, have you posted here or on the D.o paid services section or on Craigslist or idealist.org or anywhere else?
Best wishes!