There are a couple of changes that have been made to the Utopian Help Center since the last update.

Switched to Markdown format

We have switched from HTML to Markdown format for all content files to allow for easy content creation and development. @mkt did an amazing job with this. HTML files will be created when the site's structure is fully developed and a design has been created.

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Added "About contributing via Utopian" section to the Knowledge Base

It serves as an overview to the aspect of making contributions. The content is below:

About contributing to Open Source projects

Utopian is a place where contributors from all over the world can share the work that they are doing for Open Source projects and get rewards, visibility and recognition. It also serves as a social platform where contributors can form communities around the projects they care about. It enables them to coordinate their work, organize their task structures and collectively focus on milestones or roadmaps.

Utopian works on a proof-of-work basis, on which contributions are accepted if they provide sufficient proof of the work that has been done. This normally means that contributions containing complete work, or a complete milestone of a larger work, will be accepted. Utopian moderators review all contributions to safeguard the platform from spammers and other ill-intentioned individuals.

There are two basic ways in which you can share the work that you do for an Open Source project.

Find task requests

A good way to quickly identify projects that need contributions that match your skill set is to browse the task requests pages. These display all task requests made by project owners on Utopian, with options to sort and filter according to projects, the type of work and skills required.

Browse task requests to find projects actively looking for contributors

Find projects you know on GitHub

If you know a project on GitHub that doesn't have an active presence on Utopian yet, you can also start making contributions to it and sharing your work on Utopian. It will also be the right opportunity to let the project owners or managers know about Utopian and how they can use the platform to manage their project's development and find skilled contributors to work with. You can also show them the Project Owners Quick Start Guide to help them get started.

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New FAQs

The Help Center now has more FAQs. @mkt added six new ones, and I put in an extra two. The FAQs are also categorized now.

Who can use Utopian?

Everyone is welcome to join the Utopian community. Open Source is central to Utopian's existence and as such, it is used by people who care about Open Source projects.

Contributors use Utopian to:

• Share the work they do on Open Source projects with the world
• Earn rewards for it
• Interact with other contributors
• Discover projects to work on
• Get inspiration for what to contribute
• Keep up with the trending Open Source projects

Project Owners use Utopian to:

• Find talented contributors to work with
• Streamline their product development
• Accelerate development in specific areas
• Manage their projects by creating an environment of collaborative concord
• Reward their contributors
• Create a community around their project
• Expose their project to more people

What do I do if I find a bug on Utopian itself?

Just submit a bug report on Utopian as you would for any other project. Be sure to select the utopian.io repository as your Project Name.

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Updated README

The README file has been updated to include the overall structure of the Knowledge Base and the new FAQs.

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Visit the Utopian Help Center GitHub repository for more.

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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