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The Kiwix volunteer program offers talented, motivated people ways contribute to Kiwix in minor ways. Contributors speak English, French, or German. Technical volunteers should know JavaScript, CSS, other web languages, or C++.

Tasks

(re)-Introduce ZIM support in MediaWiki Book creator/OCG

MediaWiki is the wiki engine behind Wikipedia, all Wikimedia projects and thousands of other Web sites. It's a cutting edge free software providing highly featured web sites that anybody can edit. MediaWiki hosts content that can be made available for offline usage through the Collection extension (written in PHP). The Collection extension allows easy creation of collections of articles, called books; here is how it works on the English Wikipedia. Once created, books can be exported into PDF format. The PDF exporting backend itself is not provided by the Collection extension. It is done with a JavaScript based solution called OCG. OCG is a NodeJS daemon able to transform a book definition in a PDF and it should be able to do the same in the ZIM format. The ZIM format allows the storage of webpages (with images, videos, etc...) in one extremely compressed file. These pages are then available to read on most computers with Kiwix. A stub of solution has already been written and the MWOffline is already functional. This task is mostly about merging them.

phpzim (assigned)

Promotional video (assigned)

Look here for more details.

Testing platform

We need a solution to automatically test Kiwix. We currently have nothing... so we will start from scratch!

Wikipublish

Create a publication platform like a online Web site similar to iTunes which would provide a list of available content to download in ZIM or EPUB formats. It would also show previews of content before downloading.

Want to know more...
Add support of EPUB in Kiwix

OSM

Make a proof of concept of a ZIM file providing a map using OSM data and a tool like openLayer.

Improve P2P support

Fix Mirrorbrain to integrate torrent links in mirrorbrain
Fix Mirrorbrain to support fallback torrent trackers in .torrent files
Add a way to exchange library and content on a local network (for example, using "bonjour" & BitTorrent DHT)

Linux Packaging project (assigned)

Ambassador Program

Create an ambassador program. Ambassadors would be expert users of Kiwix and would be able to help others by:

Spreading content
Organizing conferences
Running advertisement
Acting as a local representative

To do that, we should develop a set of tools:

Advertisement Package
Ambassador program goals
Map base on Ushahidi to locate them

Starter Kit (Assigned)

Perhaps a nice kit would help. You know, like for organizing Linux installation parties[1] or Mozilla's event kits[2] etc., that encourages people, and provides step-by-step guidance and advice, to go and install Kiwix with a relevant offline Wikipedia file in their local no-Internet (or restricted/expensive Internet) school, college, community center, etc.

Would anyone be interested in working on that? WMF can contribute funding for some materials -- a Kiwix quick-start guide or cheatsheet, stickers, T-shirts. [1] http://ladypine.org/installfest.html, http://www.wikihow.com/Arrange-Linux-Install-Party [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources

Video

It would be great to have a video (screencast) presenting the software with its most important features.

Here is a proposition:

Presentation slide of the video with slide and authors
Presentation of the context (Online Wikipedia put offline of a DVD)
Presentation of the principle of Kiwix and ZIM
Starting Kiwix
Open file
Indexing file
surfing
searching
special features: fullscreen, switch language, changing font size, going to a random page, etc.
Finish (present the available ZIM files and how to download them)

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-The Kiwix '''volunteers program''' offers motivated and talented people ways to work for Kiwix during a limited time.  Contributors can speak English, French, or German.  Technical volunteers should know JavaScript, CSS, or other web languages, or C++.
+{{translations}}
+<translate><!--T:1-->
+The Kiwix '''volunteer program''' offers talented, motivated people ways contribute to Kiwix in minor ways.  Contributors speak English, French, or German.  Technical volunteers should know JavaScript, CSS, other web languages, or C++.
+</translate>
-== Tasks ==
+<translate>== Tasks == <!--T:2-->
+</translate>
-== [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73660 (re)-Introduce ZIM support in Mediaswiki Book creator/OCG] ==
+== [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73660 (re)-Introduce ZIM support in MediaWiki Book creator/OCG] ==
-[http://www.kiwix.org Mediawiki] is the wiki engine behind [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], all [http://www.wikimedia.org Wikimedia projects] and thousands other Web sites. It's a cutting edge free software providing highly featured web sites that anybody can edit. Mediawiki hosted content can be made available for offline usage through the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection Collection extension] (written in PHP). The Collection extension allows to easily create collection/selection of articles: so called books ; here is [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book how it works on the Wikipedia in English]. One time created, books can be exported in the PDF format. The PDF exporting backend itself is not provided by the Collection extension, it's done with a JavaScript based solution called [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Offline_content_generator OCG]. OCG is a NodeJS daemon able to transform a book definition in a PDF and it should be able to do the same in the ZIM format. A [https://github.com/cscott/mw-ocg-zimwriter stub of solution] has already been written] and the [https://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/other/ci/master/tree/mwoffliner/ MWOffline] is already functional. This [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73660 task] is mostly about merging them.
+<translate><!--T:3-->
+[https://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] is the wiki engine behind [https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], all [https://www.wikimedia.org/ Wikimedia projects] and thousands of other Web sites. It's a cutting edge free software providing highly featured web sites that anybody can edit. MediaWiki hosts content that can be made available for offline usage through the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection Collection extension] (written in PHP). The Collection extension allows easy creation of collections of articles, called books; here is [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Book how it works on the English Wikipedia]. Once created, books can be exported into PDF format. The PDF exporting backend itself is not provided by the Collection extension. It is done with a JavaScript based solution called [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Offline_content_generator OCG]. OCG is a NodeJS daemon able to transform a book definition in a PDF and it should be able to do the same in the ZIM format. The [http://www.openzim.org ZIM format] allows the storage of webpages (with images, videos, etc...) in one extremely compressed file. These pages are then available to read on most computers with [http://www.kiwix.org Kiwix]. A [https://github.com/cscott/mw-ocg-zimwriter stub of solution] has already been written and the [https://sourceforge.net/p/kiwix/other/ci/master/tree/mwoffliner/ MWOffline] is already functional. This [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73660 task] is mostly about merging them.
+</translate>
 === [[phpzim]] (assigned) ===
-=== Testing platform ===
+== Promotional video (assigned) ==
-We need a solution to test automatically Kiwix. We have currently nothing... so we start from scratch.!
+Look [[Video|here]] for more details.
-=== Wikipublish ===
+<translate>=== Testing platform === <!--T:4-->
+We need a solution to automatically test Kiwix. We currently have nothing... so we will start from scratch!
+</translate>
-Create a publication platform, a Web site online similar to itunes which would provide the list of available contents to download in ZIM, EPUB, .... also offer to see the book before downloading it.
+<translate>=== Wikipublish === <!--T:5-->
+</translate>
-* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Library/Wikipublish#Volunteers Wants to know more...]
+<translate><!--T:6-->
+Create a publication platform like a online Web site similar to iTunes which would provide a list of available content to download in ZIM or EPUB formats. It would also show previews of content before downloading.
+</translate>
+<translate><!--T:7-->
+* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Offline_Projects/Library/Wikipublish#Volunteers Want to know more...]
 * Add support of EPUB in Kiwix
+</translate>
-=== OSM ===
+<translate>=== OSM === <!--T:8-->
 Make a proof of concept of a ZIM file providing a map using OSM data and a tool like [http://openlayers.org/ openLayer].
+</translate>
-=== Improve P2P support ===
+<translate>=== Improve P2P support === <!--T:9-->
 * Fix Mirrorbrain to [http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue92 integrate torrent links in mirrorbrain]
 * Fix Mirrorbrain to [http://mirrorbrain.org/issues/issue83 support fallback torrent trackers in .torrent files]
 * Add a way to exchange library and content on a local network (for example, using "bonjour" & BitTorrent DHT)
+</translate>
 === [[Linux Packaging project]] (assigned) ===
-=== Ambassador Program ===
+<translate>=== Ambassador Program === <!--T:10-->
-Create an '''ambassador program'''. '''Ambassadors''' would be special people especially aware about Kiwix and able to help others:
+<!--T:14-->
-* Spread contents
+Create an '''ambassador program'''. '''Ambassadors''' would be expert users of Kiwix and would be able to help others by:
-* Makes conferences
+* Spreading content
-* Makes advertisement
+* Organizing conferences
-* Local representative
+* Running advertisement
+* Acting as a local representative
+<!--T:15-->
 To do that, we should develop a set of tools:
 * Advertisement Package
-* Ambassador program definition
+* Ambassador program goals
 * Map base on Ushahidi to locate them
+</translate>
-==== Starter Kit (Assigned) ====
+<translate>==== Starter Kit (Assigned) ==== <!--T:11-->
 Perhaps a nice kit would help.  You know, like for organizing Linux installation parties[1] or Mozilla's event kits[2] etc., that encourages people, and provides step-by-step guidance and advice, to go and install Kiwix with a relevant offline Wikipedia file in their local no-Internet (or restricted/expensive Internet) school, college, community center, etc.
+<!--T:16-->
 Would anyone be interested in working on that?  WMF can contribute funding for some materials -- a Kiwix quick-start guide or cheatsheet, stickers, T-shirts.
 [1] http://ladypine.org/installfest.html, http://www.wikihow.com/Arrange-Linux-Install-Party
 [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources
+</translate>
-== Video ==
+<translate>== Video == <!--T:12-->
-It would be great to have a video (screencast) presenting the software with its most important feature.
+It would be great to have a video (screencast) presenting the software with its most important features.
+<!--T:17-->
 Here is a proposition:
 * Presentation slide of the video with slide and authors
@@ Line 61: / Line 84: @@
 * surfing
 * searching
-* special features: fullscreen, switch language, font bigger/smaller, random page, etc.
+* special features: fullscreen, switch language, changing font size, going to a random page, etc.
-* Finish (present the ZIM availables and how to download them)
+* Finish (present the available ZIM files and how to download them)
+</translate>
-== See also ==
+<translate>== See also == <!--T:13-->
 * [[{{ll|Participate}}|Participate]]
 * [[{{ll|Roadmap}}|Roadmap]]
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 * [https://bugs.kiwix.org Kiwix bugs & feature requests]
 * [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/wiki/Offline_Projects/Recommended_Projects#Proposed_project_ideas WMF Offline project overview]
+</translate>