Contribute to Forem this Hacktoberfest!
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Published: 2020-10-02 15:39:24

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title: Contribute to Forem this Hacktoberfest! 
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description: A list of projects and open issues in Forem community members can contribute to.
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In honor of Hacktoberfest, the Forem team is actively looking for open source contributors to help improve our projects! The goal? To expand and improve Forem for the entire community while helping contributors achieve their four pull-request benchmark for Hacktoberfest!

Participants can use this list as a reference for the current projects Forem is seeking contributions on. 🎉

## Projects

### `/resource_admin` migrates to  `/admin`
In the past, Forem has used two areas to take administrative action.  As we continue to build out Forem, having two separate areas with similar functionality no longer makes sense, so we’ve been working towards consolidating the two admin panels.
 
We will be removing the administrate gem that powers `resource_admin` and want to bring all features into `/admin`.

**Original Issue** 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/pull/9576 %}

**Check out [this GitHub Project](https://github.com/forem/forem/projects/29) for more issues related to this project.**

### API Improvements
An improved API enables more people to build on the Forem ecosystem!

**Articles API: filtering by tags**.
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/3654 %}
**API: Return properties regarding series in GET request data**. 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/3669 %}
**Include video_source_url in the API.** 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/6299 %}
**Breakdown Positive Reactions in the API.** 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/6303 %}
**Reading list API of an authenticated user** 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/6755 %}
**Query organization on dev.to/api.** 
{% github https://github.com/forem/forem/issues/9212 %}


### Suggest or Implement a Liquid Tag! 
Liquid tags have been a great differentiator and enhancement to our text editor. Now that we're expanding Forem to help power more communities, we'd love to introduce more liquid tags that aren't so developer-centric.

**What kinds of tags would you like to see on Forem?** Let us know in the comments!

### Documentation
Good documentation is essential to the success and health of any open source project. If you see any issues, errors, or something you think should be added check out our “Contributing to the Docs” guidelines to contribute. A reminder that documentation changes should be a meaningful, value-add for the project.

### Mobile Issues
If you are familiar with the Kotlin or Swift programming languages for mobile development, we have some open issues in our mobile app repositories. We would greatly appreciate contributions to make the experience of catching up with DEV on the go a little better for everyone.

**Support for Ten X Hacker Theme in iOS app.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/issues/230 %}
**README enhancements for iOS app.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/issues/50 %}
**Bump the minimum SDK for the Android app.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-Android/issues/88 %}
**Remove highlight in Main Feed links from Android App.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-Android/issues/97 %}
**Add build flavors to Android app.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-Android/issues/87 %}
**Bug with Notifications in Android app.** 
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-Android/issues/95 %}


### Open Design Issues

**If you prefer to flex your design skills check out this [GitHub project card](https://github.com/forem/forem/projects/33#card-45874770) with open design issues** 

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If you get stuck on what to work on, keep an eye out for our [#hacktoberfest live-streams on Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/thepracticaldev)! We’ll be holding these sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout October where we’ll cover many of these projects and issues in more detail with different members of the Forem team. 
{% listing https://dev.to/listings/events/mondays-in-october-join-devs-nick-taylor-and-christina-gorton-on-twitch-for-a-hacktoberfest-check-in-and-gratitude-stream-4pn9 %}
{% listing https://dev.to/listings/events/accessibility-project-and-repo-issues-walkthrough-with-nick-taylor-the-forem-team-and-raise-dev-3pcj %}
{% listing https://dev.to/listings/events/accessibility-pair-programming-with-nick-taylor-and-eliot-sandford-2e65 %}

See you on DEV and Twitch and Happy Hacktoberfest!