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# Welcome to W3Develops' open source codebase
## What is W3Develops?

[W3Develops](https://w3develops.org/) is a community where like minded individuals can learn new technologies and build together to level up their knowledge and have projects to showcase to further their career. This website has many features and is continueously adding more such as a programmer meetup tracker, online and in person meetups, podcasts, video walkthroughs, study groups, building groups, a job board, internships, a forum, a social network, and more.


The goal of W3Develops is to provide a simple learning, collaborating, networking website for programmers.

It is not "industry quality", with an emphasis on allowing the novice user to be able to contribute to the code.

It is a work in progress and is not feature complete at this point, however it is usable as an educational tool.

W3Develops has the following constraint:

It's free so resources are sometimes stretched.

Repo Overview

    .well-known -- This file is so people can contribute BAT to us.
    css --
    docs --
    download --
    forum --
    img --
    js --
    mail --
    marketplace --
    mock-guide --
    pages --
    dev -- our open source source social network
    scss --
    vendor --
    config.yml --
    .bashrc --
    .gitignore --
    travis.yml --
    CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md -- 
    CONTRIBUTING.md
    gulpfile.js
    index.html -- Our landing page
    LICENSE -- BSD 3
    package-lock.json --
    package.json --
    README.md -- This File 


TODO

    Organize the development team and schedule weekly team stand-ups.


TASKS

    Make w3Develops downoadable from npm.
    Enable travis-ci.
    Make the masthead responsive for mobile devices.
    Make a downloadable link for the site at w3develops.org/download/w3develops.html/.
    Update the status and img shields below to reflect w3develops instead of blackrock.
    Change the social networks folder name from pro to dev.
    Make the nav non transparent and non transforming.
    Double check if gulp is properly installed.
    Update the dev, forum, and marketplace files to reflect w3Develops instead of their stock files.
    Update the style guide.



## Download and Installation

To begin contributing to this website, choose one of the following options to get started:
* [Download the latest release on w3Develops](https://w3develops.org/download/w3develops.html/) 
* Install via npm: `npm i w3develops` (This is not currently configured)
* Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/w3develops/w3develops.git`
* [Fork, Clone, or Download on GitHub](https://github.com/w3develops/w3develops)

## Usage

### Basic Usage

After downloading, simply edit the HTML and CSS files included with the template in your favorite text editor to make changes. These are the only files you need to worry about, you can ignore everything else! To preview the changes you make to the code, you can open the `index.html` file in your web browser.

### Advanced Usage

After installation, run `npm install` and then run `npm start` which will open up a preview of the template in your default browser, watch for changes to core template files, and live reload the browser when changes are saved. You can view the `gulpfile.js` to see which tasks are included with the dev environment.

#### Gulp Tasks

- `gulp` the default task that builds everything
- `gulp watch` browserSync opens the project in your default browser and live reloads when changes are made
- `gulp css` compiles SCSS files into CSS and minifies the compiled CSS
- `gulp js` minifies the themes JS file
- `gulp vendor` copies dependencies from node_modules to the vendor directory

You must have npm and Gulp installed globally on your machine in order to use these features.

## Bugs and Issues

Have a bug or an issue with this template? [Open a new issue](https://github.com/w3develops/w3develops/issues) here on GitHub.

## About

W3Develops is an open source community. The template for this website is released under the MIT license, which means you can use it for any purpose, even for commercial projects.

* https://w3develops.org
* https://youtube.com/w3develops
* https://discord.gg/ckQ52gA
* https://www.facebook.com/groups/w3develops/
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/w3develops
* https://twitter.com/w3develops
* https://medium.com/w3develops
* https://www.instagram.com/w3develops/
* https://www.reddit.com/r/w3Develops/

W3Develops was created by and is maintained by **[Jonathan Jackson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondevops/)**, Owner of [W3Develops](https://w3develops.org).

* http://w3develops.org/jonathanjackson
* https://twitter.com/jondevops
* https://www.quora.com/profile/Jonathan-Jackson-142
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondevops

W3Develops is based on the [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/) framework created by [Mark Otto](https://twitter.com/mdo) and [Jacob Thorton](https://twitter.com/fat).

## Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [[Contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md)].
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## Copyright and License

Copyright 2017-2019 w3Develops LLC. Code released under the [MIT](https://github.com/w3develops/w3develops/blob/gh-pages/LICENSE) license.

Pull requests welcome! Please keep in mind simplicity & teaching over correctness.