by Mathias Bolt Lesniak
What is your idea about?
"Answering the question ““who is this?”” whenever a my.typo3.org user is mentioned on one of TYPO3’s official websites.
Developing public user profiles for my.typo3.org will allow individuals to show their TYPO3-specific information to the TYPO3 community. It will also solve a number of practical issues for maintainers of official TYPO3 websites, by allowing them to link to a single page with more information about code contributors, board members, team leads, article authors, etc.
Over time, each user profile page could also become a portal to that user’s community activities and roles: Listing team and association memberships, contributions (code and elsewhere), conference participation, etc. (For inspiration, check out Drupal.org’s profiles: https://www.drupal.org/u/mabolek)
Of course, the profiles should also be opt-in and users should be able to select what information is visible — both to other logged-in users and to the general public."
What do you want to achieve by the end of Q1 2024?
"The Q1 goal is to build a minimal viable product, because a lot of time will go into finding the best approach for API access. Ideally, the profiles will be hosted as a part of my.typo3.org using low-level APIs. Alternatively, the profiles must be hosted on a separate domain (me.typo3.org?) and use higher-level APIs and separate data storage.
MVP goals:
— API access and hosting is settled.
— Set up coding style and contribution rules similar to TYPO3 Core.
— Create public repository to enable code contribution and ideas.
— Develop MVP public profile design.
— Develop MVP public-facing user profile with username, name, title, bio, and portrait fields (possibly more).
— Develop MVP user profile editing interface supporting editing the above fields and configuring visibility settings for these. (Username cannot be edited.)
— Configuring possibility for admin to access and edit profile information."
What is the potential impact of your idea for the overall goal?
"Public profiles for my.typo3.org users has long been a much-requested feature. It makes it possible for individuals to show their TYPO3-specific information to the TYPO3 community and allowing TYPO3 websites to link to a single page with more information about a person.
Imagine clicking on the author’s name in an article on typo3.org and being sent to a profile page with that person’s bio and links. Imagine always being able to show ““Leader of the Video Team”” together with a particular team lead’s name."
Which budget do you need for your idea?
7.500 Euro
