title: Contributing
introduction: Any open source product is only as good as the community behind it. You can participate by sharing  code, ideas, or simply helping others. No matter what your skill level is, every contribution counts.

## House rules for everybody contributing to SilverStripe
 * Read over the SilverStripe Community [Code of Conduct](code_of_conduct) 
 * Ask questions on the [forum](http://silverstripe.org/community/forums), and stick to more high-level discussions on the [core mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/silverstripe-dev)
 * Make sure you know how to [raise good bug reports](issues_and_bugs)
 * Everybody can contribute to SilverStripe! If you do, ensure you can [submit solid pull requests](code)

See our [high level overview on silverstripe.org](http://www.silverstripe.org/community/contributing-to-silverstripe/)
on how you can help out. Or, for more detailed guidance, read one of the following pages:

[CHILDREN]

