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+# Contributing to PHP The Right Way
+
+Enjoy [PHP The Right Way](http://phptherightway.com) and want to get 
+involved? Great! There are plenty of ways you can help out.
+
+Please take a moment to review this document in order to make the contribution
+process easy and effective for everyone involved.
+
+Following these guidelines helps to communicate that you respect the time of
+the developers managing and developing this open source project. In return,
+they should reciprocate that respect in addressing your issue or assessing
+patches and features.
+
+
+## Using the issue tracker
+
+The [issue tracker](https://github.com/codeguy/php-the-right-way/issues) is
+the preferred channel for changes: spelling mistakes, wording changes, new 
+content and generally [submitting pull requests](#pull-requests), but please 
+respect the following restrictions:
+
+* Please **do not** use the issue tracker for personal support requests (use
+  [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/php) or IRC).
+
+* Please **do not** derail or troll issues. Keep the discussion on topic and
+  respect the opinions of others.
+
+
+<a name="pull-requests"></a>
+## Pull Requests
+
+Pull requests are a great way to add new content to PHP The Right Way, as well 
+as updating any browser issues or other style changes. Pretty much any sort of 
+change is accepted if seen as constructive.
+
+Adhering to the following this process is the best way to get your work
+included in the project:
+
+1. [Fork](http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/) the project, clone your fork,
+   and configure the remotes:
+
+   ```bash
+   # Clone your fork of the repo into the current directory
+   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/php-the-right-way.git
+   # Navigate to the newly cloned directory
+   cd php-the-right-way
+   # Assign the original repo to a remote called "upstream"
+   git remote add upstream https://github.com/codeguy/php-the-right-way.git
+   ```
+
+2. If you cloned a while ago, get the latest changes from upstream:
+
+   ```bash
+   git checkout master
+   git pull upstream master
+   ```
+
+3. Create a new topic branch (off the main project development branch) to
+   contain your change or fix:
+
+   ```bash
+   git checkout -b <topic-branch-name>
+   ```
+
+4. Install the [Jekyll](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/) gem to preview locally.
+
+5. Commit your changes in logical chunks. Please adhere to these [git commit
+   message guidelines](http://tbaggery.com/2008/04/19/a-note-about-git-commit-messages.html)
+   or your content is unlikely be merged into the main project. Use Git's
+   [interactive rebase](https://help.github.com/articles/interactive-rebase)
+   feature to tidy up your commits before making them public.
+
+6. Locally merge (or rebase) the upstream development branch into your topic branch:
+
+   ```bash
+   git pull [--rebase] upstream master
+   ```
+
+7. Push your topic branch up to your fork:
+
+   ```bash
+   git push origin <topic-branch-name>
+   ```
+
+8. [Open a Pull Request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/)
+    with a clear title and description.
+
+
+## Contribution Agreement and Usage
+
+By submitting a patch, 
+
+By subitting a pull request to this repository, you agree to allow the project 
+owners to license your work under the the terms of the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
+3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).
+
+The same content and license will be used for all PHP The Right Way publications,
+including - but not limited to:
+
+	* [phptherightway.com](http://phptherightway.com)
+	* Translations of phptherightway.com
+	* [LeanPub: PHP The Right Way](https://leanpub.com/phptherightway/)
+	* Translations of "LeanPub: PHP The Right Way"
+
+All content is completely free now, and always will be.
+
+## Contributor Style Guide
+
+1. Use American English spelling (*primary English repo only*)
+2. Use four (4) spaces to indent text; do not use tabs
+3. Wrap all text to 120 characters
+4. Code samples should adhere to PSR-1 or higher
+5. Use [GitHub Flavored Markdown](http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/) for all content