First of all, we want to thank you for you interest in this project.
Every contribution matters, this is how we are keeping the project alive.
We are all owners, from Olivier who started the project, to the people who use it in their projects and participated in a conversation, improved the documentation, created an example or made any code changes.
If you want to help, but don't know where to begin, we recommend you start small:
- it would help a lot if you read: https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/
- read the ongoing discussions to see what the overall status is
- pitch in the converstations where you feel it's useful. Talk to other people, ask questions if you don't understand something
- contributing to the documentation or the ongoing converstations is as important as contributing to the code
If you have a valid opinion about something we are talking about, feel free to share it.
If you also encountered an issue that someone else described, pitch in. Better yet, if you already fixed it in a certain way, share that.
We focus mostly on the GitHub conversations, but you can also help by going to the [questions tagged with "SDWebImage" on StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/sdwebimage) and getting involved.
## Improving documentation
A project's documentation is something you can always improve on. Make sure you go through the existing documentation and suggest changes or just create new pieces of documentation.
We don't use GitHub as a support forum. For any usage questions that are not specific to the project itself, please ask on [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/) instead. By doing so, you'll be more likely to quickly solve your problem, and you'll allow anyone else with the same question to find the answer. This also allows maintainers to focus on improving the project for others.
## Reporting Issues
A great way to contribute to the project is to send a detailed issue when you encounter an problem.
It is very important to check for the same problem or suggestion in the project's issue list first. If you find a match, just add a small comment there.
Doing this helps prioritize the most common problems and requests.
When reporting issues, please include the following:
