# Contributing

### Understanding

Before getting started, you should read our article introducing the project:
[We're Building A Starter Theme For PrestaShop 1.7.0.0](http://build.prestashop.com/news/starter-theme-kickoff/).

If you are contributing to this theme, you are probably interested in PrestaShop development as well. Please the following article to get familiar with [PrestaShop branching model](http://build.prestashop.com/news/introducing-new-branching-model-prestashop/).

You got any questions ? Join the gitter chat room.

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### Setting up

There are few things to do before you are ready to contribute.

1. Check your _Git_ configuration. Read [Set Up Your Git For Contributing](http://build.prestashop.com/howtos/misc/set-up-your-git-for-contributing/)
1. Check your editor configuration. The rules are defined in `.editorconfig`. Do it manually or [install the available plugin](http://editorconfig.org/#download).


### Reporting issues

The _Starter Theme_ project is the only PrestaShop project that **use GitHub issues**. Please don't report any bug on the forge but open an issue here.

Open an issue:

1. To report a bug.
1. To propose an improvement and get feedbacks before you code it. ([example](https://github.com/PrestaShop/StarterTheme/issues/2))