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# Welcome to Alaveteli!
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/mysociety/alaveteli.png)](http://travis-ci.org/mysociety/alaveteli) [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/mysociety/alaveteli.png)](https://gemnasium.com/mysociety/alaveteli)
+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/mysociety/alaveteli.png)](http://travis-ci.org/mysociety/alaveteli) [![Dependency Status](https://gemnasium.com/mysociety/alaveteli.png)](https://gemnasium.com/mysociety/alaveteli) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/mysociety/alaveteli/badge.png?branch=rails-3-develop)](https://coveralls.io/r/mysociety/alaveteli) [![Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/mysociety/alaveteli.png)](https://codeclimate.com/github/mysociety/alaveteli)
This is an open source project to create a standard, internationalised
platform for making Freedom of Information (FOI) requests in different
countries around the world. The software started off life as
-[WhatDoTheyKnow](http://www.whatdotheyknow.com), a website produced by
+[WhatDoTheyKnow](https://www.whatdotheyknow.com), a website produced by
[mySociety](http://mysociety.org) for making FOI requests in the UK.
We hope that by joining forces between teams across the world, we can
@@ -19,10 +19,27 @@ drop a line to hello@alaveteli.org to let us know that you're using Alaveteli.
Some documentation can be found in the
[`doc/` folder](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/tree/master/doc).
-There's background information and a more documentation on
+There's background information and more documentation on
[our wiki](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/wiki/Home/), and lots
of useful information (including a blog) on
[the project website](http://alaveteli.org)
-Looking for the latest stable release? It's on the
+## How to contribute
+
+If you find what looks like a bug:
+
+* Check the [GitHub issue tracker](http://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/)
+ to see if anyone else has reported issue.
+* If you don't see anything, create an issue with information on how to reproduce it.
+
+If you want to contribute an enhancement or a fix:
+
+* Fork the project on GitHub.
+* Make a topic branch from the rails-3-develop branch.
+* Make your changes with tests.
+* Commit the changes without making changes to any files that aren't related to your enhancement or fix.
+* Send a pull request against the rails-3-develop branch.
+
+Looking for the latest stable release? It's on the
[master branch](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/tree/master).
+