# Contributor interested in Website Modernization, seeking guidance on how to begin contributing effectively **URL:** \ **Category:** Google Summer of Code\ **Tags:** gsoc-website, gsoc-period-reachout\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/contributor-interested-in-website-modernization-seeking-guidance-on-how-to-begin-contributing-effectively/2730 "2026-02-19T21:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Makis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/precice.discourse.group/makis/32/25_2.png) [@Makis](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Makis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/contributor-interested-in-website-modernization-seeking-guidance-on-how-to-begin-contributing-effectively/2730/2 "2026-03-16T21:06:26Z")
Welcome @Tanishq_Bhakar! Happy to see that you managed to contribute three nice and small PRs already, all of which have been merged. You fixed some CSS issues in the FAQ and News, and added support for the Esc key in the search field. Make sure to read the recently published guidelines for the proposal submission: > [@Next steps in GSoC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/next-steps-in-gsoc/2827): > > Dear GSoC contributors, thank you for your interest to contributing to preCICE. In the preCICE team, we are really excited, but also a bit overwhelmed. We will use this thread to distribute information to everyone. Due to the volume of activity, please avoid replying without a good reason, and be kind to each other (we will moderate). Keep in mind that: We (maintainers) work have irregular work schedules: some weeks we are available on GitHub, some other weeks we have to prioritize other wo… --- _[View the full topic](https://precice.discourse.group/t/contributor-interested-in-website-modernization-seeking-guidance-on-how-to-begin-contributing-effectively/2730)._