Drupal Camp Seattle
DrupalCamp Seattle will take Place June 27th and 28th, 2008 9am to 5pm
At Youngstown Arts Center
Who Should Attend:
If you are a php programmer, or a css/xhtml programmer looking to increase your ability to rapidly deploy websites for clients, work with other people doing interesting things, and generally spend less time re-inventing the wheel or maintaining your own proprietary or single source CMS, this event is a perfect introduction to Drupal. You'll leave with a comprehensive understanding of deploying a Drupal website out of the “box” and a foundation on which to build your Drupal knowledge.
Please subscribe to this group (top left, create an account if you don't have one) as well as sign up for the sessions you are particularly interested in, which will help us plan.
Drupal Camp Seattle is sponsored by CivicActions. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact Gregory Heller.
DrupalCamp Seattle 2008
Where
Youngstown Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106 (google map)
When
Friday June 27th 10am to 5pm
Saturday June 28th 10am to 5pm, plus 5pm to 8pm (extended sessions? party? we'll let you know soon!)
What
DrupalCamp Seattle 2008 Details and Event Signup
We've set up an event node here on g.d.o for people to signup for the seattle drupalcamp. All information will eventually be posted on this node.
Here is the short of it (as you may know):
June 27, 28 10am to 5pm
Youngstown Arts Center (site of last year's camp), its about 5 miles south of downtown.
Find out more and signup, space is limited right now to 80 people.
Seattle DrupalCamp Location and Dates Determined
Finally...we have a location for the dates we want!
Nonprofit Status and Insurance
The Seattle Drupal Users Group is organizing a DrupalCamp for this summer. I'm in contact with a local university where we would like to host the event. The university is requesting that we exist as an actual nonprofit entity and that we have liability insurance. Has anyone else come across these issues before? Can the Drupal Association help here? I have contact the Drupal Association, and I'm awaiting their response, but I thought I might post here as well. Any thoughts or hints would be greatly appreciated? Is it time for our DUG to become a nonprofit?
Seattle DrupalCamp 2008 Budget
We need to figure out the budget. Vancouver already has a nice set of numbers to start with (hope you don't mind us taking advantage):
http://groups.drupal.org/node/10035
I'm working on location which will affect the budget. In fact, one location if we use it will also affect the food budget. Will update as I learn more.
Youngstown (pending final contract): ~ $1000
Hospitality:
* coffee/tea/water in morning/afternoon
* lunch each day
* after hours event Saturday evening
* something on Friday evening?
What else?
t-shirts?
Drawing Board for Seattle DrupalCamp 2008
Contribute your ideas for a new & improved Seattle DrupalCamp in 2008
The 2008 Seattle DrupalCamp will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, 2008. Location:
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
To sign up, visit http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296
Signup module for dug events and drupalcamps
There was some talk at the Seattle Dug about helping out with signup module so that it would be compatible with things going on here on g.d.o (so that it could be used for signups to dug events)
there is post over here about the todo list for the signup module http://groups.drupal.org/node/5044
maybe the upcoming la drupal camp, or berkeley camp or an associated user group (or the Seattle DUG) would be able to contribute some to the signup module?
Theming Introduction
Attached are the slides and (soon) the code used during the Theming Introduction talk.
Streaming live DrupalCamp Seattle 2007
streaming drupal camp seattle user room live at http://ustream.tv/roland
Drupal Camp Seattle 2007 - Planning Wiki
Working agenda for the June 29 2007 Drupal Camp in Seattle.
Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
4408 Delridge Way SW
Seattle, WA 98106
http://youngstownarts.org/
No entrance fee, food & accommodations have been generously sponsored by CivicActions, Pyramid Communications, and Uptown Espresso.
If you enjoy this event and you want to donate some money, please give to the Drupal Association:
http://association.drupal.org/donate
Wireless internet access will be available. Please bring a laptop with a sandbox Drupal installation if possible.
Schedule:
DrupalCamp Seattle 2007
We have finalized the location with Youngstown Cultural Arts Center for June 29 and are now working out the details.
The event will take place from 9am to 5pm (if the event date and time above say anything different, ignore that)
The rough agenda at this time:
* Introductions
* Lightning Talks
* Concurrent Sessions (User & Developer track)
* Lunch
* Lightning Talks
* Concurrent Sessions (User & Developer track)
* Happy Hour (near by)
Seattle Drupal Camp 2007 - Date and Location
We have reserved two classrooms at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center for Seattle Drupal Camp 2007:
It is located in West Seattle, and they have been very generous to give us their nonprofit rate for both rooms.
Date and Time: June 29th, 10 am - 5 pm
Seattle Drupal Camp 2007
Let's get ready for Seattle's 2007 Drupal Summer Camp. At our last DUG meeting, we discussed a couple of topics about Camp.
Possible dates:
- June 15, 29
Possible locations:
- 911 (Shawn)
- CHAC (Shawn)
- Hugo House (Gregory)
- Seattle Library
Contacting Drupal Business who may want to participate and sponsor:
- DigitalAid (Robin)
- Bryght (Gregory)
- Rain City (Gregory)
- Crafty Space (Gregory)
Contract - Devleoping a Web site for a Non-Profit | IBS
We are seeking quotes for developing a web site for a local non-profit. Detail RFQ documents are available. Please reply to jobs@TakeMeToSam.com.
Web Developer opening with an emphasis on migration and templating | Drupal Camp Seattle
Immediate opening for a Web Developer
Length of assignment: May – September
Requirements:
4 years of professional experience with HTML, CSS, and JS
Prior work with web standards, SEO, and progressive enhancement preferred.
Prior work with jQuery a plus
Experience with 2 of the following platforms: Drupal, Joomla, Bricolage, Typo3, Plone, etc
Experience with 2 of the following templating systems: Smarty, PHP, XSLT, Lasso
Familiarity with basic templating concepts required (loops, conditionals, sub-templates, code-reuse)
Contract to Full-Time PHP/MySQL web developer | Pyramid Communications
Pyramid Communications is a full-service public affairs and communications firm dedicated to socially responsible causes. Our clients range from large national foundations to small nonprofits and progressive companies in the northwest, we work in the areas of education, arts, public health, environment, labor and government.
We need: Expert PHP/MySQL developer with experience developing Drupal sites, or the smarts to figure it out on the fly.
Experience:
- 2+ years developing PHP / MySQL websites, the more Drupal experience the better
Seattle Drupal Meetup
Come to the second Seattle Drupal User Group Meetup! (it is sort of the first, and sort of the second, and some might say the third, but you should come regardless!)
We will meet at 5pm at Red Line located at 1525 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98122 (that is in Capital Hill, right near summit).
Bring a laptop, a question, a site you want to demo, an open mind and anything else that you think might be useful or interesting.
The meeting will be rather informal, but here is a crack at a draft agenda
Introductions
Meeting Schedule and Locations for the next few months
Thanks for coming (and a lost plantronics blue tooth headset)
I want to thank everyone for coming to Drupal Camp this week. IT was great to see so many poeple so excited about learning more about drupal!
If you are local to seattle, be sure to join the Seattle group, we'll start getting together soon.
If anyone picked up a plantronics blue tooth headset, please let me know. I lost it sometime on wednesday and hear that it was floating around.
-Gregory
Drupal Developer Needed
Meant to mention this request for a drupal developer on Robert Scoble's blog from yesterday (for a friend of his) -- leave a note in comments on his blog if you are interested -- details are at --
http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/27/watching-the-grass-grow-drupal-developer-needed/
BarCamp Vancouver Fri August 25 - Sunday August 27
Love to have some Drupal sessions (2-5 minute lightning talks, demos, discussions about questions, all the way to full blown presentations) at BarCamp Vancouver (a 24 hour period probably starting the evening of Friday August 25th)
A "Bar Camp" is a "unconference" like DrupalCamp Seattle. Everyone is expected to participate (blog, discuss, lead a session, give a demo or lightning talk, etc.) and the schedule is planned the "day of" at the start of the event (although you are encouraged to put up your session topic on the
New Location for Future Meetings???
Hey All;
Listed below is a link to a directory showing 911 Media Arts Center here in Seattle. 911 Media Arts Center was incorporated in 1984 and is considered Washington State's premier Media Arts Center. Our mission is to support the expressive use of innovative media tools by providing the access, training and environment needed to create/exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence. On this note, it seems appropriate that we offer our facilities for any future Drupal camps, and/or monthly meetings that we may hold in the future. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts, questions, etc. Thanks...
Bootstrapping Your Brain for Drupal Core Modules
Drupal Camp Afternoon Session
· Bootstrapping your site
· http://defectivebydesign.org - bootstrapped live
· Expectation setting. Boris’ comment about 4 month – clients have time to do the tasks they have to do that they had no idea
· Defective by design – get into public’s mind that DRM is being pushed on us, it is wrong, we can push back, to get press, to sign up members and to convert members to Free Software Foundation
· F2F work with online coordination and some online interation
· Started with 24 people and one month later there are 5000. In the last week signed up 1500. Did a call in day against the RIAA, direct calls to executives, 200 people logged their call, was dug, slashdotted right away. Crossposted within 3-4 hours. Digg suppressed the story after it got on the front page and banned Henri Poole for a violation but they did not specify the violation.
Notes from Non Developer Wed Session 1
Drupal Camp
· Is a CMS, can create community, but can be used for other things. Do whatever you want if you have the resources. Developer/programming skills. Out of the box is ok to have forums, blogs, users on the system, public or password protected.
· Theme layer – you can make it look like anything you want. Rain City does a lot of different kinds of looks and layouts using Drupal.
· Not terribly easy to learn, but all documented on how to create a theme.
· Event registration – there is an event module. Plug in additional functionality. Section on Drupal site called projects or downloads. Can add forums- you enable module.
Drupalcamp After Hours at the Elysian Brewing Company
For all you Drupal Gurus and Newcomers currently attending the conference, Raincity Studios, one of your lovely sponsors invites you to a Day One wrap-up soiree at 6pm this evening, just down the road from Hugo House at the Elysian Brewing Company @ 1221 E Pike St.
Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll continue the sessions into the brewery!
Check out more Drupal Camp info and live blogging on our sessions on Raincity's blog The Standard.
my acommo fell through
I'm making the jaunt from Calgary. I had aranged to stay at a friends house, but that's fallen through. I was wondering if anyone has a couch that I could surf on. Otherwise I'll stay at the HI hostel.
Prep Work
I thought it would be good if before the event, everyone got to know a little more about what each other has already done with drupal (if any) and what we are really interested in learning / doing.
The 2 sessions that are basically just hacking sessions are a chance for you to really do what you have been wanting to do and have a bunch of drupal guys all around you.
This could even be a chance to work with others and have a collaborative effort on a module or theme?
I would really love if some people would like to sit down and help pave the way for JQuery. As of the other day, The AJAX Developers group made a final discussion with the help of Steven Wittens on choosing a library to attempt at implement into core and there many tasks to accomplish this.
Sandbox Question
I know this is a rookie question, but I've never set up a personal sandbox on my laptop, can anyone give a brief overview on how to set up a php environment?
Mac or PC?
On the new Macs I think, but am not sure, everything is pre-installed. I have an older Mac and I had to install MySQL and enable PHP in Apache. It was a while ago so I don't remember the details.
On Windows I believe people are having good results with xampp: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
Or you can do the installs individually, You'll need Apache, PHP and MySQL. I took this route because I hadn't heard of xampp.
DrupalCamp Sleeping Arrangements
I'll be coming down from Vancouver and am wondering if anyone involved has some extra floor space to share (or even a back yard to camp in! ;-) for sleeping arrangements, or if anyone else is also figuring out where to stay and would like to share a hotel room to cut costs? Please post or contact me for either.
Cheers,
Jordan Lewin
Ride Share / Car Pooling Arrangements
Please post if you are interesting in car pooling arrangements.
This is the Pacific Northwest and we have a reputative to live up to :-)
Get your Drupal Camp Seattle t-shirt - Giant Druplicon uses Laser Beams on Seattle
You can now buy the DrupalCamp Seattle t-shirt from the CivicActions Goodstorm store. The design (shall we call it "Druplicon destroys Seattle"?) was done by Crystal of Raincity Studios.
Please buy directly from the store OR leave a comment here that you would like one, and Greg will have them at DrupalCamp. We need to get orders in pretty quick -- Greg, please let us know any other details you need.
For Canadian folks, we'll definitely need to order through Greg, since Goodstorm doesn't ship to Canada yet.
Details needed will be:
- Men's or Women's, Fitted or not
- Heavyweight or Lightweight
- Size: S, M, L, XL
Advice for Dealing with the Border Crossing
A question for fellow Canucks heading south: Business or Pleasure?
In as much as I'm taking vacation time and my day job isn't sponsoring this trip, it's pleasure. In as much as I would take money for Drupal work if it were offered, this is business training. Is there a "best" answer to give the nice customs official while he or she holds the fate of my next 3 days in the balance?
Since there isn't a registration confirmation document should I bring along a strategic print out (time/place) from the web site?
Cheers.
Sessions posted
As you may have noticed from the huge number of postings, Petrina took all the individual sessions listed in the agenda and turned them into separate events. For convenience sake, we also put them in a book outline - see the sessions outline for an easy overview of all the sessions.
Please use the signup function to indicate which sessions you are likely to attend.
Are there other topics you want to talk about? Leave a comment! (or find likely co-conspirators to talk with over beer...)
Hotels for Drupal Camp Seattle go'ers
For all those heading to Drupal Camp Seattle that have yet to find accomodation check out these hotels which are near Hugo House :
-> Silver Cloud Hotel
-> Max Hotel Seattle
-> Inn at Virginia Mason
-> W Hotel **179 per night with this url
Session 6 L: For Non developers: online campaigns: advocacy, political, social:
How to combine Drupal with existing web services (like flickr, youtube, del.icio.us and rss feeds) to create a kickass website in just a few hours! This is a great session for the online coordinator, webadmin, communications director of a non-profit organization to come and hear about lightweight strategies for becoming more web-savvy (as an individual and an organization). You can come to just attend this session if you want.
Session 6 K: For developers: what burning questions do you have left?
This session will provide an opportunity to continue coding together, as well as asking and answering any un-answered questions.
Session 5 J: For the non developer: How to contribute if you don't code??
Writing documentation, testing, use cases, module recipes, install templates
Session 5 I: For Developers: Scratching itches...
In this session we'll look at some itches, yours and others already in the community and talk about and code some modules, work on others that might have some bugs as well as tackle some core and administor issues, we'll work in pairs or small groups. Come with your itch, we'll help you scratch it. If you don't have an itch, we'll give you one. (for example http://dev.civicactions.net/moin/DrupalAdminInterfaceImprovements)
Session 4 H: Open session: Hacking and other fun stuff
you decide!
Session 4 G: Modules, what the heck are they?
Hooks, apis and the the Drupal way of doing things
Session 3 F: CiviCRM for super users:
Your organization needs a database, can CiviCRM satisfy your needs? We'll give you a tour, and answer all your questions about using this powerful new cms as part of Drupal or on its own to meet you organization's database needs.
Session 3 E: For Developers: theme able functions and the views module
Learn all about themable functions, the views module and the crazy things you can do in the theme layer to make your site super cool.
Session 2 D: For non developers: How can I bootstrap my site with Drupal?
You'll learn about various existing themes, modules, and module recipes (ways of setting up modules to work together to achieve a greater purpose). This session will involve dissection of existing sites, talking about how they do what they do, as well as advice on what modules to use to do what you want to do. So come with your site's requirements! If you have a web host, we can even set up a Drupal site for you, and get you started with your own site. But if you are not a coder, don;t worry, you will learn plenty about the capabilities of Drupal.
Session 2 C: For Developers: Theming
What the hell is a theme? dissecting php template themes: This starts with a tour of a few themes, dissecting as we go. Then you will learn to create a theme, come with your theme comp, if you have valid css/xhtml that will expedite things, you could find one online.
Session 1B: Advanced
You already know some Drupal, you want to get involved in the community, help by filing patches, and fixing bugs etc... This session is for anyone with Drupal experience. It will start with a discussion of how the Drupal community works on a very operational level (CVS access, filing patches, maintaining modules etc), the second half or more will be dedicated to getting real help with your module, and or fixing some annoying bugs/functionality etc.
Session 1 A: Intoduction to Drupal
What is it? What is the Drupal way? What's the development community like? How does it work? This session is designed for developers and non developers looking to understand Drupal as a concept, a project and a community. There will be some heavy discussion of coding and the Drupal way
Drupal Camp Seattle Agenda
June 28 & 29, 2006
Location: Richard Hugo House
Drupal-Camp Seattle is an opportunity to learn about the Free and Open Source Drupal Content Management System (http://www.Drupal.org). This community driven event will focus on the PHP Theme Engine theming system, theme-able functions, Drupal 4.7 modules, module development and CiviCRM.
Who Should Attend:
Potential Locations for Drupal Camp Seattle
Some ideas on space:
Seattle Public Library: ballard branch or central branch (www.spl.org)
The Community Living Room ( The Community Living Room is located at Phinney Ave North, in Fremont. It is the former Redhook Brewery, at the SE corner of 35th & Phinney, between 36th and the canal. It's the first door in the red brick building on Phinney just south of 35th under the sign, "Brewery Tours & Offices". There is a pay lot across the street if you can't find free street parking.)
Richard Hugo House: http://www.hugohouse.org/ (referred by sam moscheck)
RiseUp.net (i have contacted som
Drupal Camp Seattle - June 28th - 29th
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