Welcome to the Florida Drupal Users Group! We have members from all over Florida and most meetups around the state are coordinated through this group. Whether you're from the panhandle, northeast Florida, the Gulf coast, central Florida, the Space Coast, or south Florida, you'll find other Drupal developers and themers here.
Florida DrupalCamp 2013 will be held Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Florida Technical College in Orlando. Register today!
Currently, we have regular meetups in the following areas:
- Brevard County (Cocoa Village): alternating bi-weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm
- Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale): 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7pm
- Orlando: 1st? Tuesday? of each month, 6:30pm
- Gainesville: 2nd Thursday of each month, 7pm
- Jacksonville: 3rd Thursday of each month, 6pm
- Miami Beach: 4th Wednesday of each month, 6pm
- Palm Beaches (Jupiter-Boca Raton): 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:30pm
- Sarasota / SW Florida: 1st Tuesday of each month 6:30pm
- Tallahassee: Monthly, on a Monday evening.
- Tampa Bay: 1st Thursday of each month
Keep an eye on this page for location and topic announcements for each meetup, as meeting days and times might change month-to-month.
Broward Meetup - March 2013
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
http://browarddrupal.org/gmaplocation
The topic this month will be Sass/Compass for theming.
After the presentation, we will leave time for the Drupal Showcase where people show everyone what projects they are working on.
If you want to participate virtually, send me a Skype connect request to hectoriribarne. I will initiate the Skype call shortly after 7pm.
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Gainesville Drupal Users Group: Thurs, March 14th at 7pm
1. Drupal Distribution Roundup
Roland Riddell (@r0ls) will be giving a 10,000 feet overview of the Drupal distribution landscape. Drupal distributions are full copies of Drupal that include themes, modules, and libraries that enable you to quickly set up a site for a specialized purpose such as academic, business, government, nonprofit, publishing, social, etc in just a few steps.
PS. No bovines were harmed in the making of this presentation.
2. Simple Ways to Awesomize® Drupal's Page Load Times
In this presentation, Mike Herchel (@mikherchel) will walk both the sysadmin and front-end developer though optimizing load times. Topics covered will include tools, statistics, tips to optimize MySQL, caching mechanisms, Drupal problems, how to fix them, HTTP Requests, DOM, bandwidth and more.
In addition, we'll have
- A [free] 20 minute Drupal beginner session/training for any newbies that attend
- A rundown of the top X Drupal modules - this is always one of our favorites
- Roundtable discussion - What have you done or learned in the last month that's worth showing off?
- A happy-hour / social event afterwards - probably at Harry's or The Top (both are within walking distance)! This'll give us a chance to nerd-talk over a beer or three :)
Details:
- When: Thurs March 14th, 2013 7pm-9pm EDT
- Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
- Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
- Afterwards: We'll be going out for food/beer/socializing at a restaurant/bar within walking distance.
- What to bring: Bring your laptop if you have one, if not, don't worry!
DrupalJax March Meetup (#13): Visualizing Data with Google/Drupal
This month we are happy to have Pramod giving a presentation on using Google Charting and Visualizing data with Drupal. Once again this month we are happy to have Justin Witt hosting on behalf of Modis and Adecco.
Meeting Agenda:
- Introductions
- FL Drupal Camp update
- Presentation: Visualizing Data by Pramod Jain
- Q&A/Wrap up. Any questions and then head to Seven Bridges for post-meeting drinks/food between 7:30-8.
Florida DrupalCamp Open for Registration!
Florida DrupalCamp Open for Registration!
The FLDC team has been working long hours on the new website, and we're proud to say that we're open for registration!
What you need to know:
- Register now at : http://fldrupalcamp.org
- How much: $20 through April 1st, $25 after
- Date of Conference: April 20th, 2013
- Location of Conference: Florida Technical College in Orlando
- Keynote: Ryan Szrama (Lead Maintainer of Drupal Commerce)!
- At least 6 tracks of sessions, included food, t-shirts, swag!
- More info: http://fldrupalcamp.org
Coding for a Cause: We need your help!
On Sunday, April 21st, participants at Florida DrupalCamp will volunteer to build websites for 3 nonprofit organizations as a way to build skills in the Florida Drupal community, and provide a benefit for the selected organizations.
We are looking for Project Managers to coordinate with the selected agencies prior to, and the day of the event. You'll be responsible for gathering the required information from one of the selected non-profit organizations and getting that information back to the volunteers who will be building the website for them.
We also need a technical lead and themer to assign to each organization.
This is a great way to help a worthy organization and to build up some drupalkarma.
Like and Follow us on Social Media
Yes! We're on Twitter and Facebook! Be our friends darnit! Keep up-to-date!
- @FLDrupalCamp on Twitter (#FLDC13 Hashtag)
- http://facebook.com/fldrupalcamp on Facebook
Brevard Meetup - Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 Cocoa Village
Join us on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 6:30pm at Ryan's Village Pizza in Cocoa Village for another one of our bi-monthly meetups.
The topics have not yet been decided, potential topics include:
- Information architecture of Drupal sites - requested by Maggie/Chris
Drupal of Miami 3-2-2013
Event Date:
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 12:00 Noon
Drupal of Miami Workshop March 2, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013 12:00 Noon
At this workshop we will be discussing how to find out if Drupal is right for you, how to get the information needed for your site, how to select a development method, and how to keep a clear expectations as you proceed building your site.
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Tallahassee needs meetups!
Hello everyone, I wanted to introduce myself and open up a discussion about a regular meetup in Tallahassee, Fl. It seems to me from the posts I have been able to find that there is very little activity in North Florida and I for one would like to see that change.
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Event Date:
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 18:00
Welcome to Drupal of Miami Monthly Meeting
Event Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Taxonomy in Drupal is the feature that enables you to place content into categories, which you can use when organizing and describing your nodes.
Read moreDrupal of Miami Workshop 2-23-2013
Event Date:
Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 12:00
Welcome to Drupal of Miami Workshop
Event Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 12:00 Noon
Over the past year and a half we had gone over the planning process for a website, installing Drupal 7 for that website, learning about modules and how to install them, learning about the tools needed to create the site you want or need, and how to secure your site. Over the next month or so we will putting all of those experiences together to come out with a finished product.
Read moreBroward Drupal Meeting Minutes - February 2013
We held our Broward Drupal monthly meetup on Wednesday, February 13th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Remote participant(via Skype and Join.me):
Miami - Ronald Norman @rnorman489
Miami Beach - Dan Denysenko
In Person (Greater Fort Lauderdale, Broward County Florida):
Jay Epstein @jeppy64, Phil Smith @siliconvalet, John Everett @Agile_dot_TV, Ben Groenevelt @dropfoundry, Margie Casey @margiecasey, Loren Colburn, Sullivan Barzey and me @hectoriribarne
Drupal of Miami Workshop on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Event Date:
Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 12:00 Noon
Welcome to Drupal of Miami Workshop
Event Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 12:00 Noon
We will be discussing Themes again since it is a large topic. Theming is a large category and it has plenty of Drupal Themes donated to Drupal that it is hard to find the one you may need so we will try to help you on how to decide or make the process a little easier for you.
Dan Denysenko, Kan Mano and Edd Suddrech will be attending this Saturday.
Please came and join us for the fun. This is free to all.
Read moreBrevard Meetup - Thursday, February 28th, 2013 Cocoa Village
Join us on Thursday, February 28th, 2013 at Ryan's Village Pizza in Cocoa Village for our second meetup of the month.
Read moreBroward Meetup - February 2013
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
http://browarddrupal.org/gmaplocation
The topic this month is Broward Drupal Showcase and Showoff.
Read moreGainesville Drupal Users Group: Thurs, Feb 21st at 7pm
**Please note that this meeting is delayed one week due to Valentines Day**
1. Sass, Compass & Integration via the Zen & Omega base themes
Sass is an extension of CSS3, adding nested rules, variables,mixins, selector inheritance, and more. It’s translated to well-formatted, standard CSS using the command line tool or a web-framework plugin such as Compass. Mike Herchel will give a presentation on both SASS and Compass, and how they integrate into theming Drupal through either Zen, Omega, or a do-it-yourself theme!
2. Views Plugins Universe
The ubiquitous Views module has [seemingly] hundreds off plugin modules that extend it to the limits. Brandon Ratzloff will explain and demo various plugin modules and how to bend Views/Drupal to your every whim.
3. Sheetnode Presentation
Sheetnode integrates the JavaScript spreadsheet engine SocialCalc as a new node type in Drupal. Martin Boecken will walk our group thought the ins and outs of this module.
In addition, we'll have
- A [free] 20 minute Drupal beginner session/training for any newbies that attend
- A rundown of the top X Drupal modules - this is always one of our favorites
- Roundtable discussion - What have you done or learned in the last month that's worth showing off?
- A happy-hour / social event afterwards - probably at Harry's or The Top (both are within walking distance)! This'll give us a chance to nerd-talk over a beer or three :)
Details:
- When: Thurs February 21st, 2013 7pm-9pm EDT
- Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
- Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
- Afterwards: We'll be going out for food/beer/socializing at a restaurant/bar within walking distance.
- What to bring: Bring your laptop if you have one, if not, don't worry!
CANCELLED: Orlando Meetup: Valencia East
Orlando does not currently have a regular monthly meetup, but we could if a few people step up. With December, February, and DrupalCamp in April, we are at least on a bi-monthly schedule.
Nobody else has offered to pick a time and place for the Drupal meetup - one of our members, Tyme, got in touch with a Valencia teacher named Rob McCaffrey, who has reserved a room on the East Campus, Building 1, room 345 (on Econ Trail between Colonial Dr and the 408). At our last meetup we discussed possibly having meetups on the 3rd Monday, but Rob was not available this week.
Read moreJust Launched: ModuleNotes.com!
ModuleNotes.com is a project designed to help designers and non-developers overcome the steep Drupal learning curve.
I created this project as a place where people can discover new modules with descriptions explaining exactly what the module does in simple terms. Whenever possible, ModuleNotes will include demos, tutorials, and screencasts collected from around the web or specifically produced for ModuleNotes.
Check it out here:
http://www.modulenotes.com
and learn more about what it is/will be here:
http://mdbur.net/UZvmp0
DrupalCamp 2013 Coding for a Cause Call for Committee Volunteers.
During last year's Florida DrupalCamp, we built three websites for three non-profit Central Florida based agencies.
I'd like to establish a committee for this year's event where we will outline what we will do, how we will do it, and who we will do it for.
If you'd like to join this year's Coding for a Cause Committee, please leave a comment here.
I am thinking that sometime next week we should have a quick initial call around twenty minutes long just to group up and get things organized.
FL DrupalCamp 2013 T-Shirts and Swag Bags ...
... we need some designs for these items. Because the community was very helpful in the way of brainstorming and voting on community provided designs for a FL Drupal logo, I'd like to open the design and ideas for a design to the community.
Read moreLooking for 2013 'Coding for a Cause' Volunteer/Owner/Cat-Herder!
Looking for 2013 Coding for a Cause Volunteer!
Want to help out Florida Drupalcamp 2013 and a local non-profit? We're looking for someone to take ownership for 2013's Coding for a Cause.
Coding for a Cause is an all day code sprint where we build and launch a website inside of one day. If we find the right person to take this on, it will be held the date after Florida Drupalcamp: April 21st, 2013. Colab Orlando has generously offered to donate space, so all we need is YOU!
What you'll be responsible for:
- Everything!
Elaborate, please?
Sure! You and your volunteers will be asked to:
- Gather all volunteers for this effort
- Create (or re-use) mechanism to select an appropriate not-for-profit
- Verify not-for-profit status
- Select said not-for-profit
- Herd Cats
- Find hosting
- Put together schedule
- Do initial Information Architecture with the client
- Design
- Slay various beasts
- Put out fires
- Organize all accounts that will be used for development
- Development
- Theming
- Yada
- Yada
Are you still interested? If so, now's your time to shine!
Post here if you're interested, or contact me at @mikeherchel or mike@herchel.com if you have any questions!
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