Nashville, Tennessee
Welcome to the Nashville, Tennesse Drupal Group. Our primary goal is to support all things Drupal, in Nashville and surrounding areas. Our group is open to newbies, designers, seasoned developers, strategists, researchers, businesses… ANYONE who would like to learn more about Drupal; how to create Drupal sites and/or how to put them to work for you.
How to Join Us: We currently hold casual weekly meetups, every Thursday at 5:00pm (central), at a popular local cafe known as JJ's Market on Broadway, in Nashville, near the Vanderbilt campus. You can also join us and participate in our monthly DrupalCamp Nashville planning meetings. We're currently working on reviving our monthly session schedule for focused topics.
Come join us and tell us what you'd like to learn.
Field Trip!
We're meeting at JJ's this Thursday, as usual. If you plan on joining us, try to get there before 6:00 PM. We'll be leaving JJ's for a field trip in the name of science (lunch menu research for April's DrupalCamp).
Thursday's at JJ's
The holidays are history and Thursdays at JJ's resume tonight.
Generally open agenda, though between now and April we'll be including some camp related business at 6:00 PM.
We need volunteers. Think about it.
Drupal Developer | Teknetex
Teknetex is assisting a Las Vegas based client in need of a Drupal Front-End Developer. We're looking for talented, resourceful front-end developers who can learn to utilize Drupal for small to large projects. This may include theming, writing custom modules and scoping out projects.
Responsibilities:
Building small and large web applications and sites using Drupal
Custom theming of Drupal templates
Scoping projects and requests involving Drupal and various proprietary technologies
Semantic HTML/CSS coding/updating for assigned projects
Would you be interested in a Midwest Drupal Camp next year
December Tri-Cities Drupal Meeting
Last Tri-Cities meeting of the year is coming up. We will be taking a look at Drush, and SASS. This should be a great way to finish out 2011 and take us in to the new year.
I hope to see everyone there. I will get a new flyer posted for those of you who can hang them about to draw in more Drupal enthusiasts.
Till then,
Cory
November 2011 Chattanooga Drupal User Group meetup - Intro To Panels
Thu Nov 10 6:30 PM
Tivoli Center
701 Broad Street , Chattanooga, TN
(Red awning to the right of the Tivoli theatre itself. Same building as the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera )
Our monthly meeting this month is given by Bob Turner of www.riverharbor.com, "A Quick Intro To panels".
I'm looking forward to this, as I've false-started on learning panels many times.
You can also sign up on our meetup.com group (as it seems that's where a lot of people actually go)
http://www.meetup.com/Chattanooga-Drupal-Users-Group/
I post to both locations.
Drupal Training: Organizing Enterprise Drupal Projects
Expedition to the Summit: Planning and Risk Management for Enterprise Drupal Projects
Register Here: Expedition to the Summit
November Tri-Cities Drupal Meeting
The Tri-Cities Drupal Meeting for November is on for this Friday. So come and join us. Bring friends, questions, and your desire to have a fun time.
Running a Drupal Shop or Running Ragged? - Wednesday, November 2, 2011 with Guest Presenter Cindy McCourt!
Register or Learn More Here: Running a Drupal Shop or Running Ragged?
Back by popular demand! If you're too busy to attend this training, it means you can't afford to miss it. By the end of this workshop you'll be ready to make profits with your Drupal shop without all the stress. Special guest presenter Cindy McCourt of IDCM Innovations will give you hot tips on project management and estimation.
Drupal 7 in a Day Training-November 1, 2011
Register or Learn More Here: Drupal 7 in a Day
Beginners and Drupal junkies alike will no doubt want to prepare for Drupal's latest version, Drupal 7. This training course is without a doubt the place to get a solid introduction to the newest version's best features. You'll be taking note from a very special Drupal trainer Doug Vann. Vann has trained Drupal enthusiasts since 2009 and has amassed so much knowledge, you'll be lucky to learn from this highly sought after trainer.
DrupalCamp Chicago 2011 - Sat Dec 10th @ 1 N Wacker
Register @ DrupalCampChicago.org
Your invited to our 4th annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday Dec 10th 2011.
Why DrupalCamp:
For more than five years the Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has highlighted the benefits of an open source initiative. We have helped build bridges from nonprofits and entrepreneurs looking to deploy Drupal to resourceful Drupal development companies, independent consultants and hobbyists in the Chicago area and across the midwest.
The Drupal 7 Theme System - Part 2 (Module templates)
For our November meeting we'll resume our three part series on the Drupal 7 theme system.
Part Two features an in-depth look at module templates, with a focus on the Views module. In other words, how you can leverage, modify and enhance theming elements that are derived from templates provided in core and/or contributed modules.
DrupalCamp Nashville Meeting (2 of 2 for October)
This meeting is the "regularly scheduled" DrupalCamp Nashville meeting for October.
We'll get an update on the state charter, TN Drupalers, and open discussion on sponsors and sponsor prospectus.
We'll also continue any needed discussion regarding the camp web site.
This meeting will be held at Music City Networks.
DrupalCamp Nashville Meeting (1 of 2 for October)
This is an extra meeting in which we'll meet with the logo designer to discuss his doing the design for the camp site.
Note that this was bumped a day, to Wednesday. Still at JJ's. Still at 6:00 PM.
Revisiting Drupal's Block System
For some time now I've had a sneaking suspicion that the reason so many developers prefer Context over Drupal's block system boils down to developers taking power away from the client's admin. There may be clumsy aspects to blocks, but client's can understand them. This is well illustrated in this excellent post by Randall Knutson.
The Drupal Theme System - Part 1
For Fall we're getting back into some monthly meetings, and we're kicking things off with a three part series that will take an in-depth look at theme development with Drupal's theming system. We'll begin with more introductory concepts and then moved to a more advanced direction over the next two months.
Part One, for October, will introduce Drupal's theme system (in Drupal 7), the fundamental components, templates and variables; working with regions; and creating subthemes.
Contract Drupal Theme Development | Familytree
Project: I am working with a bookstore, that wishes to use a hosted ecommerce service that uses Drupal. I have already created a design, and need a programmer to create a Drupal theme that will integrate with this service http://www.indiecommerce.com/
I am looking for a competent freelance programmer that can turn this around before the end of October 2011, and also be available for edits or maintenance that may need to be made on an ongoing basis for the site.
Please send samples of your work, your rates, contact info and some info about yourself to alex[at]familytreedesign[dot]net
Change of day for monthly meetups of the Chattanooga Users Group
We had a couple of members that where having trouble with the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
So in an effort to accommodate more people, we have moved to the 2nd Thursday of each month from now on.
Coming Soon (this Fall)
We had a good meetup at JJ's tonight, and sketched out a framework of three focused learning meetings for October, November and December.
More time, venue* and program details will follow in the next few weeks, but here's a quick topic overview:
