San Diego Drupal Meetup November 20, 2007

Harry Slaughter's picture
Start: 
2007-11-21 11:00 - 13:00 Etc/GMT-8

Let's just do this thing.

Barring any better ideas, I'll do a showcase of some of the new features of Drupal 6.

Come one, come all.

Cream Coffee House
4496 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 260-1917

location map: http://tinyurl.com/yu2pao

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Count me in!

gwideman - Thu, 2007-11-08 19:59

.... planning on being there.


Me too

curtisc - Thu, 2007-11-08 23:57

I'm planning on being there.


I should be able to make it

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floretan - Fri, 2007-11-09 00:35

I should be able to make it too.


i'm in.

slantview_old's picture
slantview_old - Fri, 2007-11-09 01:05

i'm in.


Thanks for the initiative Harry!

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Eric Bidwell - Fri, 2007-11-09 05:40

Sounds like a great plan, I look forward to it!


Nov. 20

moondrop - Sat, 2007-11-10 10:36

Moondrop
I will be there.


new guy coming in.

coolade's picture
coolade - Wed, 2007-11-14 10:45

new guy coming in.


Harry Slaughter goes over Drupal 6

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steveoliver - Wed, 2007-11-21 05:46

Highlights

19:33 Triggers
*Triggers are system events, such as when new content is added or when a user logs in.
*Trigger module combines these triggers with actions (functional tasks), such as unpublishing content or e-mailing an administrator.
*The Actions settings page contains a list of existing actions and provides the ability to create and configure additional actions.

19:48 Templates
*Converting 5.x themes to 6.x should reveal the new theme features (http://drupal.org/node/132442#info)

19:52 Open ID (www.OpenID.net)
*(Blog about OpenID in Drupal 6: http://walkah.net/blog/walkah/drupal-6-and-openid)

19:58 Taxonomy Versions

19:59 Customized Date Formats

20:01 GUI Teaser Splitting

20:05 Harry goes over the user status notification feature now a part of D6 core. (This feature was available in D5 with the User Status module. http://drupal.org/project/user_status)

Attendees:

Larry - 4-year php developer worked on his own CMS, found Drupal to be very similar, just setup his own site www.drupnewb.com
Graham - Been tracking Drupal for about 10 months hoping to understand the core tables used in generating overlapping content and user permissions for related research teams.
Steve - 3 year drupaller designing commercial sites for local businesses. Interested in making Drupal administration client-friendly and building business around Drupal.
Tamara - SableWing.org
Eric - Advocate of TheRevolution.US

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Steve Oliver
Circatree Design
(619) 208-4679