September 2008 Meeting: Install Profiles

Join us at 6:30pm on Thursday September 25, 2008 at Raincity Studios for the Vancouver League of Drupalers September meeting. This month's feature presentation: Install Profiles with Angus Pratt. Join us for an overview and hands-on demonstration of how Drupal install profiles will speed and improve the quality of your Drupal installations.

If anyone attending DrupalCon would like to give a quick summary, we'd be honoured to hear it.

We still have a slot available for a mini-case study if someone wants to volunteer.

Date: Thursday September 25, 6:30pm
Location: Raincity Studios, 1 Alexander Street, Suite 400 in Gastown. [Map]
Cost: There is no charge and all are welcome

For those who don't need to leave right away there's typically a more social discussion at a local pub afterwards.

Agenda

Install Profiles

Install profiles have not been used much in Drupal site building. But they should be! Angus will give a down-to-earth talk about what install profile can do for you (and a little bit of what they can't). And most importantly, show you how to do it.

Angus Pratt is a local Vancouver developer who manages way too many small sites, and a couple of large ones, all based on Drupal magic.

Real World Mini-Case Study: This could your website!

We still have a slot available for a mini-case study if someone wants to come forward. Please contact Dale if you'd like to present.

Drupal Q&A

Bring your questions on anything related to Drupal from how to do something technical in PHP to what modules are needed to implement a feature you want.

Location Details

Raincity Studios

Raincity Studios are located at 1 Alexander Street, Suite 400 in Gastown. [Map]
There's a security intercom at the door, so you'll need to buzz to get in. Take the elevator to the top floor, then take the flight of stairs to the floor above that.

Wireless Access

There is a Free the Net wireless access point accessible from the Raincity offices.

Kid's Room

In recognition of people with families the Raincity conference room is available as a kids room. It is next to the presentation area and has glass walls so your kids will always be in sight. We can't provide child-minding or babysitting services - we just provide the room and leave it to you to entertain your kids. We suggest you bring appropriate toys/books/other entertainment.

Drupal Association

We encourage everyone receiving value from Drupal and the Vancouver League of Drupalers to join the Drupal Association: http://association.drupal.org/membership

Not only does this directly support Drupal, it supports the groups.drupal.org website where our group's web presence is based.