NYC Theming Seminar / January meetup
Event signup is now closed
edit by litwol: Due to unusually large number of people wanting to attend this event, I have had to close the signup to the list. Unfortunately we've reached the venue capacity. If some one wanted to attend the event but didnt make the list please email me directly at litwol@gmail.com to check for last minute availability and to get on the waiting list.
Bob Christenson from Mustardseed Media, Inc. will be teaching this seminar on "real world" Drupal theming. He will be talking more about the practical "how to theme" and will NOT be doing in depth detail on how the drupal theme system works (although we'll cover the basics of course).
Bob is a themer, not a developer, so expect a designer's view on the Drupal theme system, not a programmer/developer's view. This will be most helpful if you are an HTML/CSS designer and want to learn how to theme/style Drupal! (if you're a Drupal developer, you may already know everything that will be covered)
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DATE & TIME
- Friday, January 23 2009 from 6pm - 9pm
Saturday, January 24 2009 from 1pm - 4pm (There will be an optional lunch gathering at 11am)
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VENUE
- Mansueto Ventures - 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007
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COST
- The seminar is FREE. (If you will be joining us for lunch on Saturday, lunch will be each individual's responsibility.)
FINALIZED DETAILED SCHEDULE
DAY 1
- Welcome
- What is Drupal Theming
- Who is a themer?
- Contrib vs. Custom themes
- Theme Engine Basics
- Drupal Terminology Primer
- Anatomy of a Basic Theme
- Drupal Coding Standards
- Theme File Structure
- Q&A
DAY 2
- Converting a Static HTML document to a basic Drupal Theme
- CCK Overview
- Node theming by content type
- Custom Theming Nodes
- User Profile Theming
- Theming Individual Modules
- Providing new variables to your templates
- Making .tpl.php templates available
- Views and Views Theming
- Building a Homepage
- Q&A
NOTES
- You must register in advance to be able to attend. I need to provide the security office with a names of all attendees. If your name is not on the list, they will not let you enter.
- We need everyone to show up on time, because litwol (aka Oleg Terenchuk) who is allowing us to use the facility needs to escort us in and out. If you happen to come late do not hesitate to call litwol's cell and he will come meet you to walk you in. Litwol's number is (917) 306-5653.
- Those interested in helping provide food/drinks for the seminar as Rob Loach suggested, please visit http://nycdrupal.chipin.com/nyc-theming-seminar-2 ( previous chippin ended unexpectedly preventing further donations:
http://nycdrupal.chipin.com/nyc-theming-seminar) and make your contributions there. Thanks in advance.
will be sending us some acquia shirts and stickers :)
Ical feed
Signing up
Jean Gazis
www.jeangazis.com
www.webhostny.com
Wicked!
Looking forward to it!
Please mention if there are
Please mention if there are any fees associated with participation in this seminar. thanks.
What would you like to learn?
this comment was rolled into the description of the seminar. See y'all in NYC!
Feature!
Rob Feature coming to NYC?! No way! This seminar is going to rock hardcore.
Great.
This is great!!I can't wait.
Recording?
kwang0274 / litwol ,
Do you think it will be possible to have the program recorded? Thanks.
Kwame.
I would be willing to bring
I would be willing to bring my canon camera and set it up on a tripod and let it run if you want? Its a basic canon that records on mini dv.
Camcorder
Tylerc66 I'd appreciate it greatly if you could do that. Thanks in advance.
Awesome!
Man, recording this thing would be awesome! I would love to hear / see what Rob says about this stuff!
Front-end love
Glad to see the front-end of Drupal (theming) getting some love, great venue too, can't wait.
--
Shawn Gregg
[ blog ] www.shalosophy.com
[ work ] www.gmndesign.com
Thanks Bob!
I really enjoyed watching all your screencasts, can't wait to be there.
Dang! Wondering how I could swing this...
The venue name jumped out at me from the Lullabot interview with Ed Sussman, and I recall wishing for an opportunity to see it first-hand. Not sure I can justify the time and expense for the trip, having already had the opportunity to sit in one of Bob's theming sessions, but it's tempting.
Even if you're a Drupal developer who knows most of the mechanics involved, Bob's point of view as a designer can bring some useful insight and make you rethink some of your existing theming process. My skills improved quite a bit by attending the free seminar he did here in metro Detroit. Plus, he's a fun presenter.
The two day schedule gives a lot more time than we had in Detroit, too. This should be a great one.
Micah
looks great
Glad to see this sort of community-centric seminar coming out of the group! It sounds great, I think I'll even put aside my hate of corporate offices, security, etc. and show up.
Looking forward to this!
I'd not come across mustard seed before, but they've done some great-looking sites. I'm looking forward to this.
Will there be a particular emphasis on D5 or D6?
i hope d6 only.
i hope d6 only.
D6
Yup, this will be D6 only.
I'm really looking forward
I'm really looking forward to this seminar!
I recognize that D6 is the future (and the present for many) and am looking forward to learning more about D6 theming. I'm currently still working on some D5 projects due some modules not yet D6-ready. I'm not asking to show both ways if D5 and D6 are completely different, but it would be really useful if you could mention the differences between D5 and D6 as you go.
Thanks again for doing this!!
Sure thing...
jpowell...
I'll be sure to point out differences between D5 and D6 as we go along and I'll even show how you can update most sites from D5 in a matter of minutes (depending on their complexity)
will be there on sat! can't
will be there on sat! can't wait !
Excellent...
Yah! Thanks so much to everyone making this happen. See you there!
Audience?
So is this going to be more "Designing Drupal for Developers" or "Designing Drupal for Graphic Designers"?
Meaning is the objective to help Developers think like designers or help designers with skills in other media/software learn the ins and outs of making Drupal look like the picture in their head?
The perfect question
Hey flickerfly...you're asking the perfect question here. I'd say that it will be:
Primarily to show html/css designers how to theme Drupal. I'm not a developer, therefore I think my approach is unique to many people who work on Drupal (most of whom are developers or want to be developers). I'll try and be a bridge to html/css folks who are starting in Drupal to explain things to them in a way they understand.
However, secondarily, I think developers will be able to see inside the mind of someone who designs Drupal. To see a different perspective on what, in Drupal, works well for design and what doesn't. Hopefully that will give them some tips which will make Drupal more designer friendly (or tips on how to be a better designer). However, developers won't learn anything new about Drupal's nuts and bolts that they don't already know.
My personal philosophy is that developers shouldn't ever be asked to think like designers...and designers should never be asked to be developers. Personally, I'm not a developer and I don't want to be one...I'm a designer and user-experience guy so i leave development to developers. So, maybe the answer is: This will mostly be for design types who don't yet fully understand Drupal theming, but I think there will be some good perspective to be had for developers as well.
Great Answer :-)
That was a great answer.
Thanks! I'm going to try to come and bring my sister who just got a degree in graphic design and is working on a degree in communications who I think would really enjoy this.
I'm thinking about getting a
I'm thinking about getting a hotel room for the night so my wife could come and we could enjoy the sights of the city also or something like that. Any recommendations for a reasonable rate hotel (for NYC) nearby or with easy commuting options?
Designer's Rejoice
Thank you Drupal!
looking forward..
looking forward to this seminar and finally going to a NYC drupal's group meeting so I can link up with some drupalings.
Would love to attend
Count me in.
Sign-in
If you want to attend, please sign-up for the event using the sign up button located after the even information.
I'd love to attend, but can't...
I'd love to attend this sort of thing, myself, but for the forseeable future, I know no travel will fit into my budget at all. But you never know when/if things will change. Once our 2-year-old gets a little older, I may better be able to at least consider these sorts of things.
If anyone will be able to stream this again or either make it available for download or purchase or something, I'd love to do it that way. If not, I hope everyone has a good time up there, and of course learns something useful.
i might...
I might be able to digitally record the seminar as I don't have a camcoder that I'll be able to use for that date.
I have a camera
I have a Sony tape camera w/Firewire out and also a Sony mini-DVD camera. Both are non-professional home sort of cameras, but not lousy. Say the word and I can bring one and a tripod-- and which would be the better media, tape or DVD.
My video editing skills are even worse than my sign-in button finding skills (thanks for the reminder, Kwang), but if somebody else wants to take the tape or DVD and then 'cast it, I can contribute the camera and blank media.
(In review, looks like Tyler is bringing too though?)
dvd encoding
if you record it to DVD I will be able to convert it for web use.
I also have a camera
I have an older Sony Digital-8 DV camcorder with Firewire. Like rgammon, mine is non-professional but pretty decent. My tripod is MIA, but I'd be happy to bring it if you need.
The more recording equipment
The more recording equipment we have the better. :) all are welcome.
Midwest Version
If any of you are in the Midwest (Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, etc) you may be interested in the Southeast Michigan version of this event. I'll present the exact same info there as a 'trial run' for the NYC workshop.
The response to this NYC workshop has been overwhelming...can't wait to meet you all there!
if the meeting was on the 31th..
if the meeting was on the 31th as it should have been, i wonder how drunk everyone would have gotten after. I know on the 31th I will be ready to party hard. happy new years people!! looking forward to the 23rd meetup.
Final Session Plan
Hey All...
I've done final planning for this seminar and the sessions are a little different than what's currently listed in the description (I had to cut some things due to time limitations). You can see the schedule below and hopefully kwang will roll it into the description. You'll see I'm definitely angling this more towards html/css and drupal noobs as opposed to teaching "drupal developers how to theme"...I feel that talking to the noobs is more needed in the community.
DAY 1
Welcome
What is Drupal Theming
Who is a themer?
Contrib vs. Custom themes
Theme Engine Basics
Drupal Terminology Primer
Anatomy of a Basic Theme
Drupal Coding Standards
Theme File Structure
Q&A
DAY 2
Converting a Static HTML document to a basic Drupal Theme
CCK Overview
Node theming by content type
Custom Theming Nodes
User Profile Theming
Theming Individual Modules
providing new variables to your templates
making .tpl.php templates available
Views and Views Theming
Building a Homepage
Q&A
Foods and Drinks?
I'm really getting excited for the event, Bob. Want us to create a ChipIn for sponsored foods/drinks?
You Go Girl!
:)
Sure, man...rock it out (kwang is really the one setting this up, but I'm sure he's cool with it too). I'm really not planning on doing anything except concentrate on my presentation...if you guys wanna take it over the top with food, etc, that would be fantastic. Thanks Rob!
ChipIn!
Kwang, would you mind sticking a link to the ChipIn in the announcement post?
http://nycdrupal.chipin.com/nyc-theming-seminar
Or, if possible, stick the whole widget in there!
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Hey Rob,
Tried contributing to the chipin, but was having trouble. Is it maxed out or something?
I'd love to chip in.
Peter
I had a momentary issue
I had a momentary issue myself, but figured out my own problem. Make sure you click update totals before you click the link to make the PayPal payment. Otherwise you're trying make a payment of $0 which PayPal isn't so keen on. ;-)
drinks for sure..
if we can't eat and chat, atleast we should all hit a lounge or bar for some drinks so we can hang out and relax.
Friday night i hope we (most
Friday night i hope we (most if not all) would go to a bar after the seminar. saturday however, we should do the same :-D.
Bringing Another
I'm bringing a person who is a designer, but not yet into drupal so no group.drupal.org account. Who should I tell about this person since I can't use the Signup button to register her attendance?
tell her to create an
tell her to create an account on g.d.o
OK
Ok, I was trying to avoid that since she isn't likely to be a regular participant any time soon, but if that's the best way, I'll have her do it.
Create the account yourself?
You could also just create the account yourself, sign her up for the event, and then give her the account. I've done that a couple times....
Saturday Lunch
Now that the seminar is only 18 days away, anyone have a good place for a large group to have lunch on Saturday?
Order in?
Due to the tight schedule, we might not be able to have time to all hit a restaurant nearby. We could, however, order in a bunch of foods. I don't know, it's really up to Bob and you. There's a barish restaurant pretty close by that's nice.
hey rob, I am a complete
hey rob,
I am a complete noob when it comes to drupal. Say so far I have 0.1% knowledge of drupal.Would there even be a 1 % chance of learning something? if so i would definitely be attending for sure!
100% targeted at noobs
Hey kl2ish...
Yeah, this training will be 100% targeted at Drupal noobs. I had to make some hard decisions when planning it and I ended up cutting out advanced stuff in favor of basic stuff.
In my view, there's almost no good training/help for themers....and theres almost no good help for noobs. Which means there's practically zero help for noob themers. So, I'm totally targeting them.
To be honest, my fear is that I'll disappoint folks who already know alot of Drupal (and/or development types) since I'm going so basic. But, I've drawn my line in the sand...and I'm sticking to it to try and serve, what I see as, a needed niche :)
I won't speak for Rob, but yes!
I don't want to speak for Rob, but from his outline I think there's a lot of good stuff for a drupal noob!
PS: This was for kl2ish - I thought I hit reply. I'm such a noob ;-)
I'll bring my camera/tripod/wireless mic also
At least we can have some combined effort to get it on video--I can edit too.
Dean Meyers
Visual Problem-Solver
http://www.deanmeyers.net
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/deanmeistr
Where are we meeting to be escorted into the building?
For those who have never been to Mansueto Ventures, could you clarify the location of the meet up? Specifically, where are we meeting Oleg to be escorted into the building? Barclay St., Vesey St., or Greenwich St.?
Thanks.
Google Street View to the Rescue!
Just go into 7 World Trade Center and tell the people at the front that you signed up for the Drupal New York Theming Seminar. If one of us isn't at the front, the guys there will let you in.
Yay Top Notch Themes!
Now I can kick back
Ok, good...if jwolf is coming I'll just have him teach the seminar while I kick back and learn some Top Notch tricks. :)
hehe, NOT!
hehe, NOT!
I've closed the signup list
I've closed the signup list because we've reached the venue capacity (a while ago :-p).
I've officially submitted
I've officially submitted the guest list.
See everyone there! cheers.
People who have e-mailed
The following people have e-mailed about giving up their spot on Friday:
Thomas Turnball
Dean Meyers
Jonathan Berger
Amy Cham
Richard Baldwin
Paul Hardwick
Is there a plan for all the extra people who will be there?
Even with cancelations we
Even with cancelations we are still expecting a lot of people to come, perhaps more than can fit comfortably in the conference room (which is rather big).
That is not to discourage current signups from coming, its just letting you know that waiting list, unfortunately, may not join us.
sorry for late notice, but add me to that list
Sorry for the late notice on this, but I just realized I have a conflict with another commitment that I can't get out of. Really sorry I won't be there, was really looking forward to it
I have cancelled also
I am not going to be there for this, look forward to people who need this to taking my spot see everyone at DrupalCamp :)
Robbie
Aye, I'm out too.
I hope the event sparks all sorts of themers! But I'll Drupalize in the Jersey woods this weekend and pass my seat to someone else.
But please! Can we get video of at least day 2 out there?! Please!
Hey all - I did the same and
Hey all - I did the same and cancelled my attendance to let others in. Hope someone can use my seat!
Likewise
I'll step down too...one more seat in the main room!
I would also, however, love to see video of day 2, if it becomes available!
Have a great seminar!
Amy C. Cham
Tech/Marketing Convergence Manager
Tree House Agency
Twitter: amycham
FYI, withdrawing now make no
FYI, withdrawing now make no difference as the guest lists have been submitted and are final.
Brunch Tomorrow
Brunch is going to be held at the Kitchenette on Saturday morning, at 10:30 AM before the session.
Find your variables
put this in any *.tpl.php file to find out the names of all populated variables:
All variables in this tpl:<br /><pre><?php print_r(array_keys($variables)); ?></pre>
List of core templates and suggestions
Here's another useful resource for getting started theming:
http://drupal.org/node/190815
That page lists all the templates available in core, and also all the template suggestions that core will try (look for Template Suggestions.)
As an example, Rob mentioned that while you can make a page-node-214.tpl.php to theme the entire page around the node with ID 214, you can't make a node-214.tpl.php, because the template suggestion for node templates is very simple: node-[type].tpl.php.
So if our hypothetical node 214 was a story, Drupal would only try node-story.tpl.php and node.tpl.php to output the content of that node.
Great job to everyone who helped put this together and especially Rob for giving a great presentation!
Please fill out the survey
Hey all...
Thanks for having me to NYC to teach theming. It was great to get to meet all of you, hopefully the info was helpful. If you attended, please take 2 minutes to fill out a survey about the teaching. It will help me make these more effective in the future. Thanks!
You can find the survey at: http://mustardseedmedia.com/training/survey
You can also find our video podcast at: http://mustardseedmedia.com/podcast
and info about all the in-person training we offer at: http://mustardseedmedia.com/training
Thanks everyone!
Wireless Mic
I think I left a wireless mic at the Mansueto office yesterday. If anyone finds it, could they please contact me. Thanks. Had a great time, yesterday.
Lost and Found
Hi Kwang. I found the mic, and it's now sitting on my desk at the office. I also found an Apple power charger if anyone forgot to pick their's up.
Wireless Mic
Would it be possible for me to come pick it up tomorrow around 6 ~ 7'ish pm?
Thank you
Kwang / Rob / Mansueto Team / Everyone Who Chipped In - thank you for making this weekend's event possible!
Thanks!
Thanks to all for putting together the awesome theming seminar, learned a great deal. Bob, I am curious if you will be making your notes available.
thanks again.
Thanks!
Thanks to Rob, Kwang, Rob Loach, litwol and everybody else who made this possible!
Thanks a ton!
Thank you so much to Rob and everyone who helped put together this great seminar.
I am so bummed I missed Day 2 (last minute transportation issues from Jersey), so I really hope someone can post notes/video from that part of the seminar.
Thanks again!
Video of Day 2
I recorded video of Day 2 (including some of the imprompu talk on Panels by johnvsc, which he spoke about at the end of the day). which I hope to post online by the weekend. Thanks Rob, Kwang and all the rest who put the sessions together.
Dean
Video
Video that I have taken during the conference will be available at http://www.blip.tv in small bite size chunks. The first 30 minutes of video of the first day is currently available in 4 chunks. A word of warning, the audio is not as good as I would have liked it too be. And, anything that Bob didn't speak himself, is almost impossible to hear. With that being said, enjoy the videos. And as I find time, I'll post more as they get done.
Thanks!!
Thank you so much for posting the videos and helping organize the seminar. It was awesome!!
Static Theme Conversion - video from Day 2
The first hour of Saturday's session is online at http://blip.tv/file/1712936/ . Bob covered Static Theme conversion for the first 45 minutes, then goes on to talk about CCK, (what it is and how to use it), in the last 15 minutes of this video. I'll put up a seperate video on CCK by itself and the other topics that follow in the next few days.
You rock!!
Thank you so much for posting the video. I have it in my iTunes already and am looking forward to watching it!
definite thanks
cant wait to see the last part of the talk.
Pictures!
Drupal Theming Seminar with Bob Christenson pictures are up! Thanks again, Kwang and Bob, you two are amazing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robloach/sets/72157613213548519/
Looks Great
Rob;
I'm new to this so I have some elementary questions. At the January meeting I noticed in your pictures that some people had computers and some didn't. Do you recommend bringing a computer or will there be equipment there? In the info listing for the NYC Feb seminar there was a section for suggestions. Any suggestions or comments on what one should know before attending to get the most out of the meeting.
Thank you
Pat Salmon
Presentation decks
Can Rob post his presentation decks? I was there the first day but couldn't attend the second day.
Saturday Theming videos online
All the videos are online now at : http://deanmeistr-drupal.blip.tv/posts?view=archive&nsfw=dc