2nd Indy Drupal HackFest! Saturday Jan 31st 1pm-??

Posted by dougvann on January 22, 2009 at 1:21pm

Start:

2008-01-31 13:00 - 17:00 America/Indianapolis

Organizers:

dougvann

Event type:

Training (free or commercial)

OK, Here's the scoop!
Let's get together with our projects, our questions, our skills, and some pizza! Show up whenever and leave whenever. No official presentations will be given, but if a couple people have similar questions, we could break out into a small group and cover that info.
We are confirmed for the Broadripple offices of ProBlog Services.
MAP IT HERE
Here's a list of things you might learn at the 2nd Indy Drupal HackFest.
How to install & configure Drupal for a variety of purposes [personal, commercial, social, etc]
CCK+Views
Taxonomy
Ubercart
Multisite configuration
Theming
What ever you come to learn! :-)

Not so Drupal topics might include
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Server-Administration, SEO, How to benefit from other tools out there on the web.

Comments

I would like to attend. How

Posted by Baljit on January 22, 2009 at 2:32pm

I would like to attend. How do I sign up and what is the location?

Please forgive my ignorance as I am new to the group.

Thanks.

Hi Baljit

Posted by dudenhofer on January 22, 2009 at 11:06pm

Welcome to the group! To sign up, click on the sign up button at the end the post above. For the location (if it does not change), Click Here for the Map

Hope that helps!

http://dudenhofer.com
http://twitter.com/dudenhofer

FREE PIZZA! & How to get there

Posted by dougvann on January 23, 2009 at 3:30am

We're on for the offices of www.ProBlogService.com
map to the meeting
Saturday January 31st from 1pm to whenever. I told the building we'd be out by 5pm.

The offices of Pro Blog Service are located in the MID WEST INTERNET building at 5348 N TACOMA AVE, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46220
Tocoma meets 56th st [no street sign] in the parking lot of Locals Only.
You may find it easier to access the building off of Keystone Ave just behind the pawn shop. Armour road runs between the pawn shop and Kahns-Liquors/Big City Deli. If you take Armour East, then less than 80 yards will be tacoma and the building is on your left on the corner of Armour and Tocoma.
If you find your self wandering the streets of Broadripple, call me: 317-531-7216

Use this thread to make posts about what you want to share AND what you want to learn.
See you there!

Doug Vann [Drupal Trainer, Consultant, Developer]
Synaptic Blue Inc. [President]
http://dougvann.com

DougVann / et al... Can't

Posted by joshmiller on January 23, 2009 at 1:47pm

DougVann / et al...

Can't wait to go! ++++++++1 for learning a little more about multisite configurations.

Josh

Thanks for the info

Posted by Baljit on January 23, 2009 at 2:51pm

Thanks Doug for the information.

I am new to Drupal and just want to connect with you guys to get an idea about this platform. I hope you guys can help me get started. What is the best way to learn this platform? What are the capabilities, etc.?

I have a long IT experience, have done lot of web development and work for Lilly right now. I am in the process of developing a social networking site for our community and would like to learn more about Drupal.

Baljit

How I learned Drupal

Posted by indytechcook on January 23, 2009 at 3:44pm

Download, install.
Play around with the system.
Get frustrated as Hell and give up.
Come back 6 months later and download and install again.
Play around and get frustrated again.
Try to search drupal.org and get frustrated as hell.
Find someone that can point you in the correct direction and start to read articles and the handbooks.
Look at api.drupal.org and get frustrated as hell.
Google "How to learn Drupal" and read.
Reading "Using Drupal" and "Pro Drupal Development" -- THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN STEP 4.
Google, Google and more Google.
Join Drupal group (Drupal Dojo especially). -- THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN STEP 3

Learn from my many mistakes. Start with the screencasts on drupal Dojo and Lullabot. Read "Using Drupal" first (A very easy read for a tech book). This will teach you how to use Drupal from a administrator prospective. Then read "Pro Drupal Development" (A little drier but good information). This will give you a solid introduction to programming in drupal. Using the Drupal API is very different then any traditional API that you have ever used. It took me a while to grasp the concept of Forms especially. I kept on telling myself that I just have been missing something. Trust me when I say it's easier to just "Trust the Magic."

Neil Hastings
http://twitter.com/indytechcook