The focus for the DrupalCape Meet-Up for February 2012 is training.
Please sign up at http://drupalcapefebruarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com
This training session is the first of four earmarked for this year. The purpose is to build knowledge and so there will be a step-by-step approach with the purpose of equipping all attendees to build a basic Drupal site by year-end unassisted.
Training in the first session will cover a number of topics around Drupal installation and configuration along both a novice and advanced track.
Future training will cover, theming (including Views & Panels), Module building, and site UI / UX and SEO.
Please do assist us by signing up early - we are closing off the sign-ups 3 days prior to the event to allow for catering and equipment arrangements to be made. Please remember to tell us of any dietary requirements that you have when signing up. Thank you so much.
Please note that training will start no later than 18:15.
Novice track:
Time - 3 hours – 18:00 – 21:00; 29/Feb/2012
Lead by - J Wagener
Topic:
Installation
LAMP Server (XAMP)
Manual Install
DRUSH Install
Modules
Boost
Pre-requisites:
The only suggestion that we would like to make is that you have a Laptop or something similar, and a desire to learn about Drupal.
Advanced:
Time - 3 Hours – 18:00 – 21:00; 29/Feb/2012
Lead by - Roger Saner (? – see topic)
Topic:
Installation
Aegir
Performance
Pre-requisites:
As the advanced training is fairly intensive, we would recommend that candidates be fairly familiar with Drupal, module implementation and tweaking, as well as some Linux knowledge. Please do not feel that you are excluding from attending if you don't have, for example some Linux knowledge. These are merely recommendations and not exclusions :)
What you will get (Novice and Advanced):
Knowledge and the opportunity to pick some of Cape Town's leading Drupal brains! Your own space on the web to build a site and play. A fun learning experience.
What you will need/find useful:
You will need the following items, or find them very helpful:
Laptop or similar computing device
Installable version of XAMPP (find your version at: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) *
Writing pad and pen or pencil
*If you are already running a webserver on your machine that supports Drupal, you won't need to install XAMPP.
Please sign up at http://drupalcapefebruarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com
