Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup - Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group will be holding its next educational and interactive, face-to-face meeting on Tuesday, April 20th from 7pm to 9pm at Trinity College, MCEC 246, as it continues to build and strengthen the community of Drupal developers, designers, administrators, content creators and other stakeholders in Connecticut. Come meet fellow Drupalists. Come learn what Drupal can do for you and the best practices to apply when using Drupal. Come help steer our group to become an invaluable source of information and networking opportunities. We are a passionate and fun group, enthusiastic to grow and help all those interested in Drupal - beginners, journeymen and experts - by sharing our collective knowledge, expertise, experiences and ideas.

Logistics

When: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Trinity College, MCEC 246, Hartford, CT

Our April 20th Meetup will be held at Trinity College, Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Center (MCEC), Room 246 in Hartford, CT. Here are directions to the college and a campus map. MCEC is building 29 on the campus map. Please arrive a few minutes early to insure access to the building, or let me know if arriving on-time will be a problem.

Thanks to Professors Peter Yoon and Ralph Morelli of the Computer Science department at Trinity College for hosting and arranging the space.

Agenda

• Introductions
  • Who are you? What brings you to this Drupal Meetup? What do you do? How do you use Drupal? What are your websites? For what companies do you work?
• Welcome to Drupal Newcomers
  • A Quick Introduction to Drupal (when those new to Drupal are present)
• Group Business
  • Selection of Dates for Future Meetups
  • Selection of Presentations and Activities for Future Meetups

• Presentations, Discussions, Hands-On Exercises and other Activities

  • An Approach to Theming with Drupal, Shaun Gorneau, Director of Web Development, Reynolds Companies
    Shaun Gorneau, Director of Web Development at Reynolds Companies, will give a presentation on his approach to Theming with Drupal: starting from a general approach to a website's design, followed by mapping the design to Drupal objects, and concluding by taking the design (HTML + CSS) and injecting the Drupal bits. He will include advanced theming topics such as styling of individual content types, unique styling of a single node, an approach to using views, and the use of template.php.
  • Experience with Drupal including Ubercart and the Spaces+Features+Organic Groups stack, Michael Stenta and Dylan Riordan, Energy Circle
    Michael Stenta and Dylan Riordan of Energy Circle, will give a quick run-through of their experiences with Drupal, what made them fall in love with it, what they've done with it, and where it's all going. Topics will include Ubercart and the Spaces+Features+Organic Groups stack.

• Informal Group Discussion

  • What have you been doing with Drupal? What help do you need with Drupal? What assistance or resources can you provide with Drupal to other Meetup attendees?
• Social Gathering (if there is interest among attendees)

Additional Information

Please visit the wiki page entitled Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group for additional information about our Meetup Group.