http://groups.drupal.org/florida A group for Florida based Drupal people en http://groups.drupal.org/node/12990 <p><i>Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce</i><br /> by Michael Peacock<br /> Pack Publishing, 2008, $39.99</p> <p>Technology books are generally expected to be on the shelves shortly after major releases of a particular software and therefore do not receive the most thorough editing possible. They're also quite expensive considering they have a relatively short shelf life because they're only really in demand until the new version of the software is released. Given that this book delivers on both counts and exhaustively details the cheesy example of Doug's Dino store, it's still a worthy read.</p> <p>Well, it won't do you much good to simply read it. This book steps the reader through the process of setting up a website to sell goods and/or services over the internet. The book tells the story of a web-developer/designer(you) that contracts with the owner of a physical store to set up a website to sell his products and services on-line.</p> <p>In the first chapter, the author explains how to install Drupal 5.x and the e-Commerce module, the most recent versions of this e-business duo. If you are interested in Ubercart, e-Commerce's other Drupal competitor, you're reading the wrong book. Micheal does a fair job of pointing out the pitfalls of downloading and installing the software. I wished he had directed the reader to download all the modules that would be needed for later chapters even if they wouldn't be installed until later. There is no one place in the book you can find a list of all the modules you will need for a particular store implementation.</p> <p>In the next couple of chapters, the author explains the basics of Drupal and planning the store including even legal requirements. In my experience, these chapters and the chapter on theming were really lacking. My experience with customers suggests that they usually want to start with how the site will look. Granted this book isn't about theming, but even considering that, the look and feel topics are really sparse. Customers relate their online experience to how they want their physical store to look. All this form following function jargon is something for the developer and designer to juggle, the owner wants pretty first. Another problem I have with these chapters relates to the decision not to use CCK and the image field to display the products in the catalog. Although he suggests later that it might be a good idea to use CCK, it seems that a product catalog might be a perfect application of this popular module, and would ease the administration of a dynamic e-store.</p> <p>The chapter about users, roles, and permissions is a must. This chapter alone will save countless hours of head scratching, and could single-handedly save the book. Many of the ways that users, roles, and permissions and creative uses of the taxonomy module can be implemented will allow the user to use, create, and sell almost limitless types of products and services.</p> <p>The next chapters direct the reader in set up the shopping cart and checkout functionality, including detailed explanations of taxes, shipping, and payment gateways. I would like to have learned more about secure checkout, and security in general, it seems like a pretty important topic to a store owner and his customers. A small section of one chapter was spent on the CiviCRM module, it should have been skipped or covered in much greater detail. In the last chapter on Marketing Your Business, the author provides an extensive list of ways to market one's business, but doesn't describe how Drupal could be used to automate the process, or even recommended other products for the job. I bet there are a number of things that Drupal can do to help promote one's business.</p> <p>Bottom line: <i>Selling online with Drupal e-Commerce</i> is a great introduction to the process of setting up a Drupal website for an internet based business. The author does a great job pointing out places where your intuition can get you into trouble, and points you in the right direction to modules not included in be basic Drupal: e-Commerce installation, but if you are new to selling, period; require a knock-out store design, or need help advertising your site, you are going to need a few more books. To it's credit, it's not a book simply about Drupal, but leads the reader through the whole process and discusses all the processes and services a store-owner will need to set up his store. I can't give it a big thumbs up, but a worthy read none-the-less.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12990#comments book review Michael Peacock packt central florida orlando Florida Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:43:12 +0000 dharveymi 12990 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12800 <p>I have purchased three domains for use as the Florida Drupal group sees fit.</p> <p><a href="http://drupalfl.org">DrupalFL.org</a><br /> <a href="http://drupalflorida.org">DrupalFlorida.org</a><br /> <a href="http://drupalgators.org">DrupalGators.org</a></p> <p>Currently they just redirect to groups.drupal.org/florida to give us slightly easier access to the content here. They also work well when advertising (hint .. hint :) ).</p> <p>If the group would like to use these domains for any reason just let me know. Please discuss the use with the group in public. Use will not be granted for those that just contact me directly.</p> <p>Go Drupalgators!</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12800#comments Domains Florida Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:38:29 +0000 dragonwize 12800 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12623 <p>The Florida Drupal User's Group met this past Saturday - about 17 people were in attendance. The group broke down as follows:</p> <ul> <li>new to Drupal: 6</li> <li>less than 1 year: 7</li> <li>more than one year: 4</li> </ul> <p>Thanks to Jay and <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com/">MindComet</a> for letting us use their facilities! If you have a need for Interactive Marketing, please check them out.</p> <p>I (Mike Anello) gave a talk on Views 2 in Drupal 6 covering the changes from Views 1 as well as a tour of Views 2 and the new concepts and terminology. During the talk, I created a couple of new views with several displays utilizing some of the new functionality. You can download my presentation below.</p> <p>Ryan Price gave a beginner's talk on CCK, giving examle of various uses of custom content types. During the talk, he created a podcast directory for <a href="http://www.orlandopodcasters.com/" title="http://www.orlandopodcasters.com/">http://www.orlandopodcasters.com/</a> utilizing the <a href="http://drupal.org/project/emfield">embedded media field</a>, nodereference field (part of CCK), <a href="http://drupal.org/project/content_taxonomy">content taxonomy</a>, and <a href="http://www.drupal.org/project/link">link field</a>.</p> <p>Joe Moraca worked with Packt Publishing to get some copies of their recent Drupal books for review. Three books were given away at the meetup - in exchange for getting a free copy, the receipients agreed to post a book review on this site. Congrats to</p> <ul> <li>David Harvey received Selling Online with Drupal E-commerce</li> <li>Steve Lecarpenter received Building Powerful and Robust Websites with Drupal 6</li> <li>Bob O'Leary received Drupal 5 Theming</li> </ul> <p>Our next meetup with be on Saturday, July 19 from 1 to 3 PM. Ryan Price will be talking about themeing. Specfically, he'll be taking an HTML/CSS theme and "Drupalizing" it with <a href="http://drupal.org/project/zen">Zen</a> as the base theme.</p> <p>Future meetups include</p> <p><b>Saturday, July 19</b><br /> Themeing - taking an HTML/CSS theme and Drupalizing with Zen as the base theme - Ryan Price</p> <p><b>Saturday, August 16</b><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/panels">Panels</a> - Mike Anello<br /> Taxonomy/<a href="http://drupal.org/project/pathauto">Pathauto</a> - Andrew Riley</p> <p><b>Saturday, September 20</b><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist">SEO</a> - Jose Rey</p> <p><b>Saturday, October 18</b><br /> Module Development - Mike Anello<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/og">Organic Groups</a> - Ryan Price</p> <p><b>Future Meeting topics</b><br /> Image Handling and Galleries (imagecache/thickbox/imagefield/node carousel)<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/coder">Coder module</a><br /> Drupal performance<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/gmap">Mapping/GIS</a><br /> Issue Queue/Creating/Applying Patches<br /> Module Development focused on FormAPIs<br /> Adobe Flex<br /> User-friendly admin (<a href="http://drupal.org/project/workspace">Workspace module</a>, <a href="http://drupal.org/project/rootcandy">RootCandy theme</a>, etc...)</p> <p>Have an idea for an additional topic? Let us know by adding a comment below.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12623#comments CCK Florida orlando views cck central florida orlando view Florida Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:48:14 +0000 ultimike@drupal.org 12623 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12519 <h3>Jacksonville</h3> <p><a href="http://jaxphp.org">JaxPHP</a> will be having a Drupal meeting again July 1, 2008. We will be building a Drupal site during the meeting the will be used by one of our local groups. If you have always wanted to see Drupal in real action, this is your chance.</p> <p>For more information: <a href="http://JaxPHP.org" title="http://JaxPHP.org">http://JaxPHP.org</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12519#comments meeting jacksonville florida Education Events meetup Florida Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:44:52 +0000 dragonwize 12519 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12445 <p>Just thought I'd start a new event string for the Jun 21 meeting so people could sign up.</p> <p>Our next meet-up will be on Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 1 to 5 PM at <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com/" target="new">MindComent's offices</a><br /> in Altamonte Springs, Florida (Orlando area). This will be a 2-topic meeting with Ryan Price covering CCK and Mike Anello covering Views. We'll be covering these two topics using Drupal 6. Orginially, we were going to cover theming and Views, but we decided it made more sense to go with CCK and Views in the same day. The theming topic will be covered in July.</p> <p>For those of you new to Drupal, CCK is the "content construction kit" - a module that allows site admins to create new "content types" for the web site. For example, a "car" content type might provide fields for "year", "make", "model", "color", etc. This allows the site admin much more flexibility in content management as well as display options. The Views module provides a super-flexible way for site admins to decide how lists of content are presented to the user.</p> <p>Finally, we decided to kick off each meeting with a 20-minute quick question and answer session. Anyone can ask the group any question on any Drupal related topic providing the question can be asked and answered in a short period of time. If you can't make the meetup, feel free to ask the question in the comment section of this post.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12445#comments Florida Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:33:53 +0000 Jackezel 12445 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12135 <p>Doterati Central Florida's non-profit interactive marketing, media and technology association is looking for some Drupal help. We're looking for some help getting our Drupal setup with CiviCRM and then applying a theme to the Drupal setup. If you have some free time you'd like to volunteer and become even more involved in the community please email <a href="mailto:jeremy.doterati@mindcomet.com">jeremy.doterati@mindcomet.com</a> (this is not me) letting Jeremy know what you would like to help with.</p> <p>Even if you don't have the time to help out I would encourage you to stop by the Doterati website and sign up (it's free).</p> <p>A representative from Doterati will be present at the next Florida Drupal meeting if you would like to discuss this in person.</p> <p>Website: <a href="http://www.doterati.com/" title="http://www.doterati.com/">http://www.doterati.com/</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> CiviCRM volunteer Florida Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:11:39 +0000 Andrew M Riley 12135 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11962 <p>In addition to our scheduled CCK / Views demos we have some books from Packt Publishing for review. They support "user groups"!!!</p> <p>We would like the person that gets <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-create-powerful-websites/book">Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6</a> to write a review to thank our friends at Packt Publishing.</p> <p>Joe Moraca<br /> <a href="http://moraca.org" title="http://moraca.org">http://moraca.org</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> Florida Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:01:25 +0000 joemoraca 11962 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11640 <p>Presented by Joe Moraca Saturday, May 17, 2008<br /> Florida Drupal Users Group -- Orlando</p> <p>at the very nice offices of MindComet<br /> 385 Pearl Lake Causeway<br /> Altamonte Springs, FL 32714</p> <h3>What do you need to install Drupal</h3> <p>Drupal runs on the L/W/M AMP stack I run on my local windows laptop and have my sites hosted on a Linux server.</p> <p>How do you get this setup on your local computer?</p> <p>Windows: I use ApacheFriends <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html" title="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html">http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html</a> there is also<br /> Mac OS X MAMP <a href="http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html" title="http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html">http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp.html</a><br /> Linux -- if you are using Linux just figure it out ... <a href="http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies" title="http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies">http://howtoforge.com/ubuntu_lamp_for_newbies</a></p> <h3>Tools to do stuff: </h3> <p>PHPMYADMIN <a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php" title="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php">http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php</a> to create the database (depends on your host)</p> <p>7-zip to "unzip" the files on windows <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/" title="http://www.7-zip.org/">http://www.7-zip.org/</a><br /> Gzip for MAC or Linux <a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/gunzip.1.html" title="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/gunzip.1.html">http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/...</a></p> <h3>Move files to a "production server" using FTP</h3> <p>windows WhizFTP <a href="http://www.download.com/Whiz-FTP/3000-2160_4-10614288.html" title="http://www.download.com/Whiz-FTP/3000-2160_4-10614288.html">http://www.download.com/Whiz-FTP/3000-2160_4-10614288.html</a><br /> MAC OS X <a href="http://cyberduck.ch/" title="http://cyberduck.ch/">http://cyberduck.ch/</a> ?<br /> Linux sudo apt-get install gftp</p> <p>so we have the tools ...</p> <p>so download drupal, some modules and a couple of themes from <a href="http://drupal.org/" title="http://drupal.org/">http://drupal.org/</a></p> <p>unzip drupal in your document root -- htdocs</p> <p>create a database using your favorite tool</p> <p>Basic Configuration of a site</p> <p><a href="http://drupal.org/getting-started/6" title="http://drupal.org/getting-started/6">http://drupal.org/getting-started/6</a></p> <p>Site Recipes -- what type of site do you want to build</p> <p><a href="http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes" title="http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes">http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes</a> with videos and screencasts!!</p> <p>Basic Setup</p> <pre><code>Intro to the "Admin Section" Create Content Menus </code></pre><p>Move your test site to a production server</p> <p>Discussion of favorite modules</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> Florida Wed, 21 May 2008 23:22:27 +0000 joemoraca 11640 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11564 <p>The second monthly meeting of the Florida Drupal group met on Saturday, May 17 at <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com/">MindComent's offices</a> in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Attendance was great, with 8 new people in addition to 10 who also attended the April meeting.</p> <p>Joe Moraca gave a "getting started with Drupal" talk that covered everything from downloading the code from Drupal.org to transitioning from a development server to a production server. Some of the many topics touched on were:</p> <ul> <li>Downloading Drupal</li> <li>Resources on Drupal.org</li> <li>Various versions of Drupal</li> <li>Setting up LAMP stack on Windows/Mac/Linux</li> <li>Creating new DB and DB user</li> <li>Overview of Drupal core directories</li> <li>Uncompressing and installing on your hard drive</li> <li>Going through the Drupal installer</li> <li>Clean URLs</li> <li>Creating admin user</li> <li>Admin section</li> <li>Adding modules</li> <li>Changing themes</li> <li>Adding content</li> <li>Moving site from development server to production server</li> </ul> <p>Our next meet-up will be on Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 1 to 5 PM at <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com/">MindComent's offices</a> in Altamonte Springs, Florida. This will be a 2-topic meeting with Ryan Price covering CCK and myself (Mike Anello) covering Views. We'll be covering these two topics using Drupal 6. Orginially, we were going to cover theming and Views, but we decided it made more sense to go with CCK and Views in the same day. The theming topic will be covered in July.</p> <p>For those of you new to Drupal, CCK is the "content construction kit" - a module that allows site admins to create new "content types" for the web site. For example, a "car" content type might provide fields for "year", "make", "model", "color", etc. This allows the site admin much more flexibility in content management as well as display options. The Views module provides a super-flexible way for site admins to decide how lists of content are presented to the user.</p> <p>Finally, we decided to kick off each meeting with a 20-minute quick question and answer session. Anyone can ask the group any question on any Drupal related topic providing the question can be asked and answered in a short period of time. If you can't make the meetup, feel free to ask the question in the comment section of this post.</p> <p>-mike</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11564#comments Florida meetup getting started Florida Mon, 19 May 2008 13:53:19 +0000 ultimike@drupal.org 11564 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11540 <p>hey guys here is the signature panel that i made</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11540#comments Florida Sat, 17 May 2008 23:12:35 +0000 ZippoCub 11540 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11302 <p>Tampa Panera Meetup Saturday May 10</p> <h2>What we will discuss:</h2> <p>Open discussion; may include details about the Orlando beginner's class; how and why we use drupal, etc.</p> <h2>Time &amp; Date:</h2> <p>Saturday May 10, 2008 @ 3:00 PM</p> <h2>Location:</h2> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=18011+Highwoods+Preserve+Pkwy,+Tampa,+FL+(Panera+Bread+Drupal+Meetup)&amp;sll=28.036651,-82.359542&amp;sspn=0.010436,0.013304&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.130658,-82.367034&amp;spn=0.010427,0.013304&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr">Panera Bread</a><br /> 18011 Highwoods Preserve Pkwy<br /> Tampa, FL 33647<br /> (close to Muvico Starlight 20)</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11302#comments Florida Thu, 08 May 2008 00:29:55 +0000 faunapolis 11302 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11029 <p>May 17th at 1pm we will be having a "Getting Started with Drupal" class !!!</p> <p>Please come and bring your web developer / designer friends ... drupal needs designers<br /> If you can do cross browser CSS you can setup a drupal site!!!</p> <p><strong>Tools to run drupal:</strong><br /> Apache, MySQL, PHP<br /> database admin, gzip &amp; ftp</p> <p><strong>Navigate the drupal.org website</strong></p> <p><strong>Download and install drupal / modules / themes</strong></p> <p><strong>Basic Configuration of a site</strong><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/getting-started/6" title="http://drupal.org/getting-started/6">http://drupal.org/getting-started/6</a></p> <p><strong>Site Recipes -- what type of site do you want to build</strong><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes" title="http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes">http://drupal.org/handbook/site-recipes</a> with videos and screencasts!!</p> <p><strong>Basic Setup</strong><br /> Intro to the "Admin Section"<br /> Create Content<br /> Menus</p> <p><strong>Move your test site to a production server</strong></p> <p><strong>Discussion of favorite modules</strong></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> Florida Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:22:04 +0000 joemoraca 11029 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11009 <p>Join us at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=385+Pearl+Lake+Causeway,+Altamonte+Springs,+FL+32714&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=41.682395,64.6875&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.657152,-81.427317&amp;spn=0.045265,0.063171&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=addr">MindComet's Headquarters in Altamonte Springs</a> for our monthly meetup on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 1 to 3 PM.</p> <p>The main topic of the meeting will be "Getting Started with Drupal - installation and setup", presented by Joe Moraca. We'll also have some show-and-tell time to anyone who wants to give a 5-minute presentation on anything Drupal related (modules, sites, themes, news, etc...)</p> <p>This meeting will be geared towards users who are new to Drupal - so bring all your newbie friends and get them to take a sip of the Drupal Kool-Aid(tm).</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.mindcomet.com/">MindComet</a> for allowing us to hold our meetup at their facilities. If you're planning on bringing a snack, please obey the "leave only footprints" rule so we're sure to get invited back! Here's the full address to MindComet:</p> <p>385 Pearl Lake Causeway<br /> Altamonte Springs, FL 32714</p> <p>Please click the "Sign up" button below so we can have some sort of count on the number of attendees. Thanks!</p> <p>-mike</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11009#comments Florida Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:46:01 +0000 ultimike@drupal.org 11009 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10687 <p>all day now, i have been trying to get everything "server side" setup in ubuntu, and have had absolutely no luck at all. first, i installed xampp for linux, which used to be Lampp in a previous relaese; it was horrible. there was no way to actually reconfigure apache, or redirect the localhost with it actively running. so then it was onto lullabot for some assistance. ah-ha, i found a video which was great. i uninstalled xampp and was prepared to follow along on a fresh setup. so i opened synaptic, installed apache, php5, mysql, etc. and all went great, or so i thought. i navigated to /var/www and in the apache folder there was no configuration file. so i double checked [just on the off chance that hidden files weren't visible] and made sure that it wasnt there, or in anyother dir. three uninstalls/reinstalls later it still wasn't happening. back to the net to find a solution, that works with ubuntu. i found drubuntu, a group located here that has a complete walkthrough on everything. awesome, right? yes and no. after getting all of the prelims done [eclipse, firefox plugins, etc] its time to setup apache and define databases. wouldnt you know that even following the instructions to the letter, there was still no httpd configuration file in the apache dir.</p> <p>im stuck and i need some assistance. i have made steady progress all day, but this seems to be as far as i can get. does anyone else in the group use linux as their test server? if so any and all help would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>-Erik</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/10687#comments Apache mysql mysqladmin php ubuntu apache mysql mysqladmin php ubuntu Florida Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:28:20 +0000 ZippoCub 10687 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10679 <p>Read the meeting notes from ultimike below. We are going to try to grow this group!!! Please help us -- even if you can't make a meeting help us by doing some PR for the group.... and just to show our smiling faces ... I caught most of the group in this picture.</p> <p><img src="http://groups.drupal.org/files/fldrupalapril2008s.jpg" alt="Florida Drupal Users Group meeting in Orlando April 2008"></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/10679#comments Drupal Education theming Education meetup orlando Florida Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:45:13 +0000 joemoraca 10679 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10676 <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm looking for a Drupal developer in the South florida area between West Palm Beach and Miami.<br /> Need develop new content on an existing website forexdistrict.com.</p> <p>Anybody interested please contact Juan at <a href="mailto:forexdistrict@gmail.com">forexdistrict@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Thank you,</p> <p>Juan P. Bejarano</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> advertising development job rss news feeds newsfeed aggregate blog portal website website development Florida Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:15:48 +0000 forexdistrict 10676 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10674 <p>About a dozen Drupal developers met at Orlando Public Library yesterday to discuss Drupalcon Boston and future meetups in Orlando.</p> <p>I gave a presentation about Drupalcon Boston covering Dries' keynote, the future of Drupal, and a quick summary of some of the sessions I attended. The rest of the time was spent with discussion introducing ourselves to each other and planning for future meetings and what we need to do to for the Florida group to gain some momentum.</p> <p>We decided that from here on out, we were going to have monthly meetups at 1PM on the 3rd Saturday of every month at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=385+Pearl+Lake+Causeway,+Altamonte+Springs,+FL+32714&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=41.682395,64.6875&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.657152,-81.427317&amp;spn=0.045265,0.063171&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=addr">MindComet in Altamonte Springs</a>. We'll alternate between 1 and 2 main topics per meeting (2 and 4 hour meetings). In addition to the main topic, each meeting will be open for 5-10 minute BarCamp-style show-and-tells for anyone that wants to present what they're working on or anything they find interesting. </p> <p>Here's the schedule for the next few meetings:</p> <p><b>Saturday, May 17</b><br /> Getting started with Drupal - installation and setup - Joe Moraca</p> <p><b>Saturday, June 21</b><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/cck">CCK</a> - Ryan Price<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/views">Views</a> - Mike Anello</p> <p><b>Saturday, July 19</b><br /> Themeing - taking an HTML/CSS theme and Drupalizing with Zen as the base theme - Ryan Price</p> <p><b>Saturday, August 16</b><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/panels">Panels</a> - Mike Anello<br /> Taxonomy/<a href="http://drupal.org/project/pathauto">Pathauto</a> - Andrew Riley</p> <p><b>Saturday, September 20</b><br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist">SEO</a> - Jose Rey</p> <p><b>Saturday, October 18</b><br /> Module Development - Mike Anello<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/og">Organic Groups</a> - Ryan Price</p> <p><b>Future Meeting topics</b><br /> Image Handling and Galleries (imagecache/thickbox/imagefield)<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/coder">Coder module</a><br /> Drupal performance<br /> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/gmap">Mapping/GIS</a><br /> Issue Queue/Creating/Applying Patches<br /> Module Development focused on FormAPIs<br /> Adobe Flex<br /> User-friendly admin (<a href="http://drupal.org/project/workspace">Workspace module</a>, <a href="http://drupal.org/project/rootcandy">RootCandy theme</a>, etc...)</p> <p>Have an idea for an additional topic? Let us know by adding a comment below. </p> <p>We also talked about have a full-day mini-Drupalcon with a couple of classrooms so that we can offer a bunch of topics in a single day. </p> <p>Here's a partial list of everyone that attended along with their Drupal.org username:</p> <p>Joe Moraca (joemoraca) - <a href="http://www.moraca.org/" title="http://www.moraca.org/">http://www.moraca.org/</a><br /> Michael Anello (ultimike) - <a href="http://www.anelloconsulting.com" title="http://www.anelloconsulting.com">http://www.anelloconsulting.com</a><br /> Ryan Price (liberatr) - <a href="http://ryanpricemedia.com" title="http://ryanpricemedia.com">http://ryanpricemedia.com</a><br /> Ivan Latorre (netboss) - ex-Joomla guy, interested in Drupal with Flex<br /> Darren McDaniel - <a href="http://petentials.com/" title="http://petentials.com/">http://petentials.com/</a><br /> Steve Lecarpentier (jackezel) - <a href="http://veteran.com" title="http://veteran.com">http://veteran.com</a><br /> Eric - design/graphic development<br /> John Learned - <a href="http://petentials.com" title="http://petentials.com">http://petentials.com</a><br /> Andrew Riley (Andrew M Riley) - <a href="http://mindcomet.com" title="http://mindcomet.com">http://mindcomet.com</a><br /> Jose Rey (faunapolis) - <a href="http://www.faunapolis.org" title="http://www.faunapolis.org">http://www.faunapolis.org</a></p> <p>Let's see if we can double our numbers at meetup next month - we decided to start with a "getting started" topic in hopes of bringing in some new Drupal users.</p> <p>We want web designers !!!!</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/10674#comments Florida meetup orlando cck development getting started gmap organic groups panels pathauto seo taxonomy theming views wrapup Florida Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:35:38 +0000 ultimike@drupal.org 10674 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/9777 <p>Since there's at least 6 of us that made it up to Boston's DrupalCon event, there's no better excuse to have a meetup to share the wealth with those that couldn't manage the trip.</p> <p>The Knight Foundation played a very prominent role at DrupalCon, and Studio:Module started a Design Outreach program aimed at making Drupal more accessible to a broader user base, particularly in the creative field. Watch <a href="http://designfordrupal.org" title="http://designfordrupal.org">http://designfordrupal.org</a> over the next few months for developments.</p> <p>I propose a Thursday night at Novecento in Brickell or at Books and Books in the Gables.</p> <p>Any takers?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/miami-florida">Miami, Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/9777#comments Miami meetup Florida Miami, Florida Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:59:15 +0000 modulist 9777 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/9478 <p>Everyone is invited to the Florida Drupal Group Meeting in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=101+E.+Central+Blvd.+++Orlando,+FL+32801&amp;hl=en">Orlando</a> to get some training in Drupal, meet other Drupalers, and just have some fun.</p> <p><br></p> <ul> <li>Date - April 12th (Saturday) </li> <li>Time - 1300 to 1700 </li> <li>Location - <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?bhcp=1"> Orlando Public Library</a> </li> <li>Agenda </li> <ul> <li>Introductions.</li> <li>Mike Anello - "Ultimike" will give a short review about the most recent Drupal developments that were presented at DrupalCon Boston.</li> <li>Mike Anello - "Ultimike" will conduct training on Module Development. </li> <li>then some time afterwards for an informal mini-hackfest, questions, answers, and discussions</li> </ul> <li>Post meeting meal - There's lots of places within walking distance in downtown Orlando.</li> </ul> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/9478#comments Florida Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:46:01 +0000 Jackezel 9478 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/9343 <p>Tampa Digital Studios is looking for full-time well-spirited PHP/Drupal developers.</p> <p>Tampa Digital Studios is a customer focused, full-service digital media, film and video production facility as well as a turnkey resource for multimedia production nationwide. The confidence we have in our creative staff gives us the opportunity to meet new client needs and maintain a unique relationship with the client during the process. We go above and beyond to meet the sometimes outrageous deadlines and expectations required in our industry. We have always accepted these challenges and strive to accomplish them with style. Our workplace has an atmosphere that is fun and allows for creativity on an individual basis. We are also very flexible when it comes to the specialty needs of our clients. These clients include Arte Festival, the Tampa Bay Lightning, Brad Richards, the City of Tampa, the DeBartolo Group, the Hillsborough Clerk of the Circuit Court, Hulk Hogan, Lights On Tampa, the Plant Museum, and more.</p> <p>Responsibilities include:</p> <p>Identify the needs of each project with the clients, project managers and/or the web department.<br /> Participate in the creative process.<br /> Contribute in the organization and planning of each project.<br /> Transform Photoshop designs into XHTML pages. Be aware of web optimization.<br /> Program modules to integrate to Drupal.<br /> Be able to work indepedently and as part of a team.</p> <p>Required Skills</p> <p>PHP, MySQL, HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Drupal</p> <p>Additional Skills</p> <p>Flash, ActionScript, Flex, LAMP, Eclipse, CVS</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> video Florida Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:54:28 +0000 joseguevara@drupal.org 9343 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/8978 <p>This is to see what sort of interest there may be in the South Florida community for setting up training programs for Drupal in South Florida. Personally, I'd be interested in teaching a theming workshop and an introduction to Drupal for those of you just starting out.</p> <p>If you're interested in setting up a workshop, please post to this thread. If you know someone that's interested that's just starting to explore Drupal, please forward this post or encourage them to join the Miami group.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>modulist</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/miami-florida">Miami, Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/8978#comments Drupal Training Florida Miami, Florida Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:26:39 +0000 modulist 8978 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/8946 <p>Now that Drupal 6 has been released, I thought I would suggest another local Tampa Drupal Meeting for Saturday, 1 March, from 3-5 p.m. at the Panera Bread in New Tampa. This location has easy access from the I-4, I-75, and the I-275.</p> <p>I thought we could discuss any issues or problems we're having with Drupal 6, and/or our other Drupal projects. If you're having trouble with anything, post it here and we can all discuss it when we meet.</p> <p>Everyone in the All Florida Drupal Group is invited, but I know it's a long drive for some. I'd really like to at least get out the local Drupalers in the Tampa Bay area.</p> <p>The Panera Bread in New Tampa is on Bruce B. Downs Blvd, 2 lights North/East of the I-75. If you're coming on the I-75, take exit 270 onto Bruce B. Downs, and drive about 1 mile North/East, at the second stoplight turn left and make an immediate right into the parking lot. At the far side (in front of Circuit City) is Panera Bread. There is a Bennigan's next door if anyone wants to continue the conversation and change the coffee for beer.</p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.134139,-82.365789&amp;spn=0.01597,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A&amp;om=1" title="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.134139,-82.365789&amp;spn=0.01597,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A&amp;om=1">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=...</a></p> <p>Panera Bread<br /> 18011 Highwoods Preserve<br /> Tampa, FL 33647<br /> (813) 979-6981 | phone</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/8946#comments Florida Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:16:34 +0000 Jackezel 8946 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/8409 <p>Homepage/Blog<br /> <a href="http://barcamporlando.org" title="http://barcamporlando.org">http://barcamporlando.org</a></p> <p>Registration Info<br /> <a href="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/28/registration-is-open" title="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/28/registration-is-open">http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/28/registration-is-open</a></p> <p>Video about the upcoming BarCamp Orlando<br /> <a href="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/18/the-next-barcamporlando" title="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/18/the-next-barcamporlando">http://barcamporlando.org/2008/2/18/the-next-barcamporlando</a><br /> <a href="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/1/14/presentation-how-you-can-help" title="http://barcamporlando.org/2008/1/14/presentation-how-you-can-help">http://barcamporlando.org/2008/1/14/presentation-how-you-can-help</a></p> <p>Saturday will be "developer day" and Sunday be "media day". I'm personally in charge of media day, but I want to tell you how great the first BarCamp Orlando was. There were almost 200 people packed into a restaurant here in Orlando, and despite rain and a crowded room, we had dozens of presentations and so many great connections were made.</p> <p>This year we have an entire complex of venues: officially we have two of them reserved for the 8 hours of the conference, but the others will serve as the "hallway". Exciting times.</p> <p>Video from the first BarCamp Orlando<br /> <a href="http://barcamporlando.org/2007/10/17/mailing-list-video" title="http://barcamporlando.org/2007/10/17/mailing-list-video">http://barcamporlando.org/2007/10/17/mailing-list-video</a></p> <p>We are looking for sponsors in a big way - the conference is currently planned for April 5th &amp; 6th at the Wall Street Plaza in downtown Orlando. Geeks, drinks, live music, free lunch and free t-shirts, what more could you ask for? Sponsorships are sort of closed after March 21.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/8409#comments Florida Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:07:02 +0000 liberatr@drupal.org 8409 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/7217 <p>The Orlando Fringe Festival is a non-profit theatre festival with some outstanding principles, and I really love these guys. I even helped them get their web site onto a CMS from static pages this year, but now I have run out of time.</p> <p>We've gotten started setting up a system whereby people producing a show for the Fringe will be able to enter in their production's information themselves, saving the Festival staff hundreds of man-hours, and releasing them from some liability, because now 80 people can each make one mistake instead of one person making 80 mistakes. Hooray Drupal.</p> <p>They need someone to help them finish up development of this system and maintain it through festival time in May.</p> <p>The pay is very low - but the job is worth it.</p> <p>Contact &lt; email AT markbaratelli.com &gt; if you're interested.</p> <p>Current site: <a href="http://orlandofringe.org">OrlandoFringe.org</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> CCK Florida orlando Florida Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:56:36 +0000 liberatr@drupal.org 7217 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/7204 <p>I guess the All Florida Drupal Meeting in Gainesville didn't get off the ground, so I thought I would suggest a local Tampa Drupal Meeting for Saturday, 1 December from 3-5 p.m. at the Panera Bread in New Tampa. This location has easy access from the I-4, I-75, and the I-275.</p> <p>Everyone in the All Florida Drupal Group is invited, but I know it's a long drive for some. I'd really like to at least get out the local Drupalers in the Tampa area.</p> <p>This Panera Bread does have wireless internet, and I suggest everyone bringing their laptops, so we can look at each others Drupal sites, and ask "how'd you do that?".</p> <p>The Panera Bread in New Tampa is on Bruce B. Downs Blvd, 2 lights North/East of the I-75. If you're coming on the I-75, take exit 270 onto Bruce B. Downs, and drive about 1 mile North/East, at the second stoplight turn left and make an immediate right into the parking lot. At the far side (in front of Circuit City) is Panera Bread. There is a Bennigan's next door if anyone wants to continue the conversation and change the coffee for beer.</p> <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.134139,-82.365789&amp;spn=0.01597,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A&amp;om=1" title="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.134139,-82.365789&amp;spn=0.01597,0.040169&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A&amp;om=1">http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=panera+bread,+33647&amp;ie=...</a></p> <p>Panera Bread<br /> 18011 Highwoods Preserve<br /> Tampa, FL 33647<br /> (813) 979-6981 | phone</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/7204#comments meetup tampa Florida Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:51:04 +0000 Jackezel 7204 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/7096 <p>Need help tweaking LAMP server for multi site configuration and help with migrating from cPanel/WHM environment to this new server.</p> <p>Must have several years experience: Linux, Apache, MySQL and Php, and minimum 1 year with Drupal environment.</p> <p>Email your credentials and contact information.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/multisite">Multisite</a></div> Florida Multisite Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:15:08 +0000 daouverson2 7096 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/6753 <p>A few things you should check out if you're in/near Orlando.</p> <p>First, <a href="http://cfphp.org/">Central Florida PHP</a> and second <a href="http://floridacreatives.com/">Florida Creatives</a>.</p> <p>I organize Florida Creatives, and we have a large number of web developers and designers attend each month. Our next Happy Hour will be at the Crooked Bayou, across the street from the Orlando Library. Our meetings are always 3rd Mondays of the month in the same place.</p> <p>Another cool group is Mike Girouard's CFPHP. He has his meetings at DeVry University @ Millenia on select Saturdays once a month. This event could use a few more people. I'd love to have a Drupal User's Group, but if we can't make a big enough PHP group, Drupal should be the second priority.</p> <p>The next CFPHP is titled "Bring Your Own Database" and is intended to help PHP programmers with database normalization. It is Saturday, October 27th from 3-5PM. Check CFPHP.org for more info and future dates.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/6753#comments arts community design Florida happy hour meetup downtown orlando Florida Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:27:38 +0000 liberatr@drupal.org 6753 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/6235 <p><strong>We need a place </strong> -- on campus somewhere? maybe a library meeting room? Is there anyone in Gainesville who can help set this up?</p> <p><strong>We need a date</strong> --- How about Oct 20th</p> <p><strong>We need an agenda </strong> -- we should have some folks fresh from DrupalCon in Spain!!!</p> <p><strong>We need lots of marketing / PR </strong></p> <p><strong>We need people to signup</strong> so other people know we will have a "crowd"</p> <p>Please add your name and what you can do to this page (just showing up is good!!!)</p> <p>Joe Moraca will attend any Saturday in Oct</p> <p>Mike Anello (ultimike) will attend any Saturday in October as well. I'd be willing to present some of the custom Drupal modules I've been building for clients in the recent months.</p> <p>Steve Lecarpentier will show up on Oct 20th.</p> <p>Jose Rey CAN show up on Oct 20th in the afternoon or evening.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> Florida Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:32:02 +0000 joemoraca 6235 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/5629 <p>Hi, just in case anyone interested is near Jacksonville, the JaxPHP meetup group is hosting an introductory presentation about Drupal at their Sept 4 meeting.</p> <p><a href="http://php.meetup.com/332/calendar/6185676/">link to meeting page</a></p> <p>sanedog</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/5629#comments meetup Florida Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:15:03 +0000 Zane Dog 5629 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/5612 <p>I am looking for an Adobe Dreamweaver Developer to create an extension that will allow the creation of Drupal themes from novice to advanced designs for any Dreamweaver user on the Macintosh or Windows operating systems. This extension must export drupal themes that are XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS 2.0, and Section 508 compliant. Please contact me if you think you are the person for the job. And your bid on this project. The main requirement is that this Extension must be always up to date with Drupal's theming methods.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/themer-pack-working-group">Themer Pack Working Group</a></div> adobe dreamweaver developers needed Drupal theme design Accessibility Drupal for Good Florida Mobile Optimizing Themes &amp; Modules for iPhone use. Theme development Themer Pack Working Group Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:40:25 +0000 Peter Apokotos 5612 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/5463 <p>Hello everyone. I'm currently visiting the parents in Tampa Florida and I'll be here for the next week. Curious if there is a meetup going on in the Tampa and/or Orlando area. I'd love to meetup with some Drupalers/Drupalistas/Drupalites in the area.</p> <p>36 people on this list.. someone has to be in the area, right?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/5463#comments meetup meetup orlando tampa Florida Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:58:31 +0000 jredding 5463 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/5155 <p>OK, here's where we separate the Drupalers from the wannabes... this is a friendly reminder for tomorrow night's meetup at Books and Books in the Gables</p> <p>Here's the address:<br /> Books and Books<br /> 265 Aragon Avenue<br /> Coral Gables<br /> 305.442.4408 (if you need directions)</p> <p>If you haven't yet, please RSVP to <a href="mailto:claudio@studiomodule.com">claudio@studiomodule.com</a>, so we can get an idea of headcount.</p> <p>We'll meet in the cafe in the back. Bring a laptop and business cards if you've got them.</p> <p>See you then!</p> <p>Claudio</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/miami-florida">Miami, Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/5155#comments Miami meetup Florida Miami, Florida Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:04:36 +0000 modulist 5155 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4733 <p>I'm currently working on a site for a client. I do my work for him in trade for credit against what he sells so no money is exchanged.<br /> I'm terrible with PHP (read, I know nothing about it). I could really use some help with a request he made of me and was hoping someone here might volunteer some time. I'd be glad to pass some credit along to you for your time if you like inverts of any sort.</p> <p>The site in question is <a href="http://www.tarantulaspiders.com" title="http://www.tarantulaspiders.com">http://www.tarantulaspiders.com</a> and if you click on the store link you'll see a page that's a table view. What I need is to re-layout the table so it looks like <a href="http://www.technospider.com/~david/views/" title="http://www.technospider.com/~david/views/">http://www.technospider.com/~david/views/</a></p> <p>IE - 2 columns 3 rows. Top row has name, price. Middle row spans both columns and houses body. Bottom row has Add to cart/Out of stock in second column.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> David<br /> <a href="http://www.FloridaPets.org" title="http://www.FloridaPets.org">http://www.FloridaPets.org</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4733#comments coding E-Commerce php tables theming views Florida Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:00:49 +0000 tknospdr 4733 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4149 <p>Great discussion, interesting presentations and just good fellowship...<br> face to face beats online interaction...<br /> <br><br /> <img src="http://webdevgeeks.com/sites/webdevgeeks.com/files/fl_drupal550.jpg"></p> <h3>Don't be sorry you couldn't make it. We are planning the next meeting already.</h3> <p>How about October in Gainesville??</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4149#comments event Education Florida Sun, 20 May 2007 19:38:08 +0000 joemoraca 4149 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/3845 <p>Lets make the first Florida Drupal Users MeetUp a success!!!</p> <p>Go to <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/3452">Group. Drupal.Florida</a> for more info</p> <p>Everyone is welcome. Come to the centrally located <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?bhcp=1"> Orlando Public Library</a> it's easy to get to see <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=101+E.+Central+Blvd.+++Orlando,+FL+32801&amp;hl=en">this map</a></p> <pre><code>* Agenda o Short presentations about what kind of Drupal work is going on in Florida and code we've contributed. o Mike Anello - "ultimike" would be willing to do a quick run-through about some of the OSCMS sessions he attended. o Maybe even some introductions/lightning talks just to show off what we've done with Drupal. o Maybe a couple of hours of informal presentations (four 30 minute presentations?) o then some time afterwards for even more informal mini-hackfest? * Post meeting meal - always good for networking. They're plenty of places in downtown Orlando that we could walk to. </code></pre><div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/3845#comments Florida MeetUp Education Events Florida Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:16:42 +0000 joemoraca 3845 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/3452 <p>Lets figure this out. Please edit this wiki page with your ideas.</p> <p>Everyone is welcome. Come to centrally located <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=101+E.+Central+Blvd.+++Orlando,+FL+32801&amp;hl=en">Orlando</a> to discuss Drupal and have some fun</p> <p><br></p> <ul> <li>Date - May 19th (Saturday) </li> <li>Time - 2:30 to 5:30 </li> <li>Location - <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?bhcp=1"> Orlando Public Library</a> - Palm Room has WiFi and projector access. </li> <li>Agenda </li> <ul> <li>Short presentations about what kind of Drupal work is going on in Florida and code we've contributed.</li> <li>Mike Anello - "ultimike" would be willing to do a quick run-through about some of the OSCMS sessions he attended. </li> <li>Maybe even some introductions/lightning talks just to show off what we've done with Drupal.</li> <li>Maybe a couple of hours of informal presentations (four 30 minute presentations?)</li> <li>then some time afterwards for even more informal mini-hackfest?</li> </ul> <li>Post meeting meal - always good for networking. They're plenty of places in downtown Orlando that we could walk to.</li> </ul> <p>Please edit this wiki page with your ideas</p> <p>For parking information in downtown Orlando, have a look at <a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/public_works/parking/pages/parking_locator.htm">City of Orlando Parking Locator Map</a>. For anyone living in Orange, Osceola or Seminole counties, or anyone wanting to explore that area before or after the meeting, the <a href="http://www.golynx.com/">Lynx</a> bus system offers connections to and from many local attractions including Magic Kingdom, Seaworld, Disney MGM Studios and a host of others. Lynx also connects with the Orlando International Airport and the local Amtrak station.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> Florida Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:03:28 +0000 joemoraca 3452 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/3451 <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/3451#comments event Florida Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:57:56 +0000 joemoraca 3451 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/2740 <p>We are looking for an experienced Drupal developer to build as many as 10 or more high-quality Drupal sites. We're in Miami but there aren't many Drupal users down here. Telecommuting is OK.</p> <p>Excellent opportunity for the right person. If interested, please reply ASAP.</p> <ul> <li>Experienced with Drupal (1.5+ years)</li> <li>Experienced with PHP/MySQL &amp; CSS</li> <li>Experienced in Drupal module development</li> <li>Basic knowledge of SEO</li> <li>WordPress experience a plus</li> <li>We are in Miami, but telecommuting is OK</li> </ul> <p>Please email the following information to brickell (at) fastmail.fm</p> <ul> <li>Resume</li> <li>Information about your background with Drupal and PHP/MySQL</li> <li>URLs of Drupal sites you have worked on</li> <li>Information about modules that you have created</li> </ul> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/washington-dc-drupalers">Washington, DC Drupalers</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/2740#comments jobs Atlanta Boston Florida New York City Washington, DC Drupalers Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:46:58 +0000 brickell 2740 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/2695 <p>Hello there, I'm one of the newer members of this group, but I've been developing Drupal sites for over a year now. I'm based in Merritt Island (near the Space Center) and I have some experience in writing custom modules, but I'm getting ready to start a new phase of a project where I think I need some help. Hopefully there is another Florida-based Drupal developer out there who can help.</p> <p>I'm putting together a proposal for a client that will include some customizations to both the Views module and the Ecommerce module. It isn't necessary for you to have experience with both - I don't mind using a different person for each task.</p> <ol> <li> <p>Online membership renewal: the client has members that pay a yearly fee to be a full member. They would like to provide an online method of payment for their members during the site registration process. In addition, there are a couple of other ecommerce processes they'd like to incorporate/customize. From my research, the ecommerce module will handle most of the requirements, but some customization will be required.</p> </li> <li> <p>Zip code proximity searches: the client has several node types (projects, products, agents) that all have zip code location data attached. They would like the user to be able to enter a zip code and find nodes and certain members that are within X miles. The Location module already does most of this, but we'll need to tweak the UI a bit to meet the requirements. Currently, the Views module handles the searching for these nodes, by my client would like the zip code search to be integrate with the other (Views) filters.</p> </li> </ol> <p>I have not yet submitted the proposal for these tasks, but they are an ongoing client of mine (I recently completed phase 1 of the site) and don't anticipate any competition for the work. Therefore, your compensation will be added to the proposal.</p> <p>Let me know if anyone is interested!</p> <p>Also - would anybody be interested in a Florida Drupal meetup? Have there been any? I'm hoping to go out to Drupalcon at the OSCMS Summit (<a href="http://www.oscms-summit.org/" title="http://www.oscms-summit.org/">http://www.oscms-summit.org/</a>) in CA next month - is anyone else from Florida going?</p> <p>Thanks in advance,<br /> -mike</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/2695#comments consulting modules development Florida Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:03:13 +0000 ultimike@drupal.org 2695 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/2620 <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/2620#comments Dojo Education Florida Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:31:05 +0000 joemoraca 2620 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/2258 <p>I just finished joining up this group. Since I lurk in Gainesville, I thought it would make sense. I do not have anything up right now because I am trying to figure out how to do multiple sites using drupal. Yep, I am that much of a newbie. Be afraid!</p> <p>Mauricio</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/2258#comments Florida Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:15:08 +0000 dalek@drupal.org 2258 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/1739 <p>... that encouraged me to sign up... ;-) Free beer works even better...</p> <p>You're now up to #9 and counting... Perhaps I should have waited to join so that I could have been Joe's "magic number" 10... I missed the grand prize, didn't I?!?!</p> <p>By way of introduction, my name is Glenn and I'm in the metro-Orlando (more specifically Disney) area. I'm new to Drupal - &lt;2 months, though I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to continue using that excuse - any guidelines on how long one can get away with noobie questions ?? ;-)</p> <p>G^2</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/1739#comments Florida Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:35:38 +0000 gsquared 1739 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/1666 <p>Jonathan invited me to this group, so you're now up to, .... let me use both hands ... 7 ... no 8 members. Florida isn't exactly the hot-bed of Drupal development, but here we are!</p> <p>eIntroductions... I have been playing around with Drupal for almost 18 months, having first learned about it at Democracy Fest 2005. I attempted to start my own company using Drupal as a platform, and when that didn't work I went to work for <A href="http://www.civicactions.com">CivicActions</A>. Jonathan and I met in <A href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=civicactions+amsterdam">Amsterdam</A> last month at a CivicActions company meeting.</p> <p>CivicActions is a really cool professional services development firm that uses Drupal to build websites for our clients. They are a great group of people that I'm excited to be a part of, with wonderful values and a good company philosophy. We are a bunch of idealists and our company tagline is "saving the world one node at a time!". Jonathan's working on some really cool stuff right now, that I'll let him share with you. He went to DrupalCon in Brussels and (I believe) gave a presentation there. I received my Drupal CVS credentials a couple of months ago and have contributed a couple of simple Drupal modules.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/1666#comments Florida Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:08:25 +0000 douggreen 1666 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/1529 <p>Our 6th member .... ByteDreams has this web site ... <a href="http://poserforensicartists.com/" title="http://poserforensicartists.com/">http://poserforensicartists.com/</a></p> <p>We need to get to 10 !!!! that is the magic number.</p> <p>Joe Moraca<br /> <a href="http://webdevgeeks.com" title="http://webdevgeeks.com">http://webdevgeeks.com</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/1529#comments Florida Florida Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:31:34 +0000 joemoraca 1529 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/1502 <p>Join the drupalgators. Maybe our next contest / poll should be tocome up with a name!!</p> <p>We are having exponential growth ... up to 5 now and growing .... please join up SW Florida geeks</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/1502#comments Drupal Florida Gators Florida Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:09:34 +0000 joemoraca 1502 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/742 <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/florida">Florida</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/742#comments Florida Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:50:34 +0000 joemoraca 742 at http://groups.drupal.org