Santa Barbara Drupal
This group is for Drupalistas in and around Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County, California, to connect and get to know each other. Follow @SBDrupal on Twitter for news and updates!
Our meetings have been held at a variety of locations since early 2008, including the Santa Barbara Hackerspace, RightScale, the Goleta Public Library, the Las Cumbres Observatory, coffeeshops like Java Station, French Press and the Daily Grind, and UCSB departments including the Marine Science Institute, Technology Management Program and Davidson Library.
We're very grateful to our past and present venue sponsors and are always interested in hearing from venue sponsors for future meetups. If you'd like to host a future meetup or event, please post a discussion in our group or contact @SBDrupal on Twitter. Thanks!
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Drupal Development Best Practices Training in Downtown Los Angeles on April 26, 2013
Join us on April 26, 2013 in Downtown Los Angeles for Drupal Development Best Practices, a full day of Drupal training! This training is being produced by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training firm with a team of experts in Los Angeles.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
This one-day workshop gives you a comprehensive tutorial on the right way to manage your Drupal website. You'll learn about version control for your code and ways to manage changes in your data. You’ll also see how the Features module can enable you to keep your configuration changes in version control.
We'll cover industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments. You’ll get a high-level overview of how to modify the way your site looks by sub-theming, preventing hours of frustration should your original theme be updated.
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February Meeting
There was some interest migrating from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. If you have any experience in the subject we would love to hear it. Of course, please suggest other topics that you would like to talk about.
The meeting will be at 5:30pm at UC Santa Barbara in Phelps Hall Rm 1328 (TMP conference room) at the Technology Management Program: http://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/
We advise you try to park in Lots 16 or 18 and pay for parking at one of the automated kiosks. From there it's about 10-15 min walk to Phelps Hall.
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Hey Everyone,
We were pleased with the turn out we had at the last meeting in December and it was great meeting everyone.
Let's keep that momentum going into 2013!
I'm thinking of having the next meeting Wed. Feb 6th @ 5:30pm. Location TBD.
A great topic to go over is migrations from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. Of course, other topics suggestions are welcome.
-Jose
DrupalCamp Sacramento 2013
DrupalCamp Sacramento, inspired by the BarCamp events, is a medium sized gathering where people discuss and learn about Drupal, an open-source content management system that is powering more and more of the web every year. Come to share ideas, get involved in the community, and meet in person the people you see so often online!
Downtown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at Sensis Agency and via WebEx on January 15, 2013
The general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at Sensis Agency in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations. In previous months, we've had presentations on Responsive Web Design by SDG&E, integrating Drupal and Redmine (a popular ticketing system), a behind-the-scenes look at BuildaModule.com, and a DrupalCamp planning meeting.
What topics would you like to see a presentations on at this meetup? Post in the comments below!
Drupal Happy Hour
Join us between 5:30-7pm for happy hour at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant (one floor above Sensis). Takami serves the highest quality Sushi, Robata and Japanese-influenced entrees and boasts unparalleled views of the LA area with outdoor patio dining. Happy hour at Takami is between 4-7pm and their phone number is 213-236-9600.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Our venue and drinks sponsor is Sensis (@SensisAgency), a cross-cultural advertising agency with digital at its core. We got our start building websites and have expanded into a full service advertising agency, helping our clients take advantage of the fundamental changes taking place in the marketing world.
Our parking, video conferencing and raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
This event is being organized with help from Droplabs (@Droplabs), a collaborative Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only coworking space around with a with a low-cost business model: come work here and use our tables, chairs, WiFi and conference room with a low, daily or monthly membership fee and only pay more for the extras, such as 24/7 access, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings.
SANDcamp in 20 Days! Drupal at the Beach in San Diego January 24-26
SANDcamp in 20 Days! Drupal at the Beach in San Diego January 24-26
Can you believe that it's 2013? Well, it means that it's time to Drupal at the Beach in sunny San Diego. We have a cool new venue at UCSD's Price Center, hot sprints, keynotes from Ezra Gildesgame (Acquia Distribution Manager) and Greg Knaddison (Senior Engineer with Card.com). As always great sessions, Drupal travelers from around the country, and great parties.
Read moreDrupal Job Fair on January 28, 2013, from 5-7pm at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles
Are you a freelancer or service provider who's looking for Drupal work? Do you represent a company or organization that's looking for Drupal talent? Come and make new friends and turn new connections into long-term relationships at the next Los Angeles Drupal Job Fair from 5-7pm on Monday, January 28, 2013.
This event is FREE for individual job seekers and is being hosted by Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. In addition to being the venue of the only Drupal job fairs ever in Los Angeles in June, 2011, and November, 2011, Droplabs hosts the majority of Drupal activity, from meetups, topic-based summits and code sprints to free workshops, tutoring sessions and paid trainings, in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
- Information for Job Seekers
- Information for Employers and Recruiters
- Sponsorship Levels
- Location and Directions to Droplabs
- About Downtown Los Angeles Drupal
Light food and drinks are being provided by Chimney Coffee House, our favorite neighborhood cafe, bakery, sandwich and dessert boutique.
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SANDcamp SESSION SUBMISSION OPENING Wed. Jan. 2 to Wed. Jan 9
We are accepting session submissions for SANDcamp starting Wednesday, Jan 2 to Wednesday, Jan 9. Please spread the word to your fellow Drupalers and if you haven't registered, do so right now :) Can't beat $10 for two full days of Drupal! https://sandcamp.org/products/registration
This time around we're 2013's SANDcamp old school and putting our focus on promoting the latest Drupal trends, sprints, training and speakers! Camp will be held at UC San Diego campus and will have our socials at the best campus dive Porter's Pub.
Help spread the word :)
Do you like the name, "GLADCamp" (Greater Los Angeles Area Drupal Camp), for our upcoming DrupalCamp?
Signups for Drupal SANDcamp 2013 now open!
Best $10 value! Signups for Drupal SANDcamp 2013 now open! Fri Jan 24 + Sat Jan 25. Two days of training, community and an awesome Saturday night party at the Price Center at UCSD in San Diego.
