Between one and three South Africans wanted for work on a Scandinavian/African news/community Drupal site. You can be based anywhere in South Africa. You may have a lot of PHP and Drupal experience or you may just be starting out, either way we'll find a role for you. Tasks will consist of everything from installing and testing modules, to database entry, to writing modules. We already have members on the team with PHP and Drupal experience and we'll work together to solve problems. Please contact me at niklas@niklasmork.se for more information.

Regards,
Niklas Mörk

Good day, fellow Capetonian Drupalers

I am a Drupal web developer in Bellville and I am stoked to find that a group like this already exists, I would like to get much more involved in this project. I think that we should start making waves in the international Drupal community by organising our own Drupalcon in Cape Town.

I am looking for Drupalers that can give me advice on configuring eCommerce
- Choosing & Setting up the payment back-end (VCS/other + Merchant Account)
- Pitfalls to be aware of when taking money online
- Any legal stuff I must/should have in place

Thanks

Emile Botha
Entrepreneurship is a journey to a fulfilled life - let's make it so.

Hi all.

I can kick myself for not joining on the Drupal Groups earlier - I would have loved to attend the CT get-together. ; (
Any plans for another g2gether anytime soon?
I'm sure there are other Drupalers in CT - I'll keep my ears open.

For a start, exchanging contact details might be a good idea - how about that.

Please feel free to contact me via my user name. ; )

Iv been using Drupal for around 3-4 years (4 something was my first encounter) on and off but really started putting in the hours behind my mac for the last year now.

My best work to date is http://www.tickyboximages.co.za
A place for the media industry to buy images and local South African photographers to get their work out there, its a e-commerce site (COD unfortunately). Currently has 1000+ images, new images are uploaded daily.

Hi All. Just a reminder of the saturday drupal meetup at obsidian systems, at 13:00. Please bring whatever you want to drink, and if you're feeling peckish, some chips/snack.

Carl is going to be demoing some of the stuff his company is doing with drupal for ABSA, Samsung, Toyota, Converse, Hollard etc. I'll take a stab at showing the kind of sites I'm doing for NGO's, and try and demo the gmap module (google maps drupal integration).

The second Drupal Johannesburg meetup has been scheduled for this coming Saturday, once again at Obsidian Systems. Agenda to be confirmed but we'd like people to get involved in the following ways:

> Showcase drupal sites you are/have been working on;
> Share any newly discovered module(s) - how it works and what it does;
> Modules you can't live without: when best to use them, for which purpose [this doesn't have to be specifically put on the agenda - we can do this in a more informal way].

Thanks to everyone who attended the Drupal Johannesburg meetup (18 strong!). In particular, thanks to Anton for hosting us at Obsidian, Willem and Laurence from e-Consultant for providing the cooler box full of drinks, and to everyone for being passionate enough about drupal to make the event the success that it was. Special thanks to the canadian high commission who made it possible for Adrian Rossouw to attend.

Reminder to all Jozi drupal denizens that we have a meetup on Saturday 16 Feb 2008 at Obsidian Systems at 13:00.

Obsidian is on the corner of Kelly and Bosbok streets in Randpark Ridge. From Beyers Naude, traveling away from the city once over the N1 you take the 3rd robot right into Yesterhout, the 1st street left into Kelly the 1st street left into Bosbok and the 1st entrance left into Obsidian parking area.

See you then

Anton

I'm looking at having the a Drupal Cape Town meetup sometime in March.

The first question is of course if there are Drupal enthusiasts in Cape Town who would like to meetup once in a while. I assume there is a need for it, so I would propose to meet on a Saturday, both 2nd and 9th of March is possible for me.

Please post preferred days, dates and possible venue's. It would be great if you can offer your own office or meeting space:-)

A few ideas for this meetup that I got from the Jo'burg meetup agenda:

1. Opening: Introductions

   • Who you are, what you do

UPDATE: I'm not sure what's going on with the attending/not attending functionality for this event, but for those on facebook, check out the event there to see who's going to be attending.

Join fellow Drupalers at the first Drupal Johannesburg meetup, an opportunity for anyone with an interest in Drupal to find out more about Drupal (locally and globally), make connections, ask questions, share Drupal experiences and work, and help promote Drupal in Johannesburg.

We're looking at having the first Drupal Johannesburg meetup sometime in February.

We need to decide on a date for the February meetup. As it stands, the meetup will be held at the Obsidian training centre (or bar area) in Randpark Ridge (courtesy of Anton de Wet), but we need everyone's input as to the date and time. I personally feel that a Saturday would be good, so that we can all avoid traffic and have a more relaxed meetup.

PHP/Drupal developers wanted at 24.com - 2 positions available

Looking for a career opportunity where you can leave your mark on the internet?

Hello All,

PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO TO READ THIS

I am a high school student in America participating in the Google Highly Open Participation Contest 2007 (http://code.google.com/opensource/ghop/2007-8/) and am working on a task for Drupal. The task is to research how Drupal is used in Africa to demonstrate that Drupal is used worldwide.

I am posting this to you either because you are an Africa group, have an African Drupal site, or have been using Drupal for a while and are knowledgeable (or all three)

An experienced PHP developer is required for web site development. If you have at least 2 years experience in PHP, MySQL, XML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript with a portfolio then email your detailed CV to judy@elitesearch.co.za

Hello there Everyone!

I've been at Drupal for about a month now and have experience in PHP, but getting pretty stuck now and then and looking for someone that I can pay by hour just to get me over the big hurdles.

I'm transferring my site http://www.filmmaker.co.za (9000+ subscribers) to a Drupal site at http://www.filmmaker.co.za/planet and would really like someone that has a understanding of Drupal core and good at css (nothing major).

Hi All,

I am rather new to Drupal and have managed to build 2 websites using it. I achieved this by playing around with Drupal itself.

However I do admit that my knowledge is rather basic and in my quest to build more powerful and functional websites I would like to know if there is some sort of training or a Drupal 'Mentor' out there where one could ask questions, get guidance and training.

Thanks
Rob

Looking for a young hungry web developer looking to join us in this exciting, dynamic environment in Pretoria/Centurion.

Skills needed:

• PHP, HTML, CSS
• A good knowledge of Drupal is a definite plus
• Mysql experience will help too

You don't have to be the God of PHP but must be able to hold your own.

if this is you, email me your CV to dinesh@developone.com

Hi All,

Looking for someone to take up a contract or position within the company. Need to be Cape Town based. Duties will include developing/ configuring/ maintaining drupal sites and customising modules where needed.

Skills required - LAMP
CSS an advantage

--Agentpt

The Role: Develop an online marketing and portal presence using Drupal. Contract position.

The Person:
* At least 1 year of Drupal development and implementation experience.
* At least 2 years PHP development
* At least 1 year of MySQL development
* Strong familiarity with Apache
* Strong familiarity with Linux/UNIXes
* Excellent people skills

Contact: jp@knowledgetree.com

Hello guys.

I am going to be spending more time actively promoting Drupal in South Africa again, and to that end I am going to be organizing a DrupalCamp in johannesburg , mid july 2007.

This course is going to be significantly different from the previous course, due to the wealth of training materials having been produced since the previous course took place.

I would also like to organize 2 drupal meet ups. One in cape town, say around the 7th of June. And one in johannesburg on around the 7th of july.

Hi All, anybody interested in a get together in Johannesburg for the last week in April 2007?

Hi all.

I've gone bossies: I'm relatively new to Linux - (K)ubuntu; almost new to XAMPP and all the PHP, MySQL etc. that goes with it; completely new to Drupal and brand-spanking new to this site. I've been having a blast :-)

So, of the 45 subscribers here, 80% are Gauteng - cool. But of the 45 subscribers, how many are "active" or "regulars" ???

I'm looking for a contract / freelance Drupal developer to implement my company's website.

The company is based in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa.

The website design has been done in HTML with stylesheets.

Please email me via my personal contact form if you are interested or can refer me to someone.

Thanks
Clive Hatton

Hello DrupalCampers.

Some things you need to know for the Drupal training next week.

Firstly, there are still a number of seats available for the course, if anyone is interested in joining us , please
contact me at adrian at bryght dot com.

What do I need to bring :

hardware
Your laptop, if you own one. If you do not own a laptop, a computer
will be made available to you, but we only have machines running linux
available.

software
Your favourite web browser. Preferably firefox. Internet Explorer is also suitable, but will likely get you ridiculed. (it's just the truth =) )

Just a reminder that we still have some spaces open for the DrupalCamp being run from 24 July to 28 July (during the evenings).
There is a cost of R2500 for the 5 evening course, which includes meals and training materials.

please register here

Sorry. I've had a bit of an extended offline 'vacation' due to our favourite pet hate (telkom).
I know some of you have been trying to contact me, and I am slowly getting back on the ball.

Would anyone be keen to do a meetup sometime this week, or weekend? Unfortunately I am off to johannesburg (and then germany, and then johannesburg again) as of the 2nd of july, so I will only be back in town again august at the earliest.

Regardless, all of you (in cape town) should be coming to the barcamp wrap up on thursday night =)

Hey guys,

This is for myself, or at least the company that employs me, but I thought it would be good information for anyone that does pop past the Drupal group here:

Do we have some freelance and permanent Drupal experiences (at any level) developers in South Africa? How's the availability of them in terms of time and employment ratio? What salary or hourly rates apply.

Gotta tell you, I have done some freelance work, but I have no idea what the market looks like or what one should offer as a salary for such a developer. We'll need to employ someone like this in the near future (likely end August) and I need to put it in the budget now.

Some may have noticed that drupal.co.za was offline for a while. This was due to a LARGE bunch of factors which I described in more detail on the site.

After a lot of help from Chris and Gordon, who finally isolated the problem, we are back online now, and everything seems fine, although I would appreciate it if you provide any feedback if you encounter more problems.

The upgrade to 4.7.1 will take place shortly, though, and minor downtime may be experienced again.

The price for DrupalCamp has been set at R2500 for the 5 evening course. That includes training materials and supper.

This is equal to about $420, which is not a lot considering that some of the other DrupalCamps are charging $900 per person for a single day. There are only 10 positions available per course, so please sign up if you intend on joining us.