South Africa
This is a group for all users, developers and designers interested in the Drupal Open Source CMS, who are based in South Africa. The goal of this group is to foster the local community, provide local support and to allow the local Drupal industry to grow.
There are currently monthly meetups in Johannesburg at The Campus (In the Ferrari room, Le Mans Building, 57 Sloane Street Bryanston) on the first Wednesday of every month, and in Cape Town on the last Wednesday of every month at the Bandwidth Barn, 5th Floor, Buitengracht Centre, 125 Buitengracht Street. Both events start at 18:00 but please check each upcoming event to make sure of date, time and location. Currently all event announcements will be posted to this group. Please also visit the Drupal South Africa website for more on our community, and join us in #drupal-za on IRC.
February Drupal Meet - Jozi, 1 February 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 1 February 2012 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://www.drupal.co.za/content/february-drupal-meet-jozi-1-february-2012.
Please note the venue for this event only.
Hope to see you there.
Robin
DrupalCape Meet-Up: January 25th 2012 - Introduction to Drupal
DrupalCape will be holding its first meeting for 2012 on 25th January, 2012.
The focus of the meet-up is an introduction to Drupal and some site showcases. Please do come along and join us.
Please do book - this to assist with catering, thank you.
Please book here: http://drupalcapejanuarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com/
The meeting agenda is as follows:
State of Drupal in Emerging Markets Survey
Hi everyone!
I am presenting on what's happening with Drupal in emerging markets at DrupalCon Denver.
As some of you know, I lived in India for about 6 years; a few of them developing in Drupal. I am also an Acquia employee (for the past 3 years) and now mostly work in training.
Web Developer | Western Cape Government
The Western Cape Government is looking for a full-time Drupal web developer for a permanent position.
Reference: DOTP/93/11
Department of the Premier
Chief Directorate: Strategic ICT Services
Directorate: e-Government for Citizens
Cape Town
Key Performance Areas:
- Develop and maintain Drupal web applications including research, site building, module development, integration, theming, testing and debugging.
- Systems analysis: develop Drupal site specifications (eg required modules, content types, taxonomy, views, user roles, etc) in order to implement provided information architecture and user requirements.
- Develop, maintain and support Drupal platform and supporting applications (eg Legacy CMS systems).
- Quality Control: ensure technical and functional standards are observed, responsible for quality control as well as code walk-throughs, prepare system documentation including training manuals.
- Implement accessibility and usability guidelines.
Acquia's Hello Drupal course open free for anyone
Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.
Starts on the 5th December and runs for 2 weeks at your own pace. Places are limited as this is pilot course.
Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal
Hello Drupal Free introductory course
Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.
Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal
December Drupal Meet - Jozi, 7 December 2011
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 7 December 2011 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/october-drupal-meet-jozi-5-october-2011.
Hope to see you there for the last meetup of 2011.
Robin
Web Applications Developer | AIMS - Next Einstein Initiative
The Web Applications Developer is expected to create number of web-based academic processes, which will be released open source as plugins / web applications. The Web Applications Developer is also expected create web-based scientific tools, which are envisaged to innovate the way science is done in Africa and beyond. Those tools are also expected to be released open source. Some mobile development is also considered.
The position entails some travel and presents the opportunity to take part in relevant professional workshops/conferences.
DrupalCape Year End Party - November 30, 2011
For the DrupalCape year end event, we will be meeting up at Origins Coffee Shop for snacks, coffee (of course), and there will be a cash bar.
This will be a private event and only those who have paid for their ticket will be provided with access to the event. All payment details are available in the latest emailed event notification from DrupalCape.
Please sign up here: http://drupalcapeyearendbash.eventbrite.com
Origins Coffee Roasting
28 Hudson Street
De Waterkant
Cape Town, Western Cape 8001
Lead Drupal developer | Design Indaba
A dynamic Cape Town-based company is seeking to employ the services of a lead drupal developer.
The position requires a hard-working, self-motivated individual capable of maintaining and developing the processes and functionality of a fast-growing website. Knowledge of associated media devices, including most new media, is also mandatory.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate a high level of familiarity with the following skill set:
- Drupal development – an exceptional understanding of the views and panel modules
- PHP or module development
Drupal 7 migration
Hi
just wondering if and when everyone is going to be migrating their sites to drupal 7. There seems to be a lot more modules with working versions or at least beta versions for 7 and D7 replaces the need for a lot of mandane (yet important ) modules.
So just out of interest is everything thinking of migration and if not what are the main concerns for not moving yet?
Greylisted / Blacklisted at drupal.org
Is anyone else having a problem with greylisting / blacklisting at http://drupal.org ? I tried to post this earlier and was flagged as spam. My service provider is Telkom. Its happening on 3 different computers with different operating systems (Ubuntu Karmic + Ubuntu Lynx, windows xp), 2 different modems. Telkom tells me that IPs are reset every 24 hours, but drupal.org's greylisting reports a different IP every few requests.
Finding Drupal Work?
Hi all.
I work with my brother with a great focus on Drupal - be it theming or module development. We have the dedication and skill behind us to accomplish any task handed to us (so far :)
We have a problem, however; we are based in a village outside of Port Alfred. How would we go about marketing ourselves to larger areas, such as Johannesburg?
The amount of money to be made in the Eastern Cape has proven to be limited in this area of work, and honestly, we are getting a little bit worried.
Thanks for any input.
DrupalCape Meeting Wednesday 26 October 2011
Come along to the DrupalCape 2011 annual review where we discuss the past year and present what will be happening next year.
- Time: 18:00 - 21:00
- Date: Wednesday 26 October 2011
- Where: Bandwidth Barn, 4th Floor, Buitengracht Centre, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town
Please sign up for the meeting here: Please sign up here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2405518972
Contractor | Edge Multimedia
Goodday I am looking for somebody who has a good understanding of taxonomy and php coding in Drupal7.
1. The job will involve fixing some display issues with taxonomy.
2. Adding two new terms to an existing vocabulary.
3. Adding a new addition to the website ( Article of Series )
I can be contact from richard@edgemultimedia.co.za or 021 554 2424
The applicant “MUST” reside in Cape Town as weekly meeting for update progress of project will be a requirement.
The porject can be viewed by following the link: www.spice4life.co.za
Building the Web - DC Jozi 2011
DrupalCamp Jozi 2011 is around the corner. Remember, remember, Saturday the 5th of November.
You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't love Drupal already, so don't just come along - spread the word as well! This is a great opportunity for our clients, friends and co-workers to see what makes Drupal awesome.
Registration will start at 8:30, with the talks ending around lunchtime for networking. Full details and registration are at http://drupal.co.za/dc2011.
Thanks to our sponsors: eConsultant, Internet Solutions, Microsoft, Robboto Studios, Slash301, Springfisher and Telamenta.
User Relationships and Views 6.3.x-dev
Hi All
Is there by any chance a module developer in SA who has any interest in User Relationships and Views 6.3.x-dev playing nicely together?
merlinofchaos has indicated where the issue might be, but the UR developer hasn't been able to get to it yet, although he is prepared to review and commit. I would also be keen to test any patches.
Have a site relaunch on Monday, which is going to have to be without friend feeds for a while. But hoping it won't be months before it's sorted.
You can view the issue here: http://drupal.org/node/1285636
I'll buy you a beer! :)
October Drupal Meet - Jozi, 5 October 2011
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 5 October 2011 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/october-drupal-meet-jozi-5-october-2011.
Hope to see you there.
Robin
Hard Coder | Edge Multimedia
Good Day we are looking for a hard coder to fix a few lines of custom php code and make a few modifications to expand on the function and capabilities of what the code can do moving forward.
The applicant must reside in the Cape Town Area and be able to come into our studio for a meeting.
The applicant must have a good understanding of Drupal 7 php coding and js script. Please not chancers.
Please contact me at richard@edgemultimedia.co.za
DrupalCape September Meetup
Venue: The Bandwidth Barn, 4th Floor, Buitengracht Centre, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town
Sign-Ups: http://drupalcapeseptembermeetup.eventbrite.com/
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