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 Adcorp Holdings, 28 Sloane Street, Bryanston (first building on the left when entering at the gate) on the first Wednesday of every month, and in Cape Town on the last Tuesday of every month at the Bandwidth Barn, Block B, 3rd Floor, Woodstock Industrial Centre, 66-68 Albert Road, Woodstock. 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. Visit the event page for current and past events. Please also visit the Drupal South Africa website for more on our community, and join us in #drupal-za on IRC.
Also check out (and contribute to) the wiki page Ideas for ZA User Groups which gathers all the ideas about the Drupal South Africa user groups.
Recent posts
Drupal 7 Release Parties
We all know Drupal 7 will be released shortly.
D7 Release Parties are being thrown all over the world in celebration - most taking place Jan 7, 2011.
I know for a fact the African Drupal Community is much larger and more active than most people realize, so why not take this opportunity to show the world where all the African Drupal communities are hiding?
The official site: http://drupal7releaseparty.org/
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PHP/Drupal Developer | TSG
Join a leading online tourism group with multiple established brands and clients. We need a PHP developer to work from our offices in Milnerton, Cape Town. This position is available immediately.
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OG alternatives
Hi guys
I'm looking for a simpler alternative for Organic groups.
I don't want to use OG because it is a bit overboard for what I want to do, I don't need user->group control + I need to do node access control by other means as well (which OG does not like).
I simply want to have a main page for a user, and then also maintain a relationship to the main page of the user's other nodes such as blogs, events, etc.
Obvious choice is node relations/reference, but before I jump into some custom coding, has anybody got some other ideas/modules to suggest?
Thanks
Final Meeting 2010 - DrupalCape (Cape Town User Group)
Hi Guys:
Big apology – we have been run off of our feet this month with a project that needs to be finished a week ago So you will have to forgive my absence.
Okay, we have decided that we should do the following for our last meeting:
When: 30/11/2010
Time: 19:00 – till late or our bums can’t take the seating anymore
Place: Sinn’s – free parking after 19:00 (I think – Lilian?) and good security inside the building!!
So we shall see you then for a fine old time.
Read moreThe Apps for Development Competition - World Bank
Thought some of the clever people might be interested in partaking. Prize money looks nice as it is in $$$$$ :-)
http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/
-Grant
Jolie O'Dell 38 minutes ago Jolie O'Dell 8 Do Freelancers Do Best on WordPress, Drupal or Joomla?
Some very interesting stats have just emerged about the freelance and contract market for CMS developers and designers.
In its quarterly market report, freelance site DoNanza discovered that even though WordPress devs, designers and SEO pros are in greater demand than their Drupal or Joomla counterparts — and even though WordPress outnumbers Drupal and Joomla in the number of projects for each CMS — Drupal web professionals on average make around twice what WordPress pros make per project.
Drupal Joburg Meetup - Wednesday November 3, 2010
Just a reminder of this Wednesday's Joburg meetup at 18:30 at the Campus, Bryanston.
All the details and the sign up form are at: http://drupal.co.za/content/movember-drupal-group-0311
Hope to see you tomorrow.
George
Drupal developer | Cerebra
Cerebra is looking for an experienced developer to join our team to build Social Media Platforms for corporate clients in Fourways area, Johannesburg.
Responsible for
- Developing back and front end of new functionalities and sections of our website portfolio using PHP and Drupal, integrating with MySQL databases where necessary.
- Making improvements and bug-fixes to existing websites using PHP and Drupal.
- Assisting in the support of other in-house products and sites.
DrupalCape User Group Meeting
Hi all:
I have been a trifle busy so, herewith the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting. There has been a change to the agenda in terms of content – please note.
18:00 for 18:15 - (I think sitting around for half an hour get’s a bit tedious – let me know if you disagree :) )
18:15 – 18:30 - intro’s and notices
18:30 – 19:15 - Talk: Building a culture of testing into Drupal development using SimpleTest as a platform – Jonathan Wagener (Talk & Demo) (http://www.simpletest.org)
19:15 – 19:30 - Q&A
Read moreTheme developer | Max Headroom Drupal web development
Hi
We are looking for somebody that can jump in and help us complete styling on an existing project. Time is running out on this project.
Design of the theme is completed and has been 70% implemented.
Must have experience with CSS (and be good at it) and styling for web accessibility.
Drupal knowledge is required, but not essential as we can guide you through the steps.
After completing this project there is the possibility of more work.
Telecommuting allowed. South Africa only.
Preferably in the Cape Town area (but not required).
Drupal Joburg Meetup - Wednesday October 6, 2010
Just a reminder of this Wednesday's Joburg meetup at 18:30 at the Campus, Bryanston.
All the details are at: http://drupal.co.za/content/drupal-jozi-meetup-6-oct-2010
Hope to see you tomorrow.
George
Live Website Development for Multotec Group
We will be creating the new Multotec Group website (Phase 1) with development starting early next week. The Design and Development Team is MediaSourceStudio out of Benoni headed by Shaun Richardson. We will send a link to the live development blog attached to the site once it's active. The idea is to post the development framework and elicit comment so that the DrupalZA community can see the site being developed as it happens.
It may be a good chance to see a site being developed from the ground up. If you would like to participate in the blog, feel free to logon next week.
Read moreAcquia Webinar: Performance Intelligence for Enterprise Drupal
"Drupal has proven to be a high-performance, high-scalability content management platform for mission critical sites at FedEx, McDonalds, Sony Music, Yahoo and others. Success deploying and managing enterprise-class Drupal implementations requires the same best practices and careful attention to detail as any large-scale project – and the focus on performance cannot be overlooked!
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How do you handle VAT in Ubercart
I was wondering how others have setup VAT integration with their installations. The default seems to add the VAT to the total (or sell price.) Personally I just get the client to add their prices excl.vat and have drupal add it on. But then the store is advertinsing everything excl.vat, which is fine for wholesaling, but what about selling to the public?
Drupal Support and Development contract for +/- 3 months
Hi,
I am looking for someone who can take over development and support of a Drupal e-commerce (Ubercart) website for a french client of mine while I am off on maternity leave (from about the end of next week until the end of the year). In general it would entail:
- The odd skype conversation when she needs assistance with something
- Any development / tweaks she needs while I'm not available (there is a specific bit of custom development that would be required in the next few weeks involving integration with a 3rd party website)
Technical Manager | Shake Interactive
A leading digital agency in Cape Town is looking for the services of a senior PHP developer in a permanent team leader position! The position will require this person to lead a team of designers and developers and to make sure that the department is streamlined and writing code that’s as efficient as possible and hitting all deadlines ahead of schedule.
KEY FUNCTIONS:
Read moreDrupal Users Cape Town Meetup 29 September 2010
Please note that there will be a Drupal Users Cape Town meeting on the 29th.
- Date: Wednesday 29, September 2010
- Time: 18:00 - 21:30
- Place: 16 Mill Street Cape Town
- Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps/mm?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=-33.934041,18.416857&spn...
Organic Groups Privacy Levels - need help!
Hi all
I'm at my wit's end trying to work the privacy settings for OG to make it function in the way that my client requires.
If anyone has any experience with this, I would really appreciate your help, as I've already spent hours trawling the Drupal site and testing various modules.
What my client wants is:
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Ubercart Experienced Freelancer / Company Sepcialists | Perceptum Thought Squad
I have a client who is looking to get some comparative costing, timing, specifications for quite a large e-commerce site. There is an initial instance of the site live and running - and this is a rebuild to incorporate new features and to take the site to the next level.
I've suggested that they take a look at Ubercart, and we are looking for resources who have solid experience in Ubercart specifically that can initially weigh in on the planning, and then ultimately do / help do the development of the actual site.
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