drupal dojo

During the Drupal Dojo Birds-of-a-Feather meeting at DrupalCon Boston we discussed two seperate items that I believe are interconnected: figuring out how to get more video lessons into the Dojo and doing a better job of attracting more potential teachers and students to the site. To address the first of these issues, I committed myself to doing outreach to individuals and companies who are creating video-based instructional materials to try and get them to submit their work to the Dojo. After that session I started to look around the series of tubes known as the "internet" and I found quite a few videos. But, what I also noticed was that a good percentage of those videos already are being shared with the Drupal community, but through drupal.org/videocasts rather than the Dojo, which oddly doesn't seem to appear on the videocast pages at all. This brought to mind something that I've heard Josh and others talk about, the idea that we should consider moving the dojo to something more aligned with Drupal.org itself, and I have to say that the more I think about it, the more sense it makes to me.

So, my question is this: does it make sense to consolidate our collective efforts in one location that is better connected with d.o. itself? Something like video.drupal.org, or possibly as a subsection of a tutorials section of the site (which is where the videocasts now sit), which could be called something like tutorials.drupal.org.

Hi guys,
I was wondering if you guys might be interested in some theming help for the new dojo site. I hope no one takes offense to me saying this, but it seems that there could be a more unified design.

My name is Aaron, and I make my living on Drupal. I would like to give something back, and at the moment theming is what I do best. If you want to look at the kind of site design I do you can see my business website at www.TranslationDesigns.com.

PS. I wouldn't be able to start doing it until next week. (Right now I have taken on a little too much work for my own good.)

This Sunday the 16th, we're holding a planning CoffeeTalk to determine the next course of action for the Dojo 2.0, so come join us and contribute your thoughts, ideas, and promises of help. The meeting starts at 7pm UTC (11am PST). Be in the drupal-dojo IRC room early if you need help joining.

This post by Josh K will be our outline for the talk: http://groups.drupal.org/node/6914

UPDATE: We've created a project on drupal.org to track the progress of the 2.0 upgrade.

On Sunday, at the regular time, EclipseGc will be showing us how the image_gallery module integrates with Views. Come see how to make your pictures sing and dance. If time permits, and we're pretty sure it will, Eclipse will expound on how Views args really work. We will be recording both of these segments as separate screencasts so they can be made available as reference material on the site.

Hurray! The dojo made it to 1000+ subscribers! Way to go everyone!

This week in the dojo, Senpai will delve into the logistics of the signup module, what it's good for, how it works, and what you can do with it. This little module is a stand alone beauty that can also feature-add to other modules at the same time. If you have users who want to register for things like meetings, camps, conferences, stories, chapters of a book, and just about anything else, come to this class and ask questions.

Wednesday, October 10th @ 7pm PST (2am UTC)
MerlinOfChaos presents his What's New In Drupal 6 Theming. The same talk as he presented in Barcelona, only this time, Dvessel joins him in a tag-team presentation of graphical proportions! We'll record this one and post for sure, so don't worry if you can't make the timezone.

special guest illustrator

Chx has stepped up to the plate and will do a lesson on debugging your Drupal installation. What is debugging? It is how you figure out what is wrong with your code that then allows you to actually fix the little bugger.

Chx is going to be going through and working on bugs in core. He will show you how he tracks them down and then he'll squash 'em. So bring your buggy code to class and we'll all go on a bug hunt. This is great stuff for not only getting your own code to run smoothly but it is a great way to get in an help out core Drupal. Even if you don't know how to fix a bug once you find it, being able to find them and give detailed information on where they are and what they are doing is a HUGE help in getting Drupal 6 out the door.

Drupalcon 007 Barcelona de-briefing! Ok, ok, keep your pants on, everyone. We're only debriefing the conference attendees. :=0
If you were at the Barcelona show, and you leaned something, saw a presentation that opened your eyes, or heard a talk that wowed your mind, come to the dojo and share it with the class! We'll record this audio-only dojocast for posterity, and everyone who wants to share can do so. Tell us about an experience you had, a tidbit of knowledge that you gleaned which will help you in your everyday job, and we'll be able to capture the Barcelona experience for everyone who didn't get to go, as well as increase the awareness for our next conference!
http://drupaldojo.com/lesson/30