DrupalCampLA

Last weekend at DrupalCampLA we had a great turnout of women using Drupal, including a number of technical presentations led by women! Out of 66 sessions, 13 were presented by women (this includes Brenda Boggs' "The Doctor Is In" shift at the Drupalchix table and events such as that). 7 of those sessions were technical in nature, and while many of them were aimed at those new to Drupal, they were valuable topics such as Views, Upgrading from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6, and Site Migration.

With over 500 camp attendees and 60+ session proposals, us organizers of Drupal Camp LA needed a Drupal site that was built for organizers and attendees, with lessons learned from 3+ DrupalCons & 2+ DrupalCamps. Here is our formula for our awesome camp site.

"DrupalCampLA.com was built on Drupal 6 using core & contributed modules to handle event registration, sponsorship management, featured speakers, user bio's, and session proposals. The website features an attendee driven event schedule where members propose sessions and only registered members pick which sessions they'd like to see (in the BarCamp style). Planning the schedule for the day of events has been made flexible enough to allow organizers to maintain a master schedule with ease. Not to mention that all attendees get their own schedule view with the sessions they pick."

"The web site was based on the latest Drupal 6.x release and utilized many of the current generation modules such as CCK for content customization, imagefield and imagecache to handle imaging Views & custom theming built on Zen for content presentation." (A full list of the modules used is in the case study - http://drupal.org/node/519100 )

The download link is available in the case study post - http://drupal.org/node/519100 and has been made available by LA Drupal & This By Them.

Curious. I was a community sponsor last year.

Thanks,

Daniel Banales
Web hosting by www.Inhost.com

Drupal Camp LA 2009 will be taking place from August 8-9th. Our annual two day event features training, sessions, an install fest, and networking opportunities with hundreds of Drupal users!

New this year is our DrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest! You design a shirt and the winner will receive a printed shirt with their design or a Drupal book (provided by book sponsors). Each prize option valued over $25.00!

Rules: Entries must be submitted before Monday July 13, 2009. Designs can be in color. Multiple entries per person is allowed. Usage of the Drupal logo is not required, but helps. One or more of the following phrases should appear in your design(s):
* Drupal Camp LA
* 2009
* Los Angeles
* www.drupalcamp.com (or just drupalcamp.com)
* www.ladrupal.org (or just ladrupal.org)

Help support LA Drupal, Drupal Camp LA, and local Drupal community efforts by purchasing and wearing a commemorative shirt celebrating the 2008, second annual, community training event. Hundreds of you registered and attended, and we're proud of the event but looking forward to help make 2009 a reality we're looking to make sure folks have ways to support the group and purchasing our commemorative apparel will help do that.

See all the shirts

Drupal Camp LA T-shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_shirt-235897092826435939

Drupal Camp LA womens t-shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_womens_t_shirt-235141426948959987

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt (White) - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt_white-235560627359...

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt-235275421491414852

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt (Women) - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt_women-235741697710...

More information on Drupal Camp LA - http://drupalcampla.com

Thank you so much... to everyone that was involved in making DrupalCampLA happen. The Las Vegas contingent is grateful and owes every one of you a drink at the Double Down Saloon any time you are in Vegas >:]

-=- christopher

I'm driving Sat and Sun from Long Beach to the camp. Any Long Beach campers need a lift, let me know. I can take 3 others.

May not stay all day Sunday, FYI, but will stay full day Sat, and returning that evening.