Fun team collaboration by Drupalers living anywhere in the region(s) of the beautiful¹ Antelope Valley (Acton, Palmdale, Lancaster... maybe even Rosamond), out to Mojave/Cal City and then on up through Tehachapi and the Bakersfield area, to improve, contribute to, and enjoy working with the Drupal project.
¹That was sarcasm. :)
San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup in Old Town Pasadena on September 27, 2012
Drupal meetups are officially back in the San Gabriel Valley and are now on the 4th Thursday of each month. Following our reboot of the SGV Drupal group with our Reboot and Drupal After Dark at Intelligentsia on May 17th, we're meeting this time at Il Fornaio in Old Town Pasadena on Thursday, September 27, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm. Join us!
Those interested in participating remotely during the featured presentations are welcome to join us via WebEx.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) and be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the organizers' phone number.
Read moreAccessibility Camp LA 2012
Accessibility Camp LA takes place Saturday, October 20, 2012 at CSU Northridge's University Student Union (18111 Nordhoff Street). The goal of the day is to provide an open, informal space where attendees will drive the agenda.
Registration
Accessibility Camp LA is completely free to attendees. Register at http://www.accessibilitycampla.org/register.php
Interested in stepping up as an event sponsor (to help pay for lunch, t-shirts, disability-related accommodations, etc.)? Have a general question about the event? Want to be updated by e-mail as the event takes shape?
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Downtown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on September 18, 2012
The next general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 and will be at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes and a series of lightning talks, which are short, bite-sized presentations. Read the discussion at http://groups.drupal.org/node/253073#comments to see which presentation ideas are being discussed, or join the discussion and post your offers and requests for presentations!
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles.
We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA or like Exaltation of Larks on Facebook to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
This event is hosted by Droplabs, a collaborative Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles.
We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only free coworking space around with a freemium business model: come work here for free and only pay for the extras, such as 24/7 access, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings.
To learn more about Droplabs, visit Droplabs.net, follow @Droplabs on Twitter, sign up at Meetup.com/Droplabs or like DroplabsLA on Facebook!
Read moreHigh Performance Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on September 4, 2012
The next High Performance Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 and will be at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this meetup, we'll have an introduction to SPDY, the low latency network protocol developed (and trademarked) by Google. SPDY support is included in some browsers, including Firefox and Chrome, and available for web servers like nginx, Apache, and even IIS.
This presentation, by Christefano Reyes (@christefano) of Exaltation of Larks (@LarksLA), will bring you up to speed on what SPDY is and what it means for high performance websites. We'll see it used in a live environment and hear about some gotchas to be aware of.
We're soliciting additional presentations for this meetup. If there's a topic that you'd like give a presentation on, please leave a comment in the comments below. Likewise, if there's a topic that you'd like to learn more about, you're welcome to make a request in the comments below.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles.
We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
Read moreSan Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup in Old Town Pasadena on August 23, 2012
Drupal meetups are officially back in the San Gabriel Valley and are now on the 4th Thursday of each month. Following our reboot of the SGV Drupal group with our Reboot and Drupal After Dark at Intelligentsia on May 17th, we're meeting this time at Il Fornaio in Old Town Pasadena on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm. Join us!
Those interested in participating remotely during the featured presentations are welcome to join us via WebEx.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
Drupal Best Practices Training in Downtown Los Angeles on September 4, 2012
Join us on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 for Drupal Best Practices, a full day of Drupal training!
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
In this class, you'll learn about Drupal development best practices, including version control, using the Features module to keep your configuration changes in version control to the industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments.
You'll also have a full day of access to the Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training company located in Los Angeles.
Read moreDowntown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on August 21, 2012
The next general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 and will be at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
Our featured presentation is Drupal at Sea with Princess Cruises, by Nate Craddock (@darthmario). We'll be hearing how how Drupal is used at Princess Cruises and on its new ship, Royal Princess, which is coming in June, 2013.
Meanwhile, Droplabs hosted its third code sprint and barn raising for the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks on August 17 & 18, 2012. We'll have a repeat of the How to Create a Project on Drupal.org presentation from that barn raising and briefly discuss how the code sprint and barn raising went.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles.
We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
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Introduction to Drupal Workshop - Fundraiser for Droplabs on June 29, 2012
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats Drupal! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
This is the workshop for you if:
- You're new to using Drupal and need a jumpstart in planning a large project
- You're investigating Drupal's viability for your next project
- You're wondering whether to invest time in learning Drupal
- You don't have the time to learn Drupal but will be involved in a Drupal project
Seating is limited. You'll have access to the experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day!
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
What to Bring
This is a lunch and learn-style workshop. Come during lunch and learn about Drupal! You don't need to bring a computer. Bring lunch!
This workshop is a fundraiser for Droplabs, where you can come and find help and resources for your Drupal project and cowork for free. You can donate cash at the time of the workshop, or conveniently pay using Paypal or Dwolla at http://droplabs.net
Suggested donation: $45.
No one will be turned away from this workshop. If you are unable to donate we ask that you volunteer some time helping Droplabs run more smoothly when you drop by and cowork.
Classroom space is limited, so please sign up early.
Read moreWhat is Drupal? - Workshop and Fundraiser for Droplabs on June 22, 2012
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats Drupal! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
Read moreDrupal Scalability and Performance training at SANDCamp 2012 on January 26, 2012
Join us at SANDcamp, the San Diego Drupal Camp, on Thursday, January 26, 2012 for a full day of scalability and performance training! This class is being offered at a 50% discount off our normal prices. Sign up today or contact us with any questions.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
In this all-day workshop, top experts with years of front-line experience building large-scale Drupal deployments show you the best known practices for running fast sites for a large volume of users. Starting with a blank Linux virtual server, we will work through the setup, configuration and tuning of Drupal using Varnish, Pressflow, Apache, MySQL, Memcache and Apache Solr.
Through this process, we will explain common pitfalls and how to avoid them. By the end of this course you should feel comfortable with the basics of how to setup, configure and tune your Drupal site. You’ll learn the most robust solutions the community has discovered.
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Drupal Fundamentals training in Los Angeles on October 31, 2011
This introductory one-day workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You'll learn best practices from the experts at Exaltation of Larks how to create a sustainable framework for managing your content. By the end of the day, you'll have created a Drupal site that looks and functions much like any you’ll see on the web today.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
Drupal Scalability and Performance training in Los Angeles on October 31, 2011
In this all-day workshop, top experts with years of front-line experience building large-scale Drupal deployments show you the best known practices for running fast sites for a large volume of users. Starting with a blank Linux virtual server, we will work through the setup, configuration and tuning of Drupal using Varnish, Pressflow, Apache, MySQL, Memcache and Apache Solr.
Read moreDeveloping RESTful Web Services and APIs training in Los Angeles on November 3, 4 & 5, 2011
Developing RESTful Web Services and APIs is a 2-day training on November 3 & 4, 2011, with an optional third day of additional hands-on support for those developers seeking accelerated understanding of exploiting Services 3.0 to its fullest.
During this training, the experts at Exaltation of Larks cover the fundamentals of using the Drupal Services module to create, test and support use of your own web API. This training covers Services 3.0 for both Drupal 6 and Drupal 7.
This is the training you need if you're using Drupal to create a backend for iPad, iPhone or Android applications. Developing your own web API is essential to entering the SaaS (Software as a Service) business model and this training gets you there.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
Drupal Architecture (Custom Content, Fields and Lists) training in Los Angeles on November 1 & 2, 2011
Drupal Architecture (Custom Content, Fields and Lists) is a two-day workshop that explores modules and configurations you can combine to build more customized systems using Drupal. You’ll create many examples of more advanced configurations and content displays using the popular Content Construction Kit (CCK) and Views modules.
We’ll guide you through the complex User Interfaces that Drupal provides for controlling and customizing the many different ways to present lists and tables of your site’s content.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
What you will learn
- Creating custom content types
- Building RSS feeds
- Allowing viewers to filter results
- Building interactive tables
- Displaying content in a grid
- Adding a date field to your content, and sorting by date
- Creating iCAL feeds and other date displays
- Using views arguments to dynamically filter your results based on the URL
- How other modules integrate with Views
Site you will build: http://dsb.training.chapterthree.com
Read moreCalifornia Drupal Travelers Program Wiki
The mission of the Drupal Travelers Program is to connect businesses and traveling community members with local communities and events in the areas that they are visiting.
You are welcome to edit and add to this wiki, but keep the list organized and do not remove entries unless you are that meetup or group organizer.
Adding links, dates and geographical locations is encouraged.
Table of Contents
- Participating Meetups and Groups
- Detailed Descriptions of Meetups
- Original Post Describing the Program
Participating Meetups and Groups
| 4th Tuesday of Each Month | 4th Wednesday of Each Month | 4th Thursday of Each Month |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend Drupal / Design 4 Drupal | Downtown Los Angeles Drupal | San Gabriel Valley Drupal San Diego North County DUG |
Detailed Descriptions of Meetups
When editing and adding meetups below, be as descriptive as you'd like. It may be helpful to businesses and traveling community members for them to have as much information as possible.
Frontend Drupal / Design 4 Drupal
The Frontend Drupal / Design 4 Drupal meetups are on the 4th Tuesday and are usually in Culver City, CA. They focus on design, theming, usability, typography and other frontend-related topics.
With enough notice, Downtown Los Angeles Drupal organizers can produce special events at Droplabs on the 4th Wednesday in Downtown Los Angeles.
Droplabs already hosts several Drupal meetups each month, including the High Performance Drupal and general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetups. These meetups have had attendance of between 20-65 attendees.
The San Gabriel Valley Drupal meetups are on the 4th Thursday in San Gabriel Valley (usually Pasadena, CA). They have a general focus and have an attendance of between 15-30 attendees.
The San Diego Drupal Users Group meetups are on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the San Diego Hall of Champions in Balboa Park. We have a mixed structure with some planned content and some ad-hoc content, and we usually have a small social meetup at the Prado down the street afterwards.
The San Diego North County DUG meetups are on the 4th Thursday of every month in Carlsbad, CA at the NAMM headquarters in the Museum Of Making Music. This meetup averages about 10-15 users, most of which are seasoned Drupalers. Content is purely ad-hoc, and you may be asked to talk about what you've been doing recently.
Read moreDrupal User Groups in California
Last updated by christefano on Sun, 2013-03-24 04:42
About this page
This is a list of the known Drupal user groups in California. Here are some of the things that can be done with this information:
- It is now much easier to find the California groups you'd like to join. Just click the name of the group you want to join and click the "Join" link in the sidebar of that group's page.
- If you are creating a new group in California, list it here to let others know about it.
- Depending on how #1074208 (Add a location field to group node) goes, a California-specific map showing the user groups can be created using this information (e.g. a Google map with markers showing the locations of all the groups and their meetups)
- Add your ideas here!
Are you an organizer who's interested in a Drupal California group?
Are you a member of the correct "South Bay" group?
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