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Design 4 Drupal Boston 2012, July 14-15 at the MIT Stata Center
D4D. The 4th annual drupal design camp boston, the drupal community's first camp dedicated to design, takes place on sat and sun july 14-15 at the mit stata center. each year, 315+ drupalists gather in cambridge to discuss ideas and take part in interactive sessions on the future of drupal, focusing on everything from usability to technology from a design perspective.
We are thrilled to announce back-to-back awesome keynotes this year, Angela "webchick" Byron with a talk on D8 and Jared Ponchot, Creative Director of Lullabot.
Join us!
http://boston2012.design4drupal.org/
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Drupal Training in Boston from OSTraining
Hi Everyone,
We've been running our Drupal classes in Boston for several years now.
We're back again next week with two days of great Drupal training.
DRUPAL BEGINNER CLASS, SEPTEMBER 25
You'll learn how to build a Drupal website, from content and user organization, to working with modules and themes.
Part 1: Introduction to Drupal: What? Who? When? Why?
Part 2: Installing Drupal
Part 3: Navigating the Drupal interface
Part 4: Understanding Drupal content
Part 5: Managing Drupal content using content types
Drupal Self-Help Group meets again, Thursday, June 14, 2012.
Organic Group: Enabling one-click Joining of Groups
I have implemented OG for Druapl 6. If a new user is to join or leave a group, he or she clicks on "Join" or "Leave" but is required to again confirm as a second step, before the action takes place. This feels rather archaic. Is there a way to skip the confirmation and have the user join or leave with a single click? I would appreciate suggestions on how to implement this functionality.
Read moreDrupal Module Development Training
Acquia is offering two day-long trainings in Drupal Module Development. The classes are aimed at students and veterans who want to level up on Drupal skills. More information and registration information can be found at the following link: https://www.acquia.com/blog/student-training-burlington-ma
Please note that you must register to attend the trainings. There is a small fee for the trainings to cover lunches. There are also some beginner courses earlier in the week in case you know anyone who wants to learn the basics of Drupal site-building.
Hope to see you there!
Read moreLocation-Based Apps - Seeking Guest Bloggers
Hi everyone,
I am writing on behalf of Bridge Technical Solutions, where I work as the Marketing & Communications Administrator. We are seeking IT professionals interested in guest blogging on location-based apps.
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Drupal 7 Layout and Theming (Waltham, MA)
Acquia Training Partner, Isovera is pleased to announce another great workshop in the Boston area.
Drupal 7 Layout and Theming - June 21-22 - Waltham, MA
Drupal has a variety of approaches to making dynamic layouts, and in this course you will see how to use them, and find the right approach for you. You will learn techniques and best practices for configuring a flexible and extendable layout for your site, then you'll learn how to get more control over the look and feel by creating a custom theme in Drupal.
*By the end of the training you will be able to:
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CT Drupal Camp - Registration Now Open!
DrupalCampCT is a full-day, no-cost event, structured around the open-source content management system, Drupal, which includes knowledgeable speakers, informative workshops, impromptu birds-of-a-feather sessions, and invaluable opportunities to network with other Drupalists in and around the Nutmeg State!
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Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - June 5, 2012 @ 6:30 pm
We will be hosted by the MIT Drupal Group in Cambridge in Building E51 - Tang Center in E51-145.
Parking and Transportation:
After 5pm, there is an unattended MIT lot called Hayward: http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=P5
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Bilingual English/Spanish Volunteers for Drupal online training project
We are preparing an English version of our Drupal training program and we are looking for bilingual English/Spanish people interested in translating (from Spanish to English) part of the materials, at the same time they get advanced Drupal training for free.
If you are interested or know somebody that could be, please fill in or share the form to contact us. More information at this URL:
http://www.forcontu.com/bilingual-volunteers
Read moreGit Presentation this Thursday, May 17, 2012 at the Drupal Self-Help Group.
Drupal Accessibility Sprint in Montreal June 15-17, 2012
Montreal's local Drupal Association is hosting a 3 day Accessibility code sprint running from 9-5 (and possibly later) on June June 15th, 16th and 17th. Everett Zufelt of and Mike Gifford will lead the sprint which will be held at the offices of Evolving Web, 114-300 rue du Saint-Sacrement, Montreal. Wheel chair access is via rue Le Moyne. Ten dollar Parking can be found nearby on rue University.
Weekend attendees will need to buzz 114 to get access to the building.
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Acquia Training Partner, Isovera is pleased to announce another great
workshop in the Boston area.
Drupal Module Development - May 24-25 - Waltham, MA
Learn how to get custom functionality using Drupal’s hook system, as well as
how to extend or alter contributed module functionality. Participants in
this course will have used CCK, Views and Panels to create websites but have
never built their own module. Participants will start writing a simple
module to writing a complex module, step by step which uses Forms API,
D4D is getting rescheduled to July 14 and 15/Volunteers still Wanted: Design for Drupal Boston, at MIT Stata Center
Please see our new site at: http://boston2012.design4drupal.org/ for reschedule info.
We need you. D4D is run by the community for the community. To that end, we need you to make it work. If you or someone you know are interested in any of the following, ping me via susanemacphee at gmail and express your serious interest. If you've already done so, we have your info, and we'll be in touch.
- social media and copywriter
- volunteer coordinator
- sponsor liaison
- info/reg desk outpost: questions, requests, sign-in
North Shore Drupal Meetup - Salem Beerworks
Hi All,
Time for more lively discussion and refreshing beverages with the North Shore Drupal Meetup!
If you want to join us, rsvp through our Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/events/300491783353595/
Or you can rsvp at meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/North-Shore-Drupal-Meetup/events/59505802/
Drupal: Organizing Content for Multiple Audiences
Join us Tuesday, May 1st @ 1pm EDT for the final webinar in our Drupal series.
REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/626554513
The range of audiences needing specialized gateways, content and pathways on dot edu sites can be difficult to manage. In this webinar, we'll discuss strategies which can help you tailor your site to a particular audience, both with and without user login.
We'll cover:
- Configuring options for audience selectors
- Implementing different designs to distinguish areas of the site for each audience
VoIP Drupal Presentation this Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the Drupal Self-Help Group.
Drupal Module Development Workshop (May 24/25 - Waltham, MA)
Drupal webinar: Customizing Volumes of Content
Join us Tuesday, April 17th @ 1pm EST for this information-packed webinar, after which we'll open up the floor for Q & A.
REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613265489
Universities often have content, such as research databases, which requires a lot of information to be presented at once. This can often be difficult to attractively display, and allow for easy search and discovery.
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