About Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD)
Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD) is the umbrella group for most of the Drupal activity in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world. We've been bringing more Drupal to more people since 2010, and have as many as 10 meetups and other events dedicated to Drupal topics each and every month.
Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movie outings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals, and website barnraisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community.
The Greater Los Angeles Drupal leadership team endeavors to actively empower and support volunteers and attendees in the Greater Los Angeles Area, and to provide resources (venues, guidance, equipment, raffle prizes, etc.) and an open governance model with consistency, transparency and accountability.
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Several of our members and organizers proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program, which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.
What's different about this group? (?)
In addition to our unique open governance model, GLAD has a different geographic focus than other regional groups. Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010.
GLAD organizers lead a large number of events in the Greater Los Angeles Area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, Culver City, Santa Monica, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Riverside and Ventura.
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Suggested Topics
Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about? Would you like to offer a presentation, show-and-tell, or quick lightning talk? Please take a look at our Suggested Topics page.
For events by other Drupal user groups in the area, see our Drupal Meetups in the Greater Los Angeles Area page.
News, Events and Discussions
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Worldwide Drupal Happy Hour at Barbara's at the Brewery
Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for Drupal happy hour! We're meeting this time between 5:00-6:30pm on July 30th, 2014, at Barbara's at the Brewery.
There are no sponsors or presentations at this event. Just dinner, drinks and Drupal. Worldwide Drupal Happy Hour is on the last Wednesday of every month and is observed all around the world. Sister events include happy hours in San Diego, Portland, Oregon and New York City.
This particular happy hour event is just prior to the Open Members Meeting the same evening at 7pm at Droplabs, the world's Top Drupal Location. Everyone is welcome to attend either or both events.
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High latency with loading images
Hi there, have a website which seems to have very high latency with rendering images.
There is nothing special going on here, images are fields on content. Rendered using no Image style, from the same server, from the default path on the drive, anonymous users, performance caching is set to enabled, cache cleared, nothing in the logs, TOP from the prompt shows tons of free memory but I am getting lags of 12second latency on loading image assets even though the rest of the page loads fine.
Phpini shows 140MB of memory set.
What are other possible causes for this?
Thanks,
Seb.
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July SGV Meetup on July 24, 2014 at Fuller Seminary and Webcast in Pasadena, CA
We have a great meetup this month in the San Gabriel Valley. Join us from 6-8pm at Fuller Theological Seminary, Glasser 110 on Thursday, July 24, 2014, for Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes, community Q&A, lightning talks and full-length presentations.
You can join the video conference or go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 129 319 220
Are you new to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you. Here's a testimonial from a happy attendee:
Read moreThis is a very well organized and informative session. We got a good mix of senior developers and new comers and some in between. It is a pretty good turn out with 11 people considering it is in Pasadena right around rush hours. People are just terrific, very friendly and ready to help others. Feels like I have moved forward by leaps and bounds. Thanks everyone!
BADCamp 2014 ~ Bay Area Drupal Camp
BADCamp 2014. Nov 6 - 9
For those of you new to Drupal or Drupal camps, BADCamp is a gathering of like-minded people to discuss and learn about Drupal, an open-source content management system that is powering more of the web every year. BADCamp was inspired by BarCamp events and is powered by people like you. Come to share ideas, get involved in the community, and meet your online friends in person.
BADCamp is a FREE event put on by the people, for the people, and with the help of many generous sponsors.
At this year's event you can expect to see...
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday and Indie Code Sprints at Droplabs on July 11, 2014
Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer or remote worker? You don't have to work alone. Join us for Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and computer lab, on Friday, July 11, 2014.
Indie Code Sprints
This day-long event is being combined with indie code sprints for your personal Drupal projects. Drop in any time during the day and work on your modules, themes and sites and contribute to Drupal.org! If you need any help, there will be experienced mentors on hand to provide assistance. Please note that our mentors will also be working on their own projects and might need your help with acceptance testing, user feedback, etc.
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Thru July 5th - PacktPub.com is offering any title for $10!
Hi everyone,
I am a big fan of Packt Publishing (http://www.packtpub.com) and their model that supports print and e-books and keeps a repository of your purchased books in your account on their site - so you can always get a copy of your e-book if you lose it.
Packt Publishing is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with a good deal.
From June 26th through July 5th, Packt is offering all of its eBooks and Videos at just $10 each for any title!
If you need some Drupal or other tech books, this is a great deal.
FYI, Doug
Read moreSite visits for Droplabs Westside location on July 9, 2014
Droplabs is growing and we're scouting locations for a new Droplabs on the Westside. I've lined up a tour of several spaces within walking distance of the Venice Grind (the first-ever venue of our High Performance Drupal meetups!) on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Join us!
We'll be meeting at 2:30pm the Venice Grind at 12224 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066. We'll have a chance to meet one another and then begin our tour at 3:30pm. The Venice Grind has paid parking on the street and free parking in back.
2:30pm
Meet and greet at the Venice Grind
3:30pm
First walk through on Grand View Blvd.
4:15pm
Second walk through on Venice Blvd.
5:30pm
Happy hour at Killer Shrimp in Marina Del Rey
6pm
Third and final walk through at Mariners Bay Business Center
Sign up to be on this site visit's mailing list. We'll send you our phone number and any last-minute details if there are any.
In its three years of operation, Droplabs has seen thousands of Drupal developers pass through its doors. We've hosted countless events, including the Downtown Drupal meetup, several Drupal job fairs, the 14-part Drupal Module Development Boot Camp, and even the Drupal Design Camp LA 2012 conference. In 2013, we were recognized by Drupical as the Top Drupal Location in the world.
If you're interested in a place where creative and technical people gather for Drupal coworking every day and the occasional Drupal meetup and Drupal After Dark at night, then join us and help make this happen!
Read moreDowntown Drupal Meetup at Droplabs and via Webcast on July 1, 2014: Show & Tell
The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up again and it's time for another Downtown Drupal Meetup! Join us at Droplabs near Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 between 7-9pm Pacific. This meetup is free and there will be food, drinks, and raffle prizes!
Those who would like to attend remotely are welcome to join us via webcast.
Are you new to Drupal or the Downtown Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you.
At this meetup we're having a Drupal Show & Tell. After some quick introductions and light news and announcements, we'll be going into 5-minute presentations (called lightning talks) on what each attendee is working on. Everyone who attends will be expected to present on something.
Did you recently attend a great Drupal or tech event that you want to tell us about? Are you currently having a problem that you need help with? Did you solve a problem recently and now have a solution to share with the group? You'll have up to 5 minutes to present and then up to 5 more minutes for Q&A with the other attendees. We'll be using a chess clock to make sure that everyone has enough time.
That's right, it's like Drupal speed chess! (The difference, of course, is that we're not really competing. We're here to share and learn and not "smack down" anybody.)
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Stepping Down as Organizer
Howdy fellow LA Drupaleros.
Read moreGreater Los Angeles Drupal startups eligible for Ultimate MSDN subscription via Microsoft BizSpark
Greater Los Angeles Drupal has partnered with Microsoft BizSpark, a program that provides support to software entrepreneurs.
For a limited time, Greater Los Angeles Drupal startups can sign up and receive the Ultimate MSDN subscription (worth up to $13,000 in software licenses) and $150 / month of Azure.
That's right! These are seriously big discounts to startups in our community. Rumor has it, however, that the BizSpark benefits may change beginning in July, 2014, so we encourage you to sign up as soon as possible.
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