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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[SOLVED] Running drupal with Joomla site problems
I had both joomla and drupal in separate folders within my domain while in development. The joomla site is now "live" for the domain. Accessing the drupal folder doesn't work anymore, resulting in "Forbidden - you don't have permission to access Drupal on this server." I don't want to reinstall Drupal, all the modules plus redo my tutorials again. What should I do and how? Thanks!
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Drupal's Hospitality Network as a Couchsurfing.com replacement
With the "digital nomads" breakout session at DrupalCon Portland still on my mind, I came across an intriguing blog post today by Nithin Coca about the so-called "rise and fall" of Couchsurfing.
Read moreBest Californian companies
Hi.
I am thinking about moving into California(from Europe) and I am curious about which California based companies are the best ones to work for? I'm more interested in full service advertising afencies rather than just companies specialized on websites(pure Drupal shops). Also I'm more interested in companies with more than 50 employees(I've worked for small companies and want a change of environment).
Which companies would you recommend?
Read morePasadena / San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on June 27, 2013
End the month with some fun and Drupal at the San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 6-8pm!
New to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? See http://groups.drupal.org/node/295838#comment-918913 for notes from a recent meeting. Here's a testimonial from a happy attendee:
This 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!
Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/302508#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.
Read moreDinner and Drupal After Dark on Thursday, June 13, 2013: Man of Steel 3D midnight movie in Pasadena
It's been a while since we've had a Drupal After Dark movie outing and it's time to do one again. Come out to dinner and see a midnight showing of Man of Steel with your fellow Drupal community friends and colleagues at the Arclight Pasadena on the evening of Thursday, June 13, 2013.
A few of us will be getting together earlier for food and to chat about Drupal, open source software and other fun topics before the show. You're welcome to join us at 9pm at Burger Continental, a popular gathering spot for members of the SGVLUG (San Gabriel Valley Linux User Group) community.
This is a joint outing of both the SGV Drupal and SGVLUG groups. Stay tuned to the comments on this event announcement for any updates.
Read moreDroplabs 2-Year Anniversary Party from 8pm-12am on Saturday, June 8, 2013
You are invited to the Droplabs 2-Year Anniversary Party on June 8, 2013!
That's right, we've been offering unique, high quality events and affordable coworking space and office services for 2 years. Come celebrate with us! Much has happened since we opened to the public in Spring, 2011, and at the start of our party our members will have a brief retrospective and share their favorite moments.
Don't worry, this event isn't a meetup with boring presentations. There will be plenty of food and drinks, as well as a raffle prize drawing and mingling and networking for most of the evening. The party is potluck-style, so bring something to share that you like to eat or drink. Bring something to share to throw on the grill!
Let everyone know what you're thinking of bringing by posting to the comments on our Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/Droplabs/events/122942502/
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Looking for co-maintainers
hi everyone!
im looking to build a team around a responsive theme ive been maintaining called professional theme
if anyone is interested i would love to hear some ideas, feedback, and see if we cant make this theme better then before!
https://drupal.org/project/professional_theme
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on June 14, 2013
Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer or remote worker? You don't have to work alone. Join us for another Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and makerspace!
We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:
- Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot;
- Free, metered WiFi;
- Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis);
- Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space;
- Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved);
- Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved);
- Heat / air conditioning.
Droplabs is supported by memberships, donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.
Read moreIntroduction to Drupal Workshop by Exaltation of Larks in Downtown Los Angeles on June 14, 2013
We're excited to announce that Exaltation of Larks is participating in another Drupal Global Training Days event! To learn more about this recurring series, see http://drupal.org/learn-drupal
Description
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats it! 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 to-do list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
At this workshop, you'll have access to Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day!
This is the perfect 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.
Mentored Drupal Training by Exaltation of Larks in Downtown Los Angeles on June 14, 2013
We're excited to announce that Exaltation of Larks is participating in another Drupal Global Training Days event! To learn more about this recurring series, see http://drupal.org/learn-drupal
Description
This 3-hour training is from 12-3pm and uses the extensive Drupal video library at Build a Module.com. Bring your laptop, your lunch and learn Drupal!
We'll be focusing this time on Site Building and Advanced Site Building. Bring a WiFi-enabled computer that you can use to connect to the internet and watch videos on (and a set of headphones). Those without headphones can buy an inexpensive pair of headphones from the venue.
Registration
Registration is required. Sign up at http://www.larks.la/training
Be sure to arrive early to give yourself enough time to park, pick a seat, and connect your laptop to the venue's WiFi network. We begin promptly at 12pm.
Classroom space is limited, so sign up early.
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