Welcome to the Florida Drupal Users Group! We have members from all over Florida and most meetups around the state are coordinated through this group. Whether you're from the panhandle, northeast Florida, the Gulf coast, central Florida, the Space Coast, or south Florida, you'll find other Drupal developers and themers here.
Currently, we have perodic meetups in the following areas:
- Brevard County (Cocoa Village)
- Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale): 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7pm - Meetup.com listing
- Orlando
- Gainesville
- Jacksonvill
- Miami Beach
- West Palm Beach (Jupiter-Boca Raton)
- Sarasota / SW Florida
- Tallahassee
- Tampa Bay: 1st Thursday of each month - Meetup.com listing
Keep an eye on this page for location and topic announcements for each meetup, as meeting days and times might change month-to-month.
Funds are available for local Florida meetup groups!
Keep connected with the Florida Drupal Users' Group:
- NEW! Slack: #florida Get your invite
- IRC: #drupal-florida on freenode
- @fldrupalcamp for updates about Florida Drupal camps, meetups, and other events.
- Florida DrupalCamp on Facebook
- Florida Drupal on Facebook
- Florida Drupal on LinkedIn
- We're looking for someone to create and maintain a Google+ home for Florida Drupal...
North Brevard Co-Working Meet-Up
Drupal in Brevard is expanding it's popular weekly meeting to include the north end of the county!! Now coming to Titusville, this will give our norther friends the opportunity to benefit from these meet ups every other seek. If you are not in Brevard but this is close enough to be convenient, please join in!!
This is a great forum to bring your project so that others can comment, suggest and maybe even troubleshoot issues.
Read moreSouth Brevard Co-Working Meet Up
Come join us at Coaster's Pub, Indiatlantic on Monday, 3 March at 1 pm. Bring your challenges, your homework, or just come and work on Drupal projects and be social!!
Coaster's Pub is next to Winn Dixie at the intersection of A1A and New Haven Avenue (Eau Gallie Causeway), beach side. We use the seating in the back by the manager's office.
Read moreFebruary Tallahassee Meetup
Sorry for the late notice, but there IS a planned meetup tomorrow night!
Is it your dream to work for a Drupal shop? Don't want to relocate? What if I told you that some Drupal shops hire remote employees? Have I got your attention yet?
I've got personal experience and lots of cool stuffs to share about this subject.
If you're in the market for a new job doing what you love and think working remotely is for you, come check out what it's like being a remote employee and how to find these opportunities.
Read morePreparing for Florida DrupalCamp
Not busy Friday February 28..... Come help us stuff the goodie bag ready for Florida Drupal Camp 2014. We will be serving pizza and ice tea. You can bring additional snacks and drinks.
After the goodie bag are filled we will be bedazzling our t-shirts. So come have some fun!!
Location: 7905 Windover Way Titusville, Fla (Note: I have a long driveway... I live on a flag lot)
Time: 6:30 - till you finish the bedazzling
See you there!!
Caroline
Florida Drupalcamp session submission deadline is tomorrow!
Just a reminder, the Florida Drupalcamp call for proposals deadline is tomorrow (end of day). We're less than two weeks away now!
So far, the sessions submitted have been absolutely amazing! Here's a small selection:
Featured Speaker Sessions
- Developing for Drupal 8 - Larry Garfield
- Migrating to Drupal 8 - Melissa Anderson
- Rethinking the theme layer in Drupal 8 - Jen Lampton
- What to expect in Drupal 8 - Florida's own Kevin Basarab
Other amazing sessions (arbitrarily chosen by me!)
- A Beginners Guide to Online Maps in Drupal - Mike Anello (from DrupalEasy!)
- Configuration Management in Drupal 8 - Justin Randell (core contributor)
- Lean, Mean [and Maintainable]: Drupal Theming Best Practices - Mike Herchel (me!)
- Backdrop CMS - Because there's a cost that comes with change - Jen Lampton
- Securing Your Drupal Site - Matt Cheney (cofounder of Pantheon)
- Ditching {MAMP,WAMP,Dev-Desktop} To the Curb and Embracing Vagrant Florida's own Ben Hosmer
- Florida's Dave Ingram will be presenting on the highest voted requested session!
- So. Much. More.
But, we still need more! Submit your session today here!
Read moreCentral Brevard Co-Working Meetup
Come one! Come All!
This is a great forum bring your project so that others can comment, suggest and maybe even troubleshoot issues.
This would also be a great opportunity for DCSP4 students to bring homework or interests to bounce off other people and to meet people currently working with Drupal. Having a hard time with a module? Need time to work on homework with some support? Starting to think of that web page you've wanted to build? Bring it to a Co-Working meet up and bounce your ideas off others!!
When: February 24th, 2014 at 12:00 - close.
Read moreDrupalcamp Ticket Available
Hey everyone,
I was hoping to go to Florida DrupalCamp ( https://fldrupalcamp.org ) this year but on short notice it looks like I won't be in town. Anyone interested in going? I can offer you my ticket at the early bird rate(no longer available on their website) of $25.
Please let me know, send me a message with my contact form or comment below if you are interested.
Thanks.
Read moreBilingual English/Spanish Volunteers for Drupal online training project (2014)
We are preparing an English version of Forcontu's Drupal training program and we are looking for bilingual English/Spanish people interested in translating (from Spanish to English) part of the materials. In exchange you'll receive free online training (7 months & 420 certificated hours, valued at USD$ 1500) to become an Expert in Drupal 7. You can also give this training opportunity to another person of your choice (maybe a friend, employee or client).
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 moreOrlando Florida - Drupal Coworking Friday, February 28th
If you are a Drupal Professional and would like to work with other Drupal Professionals come out and cowork with us. We'll be at Downtown Credo on February 28th, 2014 in the back room all day long (The Credo back room cost will be covered by Mediacurrent.)
Credo does serve coffee and pastries (food, coffee and meals are the responsibility of the attendees.) We'll most likely be eating lunch within walking distance of Credo but you are welcome to bring your lunch if you wish.
Read moreBroward Drupal Meeting Minutes - February 12, 2014
We held our Broward Drupal monthly meetup on Wednesday, February 12th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Remote participant(via Skype and Join.me):
Orlando - Debra Wilson, Patricia Mathews, Tampa - John Everett @Agile_dot_TV
In Person (Greater Fort Lauderdale, Broward County Florida):
Jay Epstein @jeppy64, Jeff Locke @adoptek, Michael Barton @TheBarton_, Brian Wagner, Carlos Kosloff, Jared Taibl and me @hectoriribarne
February Gainesville Drupal Meetup!
Join the Gainesville Drupal Users Group this Thursday Feb 13th 7pm at the Alachua County Downtown Library in Gainesville!
We'll be in Meeting Room "B" Click here for a map of the library
Crazy Views!
Brandon Ratzloff will continue his presentation on advanced views, including grouping, aggregation, sub-modules, etc.
In addition, we'll have
- A [free] 20 minute Drupal beginner session/training for any newbies that attend
- A rundown of the top X Drupal modules - this is always one of our favorites
- Roundtable discussion - What have you done or learned in the last month that's worth showing off?
- A happy-hour / social event afterwards - probably at Harry's or The Top (both are within walking distance)! This'll give us a chance to nerd-talk over a beer or three :)
Details:
- When: Thus Feb 13th, 2013 7pm-9pm EDT
- Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
- Room: We'll be in Meeting Rm B, which is all the way in the back right. Follow the right wall all the way back. Click here for a map of the library
- Afterwards: We'll be going out for food/beer/socializing at a restaurant/bar within walking distance.
- What to bring: Bring your laptop if you have one, if not, don't worry!

Orlando February meeting
This month, we will try Wednesday night. Pat and Mark will compare and contrast WordPress and Drupal. We may also cover a number of other topics that the group brings up.
We now also have an Orlando Drupal group on Meetup.com. You can join us at http://www.meetup.com/Orlando-Drupal
Location is the same: Kony, 7380 West Sand Lake Road #310
Read moreSouth Brevard Co-Working Meetup Coaster's Pub, Indiatlantic
Come join us at Coaster's Pub, Indiatlantic on Monday, 17 February at 1 pm. Bring your challenges, your homework, or just come and work on Drupal projects and be social!!
Coaster's Pub is next to Winn Dixie at the intersection of A1A and New Haven Avenue (Eau Gallie Causeway), beach side. We use the seating in the back by the manager's office.
Read moreBrevard Meetup - Monday, February 17, 2014 Cocoa Village
Come join us on Monday, February 17,2014 6:30pm at Ryan's Village Pizza in Cocoa Village for our second meeting of 2014.
One of the evening's topics will be "Feeds" by Natalie (anzi31)
Read moreNorth Brevard Co-Working Meetup
Drupal in Brevard is expanding it's popular weekly meeting to include the north end of the county!! Now coming to Titusville, this will give our norther friends the opportunity to benefit from these meet ups every other seek. If you are not in Brevard but this is close enough to be convenient, please join in!!
This is a great forum to bring your project so that others can comment, suggest and maybe even troubleshoot issues.
Read moreBroward Drupal meetup - February 12th, 2014
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
We have switched to the large conference room for the next few months.
http://browarddrupal.org/gmaplocation
This month we will have two presentations (trial runs for Florida DrupalCamp if they get accepted):
Read moreCentral Brevard Co-Working Meetup
Come one! Come All!
This is a great forum bring your project so that others can comment, suggest and maybe even troubleshoot issues.
This would also be a great opportunity for DCSP4 students to bring homework or interests to bounce off other people and to meet people currently working with Drupal. Having a hard time with a module? Need time to work on homework with some support? Starting to think of that web page you've wanted to build? Bring it to a Co-Working meet up and bounce your ideas off others!!
When: February 10th, 2014 at 12:00 - close.
Read moreFlorida Drupal Camp 2014 - Sessions
Have you already registered for Florida Drupal Camp 2014?
Are you planning to attend but have not yet registered?
Florida Drupal Camp 2014 is only a month away and the clock is ticking!!
Do you have a topic you would love to present in a session? Or maybe you have something you would love to learn about from someone else? Floirda Drupal Camp is looking for your session submissions and suggestions!!
Read moreSouth Brevard Co-Working Meetup Coaster's Pub, Indiatlantic
Come join us at Coaster's Pub, Indiatlantic on Monday, 3 February at 1 pm. Bring your challenges, your homework, or just come and work on Drupal projects and be social!!
Coaster's Pub is next to Winn Dixie at the intersection of A1A and New Haven Avenue (Eau Gallie Causeway), beach side. We use the seating in the back by the manager's office.
Read moreBrevard Meetup - Monday, February 3, 2014 Cocoa Village
Happy Valentines Day!!!
Come join us on Monday, February 3,2014 6:30pm at Ryan's Village Pizza in Cocoa Village for our second meeting of 2014.
One of the evening's topics will be "Using Features in Drupal 7" by David Y (dysprooseum)
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