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...
Gainesville Drupal Users Group: Thurs, Jan 10th at 7pm
This is 2013's inaugural meetup! Come join the fun, learn Drupal and have a few beers!
1. Arbitrarily Sorting Content: NodeQueue vs. Draggable Views
Are you looking for a way to arbitrarily order your data? Do you need to do any of the following?
- Sort your slideshow pictures into an order that only makes sense to you
- Put your ecommerce products in a specfic order
- Organize your FAQs the way that you want them
Within the Drupalverse, there are two popular ways to do this: NodeQueue and Draggable Views. Both have different but similar feature-sets. In this presentation, Mike Herchel will walk you through the pros and cons, configurations and use-cases of each module.
2. Roundtable** Discussion
Have something new and cool that you've done? Need help with a particular topic? Stuck on a View? Bring it up at the roundtable**. This is your chance! Bring it up!
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: Thurs January 10th, 2012 7pm-9pm EDT
- Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
- Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
- 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!
**Disclaimer: The table is actually kind of rectangluar.
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Sarasota Drupal User Group
As we agreed last month our meeting for just this month will be the 2nd Tuesday.
Also note that we are changing locations for this meeting. We will be meeting at our old favorite - Square 1 on US41 across from Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
Ethan (who was volunteered by Gray) will be presenting on front end development tools like SASS.
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Broward Drupal Meetup at ITPalooza - Wednesday December 12th from 2pm - 9pm
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 2:00pm - 9:00pm
WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT THIS MONTH (TEMP LOCATION CHANGE)
This month we will be having our monthly meetup at ITPalooza at Nova Southeastern University. It is South Florida’s biggest holiday event with over 1,000 attendees expected from over 50 South Florida Tech Groups!
Location (same location used for DrupalCamp South Florida):
3301 College Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314
ITPalooza South Florida event details:
http://itpalooza.e2mktg.com/
Register:
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Taking Drupal Cross-platform NA
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
MediaFront Code Sprint Preparation: help needed
This Sunday is the MediaFront code sprint, and I want to go in ready to contribute.
In an effort to get familiar with the MediaFront module I set up a simple site on WebEnabled and uploaded a 30 second AVI video; and after 4 hours I cannot get it to play. Has anybody else here got it going? I tried using the instructions found here:
http://drupal.org/node/1563580 and http://drupal.org/node/1563584 and http://drupal.org/node/1563586.
Git for Dev Teams
Hey git folk, can anyone recommend some links or other resources on how to set up permissions for multiple users on an Ubuntu server for git? I can't seem to find anything that is step-by-step or works. I know it involves setting the sticky bit but there's more to it than that.
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FLDC13 Design Committee - Initial Meeting
This will be the initial meeting for people who want to join the FLDC13 Design Committee. Our agenda will be loose, as we'll be delegating tasks to volunteers and deciding on an overall aesthetic for the coming camp.
It will take place on December 11th at 4pm EST. The call-in number is: (805) 360-1000 - use the access code "183551#". Please note that this is not a toll-free call.
The agenda of this meeting will be to brainstorm about not only the camp site's theme design, but the overall design and branding of #FLDC13. We'll be incorporating the Drupal Diver as the main mascot.
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Drupal of Miami Coral Gables Workshop
Drupal of Miami Coral Gables Workshop Monday, December 10, 2012 at 6:00 pm
We will be discussing the book by Cindy McCourt, "Drupal: The Guide to Planning and Building a Website". This is the very first step to learn to building Drupal Websites. So if your question is "Where do I start to learn Drupal?" then this is the answer. We will be going over what is planning is and how it works with Drupal.
Come and join us for the fun on Monday evening.
Location:
Planet Linux Caffe
1430 Ponce De Leon Blvd
Coral Gables, Florida
Gainesville Drupal Meetup this Thurs (12/13) 7pm: Data, Feeds, Sublime and Git!
Gainesville Drupal Users Group This Thurs, Dec 13th at 7pm
For this December's meetup, the Gainesville Drupal Users Group have 2.5 presentations!
1. Data and Feeds to suit all your needs!
Tired of trying to store all your data as nodes? Need to migrate content into your Drupal site? Brandon Ratzloff will teach you how to create, manage and import database tables using Feeds and Data Module! The best part is, it all works with Views.
1.5 Sublime Text Editor
Brandon Ratzloff will also be giving a half-presentation on Sublime Text Editor, which is an extremely popular cross-platform text editor. From their website: Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.
3. Followup on Version Control Systems (Git)
In addition, Dave Ingram will be discussing the principals and philosophies of Version Control Systems, and in particular, git, the Distributed Version Control System designed by the creator of Linux and used by the Drupal project. Topics discussed will be the ideas behind using a version control system and basic commands and tools to start using git in your own projects. Some specific considerations when using git with Drupal will also be discussed. Finally, hear Dave's thoughts on how git and Drupal truly can make the world a better place.
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: Thurs December 13th, 2012 7pm-9pm EDT
- Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
- Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
- 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!
Tampa December Meetup
The December Tampa Bay Drupal Meetup will take place this Thursday, 12/6 from 6:00-7:30pm.
This month, Adam will be presenting on SASS, a great way to save time in theming and harness the power of variables, conditionals and more!
The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, at the usual location — Panera on Ulmerton Road:
2285 Ulmerton Rd. Clearwater, FL 3376
Google Maps Link
There is a $50 charge to use their meeting room, but any food purchases are deducted from this cost, so come hungry (for food as well as Drupal knowledge)!
Look forward to seeing you there if you can make it!
Problem with a List Field
I have a problem and need some guidance. Putting it into words is almost as difficult as finding the solution. I am working on a site for an association. There are about 140 member organizations in the association. When a person registers for the site, I have added the module Profile 2 to gather additional info.
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I have a problem and need some guidance. Putting it into words is almost as difficult as finding the solution. I am working on a site for an association. There are about 140 member organizations in the association. When a person registers for the site, I have added the module Profile 2 to gather additional info.
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December Jax Drupal Meetup (#10)
For December we'll have another social event as we did for November. Come prepared to talk about any problems you are having or modules you really have been enjoying recently.
We do need a venue. We could use Alot Hotel again like last month if that worked out well or I'm open to other suggestions as well.
In addition I do want to get a speaker/topic scheduled for January. See our topics schedule for ideas: http://groups.drupal.org/node/243873
Read moreLive Webinar: Taking Drupal Cross-platform
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
EMEA – 3PM GMT. Register Here
Florida DrupalCamp 2013 Planning Conference call - Wed, 12/5, 4pm EST
The first planning conference call for Florida DrupalCamp 2013 will be held Wednesday, December 5, at 4pm EST.
The call-in number is: (805) 360-1000 - use the access code "183551#". Please note that this is not a toll-free call.
We have yet to secure a venue for the event, but are in the process of doing so. Until we do so, we are unable to confirm the date and location for the event.
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Introduction to Drupal (Global Training Days)
Come for a free day of Drupal training in Gainesville, FL as a part of the Global Training Days initiative. Learn about the basics of Drupal and get hands on with site building.
If you're new to Drupal or know someone who is that can benefit from a free introduction, then go to the link and sign up today as our space is limited.
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Visiting for the holidays?
Hi,
I actually live and work in Australia, but I'm technically still a florida resident and still consider it home. I'll be coming back to Miami in December for a few weeks (18th - 9th) and was curious if there any Drupal meetups planned or anyone who'd like to catch a drink and talk shop? I might even be down for a little hacking session if someone is keen.
Read moreSarasota Drupal User Group - Dec 4th
Drupal User Group Meeting at USFSM campus room B106. (remember to get a parking pass)
We are meeting on Dec 4th at 6:30 ( 1st Tuesday of the Month )
Joe Moraca will be presenting on TWIG in Drupal 8 and a discussion on SASS / Compass in Drupal Themeing.
Come out and help us plan 2013 ..
See you there.
Read moreMeeting Minutes for Broward Drupal Meetup held on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
We held our Broward Drupal monthly meetup on Wednesday, November 14th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Remote participant(via Skype and Join.me):
Stuart - Dustin Cooper @dustinjcooper
Broward - Ben Groenevelt @dropfoundry
In Person (Greater Fort Lauderdale, Broward County Florida):
Jay Epstein @jeppy64, Phil Smith @siliconvalet, John Everett @Agile_dot_TV, , Elvis Svoboda @ElvisIsOnATrain, Margie Casey @margiecasey and me @hectoriribarne
This month we had a presentation on Views and Panels.
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Orlando FL - Drupal Coworking Friday, November 30th
If you are a Drupal Professional and would like to work along side other Drupal Professionals come out and cowork with us. We'll be at UrbanReThink on November 30th, 2012 in the meeting room all day long (The UrbanReThink cost will be covered by Mediacurrent.)
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