MBIE survey on Government Procurement
Is this an opportunity to raise ideas about the Common Web Platform?
http://mbie.cmail20.com/t/r-l-ejjtyhl-dujhjield-m/
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Wellington meetup notes - Tuesday 1 March 2016
My notes from the second Wellington Drupal meetup for 2016.
The notes roughly follow the agenda (http://www.meetup.com/Wellington-Drupal-Meetup/events/228913000/).
Thanks to Tom for stepping in to facilitate for Alex.
Summary
- Around 15 people attended.
- More modules to test out.
- Some great contributions to the community.
- Great discussions about requirements and Drupal learning resources.
Welcome to new attendees
It was great to have three new attendees at the meeting.
Drupal opportunities
Read moreWellington meetup notes - Tuesday 2 February 2016
My notes from the first Wellington Drupal meetup for 2016.
The notes roughly follow the agenda (http://www.meetup.com/Wellington-Drupal-Meetup/events/228220802/).
Summary
- Around 15 people for the first 2016 meetup.
- More modules to test out.
- Some great contributions to the community.
- A presentation on initial attempts to migrate a D6 site to D8.
- A lessons learned 'horror story'.
- Great discussions about managing client sites and scaling, and payment gateways.
Welcome to new attendees
Read moreDrupalGov Canberra 2016 Earlybird tix: half-price till Friday Dec 11th
The earlybird gets the worm (and save at least 50%)!
Earlybird tickets for DrupalGov Canberra are now on sale for the bargain price of $50. DrupalGov Canberra is ultimate destination for finding out what’s new in Drupal for the public sector in Australia.
Featuring a full day of sessions on topics ranging from strategy and management, case studies, technical delivery, DrupalGov is the must-attend event of the year for Drupal teams, professional and managers using or considering Drupal in 2016.
The event will be held at the National Museum of Australia on February 8th, 2016
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Wellington Drupal 8 Launch Party
The whole world is celebrating the launch of Drupal 8! And so are we!
New Zealand always punches above its weight, and Drupal is no exception (nor is partying!). Come and meet the community and learn about all the awesome work we're doing
Charge your drink to a toast with the wider Wellington Drupal community!
We're meeting up on the 19th (next Thursday) at Rogue and Vagabond to sit outside on bean bags and cheer-in the next era in Drupal development.
We may also make a small video to contribute to JAM's promotional launch material for Drupal globally.
Rogue & Vagabond
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Drupal 8 Release Party: Wellington, New Zealand
The whole world is celebrating the launch of Drupal 8 next week... so what are we going to do?
Come along and charge your drink to a toast with the wider Wellington Drupal community!
We're meeting up on the 19th (next Thursday) at Rogue and Vagabond to sit outside on bean bags and cheer-in the next era in Drupal development.
Rogue & Vagabond
6 - 8pm
Thursday 19th November
Please RSVP via meetup.com
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Drupal 8 Release Party: Auckland, New Zealand
Let's get together to celebrate the launch of D8. This is a social meetup, Webscope will be providing beer and pizza.
19d Blake Street
Ponsonby
Auckland.
Please RSVP via meetup.com
Read moreStartup Weekend Whangarei
Hey all,
Whangarei is about to have it's first start-up weekend (http://whangarei.startupweekend.org/).
For those who haven't heard of them it's kind of a start-up sprint. Over the weekend people pitch ideas for a start-up business or org, select some ideas & develop them into a pitch & try to develop it into a clear proposal for a startup over the weekend, including code & design to the degree possible.
So, I have been tasked with reaching out to tech folk & designers who might like to come along & learn something new or just contribute their ideas & knowledge.
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Looking Intermediate/Advanced Drupal/PHP/MySQL developer
Description: https://jobs.drupal.org/zest-it-limited/job/9839
Company: Zest IT Limited
Please email your CV to neilh@zestit.co.nz
Thank you!
Read moreThinking of moving to New Zealand - Whats the job market like?
Hi, I'm looking to go travelling and spend a year in New Zealand on WHV. I hope to pick up some contract work whilst in Auckland and Wellington, but I'm not so sure that there is a lot out there for a mid/senior level developer.
Can anyone give me an idea what the job market is like? Is there much out there, it seems not...
I also have experience in DevOps processes, like Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Architecture etc, but I am lacking in experience compared to my Drupal knowledge, so I'm not sure if I could go for a fully fledged DevOps role.
Thanks
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Drupal8 Accelerate Fundraising Campaign
Hi Everyone!
One of my responsibilities as a board member of the Drupal Association, is to personally engage in fundraising to support the work of the Association. This is the first time we've run a board campaign like this, and the focus is on getting Drupal8 finished!
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Forcontu is offering 10 x Drupal Training Scholarships
Forcontu is offering 10 x Training Scholarships for the Expert in Drupal 7 online course (valued at USD1350). If you want to apply, complete the form before April 15, 2015. On April 16 we will announce the 10 winners of a scholarship to join the course completely free. The course will be conducted from May 4 to December 4 (7 months).
More information and registration at:
http://www.forcontu.com/en/10-drupal-training-scholarships
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Kiwigov: a new era of Drupal and Government
The Vision
- Kiwigov is a free open source Drupal 7 distribution developed specifically for New Zealand government organisations.
- Install a fully featured, New Zealand government standards compliant Drupal 7 website in under 10 minutes.
- WCAG 2.0 Level AA out of box!
The Opportunity
Drupal within New Zealand is primed for an outpouring of growth and acceptance in usage. Particularly within NZ's government sector. Imagine... Drupal as the preferred government solution in New Zealand!
The Calling
Read moreDrupalSouth wiki
We've put up a community wiki you can use to organise stuff together
Read moreDrupalSouth wants Mentors!
Realityloop's Brian Gilbert is hosting the contribution sprints on Saturday 7 March at DrupalSouth and needs some volunteers to help out as Mentors.
Please get in touch if you're interested and willing to help get newcomers up to speed on how to contribute back to the Drupal Project. (you'll get a free T-shirt and bucketloads of karma)
Go to https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/contact and select Mentoring from the pull down menu.
Read moreDrupalSouth Schedule is up!
The full session schedule for DrupalSouth has been posted to the website.
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/program/schedule
Of course this may be subject to change.
It's also available as an ical and json feed.
A huge thankyou to the team for getting it together, all of you who submitted sessions, the content team who reviewed them, and Chris, Rikki and Pete for getting it ship shape on the site.
Less than a month to go now, so get your ticket!
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/conference/tickets
Need help with a business case to convince your boss?
Read moreHave you got your DrupalSouth ticket yet?
Join us in Melbourne over 3 days in March for DrupalSouth.
The main conference takes place over Thursday 5th and Friday 6th, with an all in contribution sprint on Saturday 7th!
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/conference/tickets
Key details:
When? 5-7 March 2015
Where? Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
How much? $440
Keynotes by Angela "Webchick" Byron and Harriet Wakelam.
If you've already got a ticket, or you are speaking, please do help us spread the word and make sure everyone who should be there with us knows about it!
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Where will DrupalSouth 2016 be?
Since the original DrupalSouth Christchurch 2008, Drupal communities in Australia and New Zealand have organised major Drupal events with attendees numbering in the hundreds and international speakers for six consecutive summers:
- DrupalSouth Wellington 2010
- Drupal DownUnder Brisbane 2011
- Drupal DownUnder Melbourne 2012
- DrupalCon Sydney 2013
- DrupalSouth Wellington 2014
- DrupalSouth Melbourne 2015
- DrupalSouth ... 2016?
Webchick to keynote DrupalSouth!
We're delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for DrupalSouth 2015 will be Angela "webchick" Byron.
If you're a Drupal enthusiast, Angie needs no introduction. For everyone else, her influence is there (whether you know it or not) every time you use a Drupal site, and it's been there for nearly 10 years.
Angie is a co-maintainer of Drupal Core, a Drupal educator, a community leader, and a passionate open source evangelist. She also manages to squeeze in a full-time job as Director of Community Development at Acquia.
Read moreDrupalSouth - Early Bird tix almost sold out!
There are only a few early bird tickets left. So if you want one, grab it now.
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/conference/tickets
[ update: sorry! somehow all groups got selected, when only 3 should have :( fixed. ]
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December Wellington Drupal Meetup - beer and social
Howdy every body
As promised we are finishing the year in style by getting together in town, sharing some drinks and talking about what an interesting year it has been.
This event is open to every one, and you don't need to be a craft beer fan to come along. If you prefer coffee / tea / juice that is totally cool, and please don't let that be a barrier to your attendance. This get together is really about us coming together as a community and getting some closure on an exciting, full-on year of Druapl web development.
Read moreDrupalSouth - Call for sessions open!! (closes 30 Nov 2014)
Hello!
DrupalSouth is happening again in Melbourne 5-7 March 2015. The call for sessions is currently open, but closing soon. Next week actually.
We'll be closing the call on 30 November 2014.
There are 3 tracks - check em out here
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/program/tracks
Once you've digested that, submit your proposals here
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/program/session-submission
And if you're wondering, umm, what? DrupalSouth in Australia? Read this
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/conference/history
cheers
Donna
DrupalSouth - Tix on sale + Call for sessions
Limited number of Early Bird tix are now on sale.
http://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/conference/tickets
Super early bird tix are $330 - there's only 50 and they're already selling quickly.
But wait, there's more!
The call for sessions is open!
Check out the tracks...
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/program/tracks
1| Drupal Futures
2| Building with Drupal
3| Planning for Drupal
Then submit your session
https://melbourne2015.drupal.org.au/program/session-submission
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Question _ When and what to use template?
Today Found one code template called slideshow_page.tpl.php. Geez
Normally, drupalers use content + views + some views plugin right?
When I opened there are codes like this...
Have you ever used those kind of approach to create slider and called content to your page?
