Silicon Valley DRUPAL Group (Previously known as South Bay Drupal) is an effort in building and strengthening the vibrant Silicon Valley Drupal Community.
Linked In Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=122306
Meetups for the group: http://www.meetup.com/DrupalGroup/
Migration IN Drupal
Reasons for migration in Drupal needs attention and discussion on when its the right time to plan it and what to watch while performing migration.
Here we have planned a detailed & focused discussion on few KEY features of Drupal, presentation and discussion will revolve around the best practices, recommended versions and other aspects based on specific applications.
* Version control
* Blogging: Blogger API support
* Aggregator
* Platform: Apache or IIS, Unix / Linux / BSD / Solaris / Windows / Mac OS X support
* Database independence
SC Drupal Users Group March Meeting
The next meeting of the Santa Cruz Drupal Users Group will be on Tuesday, March 2 at 7:00 PM. The meeting will be held at NextSpace in downtown Santa Cruz: http://nextspace.us
Paul Ferlito will be presenting part 1 of a 3 part series: "Advanced Views, a case study. Part1: Arguments and Relationships"
Kristen Pol will be preparing for her Drupalcon San Francisco presentation with an informal step by step through some AHAH form code examples.
We welcome anyone with an interest in Drupal to join us with questions, comments, and ideas.
Read moreCrisisCamp Haiti Silicon Valley
CrisisCamp Haiti Silicon Valley is happening this Saturday to bring together volunteers to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti's relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance to NGOs, relief agencies and the public. See: http://crisiscamphaitisiliconvalley.eventbrite.com/
I am trying to build out the United Nations' 'SPIDER' platform, as per: http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/SPIDER_mapping_arch.doc , and can use all the Drupal help I can get. We are overwhelmed and inline with several open source mapping effort now in Haiti...
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Design4Drupal at Stanford on Jan 23-24, 2010
Registration is now open for: http://stanford.design4drupal.org/
Design4Drupal Camp Stanford
The Design4Drupal camp pioneers thought there was a need to bring designers, developers, and front-end Drupalists together to discuss the theming and design layer in Drupal, from that Drupal Design Camp Boston was born in June of 2009. Design4Drupal Camp Stanford continues this initiative.
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Santa Cruz Drupal User Group January Meeting - Drupal + iPhone
Since Gary had some trouble getting the last announcement up, I'll try this one.
At the Tuesday January 5th 2010 Santa Cruz Drupal User Group meeting at 7pm (Pacific Time), Avinash (Avi) Harsh will be presenting his Drupal & iPhone presentation that he gave at the Silicon Valley DUG in November. Spread the word... we are very excited to have Avi present this!! SC DUG meetings are the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm in downtown Santa Cruz at Nextspace (http://nextspace.us).
Here's the info from his last presentation:
http://www.meetup.com/DrupalGroup/calendar/11799866/
Read moreDRUPAL + iPhone (Friday Nov 20 at 4.30PM)
With millions of iPhones in the hands of people, it's hard to ignore it as a channel.
Whether you run a Social Networking site, Community site, a Publishing platform, an Events heavy site or any site utilizing Drupal, Mobile friendliness has to be a part of the strategy.
While Mobile browsers are universal, the experience of the Application cannot be compared.
Join this session for an interactive discussion on
- How to make the site content ready for an iPhone App
- Optimizing DRUPAL Modules for iPhone
South Bay / Silicon Valley User Group Meeting
Thursday, November 12th 2009, 6:30PM (we could move it out to 7 if needed)
User Group Meeting, Topic not yet completely decided. We are looking for someone to present.
Link to future topics sheet/list:
https://docs.google.com/a/mikehathaway.com/Doc?docid=0AXc2b2HVi-1VZGdwMn...
Meet at:
Sunnyvale Cupertino Adult and Community Education Room 11
591 West Fremont Avenue
Sunnyvale CA 94087
What may happen in the future is we switch sites every month Sunnyvale one month, Santa Clara and more south bay the next month.
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BADCamp registration is now open!
Registration for Bay Area Drupal Camp 2009 is now open at http://badcamp.net/register
BADCamp will be held with October 17th and 18th, in the brand new Sutardja Dai Hall at UC Berkeley. BADCamp is a free, community-powered gathering, where we come together to share our experience and enthusiasm about Drupal, an open-source content management system that is powering more and more of the web every year. BADCamp is open to everyone, at any skill level.
Read moreCompanies using Drupal for business-critical functions?
Hi everyone,
My company is in the process of choosing a solution for replatforming our main site, which is going to be a pretty big project. We're using Drupal for a smaller, simpler publishing site, and Drupal is now on the table for the main site. Some of the other stakeholders have asked what I think is a perfectly valid question that I don't have a ready answer for, so I'm hoping some of you can help me with this one: Are there any medium- to large-sized businesses using Drupal for their main revenue-producing sites?
Read moreBADCamp 2009 Dates - Oct 17th & 18th
The dates for BADCamp 2009 have been set. It will be on the weekend of October 17th and 18th, on the UC Berkeley campus, in the new Sutardja Dai Hall.
Registration will be coming soon.
Read moreDRUPAL for Enterprise event organized by Silicon Valley DRUPAL Group On July 16
Halosys Technologies would like to invite you to 'DRUPAL for Enterprise' event organized by Silicon Valley DRUPAL Group.
The event will be focusing on the benefits and challenges of using Drupal in your business, whether you're an established multinational or an ambitious start-up.
The evening will cover a number of topics relevant to the deployment of Drupal in a business, such as:
- Suitability of Drupal for Intranets, Knowledge Management and eCommerce
- How Drupal addresses the scalability and security needs of todays modern Enterprise
Are you a member of the correct "South Bay" group?
What days do you plan to attend Drupal Camp Los Angeles 2009? (August 8-9th)
DrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest
Drupal Camp LA 2009 will be taking place from August 8-9th. Our annual two day event features training, sessions, an install fest, and networking opportunities with hundreds of Drupal users!
New this year is our DrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest! You design a shirt and the winner will receive a printed shirt with their design or a Drupal book (provided by book sponsors). Each prize option valued over $25.00!
Rules: Entries must be submitted before Monday July 13, 2009. Designs can be in color. Multiple entries per person is allowed. Usage of the Drupal logo is not required, but helps. One or more of the following phrases should appear in your design(s):
* Drupal Camp LA
* 2009
* Los Angeles
* www.drupalcamp.com (or just drupalcamp.com)
* www.ladrupal.org (or just ladrupal.org)
Adobe.com Drupal article: Using Drupal themes with Dreamweaver CS4
The second article in my Drupal series for Adobe.com is out now. This article covers Drupal Themes, Dreamweaver tip(s) when working with Drupal, and shows off the Drupal Theme Starter desktop software.
"Understand the fundamentals of a Drupal theme and how Dreamweaver CS4 helps designers produce these themes."
Read the article now at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_themes_with_dwcs...
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Read moreLA Drupal User Group Meeting (June 2009)
L.A. Drupal - Los Angeles' Professional Drupal Network & User Group
*** NOTE: NEW ADDRESS!!! ***
When? Tuesday, June 30th, 7:30PM-9:30PM
Where? 1558 10th St. - Unit D, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (Venue Sponsor: CauseCast.org) (map)
Whats an LA Drupal meetup like? Fun & Interesting!
LA Drupal meetups are free and open to anyone interested in Drupal from beginner to guru, but you have to bring a fun attitude and be willing to share or learn.
We have areas for networking, general topics, and more advanced learning and sharing. Presentations and a big breakout session at the end to chat and network.
We like to highlight and encourage folks with cool local projects to present at upcoming meetings. In the past year we've had presenters from Warner Brothers Records; hosting over a hundred artist sites on Drupal, StandUp2Cancer.org - over a million hits in one day during the airing of the show, and local shops such as www.ThisByThem.com, www.openChimp.com, www.chillco.com, www.exaltations.net, www.IJHANA.com, www.WorkHabit.com, www.AchieveInternet.com, and others. Topics have included How to build your first Drupal Module, Using Views 1 & Views 2, Panels module, Drush module, Theming, and Scaling Drupal & Cloud computing among others.
Have a topic you'd like to see? Add it here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/9220
Agenda
Free Beer & Pizza provided by our host: www.causecast.org
Book Raffles sponsored by Apress and Wrox publishing.
DrupalCampLA 2009 Details: August 8-9 @ UC Irvine!
Main Presentation Area
Main presentation area holds up to 80 people and is geared towards general interest topics, especially geared towards people who are new to Drupal or the Topic(s) being presented. It is also a forum for sharing, asking questions.
Lightning Talks - come prepared to talk for 5 min. about something you'd like to share with the Drupal group. Finished a new Drupal site? Find a cool new module? Keep it succinct - you get stopped at five minutes - but we'll be nice about it.
Q & A followed by Job Announcements.
Read moreLearn Basic PHP In One Night! (July 16th, 7pm-10pm)
Learn enough PHP to get started with CMS software like Drupal and Wordpress in one night from one of L.A.'s best technology teachers - Chris Charlton, L.A. resident web guru & author.
Need to get some PHP under your belt? Trying to get comfortable with Drupal, but feel stuck?
If you already know HTML & CSS then its time to move up to PHP!
Buy Your Ticket Now!
This is a 3 hours workshop training at night, from 7pm-10pm in Venice, CA. (near the beach)
http://learn-basic-php-in-one-night-07162009-ladrupal.eventbrite.com
What web enabled mobile device do you own? iPhone? Blackberry? G1? Something else?
how to add links in footer
Hi Guys,
I am novice user for Drupal. I start to create the website in Drupal.
I want to know how to add links to the footer.
can any body please explain me how to do it.
I really appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Regards,
-Jagdish
Read moreLA Drupal videos galore (DrupalCampLA + Meetings)
For over a year LA Drupal has been recording our meetings and many of our events. View the videos online... http://ladrupal.blip.tv
Subscribe to our video podcast... http://ladrupal.blip.tv/rss (available directly on iTunes too)
We provide these videos for free for people to learn Drupal of course. Over the next handful of weeks you will see us release videos from our meetings and DrupalCampLA '08. Learn the basics of Drupal, theme design, module development, advanced views, Services module (Flash + Drupal), and many, many more topics all relating to Drupal.
Follow us on twitter... https://twitter.com/ladrupal
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