Presenters Matt Cheney and Jeff Pflueger from Pantheon Systems
Description
Panopoly is an Apps enabled distribution of Drupal powered by lots of Chaos Tools and Panels magic. The distribution is designed to be both a general foundation for site building and a base framework upon which to build other Drupal distributions.
This session will rock out with the latest and greatest version of Panopoly, the soon to be released 1.0. We will discuss the major features of the distribution, talk about how the different contributed modules that are working together, and do a live demonstration around key functionality.
Afterwards, we will dig into the technical details to talk about the anatomy of a Drupal distribution and outline the steps that are required to extend Panopoly to customize your own "sub distribution". We will also look at some specific examples where organizations are using distributions to efficiently deploy and manage many, many websites.
Biography
Matt Cheney is a long time Drupal developer who co-founded both Pantheon Systems (a Drupal platform service) and Chapter Three (a design and development shop). He is an active Drupal event organizer (Drupalcon San Francisco, BADCamp) and contributor to Panels, including being the maintainer of Panopoly.
Jeff Pflueger has been passionate about Drupal once Drupal 4 meant that he didn't have to write his own CMS anymore. He works with Pantheon on international and higher education Drupal projects.
Lightning Talks
Attendees are invited to share their experience by giving a 2 to 4 minute presentation on any topic of interest to the Drupal community. If you want to use a laptop to show a website or control panel please be sure you have the necessary cable (vga) to connect to an overhead projector.
Date: February 28, 2013 - 6:30pm
Location: The Network Hub, 3rd Floor, 422 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC
Cost: There is no charge and all are welcome.
For those who don't need to leave right away there's typically a more social discussion at a local pub afterward.
RSVP: Please RSVP here http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Drupal-Users-Group/events/80097152/
Sponsors
This meetup is sponsored by The Jibe, a Vancouver Drupal eCommerce web design agency.