Posted by amazingrando on November 24, 2009 at 9:36pm
I'm seeking professional training for Drupal, preferably somewhere close to Pittsburgh but could be anywhere in the US. I'm searching the interwebs but I thought that I would tap this group's knowledge as well.
Thanks in advance.
-Rando
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Seeking Training
hi.........
I'm also seeking professional training for Drupal module & theme development somewhere in New Delhi, India
You want formal in person,
You want formal in person, hands on training or over the web? I provide some Q/A type of services as I train a bunch of people that way at PSU.
Ex Uno Plures
http://elmsln.org/
http://btopro.com/
http://drupal.psu.edu/
Training
At this point I'm just trying to figure out what Drupal is, whether it can help me (which I'm pretty sure it can), and what are the personal and financial costs of getting into it.
As a user and teacher, I've learned dozens of software packages since 1979. I'm 120% busy right now, and reluctant to start climbing another big learning curve.
I need what I need, though.
redonkulously high
Cost of entry is extremely high so if you're already over busy I wouldn't recommend getting into Drupal until you have some free time. Min you'll need to get it up and running is a godaddy personal account w. a database available to u and setting up there is no picnic. i'd recommend 1and1.com
Ex Uno Plures
http://elmsln.org/
http://btopro.com/
http://drupal.psu.edu/
Drupal Gardens
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You might want to wait until http://drupalgardens.com/ is up and running this Spring. It is supposed to be like Wordpress.com for Drupal -- a way to ease into Drupal.
If you know how to set up MySQL database on a hosting platform, you could just start playing with Drupal 7. No point in learning Drupal 6 if you are not going to be building a production site in the next two months.
Good stuff
I looked briefly at a book named something like "Learn Drupal in 24 Hours." It looked good, and I understood some of it from the git go, and I'm somewhat aware that Drupal 7 might have a less imposing learning curve.
The Drupal Gardens sounds great. I've been thinking (in my ignorance and newbie-ness) that what I probably need is Drupal Lite.