Posted by yogitengu on January 4, 2010 at 9:42am
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but
I was wondering if there were any Drupal-ers in Newcastle
and if there are enough people for a get together.
Drupal in Newcastle
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Novocastrian (well, up the valley a bit now) here
Hey,
Guess that makes all of 2.
Ben Helps.
Novocastrian
I think this might be a wordpress town. Interestingly, Coffs Harbour seem be have enough drupal-ers for a group.
Newcastle East
Hi guys, sounds good, I'm in.
That'll be 3 then...
Solange
Hey Solange - I hope the
Hey Solange - I hope the Lullabot videos were helpful. Have you had a chance to apply any of the knowledge yet? We're starting to gain momentum here...
novagroup
sounds good
hooking up
Being an organiser and organising things is totally foreign to me but if you guys are interested in hooking up i'd be in.
check out
http://drupal.org/node/247952
as a sample agenda...
I'm going away for a couple of weeks, so when I get back i'll check in and see if you guys are interested...
Thumbs up
Yes! I'm keen to meet fellow Drupal-ers in Newcastle. I have been studying Drupal intensely since November last year and as of this week our organisation is building our first commercial website built in Drupal 6 - an accommodation booking website with MyFidelio and Campaign Monitor integration. Our intranet is now being built in Drupal 6.
Previously we were using a proprietary/in-house PHP system, then Joomla 1.5... now (fingers crossed) all Drupal.
I live and work in the Newcastle CBD.
Any day/night is good for me - Customs House (Foreshore), Estabar or Liquid Gold (Newcastle Beach), The Grand (opposite court house) are possible locations for a meet up...
I'm keen to meet each of you, discuss what projects you've worked on, and get a support network happening here locally.
Websites live
Following up on this post, I thought I'd share some Drupal sites we've built here at Enigma Digital ( http://enigmadigital.net.au/ ):
Newcastle Executive Apartments http://newcastleapartments.com.au/
Tilly Rose (Shoe catalog, soon to be ecommerce site): http://tillyrose.com.au/
Several more are in the pipeline. It's been great getting to know this fantastic CMS better... I wish more web dev shops in Newcastle came across to it instead of using their outdated in-house proprietary systems.
I'm happy to do a walkthrough of how we built these sites at a Newcastle meetup... any interest?
nice jobs
It would be great to do a catch-up. I must admit that it's been crazy, and the catch-up idea got put on the back burner.
Drupal Experience
I'm keen to meet up. I'm curious to know your involvement with Drupal at this point in time (it's Matthew, isn't it?) - do you currently build sites using it?
meet up
I've been dabbling with drupal for the last couple of years..dabbling is the key word. Anything with content management and we'll use drupal. It's been a long learning curve as I was learning html and css at the same time with out a web background (worked in tv). We're close by so we're able to meet up for coffee and drupal chat...name a time and see if fits in.
Cheers.
PM
I've sent you some contact details via your user page - let me know when you're free during lunch/after work hours :)
meet up2
Hey,
How's tomorrow lunch-ish?
SMS in the morning to finalize-Estabar?
Cheers
Done
Sounds great. I'll catch you at Estabar 12.30pm. I'll be wearing a beige long-sleeved shirt with jeans & sneakers.
lunch
That's organised. I don't have a clue what I'll be wearing!
Newcastle PHP developers
Out of curiousity, How many Novacastrians on this list are PHP coders?
Next Meetup
I'd be interested in catching up next time there is a meeting. We are just about to move to new offices in the Newcastle CBD so I will be near by.
next meet-up
sydneyshan and I met up yesterday for an informal get together and it was great to meet and discuss drupal.
Hopefully we can do it again and all get together.
Drupal-ers??
Does anyone on this list have a drupal site for fun? I'm a total amateur!!!
Drupal just for Fun!?!
hey reb :)
Yeah - I run my blog on Drupal - just for fun. :) I'm sure there are others who do too!
cheers
Donna
Donna Benjamin
Former Board Member Drupal Association (2012-2018)
@kattekrab
Drupal Developer Needed for Site Rebuild
Hi Guys,
I'm looking for a Drupal developer to rebuild the Newcastle Roller Derby League site in Drupal, from e107.
I'm the current webmaster for NRDL and have inherited the site as is. We're looking to rebuild for several reasons, one of which being the vulnerabilities in e107... we keep getting hacked and at this time, Chrome and Firefox are showing malware notifications.
I was planning to do the rebuild myself (new to Drupal but have dabbled with web design for years) but given the ongoing hacks, and a recent requirement for us to move off our current hosting ASAP, the league is happy to pay for a professional.
Would any of you be interested? Happy to provide as much info as you need.
::Ben Hurt
Probably more than you asked for...
I did little research for you, hope it helps.
You're malware notifications are at a higher level than just the browser. Google is actually flagging it on the search results. see https://skitch.com/ryancross/f8yjf/newcastle-roller-derby-league-google-...
There are large chunks of functionality on the current site which seem just broken or unimplemented, so you'd need to be clear about what specific functionality you're looking to port. You should also be clear about whether you expect to do any data or user level migration, or just start fresh.
Some what luckily, some of the (potentially) biggest pieces of work for the site is all of the player/team management and there is already some good work there. Unfortunately none of them have stable releases, but that doesn't mean you can use them. I was particularly interested in the "Ultimate League Tool" (http://groups.drupal.org/node/130509) See Also:
http://drupal.org/project/sport
http://drupal.org/project/leaguesite
http://drupal.org/project/club
There is also a group specifically for sport club sites at http://groups.drupal.org/sports-club-league-management
That might be enough direction for you to complete this on your own. Otherwise, contact me if you would still prefer to have someone do it for you.
--Ryan
Ryan Cross
Drupal Development Services
ProjectPier project management and collaboration software
Thanks for the info
Hi Ryan,
Sorry, wasn't trying to imply that the browsers identified the malware. They just display the notifications, as do Google search results.
Not sure which parts are broken or not implemented but then again I don't know what the admin has played with to try and fix it.
Good to know that there are some team / league management modules out there. This is actually something I was gong to build myself so it's nice to see I might not have to go to that much effort.
The biggest issue preventing me from doing this myself is lack of time, both general free time and time to really learn Drupal. I'm looking for someone to clone the general design as well as get the content structure in place. User data migration would be a nice-to-have but not essential as I could probably do that myself.
Thanks for taking the time to write your reply. Might be in contact soon.
Drupal in Newie
Hi Ben,
We used a Melbourne based organisation, farnham street neighbourhood learning centre for our recent website. (http://ohs.meatworker.net/)
FSNLC trained me and they also hosted the drupal website I set up for my wedding... it was fun and pretty easy! I haven't got any content on it anymore, just the front page, was thinking I could turn it into a blog!
I'll be interested to know who you end up using!
Cheers,
Rebel.
Thanks
Hi Rebel,
Thanks for responding. Will post details on here once the replacement is up.
::Ben
Newcastle Roller Derby League rebuild in Drupal
Hi Ben,
We'd be happy to get you a production quote. We have two Newcastle Roller Derby players working here at Enigma (Dangerass/Ange Maloney, and C-Bomber/Collett Rowland). Jump on to http://www.enigmadigital.net.au/ and give us a buzz. Our Digital Account Service Manager, Paul Doolan, would be happy to talk through your requirements and provide a competitive professional quote.
Kind regards,
Shannon Murdoch
Senior Web Developer
Enigma Digital
Thanks
Hi Shannon,
Thanks for getting back to me. I'll put together a document outlining the desired structure of the site etc. and send it to Paul. I'll try to contact him early next week to discuss in more detail but my time during business hours is pretty limited.
Thanks.
::Ben