Join the Boston Drupal Group on July 5th 2016 for a night of Drupal focused conversations, presentations and talks.
Call for Lightning Talks
This month we are again putting out a call for themed lightning talks. Volunteers get between 5 to 10 minutes to present a talk. We are looking for talks on the following topics:
Summer Blockbusters: Working with blocks in Drupal
When you need reusable pieces of content, that do not require their own pages, most likely you turn to blocks. This month we are looking for lightning talks centered around the Drupal block system. Possible questions and topics we are looking to cover:
- How do you decide when content needs to be a block? What considerations do you make?
- How do you implement the rules that state where a block should go and when it should be displayed?
- How do you use the context module to place blocks?
- What caveat and gotchas have you run into when styling blocks?
- Blocks are entities now?!? How have blocks changed in Drupal 8?
- How do you create your own block types?
- HHow do you output a view as a block?
- What is the difference between blocks and beans?
If you have an idea for a lightning talk on the topic of search, sign up by leaving a comment below. Perhaps your idea will inspire others.
General Lightning Talks
Along with our themed presentations we will have a call for general lightning talks. This is an open floor to ask questions, present recent work or lead other Drupal discussions. No preparation is required.
Drupal Games
Based on the popularity last month, through out the night we will again be playing some Drupal themed games to inspire and prompt conversations.
Location
The July 2016 meetup will be hosted at Genuine, located at 500 Harrison Ave. 5R, Boston, MA 02118.
Parking and Transportation
The Genuine office is accessible by many means of public transportation.
- A 10 minute walk from the Broadway T stop on the Red Line.
- A 10 minute walk from Tufts Medical on the Orange Line.
- A 5 minute walk from the Silver Line (SL4 or SL5) Bus stop East Berkley st @ Washington st.
On-street parking (free & metered) may be available on many surrounding streets including Harrison Ave, Randolph Street and Washington Street. Parking lots are also available for $7 per car.
Dinner and Drinks
During the meetup, pizza, salad, and drinks will be generously sponsored by Genuine. ** Please RSVP via this posting's Sign up button below so we have a proper headcount for dinner order. **
Sponsors/Feature Guests Wanted
If you would like to sponsor future dinners or meet-up locations, please reach out to organizers. You will be recognized at the meeting, given the chance to do a featured talk for 15 min., and promoted to our Boston list of over 1500 subscribers.
Pencil in 1st Tuesdays!
The first Tuesdays are designated Boston Drupal Meetup nights unless noted. Look for future announcements and reminders!