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CANCELLED - Maryland Drupal Meetup on Wednesday January 26 @ 7pm
Due to inclement weather, the MD group meetup for January has been cancelled. We will reschedule shortly.
Come out to the MD Drupal meetup and brainstorm for a future Maryland Drupal Camp. The MD Drupal meetup is occurring on January 26th at PMG's offices in Columbia.
The meetup starts around 7PM and round table discussions will begin at 7:30.
While we usually accept presentations, we'd like to keep this meetup open discussion. If you have something really interested to present, please contact Ron (ron@lithicmedia.com or 410-726-7869) to see if we can add a spot for presentations.
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Question: Is node author considered a node attribute?
Hi
I am trying to distinguish between node fields (title, body, cck fields) and all the other descriptive bits of information that are associated with the node. What would you call author, publish date, update date, NID, tax terms, node path, node outline placement, node input filter, etc. Would you call them node attributes? They are like metadata but not officially.
thoughts?
c
November DC Drupal meetup is on Monday - 11/8
The November DC Drupal meetup will be this coming Monday (November 8) starting at 7:00 pm at the upstairs bar at Stetson's.
This month instead of our usual lightning talks, we're asking folks to give two minute site tours. What's this? Your chance to show off your Drupal site, cool/unique/interesting functionality, or a fun design implemented on Drupal on the big screen. Anyone can give a tour - we ask that you keep it to two minutes and that you prepare a few slides (no more than 5-6) showing off your site and submit these slides by noon on Monday since there's no internet at Stetsons. Want to give a tour? Please post in the comments and get in touch with me.
The DC Drupal meetups are open to everyone with an interest in Drupal and are a great opportunity to learn more about what Drupal can do and what folks are building with it. Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street.
Enter draw to win a free ticket to Drupal Training in DC
I wanted to tell you folks in Virginia that we're giving away a ticket each for the upcoming training events in DC from November, 15 to 19th.
Here's the sign up to enter: http://gs-survey.com/s.asp?s=13183
You can also opt-in to be notified when we have other training events.
We'll announce the winners the week before the event.
Read moreDoes your client want content layout flexibility?
Are you a site builder or developer who has a client that can't make up their mind regarding page layout? Does your client want one layout for one section of the site and another layout for another section of the site? Is your themer ready to scream?
One solution might be to use one or more of the various content layout modules. There are many to choose from and who has the time to try them all out?
Take a day and explore your options at Hands-on Intro to Drupal Content Layout Modules: 11/10 - http://planningdrupalsites.com/products/hands-intro-drupal-content-layou...
Read moreAre you the webmaster of a new Drupal site?
Drupal's popularity is growing. More and more people are being handed Drupal sites without any understanding of how the site was created or how to maintain it. Do you know someone like that? Are you in that boat?
If you learn how Drupal works, how to perform basic "build" tasks, managing an existing site becomes a lot less challenging. Please consider signing up for:
Drupal Hands-On Intro for Builders: 11/8-11/9 - http://planningdrupalsites.com/products/drupal-hands-intro-builders-118-119
A participant in the last class said
Read moreOverview of Drupal Content Layout Modules
When you build pages in Drupal, you typically plan your layout and assemble your pages within the structure defined by your theme. This concept is discussed in the Planner's Guide chapter Create a Design Plan.
In this short tutorial (http://planningdrupalsites.com/training/overview-drupal-content-layout-m...), we will expand on these concepts and explore how you, as a builder, can change your structures and layouts without editing your theme.
Read moreOctober DC Drupal meetup will be 10/11
Our next DC Drupal meetup will be on Monday, October 11th starting at 7:00 pm at the upstairs bar at Stetson's.
Beers will be cracked at 7:00 pm and the formal portion of the meetup will start at 7:30 pm with a discussion on Drupal 7. Topics will likely include is it ready yet, when will it be released, what's new in this releases, what changes should everyone be aware of, and what road bumps will there be for upgrading. Jeff will solicit questions from the group and ask people to share their experience to help answer them. So come ready with LOTS of questions, and for those who have worked with Drupal 7, be ready to share your experiences.
My colleagues at Development Seed will get things started by talking about their experience upgrading modules like Features, Context, Admin, and Strongarm and how it led to the creation of something new - Build Kit - that could help others working in Drupal 7.
These meetups are open to everyone with an interest in Drupal, and they're a great opportunity to learn more about the open source framework - there is usually a lot of experience in the room - and meet local developers. We have a meetup each month on the second Monday of the month at Stetsons. Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street.
Hands-on Intro to Drupal Content Layout Modules: Herndon VA 11/10
Dates: TBD
Description: In this classroom course you will learn to use modules designed to help you (as a builder) manipulate your Drupal interface without editing your theme. Create unique layouts that your theme does not support. Layout your node fields so they don't just appear one after the other. Make the node edit form less busy. Use multiple themes within your site. Reuse blocks in different regions without having to make a duplicate of the block. Many modules will be used in this course but the following modules are being highlighted.
* Panels
* Context
Maryland Drupal Meetup on Wednesday September 29 @ 7pm
Another month, another meetup! The MD Drupal meetup is occurring on the 5th Wednesday of the month at PMG's offices in Columbia.
The meetup starts around 7PM and presentations will begin at 7:30. If you're interested in presenting for longer than 15 minutes, please contact Ron Williams (ron@lithicmedia.com or 410-726-7869) to reserve time, otherwise simply show up and we'll give you a 15 minute slot.
Location Details:
MD Meetup at PMG
6940 Columbia Gateway Drive (right off of 95 on 175 West)
Suite 220
Columbia, MD 21046
Call if you have any problems: 410 290 0667
Read moreDrupal Meetup on September 13th at 7:00 pm
The next Washington, DC Drupal meetup will be on Monday, September 13 at 7:00 pm at Stetson's Bar and Grill. We have an awesome lineup of 5 minute lightning talks this month, all focused on performance and hosting Drupal:
UPDATE: This talk is now postponed until (hopefully) next month since Frank can't make it
Frank Febbraro from Phase2 Technology will talk about improving performance in Drupal with CDNs and run through how his team implements these features on sites they have developed including WhiteHouse.gov and others.
Dan Reif from Blackmesh will talk about how to configure Drupal for ultimate performance, highlighting common configuration mistakes and solutions.
Alex Barth from Development Seed will talk about the Aegir hosting system and how we use it and Drush Make in development and staging.
Mike Walsh from Acquia will talk about Acquia Hosting and what it provides.
We'll start the formal part of the meetup at 7:30 pm with a round of quick introductions, and then will go into the lightning talks above. After the lightning talks, there will be time to talk to the presenters in more detail if you're interested, and for chatting over beers.
These meetups are a great opportunity to learn about Drupal, find out more about some of the cool things local developers are working on, and get to know people using and working with Drupal in Washington, DC. We have a meetup each month on the second Monday of the month at Stetsons. Hope to see you there!
Read moreMaryland Drupal Meetup on Wednesday August 25 @ 7pm
It's that time again! The MD Drupal meetup is occurring as usual on the 4th Wednesday of the month at PMG's offices in Columbia.
The meetup starts around 7PM and presentations will begin at 7:30. If you're interest in presenting for longer than 15 minutes, please contact Ron Williams (ron@lithicmedia.com or 410-726-7869) to reserve time, otherwise simply show up and we'll give you a 15 minute slot.
Location Details:
MD Meetup at PMG
6940 Columbia Gateway Drive (right off of 95 on 175 West)
Suite 220
Columbia, MD 21046
Call if you have any problems: 410 290 0667
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DC Community Training: Basic Module Development
Cover the beginning steps of module development.
This will NOT be a "How to program", "Learn PHP", or "Cover every function in Drupal" course.
Instead it will be covering the basic module functions, files, and documentation needed to build site support modules. Simple common use cases for custom site support modules will be shown.
Read moreNext Drupal Meetup will be August 9 at 7:00 pm
The August Washington, DC Drupal meetup will be this Monday, August 9, starting at 7:00 pm at Stetson's. This meetup will focus on conversations and networking and be more like a Drupal happy hour than our usual format of short presentations.
We'll start with a round of introductions at 7:30 pm so we can all meet each other, and please come ready to share a few topics you'd like to chat about with others. We'll still open up the floor to anyone who would like to give a quick five minute lightning talk, but we will not have any planned presentations. Most of the time will go to talking casually with people with shared interests.
This month's meetup in particular will be a great opportunity to meet local Drupal developers and talk with them about specific topics you'd like to know more about, for example aggregation, Drush, site building, or Drupal 7. Hope to see you there!
The DC Drupal meetup takes place the second Monday of each month at Stetsons.
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street.
Drupal Hands-On Intro for Builders
Dates: September 13 and 14, 2010 from 9:00am to 4:30pm each day.
Price: $550.00 (includes lunch)
Location:
Office of Continuing Professional Education at the Center for Innovative Technology
2214 Rock Hill Rd. Suite 400
Herndon VA 20170-4213
United States
Directions
Register at: http://planningdrupalsites.com/products/drupal-hands-intro-builders-913-...
Description: In this classroom course you will build a site that has four site sections, custom content types, views and more. Each section demonstrates commonly used techniques used to build dynamic Drupal sites. In addition to using Drupal's many administrative features, you will use modules such as
Read moreMac SW versus PC SW
This is a message to all you Drupalers that are on a Mac. We are in need of a new computer at my house. Do I go with another PC or a Mac? If I go Mac, I have to run Parallels so that I can flip back and forth between windows and mac to accommodate the Adobe SW in which I have a lot of money invested. So this begs the question, what SW out on a Mac that I can't get on a PC? What Mac only SW do you use as Drupalers? Is the switch worth it (processing power aside)?
thanks
c
Jul 19 - DC Community Training - Input formats - What are they and how to use them safely?
Covers the basics of input formats in Drupal and extends to how contrib modules like Better Formats, WYSIWYG, and others use them. Also goes over the security issues that relate to input formats.
We will also have multi-purpose room for people that want to just get help with Drupal problems, BoF together around a topic, or simply help D7 get out the door faster.
July 19th, 6:30pm
Location
Oceana
1350 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
July Drupal Meetup 7/12 at 7:00 pm
The July Drupal meetup in Washington, DC will be on Monday, July 12, at 7:00 pm at Stetson's. As usual, we'll start the evening with quick introductions followed by a round of five minute lightning talks where anyone can take the floor to talk - for five minutes or less - about something Drupal related. So far, we have one talk lined up.
Alex Barth will talk about Kit, a compilation of tools and best practices that makes site building in Drupal easier and faster.
If you'd like to give a lightning talk, speak up! Post about your talk in the comments here and come to the meetup ready to present. You'll have access to a flatscreen if you'd like to show anything off, though there is not an internet connection. After the lightning talks, there will be plenty of time to talk in detail with the presenters and ask they any questions you have and just talk Drupal over some beers.
These meetups are open to everyone and are a great opportunity to meet local Drupal developers, learn more about the platform, and share what you're working on. Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street.
New DC Drupal community meetings focused on training - dcDrupalTraining.com
There has been talk for a long time between DC community members about starting back up a Drupal educational meeting in addition to our social outings in the area. This effort is the start of that movement into reality.
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The purpose of this group is to provide educational sessions on the Drupal CMS by community members to help increase the size and quality of the Drupal knowledgeable market.
It is intended to enhance, not replace or compete with, the current Drupal offerings in the DC metro area by focusing on training for ALL levels of Drupal experience.
Drupal Hands-on Introductory Training
Come build your first Drupal site. You will gain experience in creating multiple-paged documents, querying the database and creating dynamically-generated pages and blocks, creating pages with customized content types, and more.
This course is designed for individuals who are web savvy, used to using SW applications and online interfaces, and are interested in developing sites using a content management system. Although knowledge of HTML/CSS and programming will be useful, it is not a requirement for this course.
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