A group dedicated to the Drupal users of Northern Virginia, where technology is a way of life.
Capital Camp ~ Level Up your Themer training
What level themer are you? Ever wanted to upgrade your skill set and take your theming beyond your comfort zone?
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CapitalCamp Schedule Announced!
Session Schedule Announced!
The CapitalCamp session schedule has been posted and we have a great line-up this year from site building, to development, to design/ux to business and government topics, you are sure to what you are looking for!
Check out the schedule and plan out your CapitalCamp weekend!"
CapitalCamp Trainings
Read moreDISCUSS: Noncompete agreements for contractors or employees
I would be curious to get your feedback regarding the non-compete agreements that companies often have employees or contractors sign. Many of us doing work in Drupal run across these all the time. Although some protection for the company seems fair, some agreements I have seen seem to go way too far and seem to prevent someone from making a living.
Read moreDrupal Co-Working Day - Northern VA
Join us on June 28 for a co-working day at Bixal. In the afternoon, sometime between 2 and 4, we'll be holding an informal discussion on multilingual Drupal (internationalization [i18n] and localization [l10n]), for those who'd like to join in and learn, share your insights or ask questions.
Here are a few resources on the topic if you'd like to review them beforehand:
Read moreCapitalCamp 2013
It's official! Get ready to Drupal your heart out at CapitalCamp this summer on July 26th and 27th, with trainings on the 23rd through the 25th. We are excited to be holding CapitalCamp at George Washington University's Marvin Center for the third year running!
Make sure you don't miss out! Register today.
http://www.capitalcamp.org/content/registration-information
Read moreDrupal NoVA meetup
Our regular meetup is the third Tuesday of every month - currently rotating between ICF or Bixal in Fairfax.
Please join us on June 18th at 7pm for a combination of socializing, sharing and learning.
We'll start with some socializing, do a round of intros, have a brief presentation by John Shortess on his company's recent relaunch of preventobesity.net for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and then do some more socializing.
Read moreDrupal Co-Working Day - Northern VA
Join us on June 13th for a co-working day at Bixal. In the afternoon, sometime between 2 and 4, we'll be holding an informal discussion on the topic of localization/internationalization (i18n) for those who'd like to join to learn/share your insights/ask questions.
Here are a few resources on the topic if you'd like to review them beforehand:
Read moreNeed to have someone convert PSD to Drupal 7 Theme
I have been given the task of using a PSD to setup a drupal site. Looking for Company or Person to do this. The Logo runs across the top and down the leftside and content center of page. I alway try to use existing theme but cannot found one that has the logo like I need it and the colors etc. Any one who is interested or Knows of a company I could contact please let me know. This like all my job is a rush. I'm a newbie with PHP and CSS.
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Drupal Training Day with Lynda.com Author
Join us for a fun day of Drupal Training led by Saforian's Technical Director, Chaz Chumley. There are only 13 seats available so please register as soon as possible to guarantee your spot! Lunch will be provided.
Register here - http://saforian.eventbrite.com
Drupal 7 Site Building
- Learn how to setup and configure a Drupal 7 website with the most common features needed for any project.
Northern Virginia Coworking Day
Come work on your Drupal projects Friday 5/31 9am-5pm at Bixal, a large, comfortable space for a co-working event. This is a great way for our community to share solutions and find out about 'gotchas' in the ever-changing Drupal world. Point out to your employer the amount of time that could be saved by learning from others' successes and mistakes! Share your knowledge to help others in the Drupal community! And have a good time doing it.
Please register at the Event URL.
Read moreLucky 13: Drupal Training Day
Join us for a fun day of Drupal Training led by Saforian's Technical Director, Chaz Chumley. There are only 13 seats available so please register as soon as possible to guarantee your spot! Lunch will be provided.
Drupal 7 Site Building
- Learn how to setup and configure a Drupal 7 website with the most common features needed for any project.
- We will discuss best practices for managing users, creating content, defining custom content types using the fields UI, displaying data using views, extending Drupal capabilities with modules and changing the appearance using themes.
Drupal NoVa Meetup – DrupalCon Review and Discussion
Location: The Conference Center at ICF International
9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax VA 22031
Parking: Visitor section of Garage
Metro: Vienna Metro station, Orange Line
Please RSVP at the 'Event URL' above.
Join us for the next Drupal NoVA meetup!
Our plan for the evening is…
- Hang out for a bit and meet new people
- DrupalCon discussion! Everyone who went to DrupalCon will be sharing highlights and anything cool that they learned while there.
- More hanging out and drinks.
NoVA Drupal Meetup
Join us for the next Drupal NoVA meetup!
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 23rd, 7pm
Location: Bixal
3050 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 310
Fairfax, VA 22030
Our plan for the evening is:
- Hang out for a bit and meet new people
- Quick introductions of everyone
- A presentation by Chip Cullen where he shares his experience in developing responsive Drupal sites, including some of the challenges, strategies, and useful mods or themes.
- More hanging out and drinks.
Northern Virginia Coworking Day
Come work on your Drupal projects Friday 4/26 9am-5pm at Bixal, a large, comfortable space for a co-working event. This is a great way for our community to share solutions and find out about 'gotchas' in the ever-changing Drupal world. Point out to your employer the amount of time that could be saved by learning from others' successes and mistakes! Share your knowledge to help others in the Drupal community! And have a good time doing it.
Please register at the Event URL above.
Read moreDrupal Development Question for a Class Project.
Hi, I am doing a project for a marketing class in which we have to create a business plan for our company. So we have decided that we would want a Drupal website installed on our shared server hosted environment. In our business plan we plan on hiring a developer to install the Drupal website and incorporate the website design theme of our choice. I would like the developer to provide a training session so the company staff (probably 1 or 2 people). Based on location, I imagine this training session would take 1-2 horus.
Read moreNorthern Virginia Coworking Day
Come work on your Drupal projects Friday 4/5 9am-5pm at Bixal, a large, comfortable space for a co-working event. This is a great way for our community to share solutions and find out about 'gotchas' in the ever-changing Drupal world. Point out to your employer the amount of time that could be saved by learning from others' successes and mistakes! Share your knowledge to help others in the Drupal community! And have a good time doing it.
Please register at the Event URL above.
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Drupal in a Day - Fairfax, VA (near DC)
The 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.
It is also useful for project managers that are interested in learning how Drupal works to be able to effectively communicate with Drupal configurers, themers and developers.
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Building Rich Internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5
Register: http://www2.appnovation.com/l/16832/2013-03-18/515d1
During this webcast, our presenter will cover several key concepts related to building rich internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5. These include: Making a website cross-browser compatible; Making a website look and behave like a desktop application; Making the application work on Android iOS and Windows Phones; and, Updating and adding new features.
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Drupal Ladder Sprint at Phase2
Want to contribute to Drupal core? The Drupal Ladder sprints are a great way to get started! If you have not previously attended a Drupal Ladder event, be sure to read all the details before attending.
This event will be an issue sprint, so we will be working on bugs and other issues in the Drupal 8.x core.
This is a working sprint: Bring your laptop! Recruiters, please stick to our social events for networking.
Read moreMonthly Drupal Meetup at Stetson's: Mon 10 Dec
It's almost that time again (already):
Our regular meetup is the second Monday of every month at Stetson's on U St. Join us for a round of lightning talks and plenty of socializing. This is a pretty casual event: everyone is welcome, and by no means do you need to look professional!
We don't have a set schedule, but just so you know what to expect, this is more or less how things tend to go:
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