Santa Barbara Drupal
This group is for Drupalistas in and around Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara County, California, to connect and get to know each other. Follow @SBDrupal on Twitter for news and updates!
Our meetings have been held at a variety of locations since early 2008, including the Santa Barbara Hackerspace, RightScale, the Goleta Public Library, the Las Cumbres Observatory, coffeeshops like Java Station, French Press and the Daily Grind, and UCSB departments including the Marine Science Institute, Technology Management Program and Davidson Library.
We're very grateful to our past and present venue sponsors and are always interested in hearing from venue sponsors for future meetups. If you'd like to host a future meetup or event, please post a discussion in our group or contact @SBDrupal on Twitter. Thanks!
Santa Barbara news and events
Drupal for Developers Training on July 27, 2012 - 60% off at DrupalCamp LA!
Join us at DrupalCamp LA in Irvine, CA on Friday, July 27, 2012 for Drupal for Developers, a full day of Drupal training! This class is being offered at $199 — that's a 60% discount off our normal prices.
In this class, those with web development experience in languages such as PHP, Java, or .NET will learn about Drupal from a development perspective. You'll also have a full day of access to the Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training company located in Los Angeles.
No prior experience of Drupal is required. Sign up today or contact us with any questions.
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Drupal dev/themer: new to SB area
Hello Drupal community!
Just wanted to say hello to fellow Drupal developers/themers in the SB area!
I run a small web-services company: http://fountain-city.com
We (I) offer Drupal development services, among other things like beautiful design work, php, jquery, drupal theming, information architecture, flash development / interfaces, lua coding (for iOS/android etc). For bigger gigs I also have friends/colleagues from various locations that I can pull into projects.
Read moreDrupal.org Scheduled Downtime Monday, July 2 at 6:00 PM PDT (July 3 01:00 UTC)
As announced on Drupal.org at https://drupal.org/node/1661464 and at the Drupal meetups in and around Los Angeles this month, Drupal.org will be going down for scheduled maintenance for approximately 30 minutes. The official announcement is included below.
Read moreHigh Performance Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on July 3, 2012
The High Performance Drupal meetup is meeting once again on the 1st Tuesday of the month. Please join us at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles, on July 3, 2012.
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, breakout sessions, raffle prizes and full-length presentations.
As always, we'll also have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks. We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 9:00pm.
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
For any changes to our agenda, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated.
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs on June 29, 2012
We're happy to take part in yet another Drupal Coworking Friday, a free coworking day at Droplabs, your FREE coworking and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles.
Drupal Coworking Friday is a worldwide event spurred in part by the DrupalEasy Podcast #65, which featured Droplabs.
We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:
- Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot
- Free, metered WiFi
- Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis)
- Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space
- Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved)
- Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved)
- Heat / air conditioning
Droplabs is supported by donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.
Read moreDrupal Design Camp LA 2012: Site tour to io/LA on June 13, 2012
We've planned a site visit to io/LA on June 13, 2012, at 1pm, to determine if it will work as the venue for the free Drupal Design Camp conference we're planning for October, 2012. In the tradition of several other site visits that we've gone on, this visit is open to anyone and is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in starting to help organize this event.
Please sign up or comment below if you're interested in joining us as we tour the facilities. Those who sign up will be on this site visit's mailing list. We'll send you our phone number and any last-minute details if there are any.
What to bring
Bring a camera if you have one.
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Introduction to Drupal Workshop - Fundraiser for Droplabs on June 29, 2012
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats Drupal! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
This is the workshop for you if:
- You're new to using Drupal and need a jumpstart in planning a large project
- You're investigating Drupal's viability for your next project
- You're wondering whether to invest time in learning Drupal
- You don't have the time to learn Drupal but will be involved in a Drupal project
Seating is limited. You'll have access to the experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day!
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
What to Bring
This is a lunch and learn-style workshop. Come during lunch and learn about Drupal! You don't need to bring a computer. Bring lunch!
This workshop is a fundraiser for Droplabs, where you can come and find help and resources for your Drupal project and cowork for free. You can donate cash at the time of the workshop, or conveniently pay using Paypal or Dwolla at http://droplabs.net
Suggested donation: $45.
No one will be turned away from this workshop. If you are unable to donate we ask that you volunteer some time helping Droplabs run more smoothly when you drop by and cowork.
Classroom space is limited, so please sign up early.
Read moreWhat is Drupal? - Workshop and Fundraiser for Droplabs on June 22, 2012
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats Drupal! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
Read moreFree workshop: Introduction to the Drupal Content Management System
This Friday, May 25, 2012, we're offering a FREE 3-hour workshop on an introduction to the Drupal content management system and what you need to know when using Drupal for your next website. No prior experience with Drupal is necessary.
Jumpstart your project with a solid approach! We'll help you turn your ideas into concrete action items by guiding you through the steps to organize your project.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
What is Drupal?
Drupal is a free and open source web development platform used by millions of sites on the web today. It is used by sites big and small to manage online communities and their content and can be customized for any device to match any visual design. Learn more at http://www.larks.la/about/what-is-drupal
This is a free workshop and seating is limited. You'll have access to the experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal, and have a fun time!
It is being held at Droplabs, a Drupal-friendly coworking and event space in Los Angeles, and is scheduled to coincide with Drupal Coworking Friday, also at Droplabs the same day.
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DrupalCamp Sacramento 2012
The Sacramento Drupal Users Group is pleased to announce the 2nd annual DrupalCamp Sacramento.
This highly-anticipated event will be two days full of sessions, BoFs, code sprinting, and engagement, with our special keynote speaker Chris Shattuck.
Registration is now open and session proposals are now being accepted!
