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
SanDcamp 2015 is Open for Registration, Sessions & Training
Dates:
--Thursday, February 26 is Training: 6+ amazing classes to up your Drupal game
—Friday, February 27 is Day 1 of Camp: $10 for both days OR $10 at the door each day
--Saturday, February 28 is Day 2 of Camp
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TICKETS: https://sandcamp.org/register
SIGN UP FOR TRAINING: https://sandcamp.org/training
SUBMIT SESSION: https://sandcamp.org/node/add/session
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Thanks to Platinum Sponsors ProPeople and Pantheon.
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Social and Highlights:
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Technical solution: Alternative homepage for mobile
Hi folks,
On a new site I am building we are using the same theme for mobile and desktop, but for the homepage I want to disable, server-side, some aspects of the homepage when a mobile client appears on our site. The desktop version of the homepage is a very fancy parallax and the mobile version will be function-over-form.
I'm considering using:
https://www.drupal.org/project/mobile_detect
And using PHP to enable/disable various aspects of the homepage when it triggers.
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Volunteer this weekend at DCLA2014
Hello LA Drupal,
We are getting close to the 2014 edition of DCLA and from the looks of it, the camp promises not to disappoint. Great sponsors, great venue, and great community!
Speaking of which, why not make this an opportunity to show your support for this FREE, yes FREE, event and volunteer some time at the organizers booth. you can hand out badges, help people find rooms, make conversation and generally put out good vibes for the camp. no previous experience is required; just a smiling face.
Read moreImage Action for Blend mode: Darken or Multiply?
Hi There, anyone have any code written for a custom Image Style Action that will blend (darken or multiply) an image into a canvas color I provide?
I've been toying with Image Styles Actions module and I can't seem to find a darken/multiply blend mode.
I can't install ImageMagick on this server, if that's important. So I'm hoping for an Action I can load that will process the images as necessary.
Any way to do this with Image Actions or with custom code?
Thanks!!
Read moreHigh latency with loading images
Hi there, have a website which seems to have very high latency with rendering images.
There is nothing special going on here, images are fields on content. Rendered using no Image style, from the same server, from the default path on the drive, anonymous users, performance caching is set to enabled, cache cleared, nothing in the logs, TOP from the prompt shows tons of free memory but I am getting lags of 12second latency on loading image assets even though the rest of the page loads fine.
Phpini shows 140MB of memory set.
What are other possible causes for this?
Thanks,
Seb.
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Thru July 5th - PacktPub.com is offering any title for $10!
Hi everyone,
I am a big fan of Packt Publishing (http://www.packtpub.com) and their model that supports print and e-books and keeps a repository of your purchased books in your account on their site - so you can always get a copy of your e-book if you lose it.
Packt Publishing is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with a good deal.
From June 26th through July 5th, Packt is offering all of its eBooks and Videos at just $10 each for any title!
If you need some Drupal or other tech books, this is a great deal.
FYI, Doug
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DrupalCon coming to Los Angeles (May 11-15, 2015)
DrupalCon is coming to Los Angeles, Spring 2015!
We are all excited at the great news that DrupalCon will be held in Los Angeles in Spring 2015. Final dates to be announced, here's the official website: https://losangeles2015.drupal.org
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Drupal Development Best Practices training at GLADCamp 2014 - now 50% off!
We'll be at GLADCamp, the Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp, on March 7th, 8th & 9th, and to celebrate we're offering an Early Bird discount of 50% OFF this training until March 1, 2014! Use coupon code GLADCAMP2014 during checkout to receive your discount.
About Drupal Development Best Practices
This one-day workshop gives you a comprehensive tutorial on the right way to manage your Drupal website. You'll learn about version control for your code and ways to manage changes in your data. You'll also see how the Features module can enable you to keep your configuration changes in version control.
We cover industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments. You'll get a high-level overview of how to modify the way your site looks by sub-theming, preventing hours of frustration should your original theme be updated.
What you will learn
- Using version control with Drupal;
- Maintaining development, testing and production environments;
- Managing configuration changes using the Features module;
- Creating a basic sub-theme;
- Creating a basic module;
- Understanding Drupal’s API and the hook system;
- Using Drush, the command-line power tool for Drupal;
- Dozens of tips, tricks and stories from the developers at Exaltation of Larks.
Call for Trainings at GLADCamp 2014!
Training day at GLADCamp 2014, this year's Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp, is on March 7th, 2014. We have room at our conference venue for 3 simultaneous trainings and are starting our call for trainings! Everyone is welcome to apply:
https://gladcamp.org/2014/training
Space is limited and priority is given to experienced Drupal trainers and training companies. Don't let that discourage you, though. If you're a newcomer to the Drupal training scene and want to offer something no one has offered before, we'd love to hear from you!
Read moreRequest for input on our "Coders with a Cause: Community Barn Raisings and Drupal for Good" session at GLADCamp 2014
Hi everybody,
Lee Vodra and I (two of the founders of Droplabs, a Drupal-friendly coworking space in Los Angeles, and creators of the Coders with a Cause program) will be presenting on barn raisings and "Drupal for Good" in action at the Non-Profit Drupal Summit at GLADCamp next month.
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