This is a group for all users, developers and designers interested in the Drupal Open Source CMS, who are based in South Africa. The goal of this group is to foster the local community, provide local support and to allow the local Drupal industry to grow.
Our user group meet-ups:
- Johannesburg
monthly, please check meetup.com for dates. - Cape Town
on the third Wednesday of every month, 18:00 for 18:30 - 21:30. - Pretoria / Arcadia (NGO & Governement)
Currently dormant. - Pretoria / Centurion
Currently dormant. - Bryanston / Parkhurst
Currently dormant. - Durban
quarterly, please check meetup.com for dates.
Recent posts
DrupalCape June 2012 Meetup - Wednesday 27 June @ Sinns @ 6pm
DrupalCape's June meetup is a community-driven social, which means its success depends on you! Signup here.
What to bring
- Your laptop
- Something you can demo to a small group (a drupal site, some cool functionality/design/theme)
- Questions about drupal
- A site problem you'd like to get fixed
- Your friendly face, a willingness to help others, and a narwhal tusk
- Cash for food/drinks (if you'd like)
June Drupal Meet - Jozi, 6 June 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 6 June 2012 (the first Wednesday of every month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/june-drupal-meet-jozi-6-june-2012.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Robin
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DrupalCape Meet-Up: May 2012 - Training!!
For sign-ups and further information: http://drupalcapemaymeetup-eorg.eventbrite.com/
Event Venue: 4th Floor, Bandwidth Barn, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town.
Please note: Booking is essential!
The focus for the DrupalCape Meet-Up for May 2012 is training.
This training session is the second of four earmarked for this year. The purpose is to build knowledge and so there will be a step-by-step approach with the purpose of equipping all attendees to build a basic Drupal site by year-end unassisted.
Read moreMay Drupal Meet - Jozi, 2 May 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 2 May 2012 (first Wednesday of every month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/may-drupal-meet-jozi-2-may-2012.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Robin
Read moreDrupalCape April 2012 Meetup - Views & Panels - 25 April 2012 @ Bandwidth Barn
DrupalCape will be holding its first second-quarter meeting for 2012 on 25th April, 2012.
The focus of the meet-up is essentially design and will provide an introduction to the Drupal Views and Panels modules, along with tips on design (UI/UX) and SEO. Please remember that this will be a high-level overview that will provide you with valuable background for next month's training sessions. Please do come along and join us.
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March Drupal Meet - Jozi, 4 April 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 4 April 2012 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://www.drupal.co.za/content/march-drupal-meet-jozi-4-april-2012.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Robin
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DrupalCape Social Event - March Meet-Up 28/Mar/2012
Hey Everyone:
It's Party Time!!
This month, DrupalCape, will be having a social/party, so come along, meet, mingle, and have some fun!!
The format will be pretty similar to our year-end event last year, and we will be holding the event at Sinn's, same as before.
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Basic Drupal 7 Programming - Self Learn Training Kit
This self-learn training kit will teach how to create and administer a Drupal 7 web site.Topics covered include Drupal installation, content creation and editing , back end administration , site migration and backup . No programming skills required for this course .
Self Train Kit is useful for personal and group training and includes :
Tutorial files includes : HTML,PDF,PPS (presentation), Quiz , Notes, Workshop
Runs on windows , Linux, OS computer. Nothing to install. Just unzip on your computer , flash drive , cd
Content:
Topic 1 Introduction to Drupal
March Drupal Meet - Jozi, 7 March 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 7 March 2012 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/march-drupal-meet-jozi-7-march-2012.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Robin
Read moreDrupalCape Meet-up: Feb 2012 - Training!!!
The focus for the DrupalCape Meet-Up for February 2012 is training.
Please sign up at http://drupalcapefebruarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com
This training session is the first of four earmarked for this year. The purpose is to build knowledge and so there will be a step-by-step approach with the purpose of equipping all attendees to build a basic Drupal site by year-end unassisted.
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5 weeks developer job
Anybody looking for a well paid 5 week drupal developer freelancing job in the CT area please contact me as soon as possible.
Read moreFebruary Drupal Meet - Jozi, 1 February 2012
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 1 February 2012 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://www.drupal.co.za/content/february-drupal-meet-jozi-1-february-2012.
Please note the venue for this event only.
Hope to see you there.
Robin
Read moreDrupalCape Meet-Up: January 25th 2012 - Introduction to Drupal
DrupalCape will be holding its first meeting for 2012 on 25th January, 2012.
The focus of the meet-up is an introduction to Drupal and some site showcases. Please do come along and join us.
Please do book - this to assist with catering, thank you.
Please book here: http://drupalcapejanuarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com/
The meeting agenda is as follows:
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State of Drupal in Emerging Markets Survey
Hi everyone!
I am presenting on what's happening with Drupal in emerging markets at DrupalCon Denver.
As some of you know, I lived in India for about 6 years; a few of them developing in Drupal. I am also an Acquia employee (for the past 3 years) and now mostly work in training.
Read moreAcquia's Hello Drupal course open free for anyone
Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.
Starts on the 5th December and runs for 2 weeks at your own pace. Places are limited as this is pilot course.
Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal
Read moreHello Drupal Free introductory course
Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.
Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal
Read moreDecember Drupal Meet - Jozi, 7 December 2011
The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 7 December 2011 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.
For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/october-drupal-meet-jozi-5-october-2011.
Hope to see you there for the last meetup of 2011.
Robin
Read moreDrupalCape Year End Party - November 30, 2011
For the DrupalCape year end event, we will be meeting up at Origins Coffee Shop for snacks, coffee (of course), and there will be a cash bar.
This will be a private event and only those who have paid for their ticket will be provided with access to the event. All payment details are available in the latest emailed event notification from DrupalCape.
Please sign up here: http://drupalcapeyearendbash.eventbrite.com
Origins Coffee Roasting
28 Hudson Street
De Waterkant
Cape Town, Western Cape 8001
Drupal 7 migration
Hi
just wondering if and when everyone is going to be migrating their sites to drupal 7. There seems to be a lot more modules with working versions or at least beta versions for 7 and D7 replaces the need for a lot of mandane (yet important ) modules.
So just out of interest is everything thinking of migration and if not what are the main concerns for not moving yet?
Read moreGreylisted / Blacklisted at drupal.org
Is anyone else having a problem with greylisting / blacklisting at http://drupal.org ? I tried to post this earlier and was flagged as spam. My service provider is Telkom. Its happening on 3 different computers with different operating systems (Ubuntu Karmic + Ubuntu Lynx, windows xp), 2 different modems. Telkom tells me that IPs are reset every 24 hours, but drupal.org's greylisting reports a different IP every few requests.
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