San Francisco

August already summer has just flown by this year. End of the month is Drupalcon in London so its a great time to reach out and see if we can get a preview of some some of the sessions which will be featured in London.

RSVP Here http://bit.ly/nmIGap

This month we have a great presentation based around explaining what Drupal is! Its not as easy as one may think to describe what the coolest open source CMS actually does. This will be a

Showcase Talk:

Come to the SFDUG headquarters at 160 Folsom Street (corner of Main and Folsom) for another Users Helping Users session.

There is no presentation at these events, bring your questions, problems, and Drupal issues to discuss with the group and we'll do our best to help you find an answer.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Main+and+Folsom,+San+Francisco&hl=en&ll=37...

Summer Time is my favorite time! An again this month we have some pretty cool stuff to share and show off at SFDUG.

You can RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group

Case Study:

Come and see how and why a large Travel company decided to use Drupal to create their own exclusive travel destination club. http://www.spire.com - is one of the most well designed and executed Drupal sites I have seen.

Another User's Helping User's session is happening tonight!

Sorry for the late notice g.d.o folks, but wanted to post a reminder for anyone that can still make it.

More information at: http://www.meetup.com/SFDUG-San-Francisco-Drupal-Users-group/events/1943...

Rolling into summer 2011 and what a year its been. A year of changes and greatness. I moved my job from Commerce Guys and now work at Chapter Three a move I am so happy about.

Drupal Case Study:

To kick off the summer right I have a great case study for us to hear about. I have the creator of the awesome web site http://www.baybridgeinfo.org.

How do make sure information about the nations largest public works project is easily managed and readily available? You use the Drupal Content management system!

Running Late this month on content but as usual the people in our community are stepping up with innovative talks. Both presenters are FIRST time presenters for SFDUG and thats just cool!

Pls RSVP here: http://bit.ly/a0j7Yd

Thanks to both presenters!!! The community appreciates it!

Web Site Talk:

I have Alec Reynolds coming down to show us how he built a Quora style Q&A site using the AJAX Inline Search Module. Pretty cool stuff to learn about and see how its implemented. Innovative uses of Drupal like this are Exactly what SFDUG is all about.

Custom Content, Fields and Lists
This two-day workshop will explore modules and configurations you can combine to build more customized systems using Drupal. You’ll create many examples of more advanced configurations and content displays using the Content Construction Kit (CCK) and Views modules. We’ll guide you through the complex User Interfaces that Drupal provides for controlling and customizing the many different ways to present lists and tables of your site’s content.

Drupal in a day
This introductory one-day workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You'll learn best practices from industry professionals and create a sustainable framework for managing your content. By the end of the day, you'll have created a Drupal site that looks and functions much like any you’ll see on the web today.

What you will learn:
* Basic setup and configuration

Users helping Users is back again this month at Commerce Guys (160 Folsom) in San Francisco.

Come at 6:00 for a roundtable discussion followed by a work session where members of the group can help you solve your problems. There are no presentations at this event, so if you can't make it right at 6:00 feel free to drop in any time before we close up at 8:00pm.

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