Welcome to the Florida Drupal Users Group! We have members from all over Florida and most meetups around the state are coordinated through this group. Whether you're from the panhandle, northeast Florida, the Gulf coast, central Florida, the Space Coast, or south Florida, you'll find other Drupal developers and themers here.
Currently, we have perodic meetups in the following areas:
- Brevard County (Cocoa Village)
- Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale): 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7pm - Meetup.com listing
- Orlando
- Gainesville
- Jacksonvill
- Miami Beach
- West Palm Beach (Jupiter-Boca Raton)
- Sarasota / SW Florida
- Tallahassee
- Tampa Bay: 1st Thursday of each month - Meetup.com listing
Keep an eye on this page for location and topic announcements for each meetup, as meeting days and times might change month-to-month.
Funds are available for local Florida meetup groups!
Keep connected with the Florida Drupal Users' Group:
- NEW! Slack: #florida Get your invite
- IRC: #drupal-florida on freenode
- @fldrupalcamp for updates about Florida Drupal camps, meetups, and other events.
- Florida DrupalCamp on Facebook
- Florida Drupal on Facebook
- Florida Drupal on LinkedIn
- We're looking for someone to create and maintain a Google+ home for Florida Drupal...
Event : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed November 14th, 2018 - Relativity vs. Paragraphs
This month Jay Epstein will be discussing "Relativity vs. Paragraphs" If you think BattleBots is intense, wait until you see Drupal Relativity vs. using the Paragraphs module.
If you want to attend the meetup remotely, please RSVP with a comment saying you plan on attending remotely. On the day of the meetup, we will provide the Skype link to those that have RSVPed remotely on Meetup. For details on getting the link on the day of the meetup, go to https://www.meetup.com/broward-drupal/events/wsdklpyxpbsb/
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Orlando Drupal Meetup - 2018-10-17
Integrate React or Angular code into your Drupal site with the Progressively Decoupled Blocks module - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - Wed October 10th, 2018
This month, Doug Vann presented how to integrate ReactJS and AngularJS code into your Drupal site with the Progressively Decoupled Blocks module. Instead of single page application, think of single block application.
Read moreEvent : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed October 10th, 2018 - Integrate React or Angular code into your Drupal site with the Progressively Decoupled Blocks module
This month Doug Vann will be presenting "Integrate React or Angular code into your Drupal site with the Progressively Decoupled Blocks module." In this short demonstration, Doug Vann will show off how to use the Progressively Decoupled Blocks module to place react code on a Drupal page as a block in any region of your choice. Then he will show how he's using this to build Southern California Edison's new website which launches later this month.
Read moreIntroduction to Drupal 8 Theming - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - Wed September 12th, 2018
This month, Dan Denysenko presented "Introduction to Drupal 8 theming." The presentation focused on theming anatomy and tools of the trade for themers.
Dan started his presentation deconstructing the Bartik theme to determine the basic building blocks of the theme in Drupal 8. He went on to show us how to build a theme, putting on his themer new to Drupal hat, using common tools use by themers outside the Drupal community and applying them to Drupal 8 theming. Here are some of the tools discussed during the presentation:
IDE (PHPStorm, VB Code…)
YAML + asset libraries
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Florida Drupalcamp 2019
Florida Drupalcamp 2019
FLDC19 will be our 11th (wow!) year! This year, we're keeping the winning formula. Same Drupal-date, same Drupal-location, and same Drupal-awesomeness.
- Date: February 15-17th, 2019. This is President's Day Weekend
- Location: Florida Technical College in East Orlando
Website and sign-ups coming soon. Save the date!
Event : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed September 12th, 2018 - Introduction to Drupal 8 theming
This month Dan Denysenko will be presenting "Introduction to Drupal 8 theming." Topics include theme anatomy (i.e. not framework specific) and theming tools of the trade.
If you want to attend the meetup remotely, please RSVP with a comment saying you plan on attending remotely. On the day of the meetup, we will provide the Skype link to those that have RSVPed remotely on Meetup. For details on getting the link on the day of the meetup, go to https://www.meetup.com/broward-drupal/events/wsdklpyxmbqb/
Read moreRecursive relationships w/ breadcrumbs & URL aliases using chained entity tokens - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - August 8, 2018
This month, Jay Epstein (https://twitter.com/jeppy64 http://jay-epstein.com/) Relativity model (http://jay-epstein.com/relativity/overview) talked about Recursive relationships w/ breadcrumbs & URL aliases using chained entity tokens (think of it as Relativity squared).
Jay started out the meetup by talking about chained entity tokens and how they can be used to track everything on your site.
Read moreEvent : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed August 8th, 2018 - Recursive relationships with breadcrumbs and URL aliases using chained entity tokens
This month Jay Epstein (@jeppy64 http://jay-epstein.com/) presents "Recursive relationships with breadcrumbs and URL aliases using chained entity tokens." The title says it all! Come find out how the Relativity Data Model is evolving.
If you want to attend the meetup remotely, please RSVP with a comment saying you plan on attending remotely. On the day of the meetup, we will provide the Skype link to those that have RSVPed remotely on Meetup. For details on getting the link on the day of the meetup, go to https://www.meetup.com/broward-drupal/events/wsdklpyxlblb/
Read moreOpen subject night: Bring your issues, questions, problems, thoughts & comments - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - Wed July 11th, 2018
This month we answered everyone's questions. We spent the entire meetup asking and answering questions. Everyone that showed up had a question and they got it answered. Here is a summary of the topics discussed:
1) Security (see link from Jay: https://www.optasy.com/blog/these-are-15-best-drupal-security-modules-wo...)
2) Hosting choices (e.g. Acquia, Pantheon, Platform.sh)
3) Raspberry Pi (https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-finds/2018/07/12/everything-you-need...)
4) React JS
Event : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed July 11th, 2018 - Open subject night: Bring your issues, questions, problems, thoughts & comments
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Date/time: Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month, we will be answering everyone's questions. We will help our peers with their questions, system problems, need for instruction, etc. The last time we did this was May 2016, so since we have not done it in a while, we are doing it again.
Remember that we start our meetups now discussing what we will be presenting next month, so bring your ideas for a presentation.
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Read moreFrom CSV to Drupal 8 site (Part 1) - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - June 13, 2018
This month, I ( https://twitter.com/hectoriribarne https://www.iribarne.com/ ) presented "From CSV to Drupal 8 site - Part 1." Who needs lorem ipsum when you can build your Drupal 8 site from data in CSV files. This presentation covered how to export content and users from a Drupal 7 site to CSV files, and importing them into Drupal 8 without having to write custom code!
The presentation was divided into the following portions:
1) Exporting users from a Drupal 7 site and importing them into a Drupal 8 site:
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Calling all intermediate/expert Drupal and PHP developers to join us in fighting homelessness!
Calling all advanced and intermediate Drupal and PHP developers to join the fight against homelessness this Saturday June 23rd!
Help contribute to HopeOneSource’s (Hope with Love) nonprofit mission to increase access to local services for those in need which has helped reduce overall homelessness in DC since this Drupal based tech solution launched 2.5 years ago.
This code sprint will help ensure the platform scales beyond DC to help those who are most vulnerable in other regions gain access to the vital and often life-saving services and resource they need.
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Brooks Digital is hiring a Drupal / PHP Tech Lead
Brooks Digital is a growing digital agency that helps nonprofits build and continuously improve their websites. We work with clients to determine how their website helps them achieve their mission, and then create and execute a data-driven plan to increase the impact of their website. We are looking for a Tech Lead to provide technical oversight and leadership for our one-time and ongoing projects based on Drupal 7 and 8.
As a Tech Lead, you are accountable for understanding and guiding technical architecture, making and communicating tradeoff decisions during project implementation, advocating for code quality and project sustainability, performing technical analysis and breakdown of features, managing releases (including the project release pipeline), reviewing and testing work to meet project/company standards, and mentoring other engineers on the team. Your work ensures the long-term success of our nonprofit clients, and helps them create positive change in the world.
This is an hourly contract / remote opportunity, with the potential for full-time hire (if desired) for the right candidate as the company grows.
Read moreEvent : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed June 13th, 2018 - From CSV to Drupal 8 site - Part 1
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Date/time: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month, Hector ( https://www.iribarne.com/ ) will be presenting "From CSV to Drupal 8 site - Part 1." Who needs lorem ipsum when you can build your Drupal 8 site from data in CSV files. This presentation will also cover how to export content and users from a Drupal 7 site to CSV files, and begin talking about the process for importing them into Drupal 8 without having to write custom code.
Read moreRelativity in the Wild - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - May 9, 2018
A few months back, Jay put out the challenge to our Broward Drupal members to use Relativity for their projects and our members have responded!
This month, we started the meetup with Jay reviewing Ron's new site that he is building in Drupal 8 with Relativity. Ron has been refactoring his site and we spent the first half of the meetup reviewing his data model with Jay pointing Ron in the right direction.
Read moreEvent : Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed May 9th, 2018 -Relativity Documentation Site - Part 2
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Date/time: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month, Mr. Shaal ( https://3paces.com/ ) and Gregg Shanefelt ( https://www.macchiatomarketing.com/ ) will be presenting "Relativity Documentation Site - Part 2." Part 1 was a great intro, and this month we will be covering the site more in depth
Remember that we start our meetups now discussing what we will be presenting next month, so bring your ideas for a presentation.
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Read moreEvent : 8-year Anniversary - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed April 11th, 2018 -Relativity Documentation Site
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Eight years and going strong! Our first Broward Drupal meetup was in April 2010. We already had a website up the following month with details of our May 2010 meetup: http://browarddrupal.org/PastMeetings/may-2010
Date/time: Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month, Mr. Shaal ( https://3paces.com/ ) and Gregg Shanefelt ( https://www.macchiatomarketing.com/ ) will be presenting "Relativity Documentation Site." I can't wait to see it!
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DrupalCon Nashville Ticket
Hey folks there in Tennessee (and others), I know this is last minute but due to medical reasons, I'm not able to attend this year. It is very sad that I will miss my 10th consecutive NA DrupalCon :(
Please message me if you can use it, I can make you a very sweet deal!
Read moreBroward Drupal Meeting Minutes - March 14, 2018
The focus this month was discussing the upcoming presentations for the Broward Drupal meetup in the next couple of months. We are looking to broaden our talent pool of Broward Drupal presenters from our existing and new members. If you have anything you want to present, bring your ideas to our next meetup.
We spent the rest of the meetup talking about what went on at Florida DrupalCamp 2018. Hector Iribarne (@hectoriribarne (http://iribarne.com) spent time talking about his favorite Florida DrupalCamp 2018 sessions.
We had three remote users and two in person.
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