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...
Florida Drupal Meetups - financial support
Hey everybody,
Coming off yet another successful DrupalCamp Florida (thank you, volunteers!), a few of us were talking about how we can best reinvest some of the leftover funds we have from the camp back intp the community.
Perhaps the most important thing we can do is help grow and strengthen the Florida Drupal community.
With this in mind, we're happy to (re-)announce that if you are a Florida Drupal meetup organizer, you can request reimbursement for expenses to help grow and strengthen your local community.
We're willing to pay for things like:
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Event - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed March 8th, 2017 - Bring your questions. Get answers from our members.
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month we will have as special meetup called "Bring your questions."
At last month's meetup we discussed some of the latest changes in Drupal land and we came up with the idea to have another session where people bring their questions and we all try to answers them as a group. We have several new active members, which adds to the brain power available to answer questions.
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Orlando Florida - Drupal Coworking Friday, February 24th
If you are a Drupal Professional and would like to work with other Drupal Professionals come out and cowork with us. We'll be at the Florida Hospital Downtown Credo location on February 24th, 2017, directly above the coffee bar. There is a loft with several chairs and a couch.
Credo does serve coffee and pastries (food, coffee and meals are the responsibility of the attendees). We'll most likely be eating lunch within walking distance of Credo but you are welcome to bring your lunch if you wish.
Read moreDavid Shaal presented The Cost Effective Toolbox for Drupal Development - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - February 8, 2017
This month David Shaal presented "The Cost Effective Toolbox for Drupal Development." David talked about the following topics:
- Hosting (Pantheion)
- CloudFlare - Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- SendGrid - transactional and marketing emails
- Acquia Dev Desktop and Kalabox - local development environments
- For theming: Bootstrap Barrio (D7) [Paper = Material Design], Font Awesome, ScrollMagic (JS library), PixelCog Parallax JS, shoelace.io, SCALD
- Paragraph
- Unsplash.com - free images
We had one remote user and six in person.
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Florida Drupalcamp 2017 Schedule is Live!
Our schedule is live! Check it out at https://www.fldrupal.camp/schedule/sat
Register Today at https://www.fldrupal.camp/
We’re so fortunate to have all types of great speakers! Thank you to all who applied.
Speaking of Alligators…
We’re going to have live alligators! Yes, you read that correct. This is Florida. This is what we do. We also may have a puppy, but we promise we won’t let them play together.
We’re doing Lightning Talks!
The last “real” session on Saturday is lightning talks. This is where you (or anyone) comes up and presents what they want for 5 minutes. These will mostly be technical, but can really be anything PG rated.
Code Sprint on Sunday
It’s hard to explain just how fun code sprints are (because the name certainly doesn’t sound fun). But trust us, it’s a great way to meet new friends, learn Drupal, and contribute back.
Register! There’s only 9 days until the camp! https://www.fldrupal.camp/
Read moreEvent - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed February 8th, 2017 - The Cost Effective Toolbox for Drupal Development by David Shaal
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month David Shaal will be presenting The Cost Effective Toolbox for Drupal Development. As part of our recent presentations from several of our regular members, David will be discussing the tools he uses for Drupal Development.
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Read moreBeau Heath presented Drupal Project Management Workflow- Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - January 11, 2017
This month Beau Heath presented Drupal Project Management Workflow. Beau talked about the following topics:
- Managing site builds
- Prep/info gathering, alpha meeting and beta meeting (more specific to the site itself)
- working with third party vendors
- content transfer assessments
- Site reviews (first, second and additional reviews if necessary)
- QA testing and client training build content formats per role
- Soft and Hard launches
- Material design for the fronted (bootstrap option paper)
- Client follow-up
- Pitfalls
- last minute requests
Florida DrupalCamp: Now a 3-day, networking and learning open-source extravaganza!
We’re taking it up a couple notches this year down in Orlando for the 9th Florida DrupalCamp (https://www.fldrupal.camp)! We're expanding in every dimension we can find - highlighted by an opening day (Friday) of full-day workshops followed by two days (Saturday and half-day Sunday) of sessions!
Amazing Trainings
In previous years, we’ve had concurrent trainings on Saturdays and some sprinting on Sunday. This year, we changed it up: Friday will be a full training day including workshops on:
- Beginning React JS - taught by John Tucker
- Docker for Development with Drupal - taught by Lisa Ridley
- Introduction to Drupal 8 - taught byMichael Anello
- Introduction to Drupal 8 Theming - taught by Suzanne Dergacheva
- Introduction to DrupalVM - taught by Ben Hosmer
The best part is that trainings are included with the price of the ticket (now $35). You sign up for the training when registering. Space is limited, however, so register soon!
Three Phenomenal Featured Speakers
We have three amazing featured speakers this year!
- Megan Sanicki - Executive Director of the Drupal Association
- Helena McCabe - Accessibility advocate and expert
- Suzanne Dergacheva - Front-end developer
Many More Extraordinary Sessions and Speakers
We have over 30 sessions already submitted with several weeks to go until the deadline. We still need more. Check them out and submit your session soon.
Kick-A** Weather
Orlando in February. Sunny and warm :)
The Absolute Best Sponsors Ever
It's true, we have the best group of sponsors money can't buy! We're crazy-happy about having Achieve Agency as our top-level Platinum sponsor. This newly formed South Florida shop is looking to make a big splash in the community, and we're happy that we can help introduce them to everyone.
Combined with Johnson & Johnson, devPanel, and Digital Echidna as Gold-level sponsors as well as all of our other amazing supporters, we're excited to bring you the biggest and best Drupal event you've ever seen (not to mention a few fun surprises!)
Lots More Sensational Stuff!
From a new logo, great catering, t-shirt, giveaways, and even an integrated video game easter-egg on our website, there’s lots to be had. Don't miss it! Register today or regret it for the rest of 2017!
Read moreFlorida Drupalcamp early-bird tickets end on Tuesday
Save $10, and get your ticket to Florida Drupalcamp now. https://www.fldrupal.camp/
It's going to be the best FLDC ever, spanning 3 days with day 1 being training, day 2: sessions, and day 3: sessions and code sprint.
Register! https://www.fldrupal.camp/
Read moreEvent - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed January 11th, 2017 - Drupal Project Management Workflow by Beau Heath
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month Beau Heath will be presenting Drupal Project Management Workflow. The following topics will be covered:
-Prep/Info gathering
-Alpha meeting/kick off call
-Beta meeting
-First site review
-Second site review
-Additional reviews *if necessary
-QA
-Train client on CMS
-Soft Launch
-Hard Launch
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Read moreCynde Mercer presented a Relativity Data Model Drupal 8 Demo- Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - December 14, 2016
This month Cynde Mercer (http://mercerwebdesign.com) presented a Relativity Demo, which is based on Jay's (http://jay-epstein.com) Relativity model for Drupal.
Cynde did a demo of a site she is planning on building with Jay Epstein's (https://twitter.com/jeppy64) Drupal Relativity Data Model. The site is currently built with the D7 Open Church distribution, and now Cynde is planning on building it in Drupal 8 using the Drupal Relativity Data Model.
Read moreEvent - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed December 14th, 2016 - Relativity Demo
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month Cynde Mercer (http://mercerwebdesign.com) will be presenting a Relativity Demo, which is based on Jay's (http://jay-epstein.com) Relativity model for Drupal.
Sign-up:
Read moreThe Learning Series Part 6 - Theming: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - November 9, 2016
This month Jay Epstein (@jeppy64 http://jay-epstein.com/) covered the sixth part of "The Learning Series: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends." Part 6 allowed us to finish off the learning series with theming our site. We walked through theming for the Site Builder in Drupal 8 using Adaptive Theme and the AT Tools module for Drupal 8. Jay gave us a great approach to leverage the Adaptive Theme and the AT Tools that come with it. He focused on showing us how to get the theme started with site builder tools helping to create the architecture of the theme using the Site Building AT Tools.
Read moreFlorida Drupalcamp: February 2017 - Tickets on Sale!
Hey Drupalers! Florida Drupalcamp tickets are on sale! Get them now at www.fldrupal.camp!
What’s Florida Drupalcamp?
Florida DrupalCamp is an 3 day, attendee-driven, volunteer-organized conference. Most of the content will Drupal-specific, but there will also be presentations related to more general web technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript, and PHP. We’re expecting between 250 and 300 people!
When and Where is Florida Drupalcamp?
FLDC will be Friday, February 17th through Sunday, February 19th in beautiful warm Orlando, Florida!
3 Days? What’s going on?
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Friday, February 17th will be composed of trainings including Intro to Drupal, Front-end Development, and we’re working on more (including possibly React and Docker)!
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Saturday, February 18th will be a day of sessions - most Drupal-specific, but many on web development in general.
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Sunday, February 19th will be a combination day of session and code-sprints. Let’s make Drupal better!
Can I submit a session?
Yes! Please do! Session submissions are currently open at https://www.fldrupal.camp/sessions
How much does this cost?
You can get early-bird priced tickets RIGHT NOW for the low, low price of $25. If you register within the next 10 minutes, you get a free sticker :P
Event - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed November 9th, 2016 - The Learning Series: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends Part 6
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
Read moreThe Learning Series Part 5: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends - Broward Drupal Meeting Minutes - October 12, 2016
This month Jay Epstein (@jeppy64 http://jay-epstein.com/) covered the fifth part of "The Learning Series: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends." Part 5 allowed us to continue building out the back end architecture. We jumped into Views. We learned about the concept of the master content type and its child nodes (and grandchild nodes). We learned about the importance and screaming fast performance of rendering small bits of related content in a view that begins with the master node ID as a contextual filter.
Now it's up to all of you to take the information and use it to your advantage.
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Drupal Camp Chattanooga 2016 - Sat Nov 5th
This years Drupal Camp Chattanooga is on again.
Sat 5th November 2016 at Chattanooga State Community College.
Our beginners track is a whole day of training with Doug Van "Drupal 8 in a day", included with your ticket price. This is thanks to our Platinum sponsor True North.
Buy tickets, submit sessions and sponsor from the web site right now.
Our after party will include fireworks, after all 5th November is Guy Fawkes, when the British celebrate their most famous traitor. With Sticker swag to go along with the theme.
Read moreEvent - Broward Drupal Meetup - Wed October 12th, 2016 - The Learning Series: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends Part 5
Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dunkin' Donuts - 9170 State Road 84 (south side of I-595 between Nob Hill and Pine Island) Davie, FL 33324 USA
This month Jay Epstein (http://jay-epstein.com) will be continuing his series: The Learning Series: Drupal 8 - Let's be friends Part 5. Here is what we are going to discuss:
1: Q/A delegated tasks out to the new "Site Builder" permission bucket. As the lead PM will I make Hector's life ugly? Maybeeeeeeeeee. Will I hone-in on user contributions? Count on it.
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REMINDER: No TBDUG Meetup in Oct; Party Instead!
Just as a reminder - there will be NO meetup this month for the Tampa Bay Drupal User's Group (TBDUG) on our usual first Thursday of the month.
Instead, TBDUG 6th Anniversary Party on Friday, October 7th will take its place.
We hope to see you there, more information is available here - http://tbdug.com/bulletin/sixth-anniversary-party
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Requesting estimates for initial discovery phase
Good morning Drupal Florida!
Over the course of the next fiscal year, Pasco-Hernando State College has several projects planned which require extensive Drupal 8 expertise. We are looking for a contractor/shop with specialties in Drupal information architecture, data architecture, user experience, and migration.
We understand how important discovery is and are requesting quotes for the initial discovery phase. After discovery is completed, there will be an additional process to submit a final quote when we issue the RFQ.
Minimum Requirements
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