Welcome to VANDUG!
The Vancouver Drupal Users Group (VanDUG) is the local meeting place for Greater Vancouver people interested in Drupal. We were formerly known as the Vancouver League of Drupalers, but that's a long story.
The group mostly hangs out on Slack at https://vandug.slack.com/. We also post our meetings on Meetup.com at https://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Drupal-Users-Group. All are welcome, it's listed as a private group to keep out the griefers.
We've been holding semi-regular virtual meetings during COVID-19.
Recent Posts
Vancouver Drupal User Group Updates
Hey Vancouver Drupalers!
Just wanted to make you aware of a couple of new developments with the Vancouver Drupal Users Group. As many of you know, Dale McGladdery has decided to step down from his role of group coordinator and I'd like to take the time to publicly thank him for all his work in helping this group be what it is today! The second thing I wanted to make you aware of is that Glenn Hilton, the President of ImageX Media, will be joining me to help organize topics/events and promote the group. One of the first steps for improving our promotions is that we've decided to create an extension of the group on Meetup.com as a way to better manage group RSVPs and spread our reach out to others who may not be aware of our main VanDug site. Meetup.com offers a great means for promotions and also for building community through photosharing, feedback threads, etc. However please note that the Meetup.com site is NOT intended to replace our VanDug site, but rather just be a tool to supplement it as events will continue to be cross promoted on various sites.
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Anyone going to Drupalcon Chicago? Early bird price extended until Fri, Jan 21st
Anyone going to Drupalcon Chicago? Early bird price of $350.00 USD is extended until Fri, Jan 21st. The ticket price goes up to $400.00 USD after that date.
DrupalCon Chicago is happening March 7-10, 2011 Chicago, Illinois. This year the annual conference is being held in the Sheraton Towers. Tickets for the four-day event are available for $350.00 USD. The early bird deadline has been extended to January 21st, so get your tickets fast. After that date, ticket prices will go up to $400.00
Read moreFeb. 10th: Surrey Drupal Meetup: How to Git Going with Git
Shawn will introduce the Git version control system by explaining why it's a great tool to use for your individual projects and discussing why Drupal.org is moving from CVS to Git.
Whether you are new to version control or you are well versed in another tool such as CVS or SVN, this talk will bring you up to speed on why a distributed version control system such as Git is right for your projects.
Shawn is a developer at Affinity Bridge where he has let Git manage his code for over a year so he can focus on more interesting problems.
Read moreJanuary 2011 Meeting: Understand Drupal and Da Business
Join us at 6:30pm on Thursday January 27, 2011 at The Jibe Multimedia, Inc. for our January meeting and feature presentation: Understand Drupal and Da Business by James Sherrett. James, founder and CEO of AdHack, will provide insight beyond the code, into decisions, thinking, perceptions and questions about Drupal from the business folks who pay the bills.
If you want insight into what your client is thinking, if you want to work better with clients and if you want happier clients, this is the talk for you.
James Sherrett is the founder and CEO of AdHack. AdHack is a digital advertisement platform that provides talent, tools and tactics to help agencies and brands execute on new kinds of advertising opportunities.
Date: Thursday January 27th 2011, 6:30pm (Note: if you'd like to show up earlier, let us know so we can accommodate)
Location: The Jibe Multimedia, inc., #200 - 163 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC [Map] (Buzz: #200. If the buzzer downstairs doesn't get you inside, please call 1-877-866-5423.)
Cost: There is no charge and all are welcome.
RSVP http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Drupal-Users-Group/
For those who don't need to leave right away there's typically a more social discussion at a local pub afterward.
Read moreLooking for drupal friendly web hosts
Hi all,
I am beginning to look for a web hosting service for a drupal-based website that I am developing. Though I don't care where the business or datacenters are located, I would still prefer to deal with a Canadian company. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend one from personal experience. Aside from being able to run a drupal 6.x site, I would want to be able to create cron jobs, have ssh access, and utilize sendmail. VPS is probably out of my budget, but I'm sure my requirements are modest enough to be hosted on a shared system.
Any input appreciated. Thanks.
Drupal Module Development Course
Drupal Module Development Course
Learn how to get custom functionality using Drupal’s hook system, as well as how to extend or alter contributed module functionality. Participants in this course will have used CCK, Views and Panels to create websites but have never built their own module. Participants will start writing a simple module to writing a complex module, step by step which uses Forms API, Schema API, all of the top ten Drupal hooks, creates custom database tables.
Duration: 3 days
Date: Mon-Wed: March 28-30; 9am-4:30pm
Location: Vancouver, UBC (room tbd)
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