Ventura Drupal

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About Ventura Drupal

This group is for Drupal users and professionals in and around Ventura and Ventura County, California. We do not currently have regular meet-ups, but we are open to exploring one if there is sufficient interest. Feel free to start a thread below if you are interested in organizing one.

What's different about this group? (?)

Our team of organizers produces events and fosters the Drupal community in and around Ventura and Ventura County.

  • If you're interested only in meetups, events and community in and around Ventura, then is the group for you! Join Ventura Drupal for a low email volume experience;
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Thru July 5th - PacktPub.com is offering any title for $10!

Hi everyone,

I am a big fan of Packt Publishing (http://www.packtpub.com) and their model that supports print and e-books and keeps a repository of your purchased books in your account on their site - so you can always get a copy of your e-book if you lose it.

Packt Publishing is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with a good deal.

From June 26th through July 5th, Packt is offering all of its eBooks and Videos at just $10 each for any title!

If you need some Drupal or other tech books, this is a great deal.

FYI, Doug

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Drupal 7 Site Building Bootcamp @ GLADCamp.org Fri Mar 7th 1pm

Start: 
2014-03-07 13:00 - 17:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

Drupal 7 Site Building Bootcamp

REGISTER AT:
http://bit.ly/1e7aKRG

Trainer: Douglas C. Hoffman

Register for this training

The Drupal (www.drupal.org) open-source content management system (CMS) is changing the way web sites are developed and deployed on the Internet. This course will examine Drupal web site architecture, design and site building. By the end of the course, students will be able to design, develop and deploy Drupal web sites.

The focus of this course will be the basic "Drupal out of the box" fundamentals including:

Drupal installation

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nodiac's picture

Drupal Development Best Practices training at GLADCamp 2014 - now 50% off!

Start: 
2014-03-07 10:00 - 17:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

We'll be at GLADCamp, the Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp, on March 7th, 8th & 9th, and to celebrate we're offering an Early Bird discount of 50% OFF this training until March 1, 2014! Use coupon code GLADCAMP2014 during checkout to receive your discount.

About Drupal Development Best Practices

This one-day workshop gives you a comprehensive tutorial on the right way to manage your Drupal website. You'll learn about version control for your code and ways to manage changes in your data. You'll also see how the Features module can enable you to keep your configuration changes in version control.

We cover industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments. You'll get a high-level overview of how to modify the way your site looks by sub-theming, preventing hours of frustration should your original theme be updated.

What you will learn

  • Using version control with Drupal;
  • Maintaining development, testing and production environments;
  • Managing configuration changes using the Features module;
  • Creating a basic sub-theme;
  • Creating a basic module;
  • Understanding Drupal’s API and the hook system;
  • Using Drush, the command-line power tool for Drupal;
  • Dozens of tips, tricks and stories from the developers at Exaltation of Larks.
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Are you a non-profit? Do you need a new website? Apply for the Barn Raising at GLADCamp!

Today is our official call for barn raising applications at this year's GLADCamp, the Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp!

On March 9, 2014, we'll be building a website from scratch to include much needed functionality, design, and other work required by a local 501c3 non-profit organization.

This event is "Drupal for Good in action" and is a teach-and-learn opportunity for our local Drupal community and is a win-win-win for everyone.

What's a Barn Raising?

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_raising

  • A "barn raising" describes a collective action of a community, in which a barn for one of the members is built or rebuilt collectively by members of the community.
  • Barn raising was particularly common in 18th- and 19th-century rural North America. A barn was a necessary structure for any farmer, for example for storage of cereals and hay and keeping of animals. Yet a barn was also a large and costly structure, the assembly of which required more labor than a typical family could provide.
  • Barn raising addressed the need by enlisting members of the community, unpaid, to assist in the building of their neighbors' barns. Because each member was entitled to recruit others for help, the favor would eventually return to each participant.

Just replace the word "barn" in the description above with "website" and you'll see that we've adapted this "barn raising" model for the digital world.

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Call for Trainings at GLADCamp 2014!

Training day at GLADCamp 2014, this year's Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp, is on March 7th, 2014. We have room at our conference venue for 3 simultaneous trainings and are starting our call for trainings! Everyone is welcome to apply:

   https://gladcamp.org/2014/training

Space is limited and priority is given to experienced Drupal trainers and training companies. Don't let that discourage you, though. If you're a newcomer to the Drupal training scene and want to offer something no one has offered before, we'd love to hear from you!

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Request for input on our "Coders with a Cause: Community Barn Raisings and Drupal for Good" session at GLADCamp 2014

Hi everybody,

Lee Vodra and I (two of the founders of Droplabs, a Drupal-friendly coworking space in Los Angeles, and creators of the Coders with a Cause program) will be presenting on barn raisings and "Drupal for Good" in action at the Non-Profit Drupal Summit at GLADCamp next month.

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Plan and discuss the first Extreme Drupal Games (aka the "Golden Neckbeard" competition) for GLADCamp 2014

This year's GLADCamp conference will feature the first Extreme Drupal Games! This event will run throughout the conference, beginning on Friday, March 7th and ending when winners are announced at the closing of the conference on Sunday, March 9th.

We have a sponsor who will be donating 6 identical VMs (distro and stack TBD) for us to use during the conference. I've asked that each VM have a minimum of 2 cores and 4GB of RAM, but exact specs are still being worked out. These VMs are hosted at 1 Wilshire in Downtown Los Angeles, so there will be extremely low latency.

The plan right now is for up to 6 teams to compete over the course of the weekend, tuning both the stack and the Drupal application to get the best possible performance in the allotted time. The team with the fastest Drupal site at the end of the conference will be declared the winner.

Now that we have a date and time, the question is how we're going to load test and judge the teams. What are the rules? Do we test for both anonymous and logged in users? Will contestants be permitted to rip out pieces of the stack and install completely different ones? How about the use of premade scripts? Do we allow commercial software, or go 100% free and open source?

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GLADCamp (Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp) on March 7, 8 & 9, 2014, in Pasadena, California!

Start: 
2014-03-07 (All day) - 2014-03-09 (All day) America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (GLADCamp) is a free, 3-day conference for All Things Drupal on March 7th, 8th & 9th, 2014, at the Hilton Pasadena & Convention Center in Pasadena, California.

We're planning a conference that's packed with 3 full days of activities, including sessions, presentations, trainings, topic-based summits, a job fair, a barn raising to benefit a local non-profit, receptions, and more!

Our community members are also planning their own events to coincide with the conference, including client meetings and company retreats.

GLADCamp 2014

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"Drupal 7 Media" book available from PACKT Publishing

I just got a copy of the new "Drupal 7 Media" book available from PACKT Publishing (http://bit.ly/19C7xN0). It covers in great detail the best Drupal community modules for media integration. I will post a more detailed review later, but this book looks like a great resource for media integration in Drupal. If you are wondering how to work with media in Drupal 7, this is a book to checkout.

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Suggested Topics for Greater Los Angeles Drupal Events

Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about? Would you like to offer a presentation, show-and-tell, or quick lightning talk? Is something missing or out of date?

Please go ahead and edit and update this document. It's for anyone attending, organizing or presenting at an event.

Categories

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November 2013 SB Drupal Group Meeting

Start: 
2013-11-19 17:45 - 19:45 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

We will be meeting at the Independent offices downtown from 5:45pm-7:45pm.

   Santa Barbara Independent
   122 West Figueroa Street
   Santa Barbara, CA

There's a parking lot in back.

If you have any questions about the meetup or have problems finding the venue, post in the comments below.

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Oct 2013 Santa Barbara Drupal meetup

Start: 
2013-10-22 17:45 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

Grab some coffee and sit with us while we talk about Drupal and how it makes all our lives so much easier/frustrating(take your pick of the two).

Time permitting, Christefano can lead us through his presentation on "Performing Site Audits".

We will be meeting at Java Station at 5:45pm.

Hope to see you there.

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SANDCamp

Start: 
2014-01-23 (All day) - 2014-01-25 (All day) America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

Drupal at the beach!

This year's event will be held in sunny San Diego at the Marina Village Conference Center -- just steps from beaches, Sea World, and the Mission Beach Boardwalk.

Thursday is a full day of training.
Friday and Saturday are two full camp days.
Sunday is fun-day with disc golf, beach activities, and sight-seeing

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Dries Day November 19th, more info at http://www.facebook.com/driesday

There's Earth Day for the planet and now there's Dries Day for Drupal. To celebrate, we're asking everyone in the community to spend the day on Drupal community projects: plan a camp, do a training, work on modules, push code, write documentation, read about Drupal 8 or whatever you find interesting. This is not a bad price to pay for all the great stuff in Drupal. If you're an employer, we encourage you to give your employees a paid day to work on Drupal.

It's simple to participate:

Have your team participate on Dries Day
Tally the number of hours your team contributed

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Joint Meetup with eCommerce Merchants: Review of KaleCart.com, a mobile-friendly Drupal e-commerce website

Start: 
2013-10-05 11:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

This is a joint Drupal meetup with eCommerce Merchants and has been cross-posted from Meetup.com.

   RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/eCommerce-Merchants-Los-Angeles-Chapter/events/142...
   Short URL: http://ex.tl/ZnE

For our October meeting we are going to take a look at the recently launched KaleCart.com website, a custom Drupal based e-commerce website of an organic grocery delivery service start-up in Downtown Los Angeles.

The KaleCart.com website features:

  • Mobile-friendly HTML 5 responsive theme and fluid product catalog
  • Delivery scheduling widget
  • Product catalog filtering for dietary designations
  • Instagram image feed block
  • Flexible coupon system
  • Credit card payment gateway
  • Automatic product image processing

When we are done taking a look at KaleCart.com we can brainstorm potential topics of interest for future Meetups and open the floor to questions to see if we can help each other with specific challenges we are having starting or operating our own e-commerce projects.

Following the presentation at Droplabs we will be heading over to a restaurant at nearby Chinatown for lunch and networking.

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Downtown Drupal Meetup at Sensis Agency in Downtown Los Angeles on October 1, 2013: Introducing BackDrop and DrupalCon Prague Retrospective

Start: 
2013-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up and it's time for the next Downtown Drupal meetup! We're meeting at Sensis Agency in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 from 7-9pm.

This meetup is highly accessible by public transportation. Attendees often carpool to the meetup together, and those who are interested in attending remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.

There will also be Drupal Happy Hour and a GLADCamp planning meeting earlier in the evening at 6pm. See our agenda for more information.

At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, as well as raffle prizes, community Q&A, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations. Is there a presentation topic that you're interested in? Post a comment to either request or offer a presentation, or contact any of the organizers listed above.

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Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on September 13, 2013

Start: 
2013-09-13 10:00 - 17:00 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

Are you an entrepreneur, freelancer or remote worker? You don't have to work alone. Join us for another Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and makerspace!

We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:

  • Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot;
  • Free, metered WiFi;
  • Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis);
  • Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space;
  • Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved);
  • Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved);
  • Heat / air conditioning.

Droplabs is supported by memberships, donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.

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Drupal Mentorship Training by Exaltation of Larks at Opodz in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, on September 13, 2013

Start: 
2013-09-13 12:00 - 15:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

We're excited to announce Exaltation of Larks' next web development mentorship training. This free training is from 12-3pm at Opodz, a new and well-designed collaborative work environment serving Little Tokyo in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

What Will Be Covered?

We'll be using extensive video libraries from both OSTraining.com and Build a Module.com. Our main focus this time is on Drupal, a free and open source web framework used by millions of websites on the web today, and we'll also cover other web applications like WordPress and Joomla, as well as general coding topics such as HTML, PHP, CSS and responsive web design.

What To Bring

Bring your WiFi-capable laptop, your lunch, and learn about web development! If you don't have a pair of headphones, you can buy a pair from the organizers of this event.

Registration

This training is free. Donations to Droplabs, a learning community that provides low- to no-cost training, mentorship and entrepreneurship services, will be accepted ($45 suggested donation) at the event and at http://droplabs.net/donations  

Registration is required. Sign up at http://www.larks.la/training  

Be sure to arrive early to give yourself enough time to park, pick a seat, and connect your laptop to the venue's WiFi network. We begin promptly at 12pm. Classroom space is limited, so sign up early.

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Introduction to Drupal Workshop by Exaltation of Larks at Opodz in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, on September 13, 2013

Start: 
2013-09-13 12:00 - 15:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats it! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?

This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.

At this workshop, you'll have access to Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day!

This is the perfect workshop for you if:

  • You're new to using Drupal and need a jumpstart in planning a large project
  • You're investigating Drupal's viability for your next project
  • You're wondering whether to invest time in learning Drupal
  • You don't have the time to learn Drupal but will be involved in a Drupal project
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Drupal Watchdog magazines available to Southern California user groups

Hi all,

Droplabs has a huge surplus of new Drupal Watchdog magazines at our original Downtown Los Angeles location. If any organizers of Drupal meetups, conferences and workshops around Southern California want a stack to take back to their meetups, let us know!

   https://droplabs.net/contact

These are being offered free of charge. Droplabs doesn't have the resources to ship or deliver these, however, so the only catch is you'll need to come pick them up.

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POSTPONED: Drupal Employers Summit at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on August 16, 2013

Start: 
2013-08-16 19:00 - 21:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

This event has been postponed due to lack of signups from those who qualify. We apologize for the inconvenience to those who have already RSVPd. Stay tuned to Meetup.com or @Droplabs on Twitter for news of when we reschedule this important event.

Do you own or help manage a company or organization that uses Drupal? Does your team depend on professional Drupal service providers in the Greater Los Angeles Area? Have you and your projects been affected by a shortage of Drupal development and theming talent?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then consider coming to our second Drupal Employers Summit from 7-9pm on Friday, August 16, 2013. There is no charge for this event. It is open to any and all companies and organizations who qualify, by following either or both of the following criteria:

  1. Hosting any Drupal meetups, trainings or other Drupal community events, including Downtown Drupal, High Performance Drupal, Frontend Drupal, LA Drupal, and so on;
  2. Sponsoring or exhibiting at any of the Drupal job fairs at Droplabs in June, 2011, November, 2011, and January, 2013.

Hosting a meetup at your office qualifies you for this event. Buying pizza at a meetup, while appreciated, does not. If you do not meet the above qualifications, contact us at http://droplabs.net/contact with a request to attend.

This is a roll-up-your-sleeves working meeting and we will be meeting one another (some for the first time) and discussing the following topics:

  • A quick review of the Drupal Employers Summit we had on January 28, 2013;
  • Catching up on recent events, such as Droplabs' module development boot camp;
  • Building a healthy marketplace and business community of colleagues and potential partners;
  • Getting the most out of our recruiting and marketing dollar;
  • What we're doing now to staff up, from local recruiting and in-house training to outsourcing and hiring out-of-town or overseas;
  • Identifying the skills, job titles and qualifications of desirable candidates, employees and vendors;
  • Workshops, trainings and other programs that most or all of us can get behind in order to solve our business needs.

We'll have an open bar and cocktails will be served.

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Droplabs Recognized as World's Top Drupal Location

Only local images are allowed. This week Droplabs was recognized by Drupical as the top Drupal location for Drupal events around the world over the past 12 months. Thanks, Drupical! This level of activity has been made possible entirely by our community of event organizers, attendees and supporting sponsors.

Drupical is an awesome event listing service that aggregates and visualizes Drupal events around the world in a handy, attractive web app. It's especially useful while traveling and it's what we recommend to participating members of the California Drupal Travelers Program.

The next time you come to Droplabs, be sure to check out our "take a card, leave a card" table and pick up a few Drupical pins.

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Frontend Drupal and Drupal Commerce meetups indefinitely postponed

Hi all,

With the upcoming Drupal Module Development Boot Camp series and Drupal Design Camp LA conference, our organizing time is stretched a bit thin and we will not be having the Frontend Drupal or Drupal Commerce meetups for a while.

If anyone wants to pick up these meetups and run with them, please feel free to post a comment here. Our organizers will be happy help with any assets and resources you need, including venues, video conferencing, projectors, and so on.

Thanks for reading!

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Module install error

Getting an error whenever I try install a new mod in Drupal 7 - here is the latest from trying to install Omega 3 (not the fatty acids variety) -

The specified file temporary://fileYbyRqs could not be copied, because the destination directory is not properly configured. This may be caused by a problem with file or directory permissions. More information is available in the system log.
http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/omega-7.x-3.1.tar.gz could not be saved to temporary://update-cache-609ec84e/omega-7.x-3.1.tar.gz.
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Drupal Module Development Boot Camp at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles starting Monday, July 22, 2013 #modbootcamp

Start: 
2013-07-22 18:00 - 21:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

We're offering a free, application-based program designed to improve the Drupal skills of beginner- to intermediate-level Drupal and PHP developers. Together as a group, we're going to be diving into Drupal's APIs and helper functions, developing custom modules (many of us for the first time), using version control and other Drupal developer best practices, and advancing our Drupal skills to the next level.

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