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Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2013 Vancouver
We are stoked to announce the creation of the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2013 Vancouver organizing committee.
Ten people answered the call for interest and met at The Jibe office in downtown Vancouver's Gastown. It is, of course, early times, but here's what we have so far.
The conference will be on a Friday and Saturday in October. Subject to location availability we are planning for October 18th and 19th at a venue in downtown Vancouver.
The location hunt has started! If you have any contacts that can get us a deal at a great spot please contact our venue coordinators.
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Drupal 7 Layout and Theming
Aspiring Themers!
Come join us for training at BCIT Downtown campus this March 27 - 28 for Acquia's Drupal 7 Layout and Theming course.
In this two day course you'll learn a variety of approaches to making dynamic layouts in Drupal, and how to choose the right approach for your site. You will learn techniques and best practices for configuring a flexible and extendable layout for your site, then you'll learn how to get more control over the look and feel by creating a custom theme in Drupal.
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Hello to those who are new to Drupal.
Come join us for training at BCIT Downtown campus this March 18 - 20 for Acquia's Drupal in a Day and Drupal for Site Builders courses.
On March 18 sign up for Drupal in a Day and get a solid introduction to Drupal 7. You will learn about the most essential features and concepts of Drupal through hands on activities. By the end of the day you will be familiar with Drupal terminology and be able to identify how Drupal sites are constructed. You will know how to identify and choose modules to get the functionality you need.
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New group: "Pacific NW Drupal Summits"
You are welcome to join a new group, "Pacific NW Drupal Summits"
http://groups.drupal.org/pacific-nw-drupal-summits
Week of Drupal Training - Drupal in a Day, Site Builders and Drupal 7 Layout and Theming [VANCOUVER]
Drupal in a Day - Mon Sept 24
http://www.drupalschoolhouse.ca/courses/drupal-day
PNWDS Session Voting Opened August 21st
Announcement: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/news/session-submissions-have-now-closed...
Voting for sessions on Pacific NW Drupal Summit website started Tuesday August 21st and ends Monday August 27th.
(1) Register: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/register (If you are not already registered)
(2) Login: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/user/login
(3) Vote: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/sessions
Voting is integral to the Summit's success:
* Sessions receiving the most votes will be selected for presentations.
* Vote counts help to determine room sizes for presentations.
Final call for PNWDS session proposals
Final call for session proposals for Pacific NW Drupal Summit Oct 20-21
Session Proposals close Monday Aug 20th at 10PM PDT
(1) Register: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/register
(2) Login: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/user/login
(3) Submit proposal: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/node/add/session
Reminder for PNWDS Session Proposals
A call for session proposals for Pacific NW Drupal Summit Oct 20-21
Previous annoucement: http://groups.drupal.org/node/246243
Time is running out. Be sure to submit your Summit session proposals.
(1) Prepare: a few paragraphs for your presentation(s)
(2) Register: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/register
(3) Login: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/user/login
(4) Submit: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/node/add/session
(5) Drink: a cold brew to celebrate the Drupal spirit
Session Submission Open for Pacific NW Drupal Summit - Seattle
Session Submission is open (8/2) for the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit in Seatte
October 20-21, 2012
Website: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/
Venue: University of Washington - Mary Gates Hall
Submit a session proposal:
http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/news/now-accepting-sessions
http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/node/add/session
Registration Open for Pacific NW Drupal Summit in Seattle
Registration is open (7/26) for the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit in Seatte - October 20-21, 2012
Website: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/
Venue: University of Washington - Mary Gates Hall
You can register yourself and your coworkers.
When you register you will automatically be given a user account on the PNWDS website.
See the FAQ ( http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/faq ) for registration steps or just go for it: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/register
Read moreHow to reserve hotel rooms for PNW Drupal Summit
4th Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit - October 20-21, 2012 - Seattle
Venue: University of Washington - Mary Gates Hall
Event announcement: http://groups.drupal.org/node/216009
Event web site: http://2012.pnwdrupalsummit.org/ (in development)
Event registration: Coming Soon (Coders are hard at work)
Hotel Deca: http://www.HotelDeca.com
Hotel Deca rooms are now available for reservations
On July 28, Hotel Deca releases 25% of rooms reserved for PNWDS
On August 20, Hotel Deca releases 50% of rooms reserved for PNWDS
Reserve your room early to assure availability.
January 2012 Victoria DUG - Non-Profit Workshop & Drupal 7 Tips & Tricks!
This month we have 2 meet ups happening in Drupal!
http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group/
RSVP today and see you next week!
Jan 10th 3:30pm
Workshop: Nonprofit websites with Drupal
Location: James Bay Community Centre - 140 Oswego Street
Cost: FREE!
Victoria Drupal User Group Meetup - Building Sites with Distributions!
Building Sites with Drupal Distributions!
Come learn about the following distributions:
* Open Public
* Open Publish
* COD (conference organizing distribution)
* Drupal Commons
* Drupal Gardens
* Open Atrium
* Open Outreach
Sometimes distributions save site builders from having to make many difficult decisions by implementing proven best practices out-of-the-box in easy-to-install packages.
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3 month Drupal Open Source Web Development and e-Commerce Diploma Program - QCollege.ca
A 3 month Drupal Open Source Web Development and e-Commerce Diploma Program is being offered at www.QCollege.ca
www.QCollege.ca - (formerly The Victoria School of Business and Technology - VSBT) is
offering a 3 month Fast Track job-ready Diploma program in Drupal!
www.qcollege.ca/programs-courses/drupal-open-source-development-ecommerce
With so many jobs on the market we are looking to help train up Drupal Developers to support the industry.
Our Full Time, 12 Week Drupal Open Source Web Development & e-Commerce Diploma Program Starts January 09, 2012 - March 23rd
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Hello Victoria Drupalistas!
Come down to Peacocks to talk about MEDIA!
Come prepared to learn/share about your favourite usage of media!
Image/video/audio - let's talk about modules, configurations, best practices!
Come ready to have fun, learn and drink beer!
A projector will be set up, but we will still be fairly informal.
Tues Sept 13
630-830
(added date/time here)
Cheers
Anne
Your Local Victoria Drupal Cheerleader
RSVP TODAY!
http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group/events/29206001/
August Drupal User Meet Up - PEACOCK BILLIARDS
It's that time once again!
1) REMINDER > PEACOCKS BILLIARDS (not the Irish Times)
2) PRESENTATIONS!!!
If you are keen to present at this month's local Drupal User group (or any future ones) email me directly at drupalgirl 'at' gmail.com
If no one is keen for this month, we are going to have a round table discussion on why Drupal rocks! So come prepared with your best client friendly ammo as why Drupal is the CMS of choice!
:) Anne
RSVP HERE: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group/events/25895761/
Read moreJuly 12 - Leaveraging jQuery UI
Hello Victoria Drupal Enthusiasts!
Our local monthly Drupal User Meet up is next Tuesday July 12th at 6:30-8:30 at the Irish Times Pub
This month, Ryan Bluemel is going to present on leveraging jQuery UI!
Agenda:
Intro to jquery: what it is, why use it, how to use it.
A few examples/ tutorials.
Tips and tricks, things of importance to remember while using it.
Q&A
This is a great opportunity to come and network with other local Drupal folk, share your skills, ask questions about our awesome Open Source CMS called Drupal!
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Reminder - June Victoria Drupal User Groups is TOMORROW June 14th, 630-830 at the Irish Times
Last month Martin showed us all about OpenLayers.
This month we are going to have an open Q&A session and general networking time.
We would love more of the Drupal Community to come out and present, so if you wish to put together a quick talk (I will bring a white board) please let me know!
RSVP here today!
http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group
volunteer drupalista needed
The BC Environmental Network is setting up a drupal based website to replace ecobc.org. we need someone with Drupal experience to help. Lots of options about how and how much to help and basically just recognition in return (and helping out a good cause...)
dave stevens, bcen
geek at uniserve dot com
Site Building with Drupal
Site Building with Drupal
In two days, participants will be brought up to speed on Drupal and will be ready to tackle their own project. Learn how to manage media, build calendars and complex, dynamic queries of content by selecting and configuring the most popular modules.
This course is suitable both for users who are new to Drupal and those who want to broaden their Drupal skills. Participants will also review Drupal's block system and using taxonomy to categorize their content.
The ideal accompaniment is to follow this with a one day introduction to using Panels.
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