This group is for everyone living in the DC metro area who's interested in Drupal. You can post here about anything relating to DC and Drupal, whether that's local job postings, events, or just a call out to talk shop over beers.
You can also find us in a couple of other places:
- Group on Meetup.com for events (they handle events better, with reminder emails and whatnot)
- Group on groups.drupal.org for discussions and job posts (that's here)
- #drupal-dc on freenode
- @DrupalDC on Twitter
We have a great meetup every month where we get together to connect in person. The target audience is Drupal developers, users, and people who want to learn more about Drupal. We start the meetups with a round of very focused lightning talks that discuss real world solutions to existing problems, new work people have done, and Drupal news. Some of these talks are about code, and some are not. We do ask that all presenters talk on a level that everyone - including non-developers - can follow. After the talks, we chat over beer, and maybe play a few games of foosball.
We're open to ways to improve the meetups and this group, so speak up if you have ideas!
2013 Design for Drupal, Boston
Design for Drupal Boston | June 22-23, 2013 | boston2013.design4drupal.org
Design for Drupal, Boston is an annual web design camp covering all aspects of design, UX, & theming for Drupal websites.
Since 2009, hundreds of Drupal designers, developers and site builders have converged each year at MIT's Stata Center to share ideas, gather design inspiration, and learn new techniques for Drupal design and theme development from some of the brightest minds in the Drupal design community.
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Nonprofit Technology Conference Drupal Day 2013
Do you manage a website built in Drupal? Are you an Drupal power-user? Are you a software developer serving the nonprofit community? Are you an nonprofit IT decision-maker evaluating Drupal as a content management system?
If any of these categories apply to you, and you’re headed to this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, please consider joining us for the annual NTC Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals.
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Drupal Ladder Learn Sprint
The Drupal Ladder is an initiative aimed at raising the number of drupal.org users who contribute to the Drupal core. We're doing two types of events to raise this percentage: Learn Sprints, where we work through lessons; and Issue Sprints, where we work on core Drupal issues.
This will be a Learn Sprint, so we will be working through lessons on the Drupal ladder here:
http://drupalladder.org/ladder/ee503327-50be-1904-8d04-9499098cad64
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Maryland Drupal Meetup: March 20 @ 7:00 P.M. in Chevy Chase, MD
We are holding meetup at Rock Creek Strategic Marketing office in Chevy Chase. People of all skill sets and experience levels are welcome.
Socializing starts at 7.
Presentations and discussion starts at 7:30
If you would like to present, please email kgweb1@gmail.com.
Location -
Rock Creek Strategic Marketing
2 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 1010
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
The building is right above the Friendship Heights metro station.
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Need advice on upgrade options
Hi!
We need to upgrade from Drupal 5 (launched in 2009) and since we have never done this before I would appreciate any advice or guidance on what I believe our options are.
Option 1) Just do a straight across the board upgrade.
Option 2) Do an upgrade and make enhancements that we have identified as an organization and include our enhancements in the RFP.
Option 3) Hire a developer to do a 2-3 week intense modernization of website proposal. Cost is a concern with this option.
CapitalCamp Planning Underway!
Hey DC Drupalers,
It’s that time of year again! We are looking forward to putting together another amazing CapitalCamp, with great speakers and sessions from our DC Drupal rock star community!
We’ve got a great group of organizers for CapitalCamp working on nailing down the official event date (an organizers meeting is set for Monday, Feb 25), so stay tuned! If you are interested in getting involved with organizing, sponsoring or volunteering for CapitalCamp, please email Annie Stone at astone@phase2technology.com. We need you to help make this a great CapitalCamp!
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Drupal Beginner and Intermediate Training in Washington DC
Hi Everyone,
We've been running our Drupal classes in Washington D.C. for several years now. The classes take place every month and we're back at the end of February with two days of great Drupal training:
DRUPAL BEGINNER CLASS, FEBRUARY 26
You'll learn how to build a Drupal website, from content and user organization, to working with modules and themes.
Part 1: Introduction to Drupal
Part 2: Installing Drupal
Part 3: Navigating the Drupal interface
Part 4: Understanding Drupal content
Part 5: Managing Drupal content using content types
DC Drupal4Gov event 2/21
There's going to be a Drupal4Gov event in DC on February 21st.
Keynoting the event will be our virtual keynotes from Ottawa to discuss their work on the Web Experience Toolkit
We'll be at NIH starting at 12:30 on Thursday, February 21st,/a>!
Oh, yeah, and there's even more!
Read moreDC Happy Hour
This is ubber late notice.
Folks in DC, please join a small group of folks tonight at Chef Geoff for a Happy Hour.
We will be hosting a team from Canada tonight. They are the team behind the http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ws-nw/wa-aw/wet-boew/index-eng.asp and they're also working on http://drupal.org/project/panopoly
So, if you have time tonight, put on your drinking hat and join us!!
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Monthly Drupal Meetup at Stetson's: Monday, February 11th
Our regular meetup is the second Monday of every month at Stetson's on U St. Join us for a round of lightning talks and plenty of socializing. This is a pretty casual event: everyone is welcome, and by no means do you need to look professional!
We don't have a set schedule, but just so you know what to expect, this is more or less how things tend to go:
Hang out for a bit and meet new people
A few quick lightning talks and any announcements
"Stump the expert" panel, where we discuss "how would I do this in Drupal?"-type questions
Quick introductions of everyone
Drupal Co-working in Baltimore - February 1
Hey Drupal freelancers and telecommuters! Get out of your PJ's and do some parallel working with other Drupal peeps.
Graciously hosted by...
Snake Hill and Beehive Baltimore
Please RSVP on the meetup url above so we can get a head count
Read moreDrupal Co-working in Baltimore - January 18
Hey Drupal freelancers and telecommuters! Get out of your PJ's and do some parallel working with other Drupal peeps.
Graciously hosted by...
Snake Hill and 716 Broadway Coworking
Please RSVP on the meetup url above so we can get a head count
Read moreDrupal Co-working in DC - January 25
Hey Drupal freelancers and telecommuters! Get out of your PJ's and do some parallel working with other Drupal peeps.
Graciously hosted by...
RepEquity, Inc.
Please RSVP on the meetup url above so we can get a head count
Read moreDrupal co-working DC @ 4Site Interactive Studios, Inc.
Hey Drupal freelancers and telecommuters! Get out of your PJ's and do some parallel working with other Drupal peeps.
Graciously hosted by...
4Site Interactive Studios, Inc.
Please RSVP on the meetup url above so we can get a head count
Read moreBaltimore Drupal Meetup - January 9, 2013
We meet, talk Drupal and maybe have a beer. Often we have a presentation and sometimes we just have casual conversation. Either way come join us to learn more about Drupal and meet other Drupalistas.
We'd like to see some new faces presenting. If you have a site you're working on or a clever snippet you'd like to share please let us know.
We'll also be discussing the Drupal for Designers event to be held early this year.
After this month we'll be moving the meetup to the 3rd Wednesday to add more elbow room with the DC Meetup.
Read moreMonthly Drupal Meetup at Stetson's: Monday, January 14th
Our regular meetup is the second Monday of every month at Stetson's on U St. Join us for a round of lightning talks and plenty of socializing. This is a pretty casual event: everyone is welcome, and by no means do you need to look professional!
We don't have a set schedule, but just so you know what to expect, this is more or less how things tend to go:
Hang out for a bit and meet new people
A few quick lightning talks and any announcements
"Stump the expert" panel, where we discuss "how would I do this in Drupal?"-type questions
Quick introductions of everyone
Drupal Beginner and Intermediate Training in Washington D.C.
Hi Everyone,
We've been running our training in Washington D.C. for several years now.
We're back again in January with two days of great Drupal training.
DRUPAL BEGINNER CLASS, JANUARY 23
You'll learn how to build a Drupal website, from content and user organization, to working with modules and themes. The class will focus on Drupal 7 but questions are welcome on other versions.
Part 1: Introduction to Drupal: What? Who? When? Why?
Part 2: Installing Drupal
Part 3: Navigating the Drupal interface
Part 4: Understanding Drupal content
Government + Responsive Design
As I touched on responsive web design and Drupal at the meetup earlier this week, someone asked specifically about government sites, which is obviously a major segment of our work in this area.
.Net magazine (which is about web design in general, not about a Microsoft product) came out with a list of the top 25 responsive sites of 2012, and #12 went to Gov.uk, the official site of the British government. In .net's words:
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Taking Drupal Cross-platform NA
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
Drupal Ladder Sprint at Phase2
Want to contribute to Drupal core? The Drupal Ladder sprints are a great way to get started! If you have not previously attended a Drupal Ladder event, be sure to read all the details before attending.
This event will be an issue sprint, so we will be working on bugs and other issues in the Drupal 8.x core.
This is a working sprint: Bring your laptop! Recruiters, please stick to our social events for networking.
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