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!
Drupal in Government: A decision makers view - registration for 80 people still available
Choosing any web development technology represents a significant investment of resources. Before making a decision to switch to a new web development application, decision makers can spend weeks and months comparing options and deliberating about the best direction to go in. This day long workshop can give busy decision makers a full deep dive into many aspects of Drupal.
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Drupal Novice Looking for Learning and Employment
Hi Everyone!
My name is Marc, and I'm a six-year resident of the District (and Southwest particularly). I'm new to the Drupal Community but eager to learn.
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How to Grow a Drupal Shop-Washington D.C. Tuesday, July 19
Running a Drupal Shop: Running It or Running Ragged?
Presented by Acquia and Music City Networks
Trying to get to the next level of growth? Feel stuck and not sure how to scale?This is a fun and interactive workshop for companies trying to grow their business and be more profitable.
Price: $99
Register here: http://drupalenterpriseprojectmanagement.eventbee.com
Community Cultivation Grants
The Drupal Association recently announced the Drupal Community Cultivation Grants - a new program designed to provide financial support to Drupal event organizers.
While full details are available at the link above, I wanted to make sure this group knew about the program - please spread the word to aspiring event organizers. Raising the initial funds can often be a large hurdle - this program aims to lower the barrier of entry for organizers.
Read moreMaryland Drupal Meetup on Wednesday July 27th @ 7pm
Come out to the MD Drupal meetup. The MD Drupal meetup is occurring on July 27th at PMG's offices in Columbia.
The meetup starts around 7PM and discussions/presentations will begin at 7:30.
If you have something you would like to present, please contact Ron Williams (ron@lithicmedia.com or 410-726-7869).
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No DC Drupal Meetup this month
I've gotten a few emails asking about the July meetup, but since CapitalCamp is the following week we will not be doing a meetup this month. Instead we look forward to seeing everyone at CapitalCamp July 22-23!
Let me know if you are interested in presenting in August.
Thanks.
Betsy
bensley@phase2technology.com
Intermediate Drupal Course
Discount to user groups
Sign up for both beginner and intermediate classes and you can use the coupon "twoclasses" for a 20% discount.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
2 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
3 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Intermediate Drupal Course
Discount to user groups
Sign up for both beginner and intermediate classes and you can use the coupon "twoclasses" for a 20% discount.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
2 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
3 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Beginner Drupal Class
Discount to user groups
Sign up for both beginner and intermediate classes and you can use the coupon "twoclasses" for a 20% discount.
Drupal Training in Washington D.C.
Drupal Beginner Training is for you!
Who Should Attend
1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
2 Business owners or employees responsible for their company's Drupal website.
3 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
4 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.
Subjects Taught
Read moreIntermediate Drupal Course
Discount to user groups
Sign up for both beginner and intermediate classes and you can use the coupon "twoclasses" for a 20% discount.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
2 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
3 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Absolute Beginner Course
Drupal Training in Washington D.C.
Drupal Beginner Training is for you!
Who Should Attend
1 Individuals wanting to learn Drupal best practices.
2 Business owners or employees responsible for their company's Drupal website.
3 Webdesigners looking to expand their service offerings by providing Drupal sites for clients.
4 Web Professionals looking to save time by learning from Drupal experts.
Subjects Taught
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Drupal 7 - Front End Development, Presented by Zivtech
Drupal’s powerful theme system facilitates the construction of beautiful websites and the ability to fully customize the display of these websites. In our Front End Development workshop, we teach you how to leverage this power. This workshop includes an overview of the theme system, base theme set-up and configuration, front end related modules, and customizing the display of forms, menus, and node templates. Our trainers also highlight the intersections between the theme and ‘hook’ system, as well as how to work with new Drupal 7 render arrays.
Read moreProfessionalizing your Drupal Development Environment, Presented by Zivtech
A Drupal development environment includes your local and development servers, text editor, version control system, bug tracking system and shell configurations. A Drupal development workflow includes strategies for handling patches, deployment, updating a local site, server access and code management. An effective and standardized system greatly increases efficiency and reduces frustration for developers, whether freelance or part of a large team, but it can be difficult to set aside time to optimize your system or to get quick and practical help doing so. In this day of training we will share with you our setup at Zivtech (including code), demonstrate best practices, and work with you (in smaller break-out groups, as needed) to improve your setup and workflow.
Read moreFatal Error
Hi,
How do you fix this error?
Fatal error: Call to undefined function user_access() in /Users/jason/Sites/acquia-drupal/includes/menu.inc on line 450
OpenPublic Training: Learn to Build Better & Faster with OpenPublic
OpenPublic can save you hundreds of hours on a web site build, creating efficiencies and allowing for innovation in the public sector. But, like other popular Drupal distributions, OpenPublic introduces a few development practices that need to be understood before you start to mold it into what you need. This hands-on workshop provides developer-to-developer insights and strategies to help you use OpenPublic strategically in your next project.
Who will gain the most from this course?
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Drupal Scout Security Training: Learn to attack and protect your site July 25th
On July 25th, just after the Capital Camp, Ben Jeavons and Greg Knaddison from Drupal Scout will be giving a training about how to secure your Drupal site.
The full day course is $450.
It is broken apart into several sections:
- Introduction to philosophy of development with a security focus
- Overview of most common vulnerabilities
- Specific review of Drupal's most common problems
- Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- Spam/automation
- Cross Site Request Forgeries CSRF
Planning Your Site Workshop
Description
Drupal is more than a content management system. It is a powerful data management framework with the flexibility to be shaped into just about any type of online experience your audience needs. In order to take advantage of this flexibility, you need to see beyond the web page and into the relationship between your site’s content and Drupal’s architecture.
Read moreWant to Build Sites for Government? Learn to Build Better & Faster with OpenPublic
There have been some great examples of OpenPublic work rolling out lately from the Start Up America Partnership and very soon from the Santa Clarity Library System. If you are interested in learning how to build government sites using OpenPublic, then check out this hands-on workshop provides developer-to-developer insights and strategies to help you use OpenPublic strategically in your next project. Phase2 is offering this course the Monday after CapitalCamp.org, and you can learn more about the course and get registered at http://openpublic.eventbrite.com/
Read moreText Blocks in Contact Form
Hi everybody,
I recently set up a contact page on my site. I put a link on my menu bar for the contact form by following these steps:
1.Go to Structure > Menus
2.Click "list links" for the Navigation menu
3.Click "edit" for the menu item "Contact"
4.Select the "enable" checkbox
5.Change the "Parent link" to "Main menu"
6.Click "Save"
Capital Camp
Capital Camp is fast approaching in just 5 more weeks!
So, have you signed up to attend and have you voted on the sessions to be offered?
I of course have one specific one I'm partial to, but then again, this is a government group, so it just seems fitting.
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