Drupal UK
Would occasional Oxford-based code sprints be a good idea?
North West Drupal User Group - Manchester
MadLab, here we come!
Here's the line-up for this month:
* Welcome and introductions
* Drupal news and upcoming events
* Eli's Fantastic Introduction to the Wonderful World of Profiling and Debugging like Real Grown Ups Do
Whilst client side tools such as Firebug and Webkit's Developer Tools can show you how long it is taking to request a page and all its dependencies, to work out why a particular php request took so long requires a little more introspection. We'll look at how you can use xDebug to generate profiliing files and then analyse them using KCachegrind to find your bottlenecks.
Whilst we're playing with xDebug, we'll also look at how you can integrate it into your development environment so you can pause page generation part way through a request, inspect and even change variables in scope and follow the path of execution step by step.
* Profiling and Debugging Q&A
* General Drupal Q&A
* Drupalcon Copenhagen round up (warning: may include holiday snap type photos)
* Close and pub
If anyone else would like to do a demo or give a talk let me know beforehand.
Admission is free and there will be the usual light refreshments provided by MabLab for a small (or large) donation.
Website: http://madlab.org.uk/content/north-west-drupal-user-group-7/ Where Location: MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36-40+Edge+St,+Man... Telephone: 07815 902 358
nwdug-blue-200.jpg
Drupal Networking Evening, Cambridge - 13 Sep 2010, 7pm
Come join us at our Drupal Networking Evening in Cambridge. Please RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/drupalcambs
We will be at Arts Picturehouse from 7pm to 9:30pm. This is a great opportunity to meet other Drupalists socially in a friendly and relaxed environment for a chat about Drupal and anything else you may have in common. We have a good spectrum of advanced, intermediate and beginner Drupalists. New members are very welcome too. This is a free event.
Hosts: Jeff Veit and Anthony Albertyn.
Website: http://www.meetup.com/drupalcambs Where Location: Cambeidge, UK
DrupalCon Copenhagen Pub Meetup
The Old English Pub
7:30 p.m. - 9:30, Thursday 26th August
Vesterbrogade 2B, 1620 Copenhagen
http://www.oldenglishpub.dk/about.html
Then on to The FooBar for the rest of the night - other bars may be visited time and budget allowing ;-)
Website: http://www.oldenglishpub.dk/about.html Where Location: The Old English Pub, Vesterbrogade 2B, 1620 Copenhagen Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Vesterbrogade+2B,+1620+Copenhagen&oe=utf-8&rls=o...Presentation Links - Drupal Focus On Publishers
The following presentations from the Drupal Focus On Publishers event are now available online. Enjoy.
Adding Enterprise Search To A Website by David Stuart
http://www.slideshare.net/dstuartnz/enterprise-search-indrupalpub
Relaunching The Look.co.uk Website by Tom Singer
http://www.slideshare.net/tomsinger/relaunching-the-lookcouk-website-499...
Drupal Video and Drupal Security by Jakub Suchy
http://www.dynamiteheads.com/blog/jakub-suchy/drupal-focus-publishers-dr...
Drupal Security Additional Reading (Book + White Paper) by Robert Castelo
http://www.scribd.com/doc/36343781/Drupal-Security-Reading
EurActiv.com: An Editorial Workflow In Three Languages by Vamory Traore
http://www.web-a-team.com/sites/all/files/Drupal_Workflow_3Languages.pdf
News Stand To Screen,The Cheap And Easy Route by Bill Kay
http://www.billk2.com/node/216
Drupal Gardens for Publishers by Bryan House
http://www.slideshare.net/AcquiaInc/drupal-gardens-for-publishers
Aggregating Content, The Lancet Case Study by Darren Mothersele
http://www.darrenmothersele.com/files/d4p.pdf
NGOs round-table session at DrupalCon Copenhagen
Coming to DrupalCon Copenhagen next week? Interested in Drupal and NGOs/not-for-profits? If so, there's a round-table session you might want to attend on Tuesday 24 August.
This "Birds of a Feather" or BOF session will take place 10:00-10:50, just before Dries' keynote, and is intended for NGOs, not-for-profits, charities etc. and people working with such organisations.
We want not-for-profits to be able to pass on their experiences to each other, and hopefully in the BOF we can provide an environment where questions, worries, problems and general difficulties can all be aired, and then other people can chip in wih their experiences or advice. It might also be a good opportunity for getting to know other people in the sector.
Hope to see as many of you as possible in Copenhagen!
Website: http://cph2010.drupal.org/sessions/drupal-ngos-and-not-profits Where Location: Bella Center, Copenhagen
North West Drupal User Group
The north west Drupal user group will be meeting at the wonderful MadLab again this month!
Here’s how it's shaping up this time:
Welcome and introductions
Drupal news and upcoming events
Show and tell - www.thecareerbreaksite.com by Jane Trimmer
H2CM site sprint info by Peter Jones
Backup, update/upgrade, make sandwiches and more with Drush by Ste Mount
Possibly another talk or Q&A
Close and pub
If anyone else would like to do a demo or give a talk let me know beforehand.
Admission is free and there will be the usual light refreshments provided by MabLab for a small (or large) donation.
nwdug-blue-200.jpg
London Drupal Beer and Chat for August
It's that time again! Hot on the heels of DrupalCon Copenhagen, comes the beer and chat for August. For those who aren't able to make it to DC-CH, they'll be plenty of people to share the latest goings on. We'll be upstairs in the Square Pig on Tuesday 31st.
If you haven't come along to a meetup yet, all are welcome whether you're a veteran or just finding your feet. We're a friendly bunch, a good mix of coders, creative and biz devs. Come along any time after 7pm, grab a drink, have a chat and stay for as long or short time as you like.
Please RVSP here:
http://www.meetup.com/London-Drupal-Pub-Meet/calendar/14340151/
Website: http://www.meetup.com/London-Drupal-Pub-Meet/calendar/14340151/ Where Location: Square Pig, HolbornDrupal e-commerce solutions with Ubercart
Date: Friday, 1st October
Time: 9:00am till 5:00pm (including lunch and breaks)
Location: BrightLemon ™, Unit 8, Zeus House, Provost Street, London, N1 7NG
Cost: £495 (10% discount available for charities, BIMA, RSA and Intellect members)
The course will introduce you to the world of e-commerce Drupal style and show what a powerful and flexible suite of solutions is available. We will build a shop from scratch and through the process explore the various modules and techniques that are required. The main focus is around the Ubercart set of modules.
Who's suitable for this Drupal training course?
This course is suitable for site builders and developers (programmers) that want to get a head start with the Ubercart module.
What do I need to know beforehand?
A basic understanding of Drupal and its main modules such as Views and CCK are required.
What do I need to bring?
Bring your laptop as you can follow along with the course development but it is not necessary.
Payment and costs
- £495 companies/individuals
- £445 - 10% discount for charities, BIMA, RSA and Intellect members. To receive this discount, please contact info@brightlemon.com with proof of membership, will we then distribute a discount code for you.
Delivery and content
- Installing Ubercart
- Basic Configuration
- Set up products and catalog
- The cart and checkout process
- Customize products with attributes
- Product classes
- Conditional Actions
- Handling Shipping
- Sales Taxes
- Selling downloads
- Selling access to sites (roles)
- Theming
- A look at some useful modules
Who is your teacher?
Ronald Ashri has over 12 years of experience in web and distributed networking application development. Previous to focusing full-time on Drupal-based development he was a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton collaborating with a variety of industry research departments such as British Telecom Labs, SRI International and IT Innovation.
He has authored and and co-authored a variety of books and articles including "Agent-Based Software Engineering", "Professional Java Mobile Programming", "Professional Java E-commerce".
For the past 3 years Ronald has been focusing exclusively on web application development using Drupal. He has worked on a range of Drupal websites from e-commerce, to intranets, integrations with legacy back-ends and social networking sites and is an active member of the wider Drupal community.
Ronald holds a PhD in Computer Science from Southampton University and a BSc from Warwick University.
Terms and conditions
- All cancellations must be no later than 3 weeks prior to the event date. Such cancellations are subject to a handling and administration charge of £100 + VAT per place.
- The company regrets that no cancellations are acceptable within 21 days of the event date but a replacement can be made.
- BrightLemon reserves the right to make changes to the programme, venue, and speakers without prior notice. In the event of a terrorist alert or any other incident BrightLemon will not offer refunds to delegates unless the event is cancelled in which case BrighLemon Ltd will retain up to 50% of the ticket cost.
drupaltrainingPLAIN.jpg
Drupal training - Drupal Development with Views and CCK
Date: Tursday, 30th September
Time: 9:00am till 5:00pm (including lunch and breaks)
Location: BrightLemon ™, Unit 8, Zeus House, Provost Street, London, N1 7NG
Cost: £495 (10% discount available for charities, BIMA, RSA and Intellect members)
Drupal is a powerful CMS solution on its own - but the add-on modules of Views and CCK take that flexibility to a whole new level. This day is dedicated to turning you into an expert of how to integrate the two modules to get a lot done quickly.
Delivery and content
- Brief Introduction and Overview
- Content Construction in Drupal
- The Content Construction Kit
- Basic fields types (text, decimal, float, integer)
- The structure of fields and where they fit in Drupal
- Field widgets and Field formatters
- Single / Multiple value Fields, shared Fields
- Node Reference and User Reference Fields
- File (and image) Fields
- Fine-grained access control for fields
- Building Views of Content
- The building blocks of Views
- The building blocks of Views
- View Filters
- View Arguments
- Exposing filters
- Views Displays
- Views Attachments
- Theming a view
- Saving and re-using views
- Helpful modules for Views
Who's suitable for this Drupal training course?
This course is suitable for people familiar with Drupal who may have used Views and CCK already (although that is not necessary) and now want to gain an in-depth understanding of how the modules work and how to really get the most out of them.
What do I need to know beforehand?
A basic understanding of Drupal.
What do I need to bring?
Bring your laptop as you can follow along with the course development but it is not necessary.
Payment and costs
- £495 companies/individuals
- £445 - 10% discount for charities, BIMA, RSA and Intellect members. To receive this discount, please contact info@brightlemon.com with proof of membership, will we then distribute a discount code for you.
Who is your teacher?
Ronald Ashri has over 12 years of experience in web and distributed networking application development. Previous to focusing full-time on Drupal-based development he was a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton collaborating with a variety of industry research departments such as British Telecom Labs, SRI International and IT Innovation.
He has authored and and co-authored a variety of books and articles including "Agent-Based Software Engineering", "Professional Java Mobile Programming", "Professional Java E-commerce".
For the past 3 years Ronald has been focusing exclusively on web application development using Drupal. He has worked on a range of Drupal websites from e-commerce, to intranets, integrations with legacy back-ends and social networking sites and is an active member of the wider Drupal community.
Ronald holds a PhD in Computer Science from Southampton University and a BSc from Warwick University.
Terms and conditions
- All cancellations must be no later than 3 weeks prior to the event date. Such cancellations are subject to a handling and administration charge of £100 + VAT per place.
- The company regrets that no cancellations are acceptable within 21 days of the event date but a replacement can be made.
- BrightLemon reserves the right to make changes to the programme, venue, and speakers without prior notice. In the event of a terrorist alert or any other incident BrightLemon will not offer refunds to delegates unless the event is cancelled in which case BrighLemon Ltd will retain up to 50% of the ticket cost.
drupaltrainingPLAIN.jpg
DrupalCon Trainings are for everyone
On August 23rd, the day before the main conference kicks off, you'll be able to attend training sessions facilitated by leading Drupal experts. This is your chance to learn the latest best practices from some of the most respected members of the Drupal community at a very affordable price.
You can attend the training sessions even if you're not going to the main conference, but if you buy a ticket for a training session together with a ticket for the conference, we will subtract €30 from the price of your conference ticket (making it €249 + VAT).
The trainings will take place on Monday, August 23rd from 9am to 5pm at the main conference venue. Your ticket includes coffee, tea, and water, and a catered lunch consisting of salads, cold cuts, and warm meals (one vegetarian alternative will be provided).
We hope to see you at DrupalCon Copenhagen!
DrupalCon CPH 2010 trainings team
Presented by the Drupal Dream Team
Learn best practices for building large-scale Drupal sites. The session is not an introduction: it is designed for those who are already versed in the underlying technologies that power Drupal and will focus on running Drupal in a standard LAMP environment. Read more…
Drupal Powered E-commerce €350Presented by Commerce Guys
Join the Drupal e-commerce professionals in Copenhagen for an entire day of hands-on training covering everything you need to start selling on Drupal. We'll introduce students to the major e-commerce systems for Drupal and shepherd you from the conceptual to the practical by building a community swag store together. Read more…
Introduction to module development €250Presented by Zivtech
A hands-on introduction to building a custom module. Attendees will leave with a working knowledge of the menu and hook systems and the database layer. Read more…
Security: Process, code and hands-on training €350Presented by Growing Venture Solutions
Web security threats are real, and your site is probably vulnerable to attack. In this full-day session you'll learn how to make your site and processes secure. Read more…
Drupal Fundamentals: Building a Collaborative Development Environment €350Presented by Trellon
A day of hands-on instruction on how to manage the development process using open source technologies, focusing on issues such as server configuration, automated code review, effective use of code repositories, and employing collaboration tools to allow teams to communicate more effectively. Read more…
Drupal for absolute beginners is released to the international community.
As per the request from all the corners. I have released the book "Drupal For absolute beginners" at an international publisher, lulu.com.Please see the book at http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/drupal-for-absolute-beginners/1160...
Also you can preview some pages at.Please feel free to comment on the book.
http://www.4shared.com/document/zopQuLar/preview.html
Dedicated Drupal jobs/hiring site
Hi all,
We were wondering if a dedicated Drupal hiring site would be useful. At the moment it's sort of spread across a few sites, and the jobs section in g.o, while very useful, isn't really the best tool for the job (our own opinion, and from what we've been told).
So we thought we would create a dedicated site where you can post jobs, fixed bid projects and also apply for work and show off your Drupal dev profile. We want to keep the quality high and allow users to filter irrelevant content and spam. Most of all, we want this to be useful to the community.
In order to to this, we'd like your help in giving us a bit of input to help shape the service.
Please have a look at http://drupalhire.net and help us by answering the very short questionnaire.
Any feedback here would be welcome too!
Cheers,
Farez
Special Event: Introduction to Drupal - Cambridge 16 August 2010
Are you new to Drupal or interested in considering Drupal as a content management system or social publishing platform?
You are invited to join Jeff Veit and Anthony Albertyn for a low-key special event in Cambridge. We will be available to answer your questions about Drupal, give mini demonstrations and guidance on how to get started with Drupal. Spaces are very limited so please RSVP asap.
We are a friendly group and new members are most welcome.
This event replaces our Drupal Presentation evening for August as a one-off.
To any of our more experienced members who are getting withdrawal symptoms, we can recommend attending the Drupal Focus on Publishers event in London on the 13th August 2010.
Please RSVP for our special event at this link: http://www.meetup.com/drupalcambs/calendar/14261864/
Where Location: Cambridge, UK
Lullabot's Drupal Module Development Deep Dive week in London, UK (+ special discount!)
Hey there, UK friends! :) Lullabot loves you. As proof of that love, we're doing our first ever public workshops in the UK in September. That's right, Lullabot is coming to Europe, so don't miss it! We'll be holding back-to-back workshops on Drupal module development at Dexter House in London, Monday through Friday, September 20-24!
And because Lullabot loves you, we're posting a special discount code for you to save an extra 5% at registration. Register before August 20th and save even more while the early bird special is available!
Discount Code: DRUPALUK5
Find out more at http://lbt.me/london-deepdive
Hope to see you there! :D
DrupalCon London Concept Challenge
Deadline: 10 a.m. 5th August 2010
Sharpen your pencils, we need a strong concept for DrupalCon London that we can use as a starting point for logos, banners, t-shirts, slogans and all other promotional material.
Your concept should be an idea in the form of a written proposal and/or graphic.
One entry will be selected by the DrupalCon London team to be used across all marketing material for the event. All other entries will be showcased here and on Flickr.
The concept must include Drupal and something internationally recognisable about London. It should also communicate both the professionalism and community behind Drupal.
An example concept might be a black cab London taxi, with the slogan “Get The Drupal Knowledge”, and a version of Druplicon. This concept would gain points for strong imagery, but would be marked down because The Knowledge isn’t instantly internationally recognisable.
Rules- Must be understandable to an international audience
- The concept and all submitted wording and graphics must be your own original work, and licensed using Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence
- Don't include anything which might possibly cause offense
- The organiser’s decision is final
- The DrupalCon London team reserve the right to reject all entries if no concept stands out
- Make us look good!
Add a comment to this page with your idea, if you have a graphic post it to the Flickr group DrupalCon London Concepts, then add the Flicker embed code to your comment here, e.g. [ flickr-photo:id=230452326,size=s ]
You are encouraged to adapt and improve other entries, in the best traditions of the Drupal community this challenge should be tackled collaboratively!
DrupalCon London 2011
The 2011 European DrupalCon will be held in London (tbc).
Drupal Administration Course in Manchester, UK
Now you have your Drupal site, how do you use it?
We'll show you how to administer Drupal: from adding and editing content to managing users and permissions, tagging your content and even setting up a forum.
You'll need to bring a laptop: this is a hands-on course and you'll be building and administering a Drupal site throughout the day.
More information at http://menusandblocks.co.uk/drupal-training/drupal-administration
Drupal Focus On Publishers
The Drupal London community, IPC, Adub, and Code Positive are pleased to invite you to a half day event focusing on the benefits and challenges of using Drupal in publishing.
Whether you are evaluating Drupal or running in production, this yearly event is a great opportunity to learn from other publisher's experiences, put your questions to the experts, and connect with the London Drupal community.
Drupal Focus On Publishers is a free event but you must RSVP to attend:
Introduction To Drupal
Robert Castelo, Director, Code Positive,
An introductory guide to what Drupal is, who makes it, and where it came from.
Relaunching The Look.co.uk Website
Tom Singer, Technical Team Lead, IPC Media
A case study of how the Look.co.uk website was succesfully relaunched using Drupal.
Building A Scalable Microsite
Mark Evans, Technical Team Lead, IPC Media
A case study of the cutting-edge technical architecture employed in the recent Dell Sack the DJ microsite for NME.com
Enterprise Integration with Drupal Web Services
Django Beatty, Managing Director Adub
A selection of case-studies showing how Drupal functionality can be easily integrated with existing diverse systems in your organisation.
Adding Enterprise Search To A Website
David Stuart, Technical Manager and Owner, Axis Twelve
How Apache Solr can be used to add highly scalable, fast, and feature rich search to a Drupal website.
Professional Drupal Site Building
Stewart Robinson, Director, Full Fat Things
Strategies to build great sites that last.
Drupal Video Handling
Jakub Suchy, Director, Dynamite Heads
A guide to video handling options using Drupal.
EurActiv.com: An Editorial Workflow In Three Languages
Vamory Traore, Technical Manager, The Web A-Team
How to implement an editorial workflow involving journalists, reviewers and translators with Drupal.
Drupal Security Overview
Robert Castelo, Director, Code Positive
Jakub Suchy, Director, Dynamite Heads
Best practises for site adminstrators and developers to keep a Drupal website secure. Presented by members of the Drupal Security Team.
+ More presentations to be confirmed......
LunchPub lunch and socialising from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. at The Refinery, which is on the ground floor of the same building as the event. Please tick the 'Lunch' checkbox to reserve a seat, food prices £9 - £20.
We will also go to The Refinery for drinks after the event.
BooksPackt Publishing have kindly donated Drupal books to be won by a few lucky attendees.
What is Drupal?Based on it's feature set and the strength of it's community, Forrester Research have recommended Drupal as one of the top web applications for enterprise use.
Out of the box Drupal provides a rich toolset to manage the content and behaviour of your website, including content management and advanced community building features.
Drupal is also framework for rapid development, so new features such as eCommerce can be quickly added by installing a plug in from a library of existing modules, over 6,500 currently available, or you can develop your own modules and plug them in.
Who's Using Drupal?New York Observer, MTV UK, The Economist, Mute, IFRA, Hachette-Filipacchi, IPC....and many more. You've probably been to a Drupal site without realising it.
NoteThe event will be limited to 140 attendees. If it fills up before you get a ticket, please add yourself to the waiting list.
The tag for this event is dfpublishers2010, all presentations will be available after the event.
IPC, Adub, And Code Positive
IPC produces over 85 iconic media brands, with our print brands alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 44% of UK men – almost 27 million UK adults – while our online brands collectively reach 20 million users every month.
IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, with a focus on three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women.
IPC Digital is the division of IPC Media responsible for the web technology behind many of IPC's iconic brands. Reaching nearly 20 million consumers each month, IPC's fast-growing websites and innovative digital campaigns are an important part of IPC's cross-platform offering for some of the UK's leading advertisers. IPC's websites aim to inform, entertain and inspire consumers across a wide variety of subjects, whatever their individual interest or passion.
IPC Media’s top websites include goodtoknow.co.uk, marieclaire.co.uk, housetohome.co.uk, trustedreviews.com, nme.com, nuts.co.uk, mousebreaker.com, ybw.com, whatsontv.co.uk, wallpaper.com, instyle.co.uk, womanandhome.com, nowmagazine.co.uk, horseandhound.co.uk, cyclingweekly.co.uk, look.co.uk, countrylife.co.uk, decanter.com, whatdigitalcamera.co.uk and loaded.co.uk
Adub is a specialist Drupal consultancy for enterprise, with in-depth experience of major brands within the publishing industry, providing end-to-end site development services and consulting in strategy and planning, module selection and development, scalability and performance tuning, migration and upgrades.
Code Positive is a Drupal specialist consultancy based in London with a long history of involvement in the Drupal community.
Website: http://dfpublishers2010.eventbrite.com Where Location: Blue Fin Building 110 Southwark St, London SE1 0SU United Kingdom Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=110%20Southwark%20St,+London,+London+SE1%200SU+Uni...761205787.png
