LADrupal

This months meeting will feature a presentation on Drupal deployments by Drupal shop WorkHabit.

Today I found a very informative blog post on the boxes and arrows user interface and web usability website that talks all about creating a better search experience for website visitors. During the Birds of a Feather session at DrupalCon Boston many of these key aspects of search were discussed and are on the agenda to be addressed at the Minnesota Search Sprint next weekend.

Last weekend we held our first hands on Drupal Theming and Site Building workshop. The workshop was a success in helping the participants fully visualize the process that is known as Drupal theming. Many contributed modules were covered like Views, Panels, CCK, Emfield and more. Special attention was given to the properly using template file overrides and working with the template.php file from the Zen theme.

Today I am posting some of the notes and code snippets that were used during instruction and demonstration for all to enjoy.

Basic Theme Variable Debugging

This months meeting will have 2 prepaired presentations including:

• Drupal + Flash = Services Module: Scott Nelson, an LA Drupal member & a Drupal Module Maintainer, will be presenting a valuable session on the Services Module, showing all the steps and things you need to know to connect Flash (or Flex) with Drupal. This presentation should not be missed!
• To be determined

Another great meetup. Expect a few presentations and some open mic. Read more over at the event post on the group website: http://groups.drupal.org/node/9601. See you there!

Location
525 Venezia Ave
Venice, CA 90291

Our second course at the RMI will cover theming for Drupal 6. Expect to learn the ins and outs of theming for Drupal. Even if your not familiar with theming or PHP, we still recommend the course. We will start from the basics and work our way to the top.

Course Description:
This session will teach Drupal users how to theme the latest Drupal 6. Things have changed from last version and this course is here to tell you what's changed. Learn the basics and more to get confident and results from your Drupal theming efforts.

Our second course at the RMI will cover theming for Drupal 6. Expect to learn the ins and outs of theming for Drupal. Even if your not familiar with theming or PHP, we still recommend the course. We will start from the basics and work our way to the top.

Course Description:
This session will teach Drupal users how to theme the latest Drupal 6. Things have changed from last version and this course is here to tell you what's changed. Learn the basics and more to get confident and results from your Drupal theming efforts.

This is the first of our upcoming hands on Drupal workshops that we are teaching at the Rich Media Institute in Venice, CA. We have developed the course to be a comprehensive two day workshop that will guide the average Drupal user/site admin through the process of creating and customizing modules.

To sign up for the workshop and get more details on what the course will be covering: http://www.richmediainstitute.com/training/drupalmodules/

This is the first of our upcoming hands on Drupal workshops that we are teaching at the Rich Media Institute in Venice, CA. We have developed the course to be a comprehensive two day workshop that will guide the average Drupal user/site admin through the process of creating and customizing modules.

To sign up for the workshop and get more details on what the course will be covering: http://www.richmediainstitute.com/training/drupalmodules/

Chris Charlton from the Rich Media Institute will be doing a Drupal 5 Themes online workshop on Saturday the 22nd. So if you have an internet connection and a browser with a flash player this is a great time to get an introduction to theming your Drupal 5 sites.

From the RMI website:

This session will teach users how to theme the popular Drupal 5. Theming Drupal isn't just editing a single CSS file, and this Nanocamp will cover all those key points you need to know to start any professional theming.