2013
Thanks for a Great DrupalCamp Dallas 2013!
Another DrupalCamp Dallas has come and gone, and thanks to our speakers, sponsors and campers, #5 this year was certainly a resounding success.
We'll see many of you in Portland in May, and be sure to put DrupalCamp Austin, June 21-23 on your schedule.
Look for a post-Camp survey arriving in your email soon, and please be honest with your feedback, so we can have an even better Camp next year.
Welcome to Dallas Drupal Camp 2013
Sat, April 13, 2013; Curtis Culwell Center, Garland, TX
The Session Schedule Is Posted!
Organized for the fifth year by the Dallas Drupal Users Group and LevelTen Interactive, DrupalCamp Dallas is a community-centered event for learning, teaching and sharing Drupal, the premier open source Content Management Framework for building marketing-leading websites and web applications.
Join us all day Saturday, April 13th for around 20 diverse sessions, from beginner to advanced, for Drupal admins and users, sitebuilders, themers and developers. Our Keynote speaker will be Jeff Walpole from Phase2.
DrupalCamp Dallas is a low-cost community event, so we need speakers, sponsors and volunteers to make it happen. Please consider picking up a sponsorship or helping us run the Camp.
Can Drupal be a Disruptive Force in Social Business Software?
Track:
Drupal Case Studies / Best Practices Whether you call it an intranet, a portal, social software or a collaboration tool, chances are your organization has a web-accessible system for knowledge management.
The bad news is that it may fail. A Gartner study shows that 80% of social business efforts will not achieve their intended purpose. Can Drupal be a disruptive force in this space? Drupal excels in third party integrations, offers flexibility, and unlike most options, is open source. But the industry leaders are large and getting larger.
How can we develop an open source collaboration software strategy that is successful?
Experience level:
Beginner
Time slot:
13 April 08:45 - 10:00 Presenter(s):
Intro to Drupal Training
Just added - if you buy a ticket to the Results Oriented Web (ROW) Summit at the same venue on Friday, you can attend a full day of Intro to Drupal training at the same time. You'll go from Drupal newbie to building your first site in just one day. And attend any ROW sessions you'd like.
If you've already signed up for DrupalCamp, use the code shown on the right sidebar on this site (while you are logged in) for a highly discounted $35 rate!
Drupal in a Day
Drupal in a Day is a beginner level workshop designed to walk attendees through the creation of a Drupal website from start to finish. Using the instructor's prebuilt Drupal site for reference, participants will begin with a blank website and from there learn how to add and manage users as well as custom content (including turning on and off comments, or setting comments to read only). This workshop also covers creation of custom content types and views to display this content in various parts throughtout the site including custom blocks and list pages.
Because this class is designed to be an overview and not an in-depth course, it is perfect for people who are looking for a hands-on introduction, or are on the fence about using Drupal. Those seeking a more comprehensive Drupal site-building workshop should attend the Drupal for Site Builders course.
The workshop fee includes lunch and materials. It is recommended that you bring your own laptop. If you are unable to bring a laptop, we will supply you with a "loaner" provided that advanced notice is given to the workshop coordinator.
LEARNING GOALS
Managing content, navigation and taxonomy
Extending Drupal through modules
Understanding theming and modifying page layouts
User management and permissions
Modifying and creating content types
Fields (CCK) basics
Simple views
COURSE FORMAT
The is a one-day course with a mixture of lecture, demonstrations, exercises, and workshop time.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This introductory workshop is suitable for those who have little or no previous experience with Drupal. It is ideal for students and employees from a variety of business roles (i.e. owners, managers, marketers, and web developers) who desire to see the power of Drupal in a hands-on, interactive, instructor led environment.
PREREQUISITES
Attendees should have an interest in learning about content management systems. No prior web development or Drupal skills are required. Some previous understanding of content management & Drupal are helpful.
Results Oriented Web Summit
Join us for the Results Oriented Web Summit on Friday, April 12th at the same venue.
The Results Oriented Web Summit focuses on the core disciplines for online success - content, design & user experience (UX), marketing and project management. The conference is organized by community leaders bringing together top experts in their field.
Drupal Development Best Practices & Building Sites on Pantheon
Hands on Training session:
Drupal Development Best Practices & Building Sites on Pantheon
Saturday April 13th at 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Are you using version control to develop your Drupal site? Do you have separate dev, test and live environments? Do you know how to use a continuous integration workflow? Want to learn about how to use Pantheon to save you development time & resources?
In collaboration with Drupal Dallas Camp, Pantheon will be hosting a hands-on two hour work session and training focused on saving time and pain in Drupal development by using developer workflow tools & best practices.
Participants will come out of the session with a foundational understanding of git, the best-practice Drupal CI/deployment workflow, and how using Pantheon makes Drupal development easier.
Josh Koenig
Co-Founder, Pantheon