Drupal Drop In - London

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Tue, 10/02/2009 - 12:44 — Robert Castelo

Date:

Fri, 06/03/2009 - 19:00 - 21:00

Can't make it to DrupalCon Washington?

Come and meet up with the local community instead at the Drupal Drop In.

** Please note change in location and start time. **

Our Drop In events normally take place at what was, once-upon-a-time, London's first Internet cafe, just behind Goodge street station. The venue is now called Be The Reds, and is part of a Korean chain, so there's the added bonus of a Korean basement bar and restaurant.

If you have some work to show off or tips to demo, please feel free to come along and bask in our admiration. See you there!

This event is now sold out and we have no more room. If you missed out please come to next months one.

Presentations

Drupal Theme Concepts

A gentle introduction to theming Drupal by Robert Castelo

Themes Past, Present & Future

By Nicolas Borda

Superfish

Dynamic menus by Dan Poka

Securing Your Digital Identity With Drupal

Digital keys and OpenId by mysty@drupal.org

Views 2

Explaining Relationships by Anthony Hunt

Website:

http://drupaldropinmarch2009.eventbrite.com/

Where

Location:

Spring Digital, Cardinal Tower, 12 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3HS

Map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=12+Farringdon+Road+L...

Groups:

Drupal London

Comments

Tue, 10/02/2009 - 14:12 — Robert Castelo

BTR

I like BTR because it's very central, so for the many media workers in the area it's a low commitment event (15 minute walk), and there's a bar in the basement so we can actually sit down and have a drink afterwards even if there's 20+ of us.

I'll look for other venues within walking distance in case there are any more problems on the night. Also if people could register on the Eventbrite page I can send out a mass email with any last minute news.

Tue, 10/02/2009 - 14:14 — Robert Castelo

Presentations

Anyone else want to present or demo?

Wed, 11/02/2009 - 03:16 — poka_dan@drupal.org

Presentations

I could present the Superfish alternative(alternative to Suckerfish) for drop down menus. The thing is if presented with the requirement (client: I want drop down menus!!!) you may want to go for one or the other. Things that may encourage you to go for Superfish menus: 1) Are a bit nicer, you get extra visual effects 2) May never have to worry about some of the 60+ different issues of nice menu module not working properly for IE browsers (http://drupal.org/search/node/nice+menu+IE) that nice menu module maintainers had to solve or are still solving There are also drawbacks which will go into the presentation of course. http://drupalwork.interestsphere.com

Wed, 11/02/2009 - 09:10 — Robert Castelo

Superfish

Hey Dan, I'd be very interested to see a presentation on Superfish, and I think a lot of other people would as well.

A comparison with NiceMenus would be really useful.

Wed, 11/02/2009 - 10:58 — poka_dan@drupal.org

I'm glad..

I'm glad there is interest.. :) http://drupalwork.interestsphere.com

Wed, 11/02/2009 - 15:55 — mysty

Possible presentation

There is a possibility that I can present & demo something along the following lines: Securing your digital identity with Drupal At the moment I am awaiting a response - and a token - from the token manufacturer you put me in touch with, so this slot is a To Be Confirmed for now =).

Thu, 19/02/2009 - 19:07 — mysty

not TBC any more

Hiya, just to confirm that I was sent the hardware eval and will do the aforementioned demo :)

Fri, 13/02/2009 - 10:38 — hunthunthunt

Views

Would be happy to give an overview of the Views module, especially new functionality within Views 2 such as arguments, relationships, ajax, new interface etc. Anthony

Fri, 13/02/2009 - 14:18 — Robert Castelo

Sounds good

Sounds good, but I suggest narrowing the focus to one aspect of Views 2 - arguments, relationships, ajax or new interface.

Wed, 18/02/2009 - 10:24 — hunthunthunt

Good point!

Would be there all night otherwise. I'll give an overview of using relationships with Views 2.

Wed, 18/02/2009 - 11:05 — Robert Castelo

Scanners

Hehe, yeah, plus I think a few people's heads would explode ;-)

Mon, 16/02/2009 - 11:44 — ipwa

Theming concepts sounds nice

Looking forward to Robert's presentation.

Tue, 03/03/2009 - 23:55 — hunthunthunt

@robert

Do you know what presentation facilities (projector) will be available on friday and will there be internet/wifi? Just planning talk now. Thanks, Anthony

Wed, 04/03/2009 - 03:01 — natts

Friday

I would like to come, but Friday's aren't usually much good for me for work-related meet-ups (it's the weekend!). I prefer a school night (though not the first Thursday of the month, as that's http://www.phplondon.org, nor the second Wednesday, as that's http://www.facebookgarage.org.uk). Maybe next time...

Thu, 05/03/2009 - 11:00 — Robert Castelo

Drop In venue change

Please note the change in venue and start time for the Drupal Drop In:

Spring Digital
Cardinal Tower
12 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3HS

Start time is now 7 p.m.

Bring your own drinks and snacks, see you tomorrow!

Tue, 10/03/2009 - 11:46 — gpk

As ever, many thanks to

As ever, many thanks to Robert for getting the show on the road!

Giles Kennedy --> www.alexoria.co.uk

Fri, 13/03/2009 - 20:01 — ipwa

Thanks!!!!

Hey Robert, thanks so much for organizing this, it's one of the best of these drop-ins I've been to. Your presentation was amazing, everyone was stunned at the end, thanks! BTW I posted my presentation on slideshare in case anyone wants to check it out: http://www.slideshare.net/nborda/drupal-theme...

Sun, 15/03/2009 - 14:15 — mysty

Indeed - thanks again

Some more slides from the event posted here: http://drupal.org.uk/slides-march-09-drupal-drop

Great venue too, hoping I can make the next one =)

Sun, 15/03/2009 - 17:52 — Robert Castelo

Drupal Theme Concepts Intro

My Drupal Theme Concepts presentation from the Drupal Drop In is available on our website.

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