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DrupalCamp Colorado -- A Look Back and an Invitation

Posted Fri, 2008-08-01 20:51 by matthew

DrupalCamp Colorado Day 2The camp occurred a week ago. I was making arrangements for bagels in the morning and mapping out the best way for me to get from Westminster to the Camp at Denver Open Media. I was thinking, for a Camp, things seemed pretty well organized. At pingVision we had had several meetings about food. Both Al and I had gone to different Costcos to see about enormous coffee urns and finding none reverted to large cardboard containers enjoyed by all, but not by anyone more than Greggles, who chose to "wheeze the juice". The t-shirts proved awesome--I love mine--and we got some pretty nifty stickers as well.

So, what went well?

CiviCRM--DrupalCamp Colorado 2008

Posted Mon, 2008-07-28 23:32 by matthew

TJ Cook from HiDef Web Solutions, Brian Hiatt from CivicPixel, and Wes Morgan, a key CiviCRM contributor presented CiviCRM at the Camp. CiviCRM is CRM system focused on nonprofits that can stand alone, work with Joomla, or with Drupal. CiviCRM is a complex package with a footprint larger than Drupal Core itself. This session gave participants a taste of what CiviCRM is all about. These are my notes from the session.

Dao of the Drupal Community-DrupalCampColorado

Posted Sun, 2008-07-27 20:29 by matthew

Greg Knaddison directed a session on what we like or we don't. He solicited comments on what confuses and what bugs folks. These are my notes from that session.

The Drupal community is represented by a diverse community comprised volunteers who are paid or hope to be paid.

Theming Out of the Box -- DrupalCampColorado

Posted Sat, 2008-07-26 20:58 by matthew

Matthew Tucker and Preston So gave a presentation on use of theming to make Drupal not look like Drupal. As Dries is fond of pointing out, 3 out of 4 Drupal sites are UGLY. The following are my notes on Matthew and Preston's presentation.

One big issue that Drupal themers have is making Drupal not look like Drupal. They showed:

Colorado Drupal Camp 2008 Opening Session

Posted Sat, 2008-07-26 09:07 by matthew

Colorado Drupal Camp is a Do-ocracy. DrupalCamp is what you make of it. Those who picked up pieces to organize make the camp what it is. If you are participating in the camp and upload photos, videos, or post blog posts please tag it "drupalcampcolorado". The IRC channel being used for this little event is #drupalcamp.