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DrupalCon Paris: seven days to go

By OriPekelman on

Just a week to go, and we are busy, frenetically working on the last details to get you the coolest, most fun, most informative Drupal Conference ever. We cannot but express our regrets to those who will not be able to join us: know that we have worked hard to get you as much video coverage as possible, so you can still follow the conference.

As you all may know, organizing an event of this stature is no easy deal and we are fully expecting to still meet bumps on the road in the next seven days but.. we know that with your support we'll be able to surmount anything. God willing, this time Wi-fi will work :)

So, some additional information about how well this is going:

  • There will be over 850 people in attendance from all over the world.
  • We have a line up of 82 sessions lead by members of the Drupal community, not counting the dozens of BoF sessions.
  • We have 42 sponsors (6 Platinum, 2 Gold, 12 Silver, and 22 Bronze) representing Drupal service providers and corporate users including major national and international software and media companies with familiar sponsors like MTV and Microsoft.
  • There are still two opportunities left for your company to be a sponsor (Gold and Silver), you will not be on the printed materials but, we will get you the exposure both at the venue and online, remember: benefits from the sponsorship go to furthering the Drupal community if interested, hurry and use the contact form on the conference website.
  • We have a great job fair lined up with the top Drupal service providers hiring from the best and the brightest developers and business persons the community has to offer.
  • We have added DrupalCampParis4 to the first day of Drupalcon! Please sign up online on the Barcamp website.
  • Lastly, we have sold 25 of the 30 remaining late registration tickets. There are only 5 tickets left! If you are interested in attending Drupalcon Paris and need a ticket, please purchase one today before they are all sold out.

Who's afraid of Drupal? New Drupal Video Podcast for beginners

By 4v4l0n42 on

Hi!
I've been working with a colleague for quite some time, we're both Drupal enthusiasts, and we decided to experiment on the creation of a video podcast for Drupal beginners.

Today we present you the result of this experiment:

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

How to build a news aggregating web site with Drupal 6

By websesame on

A news aggregating website can be used to display live RSS feeds from different sites. Let's take a case where you will like to have a website which will display the most important news from all the newspapers in your country . All you will need to do is go to the web sites of these newspapers and get the feed from the sections you want to display on your web site. Using Drupal's aggregator module completing the website is extremely easy and can be done in less than one hour. See how I created a very unique demo project at

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

Panels 3 released

By juan_g on

Panels 3 (for Drupal 6.x) has been released yesterday (August 19, 2009). Congratulations to Earl/Merlin and all.

Info:

Panels 3.0 and CTools 1.0 OFFICIAL released!
New Panels 3 UI screenshots
Panels 6.x-3.0
Panels

Vote for Drupal-related sessions at SXSW 2010!

By gdemet on

SXSW Panel Picker

Every year around this time, the organizers of South by Southwest (SXSW) solicit the opinions of the online community about what sessions to include in their annual Interactive Festival. SXSW is a popular festival and conference held every spring in Austin, Texas, dedicated to bringing together creative indviduals from around the world to celebrate the newest ideas in music, film, and interactive technology.

Not only does the main SXSW Web site run Drupal, but for the last few years, SXSW has featured a number of well-attended Drupal-related sessions. Because SXSW attracts a different audience than Drupalcon, it's a great opportunity to introduce Drupal to folks who may not otherwise be familiar with it. 2008's Content Management System Roundup panel helped Zappos.com decide to start using Drupal, and this year's Ultimate Showdown of Content Management System Destiny, which featured Drupal, Joomla! and Wordpress pitted against each other in an "Iron Chef"-style competition, attracted an overflow audience and generated great buzz for all three open source platforms.

A number of really great session proposals that are either Drupal-related or would be presented by well-known figures in the Drupal community have been suggested for next year's Interactive Festival, which will run March 12-16, 2010. Even if you're not planning to attend SXSW, you have the opportunity to register your support for these proposals by going to the Panel Picker, which is a Web site that allows you to review, vote for, and comment on all of the more than 2000 panel proposals. The festival's organizers take feedback from this site into account when making their decisions for which panels are included in the final program. The Panel Picker will be open until September 4, and the final panel selections will be announced starting in October.

If you’re interested in having Drupal represented at SXSW, providing positive feedback for these session proposals is a great and easy way to show your support. And if we've missed any, let us know in the comments below:

Finally Made It!

By c2ckid on

It took a "while", and I stress a "while" for me to get drupal installed. What did I use? Apache2Triad and FileZilla Client. Yeah-just never you stop by obstacles. 10-4 I'm out!

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