Beginner

This year's SANDCamp site started with the great contribution LA Drupal made when they released the codebase for their camp site.

It takes a lot of work to put up a good camp website, and they're only really useful for a month or two! It is, honestly, completely out of proportion, and everyone working on it is a volunteer so tasks can take some time to finish.

But, we want to encourage *more* camps. Part of that effort is making the camp websites as easy as possible.

This session will provide a behind the scenes look at code and development process for VitalSignsME.org. A recently launched website to facilitate teaching science education to students in Maine.

This session will cover the following topics related to the site:
-Background information on the site and it's purpose
-Tour of the entire site including role specific functionality and administrative features
-A brief look at the almost quarter million lines of custom module and theme code
-Discussion of the development process and challenges

We'll be doing a basic camp orientation to let everyone know where to go and when.

We're going to take over 1 session slot and use it as a jobs fair. If you're looking for work or curious about the market, this is the session for you. This will be the last session on Saturday, then it's off to the after party for more networking! :)

Anyone who is looking to hire can sign up. You get 3-5 minutes onstage to talk about your company/position/staff/benefits/answer questions, whatever you like. No more than 5 minutes though.

Sponsors will be given first priority. Volunteer/unpaid posts will also be accepted if there is time.

Introduction to Views

We'll cover the basics of Views, what kind of problems the module is great for solving, and what are its limitations. This session will include some live examples and solutions.

If you're not using Views on your site, or aren't sure why you should be, this session is for you!

Also, developers who think you don't need Views, this is the place to get started.

Topics will lead directly into Brenda's Advanced Views session.

"Failures don't plan to fail; they fail to plan."
Harvey Mackay

Any site with high aspirations should have a plan in place to scale. The key is to identify the components that can help you scale and when you should implement them.

The purpose of this session will be to show how I start creating a custom theme. I'll talk about regions, theme files and, most importantly, css. I'll also explain why I create an initial theme and what that means in the context of working with a small team on a large site.

Learn how to setup Drupal 6 and Ubercart as well as how to connect them both up to the very popular Authorize.net gateway and Paypal standard gateway. Includes base modules as well popular modules to add on.

Basic themeing guidance included.

Determining room and time.

Do you use vim or emacs (or any other text editor) for editing your PHP files?

Is echo/print_r/var_dump how you debug?

Does http://api.drupal.org and http://php.net/manual top your list of web sites most frequently visited?

There is a better way.

In this session you will learn:

How to use Eclipse to help you develop faster and easier!

I'll talk about things that slow you down, and how Eclipse solves those issues to boost your productivity.

Slides are available at http://www.slideshare.net/ChristophWeber/a-first-look-at-drupal

This session will take you through a Drupal site for those new to Drupal. Learn what a Drupal site is and how to navigate through a site, as a site visitor and as an administrator. Understand what Drupal terms such as nodes, blocks, permissions and taxonomy mean.

You will leave this session with a well rounded, basic understanding of the innards of a Drupal site.

Presented by Kathy Hayashi and Christoph Weber