DrupalCamp SF: Two day intensive Drupal Training Apr 1/2

Read about it here:http://drupal-camp.org/camps/sfapril

Register here:http://drupal-camp.org/camps/sfapril/register

The first official Drupal-Camp will be held on April 1 & 2, 2006 in San Francisco. This intensive two day Drupal training program will focus on Drupal theme development with the PHP Template Theme Engine. Jeff Robbins from Lullabot will lead the training. The two-day workshop will be open to 10-15 developers who are experienced in XHTML/CSS web design. The training will focus on creating fully featured Drupal sites that are highly customized.

Training

Training will be administered by Jeff Robbins, co-founder of Lullabot. Drupal sites Jeff has built include Participate.net and FearlessLiving.com.

Logistics

Date: April 1, 2 2006
Location: Compumentor, 435 Brannan Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, 94110 (Map, Directions)

Schedule

Day 1, Morning

  1. Introductions
  2. Drupal 101: How to use your Drupal install
  3. What's Possible with Drupal: Walking trainees through a highly customized site and pointing out the Drupal elements
  4. PHPTemplate 101: File structure, template.php, .css
  5. How Drupal functions: Node Object, User Object

Lunch Break

Day 1, Afternoon

  1. Conceiving a theme: How to design a theme for Drupal
  2. Developer toolset: Web developer module, browser plugins
  3. Trainees begin to work on their themes
  4. Regroup & Q/A

Dinner

  1. TBD

Day 2, Morning

  1. Drupal Community 101: How you get help and how to participate.
  2. Themable functions: node types, profile, blocks, calendar
  3. Work on themes one-on-one and in small groups

Lunch

Day 2, Afternoon

  1. Work on themes one-on-one and in small groups
  2. Q & A session
  3. Wrapup

Fees

Drupal Camp SF will cost $500 for each trainee.

Curriculum

All curriculum will be contributed back to the community under a Creative Commons licence. Drupal Camp SF will be video taped and extensive notes will be taken on our wiki.

Credits

Sponsors: CivicActions, CivicSpaceLabs Foundation, CompuMentor
Producers: CivicSpaceLabs Foundation, CivicActions

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

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