Schedule

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Friday

5:00 pm| Kickoff code sprint (Station C)

Saturday

TimeC201C204
09:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Opening plenary
11:00Extreme Navigation Tactics

Ok, so maybe the use of “Extreme” in the title of this session was just a cheap way to peak your interest.

In this session I’ll discuss…

Drupal for newbies: Basic concepts & building blocks

Drupal can be quite disorienting for new users. This interactive session will be geared at providing an overview of the basic concepts and…

12:00Tips & Tricks for Building a Multilingual Website with Drupal

This session will provide an overview of building a multilingual website. I’ll cover how to take advantage of existing modules, pitfalls to…

My site's too popular! Now what?

How to optimize Drupal, MySQL, and Apache to handle high server load. Presentation followed by open discussion.

13:00
Lunch
14:00Panels 3: An overview of one of the most powerful modules out there

Panels 3 is an amazingly powerful tool for building websites. So much so, in fact, that I wonder if I’ll ever do another website without it…

Taming the Media Monster

Drupal modules exist to implement best practices in web interactivity for a wide range of media types.Taming coding bugs, configuration…

15:00Advanced 960gs theming with Omega

A follow up to my presentation at Drupalcon Paris on the 960gs in Drupal.

I’ve touched on basic 960gs...

Apache Solr: More than just a better search

Will cover how implementing apache solr with your Drupal site gives you more than just a faster search engine.

  • Faceting
  • Related…
16:00Advanced Views Examples: Arguments and Relationships

I will give examples of how to use arguments and relationships in views.

Each step will be explained so you can easily repeat the…

1200 Sites and Counting

In this presentation, we will discuss implementing Drupal to over 1200 sites maintained at the University of Calgary. This will include, the…

17:00
Keynote: Angie "webchick" Byron
19:30
Party at Benelux

Sunday

TimeC201C204
09:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00
Education Keynote: Gregory Dudek

Room C201
more information

11:00Round Table: Drupal as an Enterprise Level CMS for Education

A round table discussion about benefits and challenges involved in the use of Drupal as a CMS in education. Topics to include strategy,...

Firefox Addons (with a Drupal focus)

We’ll explore a variety of cool Firefox tools and tips, focusing on various addons, with an emphasis on items useful with/for Drupal….

12:00The Softer side of Drupal

At the University of Calgary, we have rolled out over 1200 sites to a large Drupal client community. In this presentation we will discuss…

Simplifying Drupal Development with Subversion

Learn the basics of version control and how you can use Subversion to greatly simplify site development and deployment – even for sites with…

13:00
Lunch
14:00Migrate and Table wizard modules: A framework for migrating from any CMS to Drupal

More and more organisations are shifting to Drupal. While this represents a great opportunity for Drupal shops, it also presents some very…

Drupal Accessibility: using Drupal 7 improvements as an example

An overview of the accessibility features and limitations of Drupal 6, with examples of improved accessibility from Drupal 7….

15:00Help manage a bajillion (or 4) sites with the Network Manager

Network Manager is an Aegir-esk concept of one site that helps you manage the development of a larger group of sites as a site admin. It’s…

Case Study: Soup site utilizing tricky Gmap-ness and mad Views

Jake Strawn & I will present a case study on a site recently rebuilt in Drupal.

Full description tbc.

16:00Aegir: One Drupal to rule them all!

If you have to maintain more than a few Drupals, you’ll probably want to know more about the…

SEO for Drupal

Learn the tricks of the SEO trade, and how to use Drupal to your advantage in getting your sites (and you clients’) well-ranked. We will…

17:00
Closing and raffle

TBD

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Module SwapRubric based assessment via the Assignment Studio
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Theming and going mobileHow to successfully start with Drupal using Acquia
Beyond Google Analytics