Beginner

This session will introduce you to the wonderful and powerful tool of working from a *nix command line interface (CLI) instead of using a GUI (pointy-clicky). This is targeted at folks who've never opened a terminal before, but will cover a number of tips and tricks along the way. We'll even show you how Windows users can get the same CLI that Linux and Mac users use, so you can use it too!

Main points we'll cover:
- Huh? What is this thing? How do I get one?
- Moving around (both locally and accessing a remote server)
- Creating and editing files
- Searching

This is a friendly programming introduction for people new to coding. We'll take a "Physics for Poets" approach to basic PHP concepts like variables, conditionals, and functions. You'll write a little bit of code, speak a little geek, laugh a little, and start down the addictive path of programming logic.

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Web mapping is all the rage these days, and for good reason. Mapping allows users to explore data in a more meaningful and enjoyable way. Combining the power of geo-coded content and mapping, a site's content can come to life in ways that traditional sites cannot offer.

Here comes Views Send! Views Send allow sending mass mailing using Views Bulk Operations.

Drupal has a comprehensive collection of modules for optimizing sites, including the SEO Checklist. After you’ve checked the last item on the checklist you are going to want to know if everything worked and if there is anything else you can do. To help with this there is a free tool created by Microsoft that you can run to see what a search engine sees when it looks at your sites.

Developers who want to integrate video into their websites or for a client's website face a wide variety of services and a confusing array of options and terminology. What do you do when YouTube isn't good enough? How do you choose the best solution?

This session will familiarize attendees with hosted video solutions across three price tiers, from entry-level to enterprise, and how to integrate these solutions into Drupal. We will discuss terminology, best practices and hosting providers such as:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• CDN2
• Kaltura
• Limelight
• Brightcove

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Organic groups has undergone a complete rewrite making it up to date with Drupal 7. The session will cover the differences between Group and Organic groups, and how Group is taking advantage of the field API.

We will build a basic groups site without any coding.

Later, for the benefit of module maintainers, we will build an example module that integrates with Group in order to learn how to use its API, this way attendees will have a better understanding on how to upgrade the OG modules from version 6.

Drupal's theme layer is very flexible and can accommodate just about any web design. It's important for designers to remember, however, that they're not really creating a page — they're building a complete system to house the all of the site's content.

In this session, we will talk about concepting and creating a Drupal-optimized design.

Image credit: agjimenez on Flickr (CC BY-ND).

With Drupal 7 just around the corner (beta releases are planned for July), this session will demonstrate the creation of a simple real life site. The session starts with site sketching and a core Drupal 7 install and ends with a production-ready website.

In this session you will learn how to create a Drupal site that has:

• a blog & news section
• a product section with image gallery
• client interaction - (contact page, forum and simple mailing list)
• a custom front page (with the help of views, blocks and a little custom css)
• basic SEO configuration

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