Join us for this free live webcast:
Everything you wanted to know about Drupal but were afraid to ask
Presented by Jeff Eaton and James Walker, authors of "Using Drupal
In this live, online event, Drupal developers Jeff Eaton and James Walker
will guide newcomers through the nuts and bolts of Drupal's content
management system, content management framework, and community. They'll
cover the evolution of CMSes and how Drupal fits in, discuss some of
Drupal's philosophies towards concepts such as content management and
software architecture, and explain some of the fundamentals about Drupal's
extensible APIs. Finally, they will muse about Drupal's thriving community
and how best to leverage and participate within it.
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Attendance is limited, so register now. We'll send you a reminder before
the webcast. And please feel free to share this invitation with others.
Date: Friday, Dec. 5 at 10 am PT
Price: Free
Duration: Approximately one hour
Meeting link: http://oreilly.com/go/Drupal
Audience: Developers and site-builders interested in learning more about
the Drupal CMS and its capabilities.
Questions? Please send email to webcast@oreilly.com
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About Jeff Eaton
Jeff Eaton has been building Internet and desktop software for over a
decade. He's participated in projects ranging from web-portals for
communities and nonprofits, to enterprise client-server applications for
retail industries, to large-scale web applications for companies like Dow
AgroSciences and Prudential Real Estate. In 2005, he began developing
solutions based on the open-source Drupal content management framework. In
the years since, he's become a core developer for the Drupal project,
specializing in architecture and API development. In his capacity as a
consultant for Lullabot Consulting, LLC, he's helped plan and build the
software infrastructure for Drupal sites including MTV UK's music portal,
SonyBMG's artist site platform, and Fast Company's groundbreaking business
networking site. Jeff is known as "eaton" on drupal.org.
About James Walker
Passionate about both technology and teaching, James Walker is Lullabot's
Director of Education where he oversees the company's public workshops,
seminars and private Drupal trainings. A leader in the Drupal community,
James is a founding member of the non-profit Drupal Association and the
Drupal security team. As a long time member of the Drupal community, James
maintains over a dozen modules and has contributed countless patches to
Drupal core. A long time believer in Open Source and Open Standards, James
has spent years co-ordinating Drupal's involvement with other communities
such as Jabber/XMPP and, most recently, OpenID. An engaging speaker, James
is a frequently requested presenter at many types of technical
conferences. His humorous and informative lectures have been among the
most well-attended at DrupalCons, starting with the first - four years
ago. James is known as "walkah" on drupal.org.
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