Hello Drupal Coming to Open IT Lab at IT-Ology
I'll be teaching a session of "Hello Drupal" for the Open IT Lab at IT-Ology in Columbia, next Saturday, March 17, 2012, 9:30 - noon. If you've never been to IT-Ology, you should definitely check it out. It is a state of the art high tech training facility.
Below is the content of the flyer that's being used to promote the session:
DESCRIPTION
Considering a career in web development? This workshop will introduce the open
source Drupal content management system and framework, in use by about 2% of
the world's websites, including whitehouse.gov, economist.com, and
dev.twitter.com. SC Drupal User Group Leader Tom Sliker will lead this hands-on
workshop to get you going with Drupal. Drupal has both a point and click interface
to allow tech-savvy people to put together websites with no programming
experience; and it also has an API and framework for programmers to develop
unique applications. And it's all free--it's open source.
WHAT ATTENDEES WILL LEARN
Explain how a typical site is built in Drupal, and explain the page-model in Drupal.
Use Drupal specific terminology such as !elds, views, node, block, page. Determine
what skills you need to develop to reach your goals. Know where to go to !nd
career opportunities in Drupal.
REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge of HTML & CSS preferred.
LENGTH OF TIME
2 hrs
COST
Free
For more information: Contact Diedre Murphy with IT-oLogy at [email protected]
Hello Drupal is provided by Acquia.
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About the Author:
Tom Sliker
President / CEO / Lead Consultant
Tom Sliker serves as the ringleader for the Broadstreet team and has managed to build a diverse, talented, multi-faceted team that has performed a wide range of projects. With over 30 years of software development and integration experience, Tom brings a wealth of technical and business knowledge to his customers and his team.