Agenda

times approximate

• 10am Setup
• 10:30 Main Presentation - Introduction to Drupal by David Miller
• 11:30 Hands on Drupal experimentation
• 12:00 Discussion of the next meeting and other group bussiness

Main Presentation

Introduction to Drupal

Drupal is a widely used open source content management system for the world wide web.  Many high profile organizations such as the Onion, Second Life, and NASA use drupal to build their web applications.

Drupal's open source core and modular architecture has spawned an extremely active developer community, creating a profusion of modules which extend the functionality of Drupal.

This profusion of activity means that Drupal is sometimes a hard project to understand because of the classic problem of "not seeing the forest through the trees"

In my presentation I will give a brief overview of the components of drupal and some popular modules.  I will show how drupal is installed and configured and allow members to experiment their own fresh install of drupal. I will also show the group several books I have obtained on drupal and remark on which ones I like.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Fort Worth Linux Users Group is to assist in the expansion, the use of and the appreciation of Linux in the local community. We offer to provide technical assistance to local, non-profit schools and charity agencies, as well as have fun.

Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each Month at VFW Post 8235 in Fort Worth Texas. 5333 White Settlement Rd.

The VFW hall consists of 2 private meeting spaces and the main hall.  Usually we meet in one of the private spaces depending on whether another group has reserved them.

Many thanks to VFW Post 8235 for allowing us to meet at their building.  We appreciate any donations to help offset the cost of running the meetings and supporting VFW Post 8235.