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Start:  2012-02-01 18:30 - 20:30 Africa/Johannesburg User group meeting

The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 1 February 2012 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.

For more details and to signup, go to: http://www.drupal.co.za/content/february-drupal-meet-jozi-1-february-2012.

Please note the venue for this event only.

Hope to see you there.

Robin

South Africa

Start:  2012-01-25 18:15 - 21:30 Africa/Johannesburg User group meeting Organizers:  mwmentor theamoeba

DrupalCape will be holding its first meeting for 2012 on 25th January, 2012.

 

The focus of the meet-up is an introduction to Drupal and some site showcases.  Please do come along and join us.

 

Please do book - this to assist with catering, thank you.

Please book here: http://drupalcapejanuarymeetup2012.eventbrite.com/

 

The meeting agenda is as follows:

Intro & notices -   10 min's 18:15 Wildcard - Anyone for the floor to talk about a Drupal related issue
(think: your fave module, project, significant event, ???) 20 min's   Break -   10 min's 18:55 Main speaker - Topic: "Introduction to Drupal"
Aimed at introducing Drupal to persons who are not that familiar with it. Will be followed by site showcases Pecha Kucha style - Don't miss out. Bring you new team mates. 60 min's       Speaker Profile: Roger Saner   Roger brings a large number of years of consulting and development skills to the Drupal market, from design and development of websites, through to creating strategic goals to enable clients to gain maximum value from their web investment.

Roger has been involved in a number of large site developments in South Africa, and works as a consultant with one of the larger developer's in South Africa.

Munch & drink -   30 min's 19:55 Committee update - Stand up committee meeting 30 min's 20:30

The pizza's for this meeting have been kindly sponsored by Amoebasys

South Africa

Hi everyone!

I am presenting on what's happening with Drupal in emerging markets at DrupalCon Denver.

As some of you know, I lived in India for about 6 years; a few of them developing in Drupal. I am also an Acquia employee (for the past 3 years) and now mostly work in training.

I know the Indian situation pretty well, but I'm as clueless as anyone about most of the rest of the world. So I made a little survey to try and gather some opinions and data. "Emerging market" is a loaded and awful term, but for lack of a better one, I'm using it to mean anywhere that doesn't already have a large Drupal marketplace and community (i.e. North America and Western Europe).

The goals of my presentation are:

• Highlight the growth of Drupal worldwide
• Provide insights on the adoption patterns of customers in emerging markets
• Show the challenges and opportunities for SMEs and large companies
• Celebrate and discuss the challenges of new Drupal communities around the world

Please take a moment to fill it out (5 minutes maximum). The results will be presented in Denver and the raw data will be shared with everyone.

http://www.jacobsingh.name/content/state-drupal-emerging-markets-survey-...

I've posted this to several groups, but if you want to repost it in your local group or an area I didn't hit (there are many) please go ahead and do so.

China

The Western Cape Government is looking for a full-time Drupal web developer for a permanent position.

Reference: DOTP/93/11

Department of the Premier
Chief Directorate: Strategic ICT Services
Directorate: e-Government for Citizens
Cape Town

Key Performance Areas:

• Develop and maintain Drupal web applications including research, site building, module development, integration, theming, testing and debugging.
• Systems analysis: develop Drupal site specifications (eg required modules, content types, taxonomy, views, user roles, etc) in order to implement provided information architecture and user requirements.
• Develop, maintain and support Drupal platform and supporting applications (eg Legacy CMS systems).
• Quality Control: ensure technical and functional standards are observed, responsible for quality control as well as code walk-throughs, prepare system documentation including training manuals.
• Implement accessibility and usability guidelines.

Requirements:

• An appropriate tertiary qualification (or equivalent NQF-aligned qualification).
• A minimum three years' experience in PHP/MySQL web development.
• A minimum two years' experience in Drupal development.
• Knowledge in Drupal site building, Drupal modules, Drupal community, Web standards, Agile, Open source, Databases, Usability, Accessibility.
• Skills include: Drupal module development, Drupal theming, MySQL, JavaScript and jQuery, HTML and CSS.
• Active participation in the Drupal community will serve as an added advantage.
• Excellent communication (verbal and writing skills).
• Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
• Ability to lead and be a team leader.
• Strategic planning.

Note: This post was also advertised in the external media.

Directions to Candidates:

The Western Cape Government is guided by the principles of Employment Equity. Disabled candidates are encouraged to apply and an indication in this regard will be appreciated.

Applications with reference number must be submitted on a Z83 form, obtainable from any Government Department and must be completed in full, should be accompanied by a comprehensive and current Curriculum Vitae (five pages maximum, CVs will not be returned), certified copies of identity document, driver's licence, matric certificate and academic qualification and the names of three referees.

NB: Applications will not be considered without the above. Applications which are received after the closing date will not be considered.

A separate application form must be completed if applying for more than one post. The reference number and full name of the post must be indicated clearly on your application form. No application will be considered without it.

Please note that any job applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted. All job applications, including Z83 forms, CVs and certified documents, must be posted or delivered by hand to the address listed in each advertisement.

Note: Only short-listed applicants will receive further correspondence, therefore if you have not received a response from the department within three months of the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful.

Appointment is subject to the undergoing of a competency test, security clearance and vetting checks as prescribed. Candidates may be required to undergo competency assessments.

Note: Applications that are not submitted via Ayanda Mbanga Response Management will not be considered. Registered mail must not be sent to the hand delivery address.

Enquiries: Luke van Blerk
Tel: 021 483 9776

Salary: R221 055 per annum

Salary Level: Level 9

Applications to:

Ayanda Mbanga Response Management
PO Box 833
Greenpoint
8051, or
Hand-delivered in a sealed envelope and placed in the:
Ayanda Mbanga Response Management Job Application box
Located at:
1 and 4 Dorp Street
Ground Floor, Cape Town
(Attention: Judy Johnstone)

Closing Date: 6 January 2012

Enquiries: Luke van Blerk (021 483 9776)

South Africa

Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.

Starts on the 5th December and runs for 2 weeks at your own pace. Places are limited as this is pilot course.

Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal

However, we are aware that not everyone has access to a vibrant local community. Our partner, Telementa in South Africa can appreciate that as well, with a geographically dispersed population. That is why Patrick Frickel and I are facilitating Hello Drupal online for the first time.

Who is it for? This is for people who have never used Drupal before. Please pass this invitation along to anyone you know who is brand new to Drupal.http://learndrupal7.drupalgardens.com/

Who is it not for? If you know what a module is, and you've made content types and views before, you might find this course a little slow for you.

How can you join? Apply to join the course. You must be able to commit to attending for the two weeks. See the schedule: http://learndrupal7.drupalgardens.com/content/schedule This includes two live online sessions, and various course discussions. Live sessions will be recorded for review, but discussion participation is mandatory for course completion.

This course is FREE, free as in beer :)

We look forward to welcoming you!

South Africa

Start:  2011-12-06 07:00 - 2011-12-20 19:00 UTC User group meeting Organizers:  patrickfrickel heather

Are you brand new to Drupal? Join Acquia's "hello drupal" free course online!
Posted by heather on November 30, 2011 at 11:56am
At Acquia, we developed the free "Hello Drupal" course to help local Drupal communities welcome in new members who were curious about Drupal.

Read more here to find out what "Hello Drupal" is: http://training.acquia.com/hellodrupal

However, we are aware that not everyone has access to a vibrant local community. Our partner, Telementa in South Africa can appreciate that as well, with a geographically dispersed population. That is why Patrick Frickel and I are facilitating Hello Drupal online for the first time.

Who is it for? This is for people who have never used Drupal before. Please pass this invitation along to anyone you know who is brand new to Drupal.http://learndrupal7.drupalgardens.com/

Who is it not for? If you know what a module is, and you've made content types and views before, you might find this course a little slow for you.

How can you join? Apply to join the course. You must be able to commit to attending for the two weeks. See the schedule: http://learndrupal7.drupalgardens.com/content/schedule This includes two live online sessions, and various course discussions. Live sessions will be recorded for review, but discussion participation is mandatory for course completion.

This course is FREE, free as in beer :)

We look forward to welcoming you!

South Africa

Start:  2011-12-07 18:30 - 20:30 Africa/Johannesburg User group meeting

The next monthly Joburg meetup will be held on 7 December 2011 (as usual, the first Wednesday of the month) from 18:30.

For more details and to signup, go to: http://drupal.co.za/content/october-drupal-meet-jozi-5-october-2011.

Hope to see you there for the last meetup of 2011.

Robin

South Africa

The Web Applications Developer is expected to create number of web-based academic processes, which will be released open source as plugins / web applications. The Web Applications Developer is also expected create web-based scientific tools, which are envisaged to innovate the way science is done in Africa and beyond. Those tools are also expected to be released open source. Some mobile development is also considered.

The position entails some travel and presents the opportunity to take part in relevant professional workshops/conferences.

The tasks of the Web Applications Developer include:

Develop a new AIMS-NEI website structure in collaboration with the IT team at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada (incl. Drupal plugin development).
Contribute to the strategic decision making of IT platforms.
Develop a central database for applicants, students, tutors and alumni.
Develop web front ends and applications using the database.
Implement a digital library system for the network of centres.
Develop web-based tools for research and scientific communication in close collaboration with scientists.
Maintain the web applications above and train staff.
Set up and maintain the Secretariat’s IT platform.

For the full job description, see the attached file or the external link.

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Start:  2011-11-30 18:15 - 21:00 Africa/Johannesburg User group meeting Organizers:  mwmentor theamoeba

For the DrupalCape year end event, we will be meeting up at Origins Coffee Shop for snacks, coffee (of course), and there will be a cash bar.

This will be a private event and only those who have paid for their ticket will be provided with access to the event. All payment details are available in the latest emailed event notification from DrupalCape.

Please sign up here: http://drupalcapeyearendbash.eventbrite.com

Origins Coffee Roasting
28 Hudson Street
De Waterkant
Cape Town, Western Cape 8001
South Africa

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT+0200)

South Africa

A dynamic Cape Town-based company is seeking to employ the services of a lead drupal developer.

The position requires a hard-working, self-motivated individual capable of maintaining and developing the processes and functionality of a fast-growing website. Knowledge of associated media devices, including most new media, is also mandatory.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a high level of familiarity with the following skill set:
- Drupal development – an exceptional understanding of the views and panel modules
- PHP or module development
- Javascript/Jquery with the skills to tweek and/or implement existing jquery modules
- CSS and HTML
- Git

A key component of the position will involve the development of video functionality on the website. Currently the video section uses a flash-based flowplayer module that pulls videos from Amazon S3. The new section will need to be based
in HTML5 with a flash fallback. The current development of this section uses the Mediafront module. Goals for this project would include creating ads for the player to automatically start before the video and after the video. Videos should also be compatible with all media devices.

The second key project for this position would be the development of a blog section of the website that would apply for easy creation by external contributors.

Other skills sets this position require include, but are not limited to:
- The development of mobile/iPad apps for future business strategies
- Overall site maintenance and development

The website is currently hosted on Acquia's managed cloud servers with 24-hour support and access.

Additional services include:
- Drupalize.me ( www.drupalize.me )
- mobify ( www.mobify.com )
- New Relic
- Blitz load performance testing
- Mollom spam prevention
- Visual website optimizer
- Vimeo pro account
- issuu ( www.issuu.com )

This is a full-time position that offers a competitive package and includes medical and retirement contributions on a cost-to-company basis.

For more information about this position please contact Timothy Cuthbert at timothy@interactiveafrica.com or +27 21 465 9966

South Africa

Hi

just wondering if and when everyone is going to be migrating their sites to drupal 7. There seems to be a lot more modules with working versions or at least beta versions for 7 and D7 replaces the need for a lot of mandane (yet important ) modules.

So just out of interest is everything thinking of migration and if not what are the main concerns for not moving yet?

Also anyone know any best practices for migrating content or have a site that has information on methodology to moving content from one drupal database to another, as there can be ( from what i have experienced ) a greater advantage of moving the content onto a fresh D7 base then actually performing a drupal update. If you disagree please let me know why.

South Africa

Is anyone else having a problem with greylisting / blacklisting at http://drupal.org ? I tried to post this earlier and was flagged as spam. My service provider is Telkom. Its happening on 3 different computers with different operating systems (Ubuntu Karmic + Ubuntu Lynx, windows xp), 2 different modems. Telkom tells me that IPs are reset every 24 hours, but drupal.org's greylisting reports a different IP every few requests.

I have a support request with more details here: http://drupal.org/node/1308240 where killes@www.drop.org has valiantly tried to help me. I am very bewildered by all of this and was wondering if anyone can clarify what is going on?

There's a post at honeypot which states that there's an issue with SAIX / NAT web-caching (http://projecthoneypot.org/board/read.php?f=4&i=725&t=725) but to be honest this is a bit beyond me - and if this is the problem, I would have thought the issue would have more coverage. However, my attempts to get assistance where met with incomprehension at Telkom.

If anyone can shed some light I'd really appreciate it.

Heli

South Africa

Hi all.

I work with my brother with a great focus on Drupal - be it theming or module development. We have the dedication and skill behind us to accomplish any task handed to us (so far :)

We have a problem, however; we are based in a village outside of Port Alfred. How would we go about marketing ourselves to larger areas, such as Johannesburg?

The amount of money to be made in the Eastern Cape has proven to be limited in this area of work, and honestly, we are getting a little bit worried.

Thanks for any input.

South Africa

Start:  2011-10-26 18:00 - 21:00 Africa/Johannesburg User group meeting Organizers:  theamoeba mwmentor

Come along to the DrupalCape 2011 annual review where we discuss the past year and present what will be happening next year.

• Time: 18:00 - 21:00
• Date: Wednesday 26 October 2011
• Where: Bandwidth Barn, 4th Floor, Buitengracht Centre, 125 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town

Please sign up for the meeting here: Please sign up here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2405518972

Agenda:

Intro & notices -   10 min's 18:15 Wildcard - Anyone for the floor to talk about a Drupal
related issue
(think: your fave module, project,
significant event, ???) 20 min's   Break -   10 min's 18:55 Main speaker - Topic: "The Year in Review: 2011"
A look at the achievements of DrupalCape and Planning Session
for 2012 - Michael Wagener & Friends 60 min's       Speaker Profile: Michael Wagener   Summary:
Michael, as many of you will know has a long history with DrupalCape
in the role of chief cook and bottlewasher, i.e.: General Dogsbody :)
Why? Because it is a great opportunity to enable exchange of ideas,
knowledge, and project opportunities. Michael has been organising
DrupalCape for two years to date.

In his other life, Michael is also a partner at Amoebasys-Biz, a qualified
IS Project Manager, and a trouble-shooter of both technical and non-
technical issues. His passions include creating nice gardens, dreaming
about solutions to business issues, and plinking away on his iPhone Finger-
Piano, which drives his family nuts!! Apart from anything else!! :)

Munch & drink -   30 min's 19:55 Committee update - Stand up committee meeting 30 min's 20:30

The pizza's for this meeting have been kindly sponsored by Amoebasys

South Africa

Goodday I am looking for somebody who has a good understanding of taxonomy and php coding in Drupal7.
1. The job will involve fixing some display issues with taxonomy.
2. Adding two new terms to an existing vocabulary.
3. Adding a new addition to the website ( Article of Series )

I can be contact from richard@edgemultimedia.co.za or 021 554 2424

The applicant “MUST” reside in Cape Town as weekly meeting for update progress of project will be a requirement.

The porject can be viewed by following the link: www.spice4life.co.za

South Africa

CS RAS Technology is the leading provider of Drupal Training Classes.

We hold regular Drupal Beginner and Intermediate classes in Pune (India).

CS RAS Technology offer Drupal Training from our Pune offices - or are more than happy to deliver courses on-site at your premises.

We also provide Drupal Based Corporate Training.

For more details, please send us email at mktg@csras.in

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