drupal
By uncleweed on April 14, 2008 - 3:00pm
First there was an idea, then we chose a date, set up a Drupal Group, now there is a location and finally a website.
Indeed, the rag-tag band of volunteers is steadily working to wrangle Drupal Camp Vancouver into a knowledge-sharing fest of unparalleled fun and untold benefits.
Consider this notice that DrupalCampVancouver.org is alive and slowly percolating up with the relevant details and useful information including Sponsor info (and checklist), Volunteer info (and organizer props), and the important Call for Speakers.
'Tis a busy time for all (including many involved with Open Web this week) so volunteers are important to spread the work around. Big thanks to those who've signed on so far. Have a bit of time? Then consider signing up by Contacting the organizers to help out (no big deal eh) and see ya at DrupalCampVancouver.org.
For those who don't know, Drupal is an open source Content Management System which powers Urban Vancouver and many of your other favorite community powered site. Urban Vancouver hosts Raincity Studios (and the company formerly known as Bryght) are active contributors to the Drupal community.
Photo Old Timey Dave on Flickr
Today we celebrate the 4th anniversary of Urban Vancouver's launch with an upgrade of the software that powers it to the latest and greatest, Drupal 5.7. With it we've improved the back-end a little bit, added a few little features. Technical details to follow for those who are interested.
By Ray on January 20, 2008 - 1:07pm
There have been some improvements made in the past day or so to the software and programming for this website, and you might like to familiarize yourself with some of those new conveniences.
Richard, our Webmaster and Chief Fixer-Upper has posted a comment here on page two, under the blog titled More thoughts on the new BC Transit Plan (second-last comment) which is headed as URLs now clickable and I feel this is important enough to warrant mentioning up front here on the front page. Richard has put a lot of time & effort into this, so please check it out.
By Roland Tanglao on November 20, 2007 - 11:12pm
Some may know that Urban Vancouver is run by Bryght and that I am one of the founders of Bryght. I am happy to announce that Bryght was acquired by Raincity Studios who we have partnered closely with over many years. What does this mean for Urban Vancouver? Nothing! Business as usual.
What does this mean for Gastown? Well we're hiring :-) !
From the official Raincity Acquires Bryght Announcement:
With great enthusiasm, we are pleased to announce that Raincity Studios has acquired the (almost-legendary) Drupal pioneer company, Bryght. The companies have enjoyed a longtime collaboration offering complementary services as they've grown professionally together. Our cultures and personalities are a great match and everyone around here is eager to see what we can create together.
By uncleweed on October 26, 2007 - 3:00pm
Come by Raincity Studios for a fun afternoon of making Drupal better!
Yes indeed, Drupal 6 is almost ready - it just needs a little help from you!
Newbies and Ninjas alike can work together to fix those last little bits. Resources and support will be available to newbies to get started with bug fixing and latch making. There are even issues that non-coders can fix! Everyone can contribute.
Find:
*Snacks and Drinks
*Free wifi
*Fun
*Documentation
*Instruction
Learn:
*How to review patches
*How to submit patches
*How to make patches
Where:
Raincity Studios - Suite 420, 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6A 1B2
When:
October 31st, 12pm - 6pm
What to bring:
Your laptop and your bugfixing superhero costume
By uncleweed on September 14, 2007 - 3:12pm
On a recent trip to Olympia, Washington, I recorded an interview with one of the docents (like a curator or caretaker) from Olyblog.net. This very active online community has many similarities to Urban Vancouver (as well as many differences) and has sorta taken on a life of its own in this unique, activist-minded, city a mere four hours south of Vancouver.
With these synergies in mind, I am cross-posting here so you can enjoy the lessons and anecdotes discussed over coffee.
Managing a Hyper-local Community with Drupal - Raincity Radio podcast 23:19, .mp3
Managing an active, hyper-local community blog site using Drupal is the topic as Dave O sits down with Emmett, a docent at Olyblog.net and Drupal-ists Jacob and Nat from Zhonka Broadband at an Olympia, Washington coffee shop.
