[ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG for Thursday, July 21st, 2011, 7:30pm (reminder)

[Jim Kinney]

Perfect timing as I'm evaluating new cms's.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting
> at 7:30pm on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 will be:
>
> “An Introduction to Drupal CMS”
> presented by David Tomaschik
>
> Synopsis:
> – Drupal is a freely distributable open source Content Management
> System used for building everything from basic websites to web
> applications and social media sites. Drupal is scalable and can
> be tailored to meet many needs, from small personal sites to
> sites that get millions of hits a day. This presentation will cover
> everything from choosing a hosting platform to building content
> to utilizing the power of community contributed modules, with
> specific topics including:
> - Why is Drupal the right choice?
> - Choosing a hosting platform
> - Initial installation and configuration
> - Building basic content
> - Managing themes, blocks, and other features
> - The power of “contrib” (community-contributed modules)
> - An overview of custom development
> - How to run multiple sites from one codebase
>
> Bio:
> – David is a system administrator and Drupal developer at Kennesaw
> State University. Additionally, he is currently pursuing a M.S. in
> Information Security from Georgia Tech. When he’s not at the computer
> (a rare event), he enjoys sci-fi books and movies and amateur
> photography.
>
> =============
> The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
> usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
> Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
> Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
> <http://ale.org/?page_id=2>
>
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> <http:ale.org>
>
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