News and announcements

We've created a new MA/MSc at Goldsmiths in London which brings together coders and non-coders in a new approach to Creating Social Media. http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-creating-social-media/

The MA is designed as a collaborative crash-course in hacktivism, and has a strong focus on building stuff. We see Drupal as one of the core technologies.

About the book

The Field module is a new core module in Drupal 7, and is the next generation of the legendary Drupal 6 CCK (Content Construction Kit) module. The CCK was a developer's best friend, used on any Drupal project of any size. Now, the Field module builds on the strength of the CCK module, bringing new features to Drupal 7.

The Field module allows custom data fields to be attached to Drupal entities (content nodes, users, taxonomy vocabularies, and so on) and takes care of storing, loading, editing, and rendering field data.

In Drupal 7, you can create content types and you can add fields to any content type. You can rearrange the order in which fields are displayed and you can specify the label position and format of the field. Unlike in earlier versions, you do not need to download a separate module to add fields to a content type.

Wouldn't you like to know more about how to use this important and interesting feature?

Drupal 7 Fields/CCK Beginner's Guide helps you to get started quickly and to get beyond the basics to take full advantage of the fields system. It covers the key features of Drupal 7 fields that will help you get your Drupal 7 website up and running with a step-by-step approach to building a Drupal 7 website with the new fields system.

The Drupal Association is seeking nine candidates for its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors establishes policy, hires and manages an executive director, reviews and approves the budget and financial reports, and participates in fundraising. For more details on the organizational structure see earlier posts.

Strategic priorities for the Drupal Association include: implementing its new bylaws and organizational structure, starting leading and participating in standing committees, pursuing transparency through active communication, achieving operational efficiency, promotion, and expanding assistance to organizers of community events and activities.

The board usually meets at least twice per month. Directors must be prepared to commit at least 15 hours per month to the Board and related activities.

Four Board meetings per year are held in-person and directors are expected to travel to these. Board meetings will coincide with DrupalCons when possible. Director positions are not paid, and directors should expect to pay their own expenses in most instances.

We are looking for a diverse board and will consider the following factors when selecting candidates:

• Geographic diversity

Hello,

We, Information Technology in Lebanon, are organizing a Drupal Workshop for 2 days in Lebanon on Monday July 25 and Tuesday July 26 . We would like to contact people who lives in Lebanon to participate to this event. We can find a list on:

http://drupal.org/profile/country/Lebanon

but I don't know how to send them a mail or event an invitation to invite them to this event.

More info about this event could be found on:

After 2 years of development, we release the flash code + modules + Drupal custum install.

abcparti is a learning online application, for research and organization of informations. It could help a learner to be more familiar or develop his competencies in writing, communication, collaboration and reading, using a simplified and ludic approach.

abCparti est une application en ligne d'apprentissage de la recherche et de l'organisation d'informations sur Internet. Elle permet de se familiariser avec l'écriture, la communication, la collaboration et la lecture par une approche simplifiée, ludique et propre à l'Internet.

http://abcparti.net/archives/site_abcparti.zip
http://abcparti.net/archives/modules_abcparti.zip
http://abcparti.net/archives/Installation_du_module_abcParti.odt
http://abcparti.net/archives/Document_developpeurs_abcParti.odt
http://abcparti.net/archives/flash_abcparti.zip

Le Ministère des Services gouvernementaux du Québec a financé, en 2009-2010, la grande majorité des coûts pour le développement de l'application Web abCparti.net dans le cadre du programme APSI : Appui au Passage à la société de l'information. Les partenaires de ce projet sont L'ABC des Hauts Plateaux, Alpha Bellechasse, le GAMN, Apprendre autrement.