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Topic: 
GIT Workflow and Tips
Date: 
Wed, 11/02/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall
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Please join us on Wednesday, November 2 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a GIT workflow and tips panel presentation.

Topic: 
University's Redesigned Homepage
Date: 
Wed, 10/05/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall
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Please join us on Wednesday, October 5 at 12 noon in 2115 Tawes Hall for a talk by Joshua Harless, Executive Director of Digital Experience for the Office of Marketing and Communications.  

Joshua will present the University's soon-to-be-released redesigned homepage, and talk about other projects that are in the works (if time allows).

Topic: 
Drupal Security - Tips for Strengthening Website Safety
Date: 
Wed, 06/08/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall (English Department Lounge)
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This month we are joined by Marie Gates from BSOS to discuss Drupal Security.

A discussion of tools and practices to bolster your website's security.  Topics will include helpful modules and general best practices.  Security is not an option - it is essential.  Come discuss ways that you can strengthen your websites' security.

Topic: 
DrupalCon 2016 - New Orleans, May 9 - 13
Date: 
Mon, 05/09/2016 - 9:00am to Fri, 05/13/2016 - 5:00pm
Location: 
New Orleans

DrupalCon 2016 is taking place in New Orleans from May 9 to 13th! https://events.drupal.org/neworleans2016 For those of you who haven't been to DrupalCon, it's an annual Drupal Conference that brings the Drupal community together. It touchs on all aspects of Drupal with 13 trackes spanning from begining to advanced experience level.

Topic: 
How custom is too custom? Tips for coding (and when not to).
Date: 
Wed, 05/04/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall (English Department Lounge)
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This month we are joined by Brock Fanning with the College of Arts and Humanities.

Title: How custom is too custom? Tips for coding (and when not to).

This presentation is about making the call between writing custom code and using contributed modules. There will be no code snippets; it is more of a high-level look at Drupal customization and its pros and cons.

The material will be most useful to developers and project managers. This presentation will address questions like:

Date: 
Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: 
Orient East Restaurant

Join us for the first UMD Drupal Dim Sum Party on Friday, March 25, 2016! Several of you have expressed interests in a Dim Sum get together. Oriental East Restaurant in Silver Spring is one of the most popular Dim Sum restaurants in this area. It is usually a long line, so it's best we be there around 11:30 to beat the crowd.

Date: 
Wed, 03/09/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2119D Tawes Hall (MEO Conference Room)
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This meeting has been moved to 2119D Tawes Hall.

The Drupal User’s Group meeting this month will be held on Wednesday, March 9 at 12 noon (not the first Wednesday).

The meeting will be an open forum, led by Megan Weng, Suran De Silva, and Kevin Nesline, where we’ll discuss items of interest or challenges we’re experiencing.  This is a chance to bring your Drupal questions and projects to the table to get input from your peers. 

Date: 
Fri, 02/05/2016 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: 
Buffalo Wild Wings College Park

Join us for the first of our UMD Drupal Happy Hours! We'll be meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings at 5pm. Come by whenever you finish work for some drinks, food, and Buzztime trivia. 

Topic: 
Development Workflow with Drush+Git
Date: 
Wed, 02/03/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall (English Department Lounge)
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Please join us for our February Drupal User's Group Meeting as Michael Mazzotta from the Smith School of Business presents on Development Workflow with Drush+Git.

Topic: 
Media: Auto Module
Date: 
Wed, 01/06/2016 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
2115 Tawes Hall
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This month we're joined by Susanne Coates from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR), author of the Media: Auto module.