Sessions

DrupalCamp Nashville will feature curated sessions and panels from some of the most influential people and brightest minds within the Drupal community and beyond. Topics will include design and user experience, coding and development, site building and configuration, theming, business and and the Drupal community. Sessions will be targeted at users of all levels, from those new to Drupal to the most seasoned veterans of the community.

Session Track / Experience
Rapid Drupal Development with the Features Module
Matthew Connerton

In this session, we will discuss using the Features Module to build out reusable site functionality by pulling together content...

Drupal Theming for Beginners
Greg Patarini

Not sure of PHP? Want to theme Drupal easily? Come on in and learn how to take a Drupal theme and make it your own.

The Power of Display Suite and Context
Jamie Meredith

In this session we will explore the Display Suite group of modules. We will explore how to install and configure Display Suite as well as look at how you can use Context to enhance the rendering...

Building a Mobile Drupal Site
Mark Jarrell

In this session, we'll introduce using Drupal 7, some basic HTML5 theming, and the brand new jQuery Mobile library to build a mobile website for your visitors. I'll show the new mobile site for...

Drupal Development in Windows (Yes, I said Windows!)
Jim Smith

Sure, all the cool kids have Macs and geeks have Linux, but there's still room for us Windows users.

Scope, it's not just a mouth wash anymore
Doug Cone

It seems inevitable, sometimes it happens while the ink it still drying on the contract. "Now X is really important and we're doing that on this project, right?" This presentation is a discussion...

Finding your lightbulb
Doug Cone

We are often taught that failure is to be avoided. Instead I would argue that failure must be embraced and even pursued. Much like Edison tried thousands of different materials in order to get a...

All About Entities
Bob Marchman

In this session, I will explore in depth what entities are and how they are used in the newly released Drupal 7. Entities are the new "node" in Drupal and provide us with a more flexible means of...

Array of Light: Theming in Drupal 7
Evan Willhite

For Beginner/Intermediate Level - Come and discuss D7 theming goodness with a focus on moving themes from D6, advantages D7 has to offer at the theme layer, and current roadblocks.

Better, Faster, Stronger - Designing Large/Enterprise-Level Drupal Environments
Jason Burnett

Power and performance are key deliverables for any enterprise or large organizational website and Drupal is no exception. The goal of this session is to help you understand what a highly available...

How to write a Drupal 6 block module
Cory Gilliam

In this session, we will discuss writing your own Drupal 6 Block Module using php and the database queries to pull together content to be displayed in a block. We will show how we can have more...

Mobile Media Mashup: An Easy Way To Post Mobile Content To Your Drupal Site.
Erle Mulligan

In this session, we will demonstrate one free and easy solution that will give you and your clients the ability to use a mobile device (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad/Android) to add content to a Drupal...

Drupal Site Building with Git
Dustin Withers

This session outlines the process of using Git in the context of Drupal site building, testing and deployment. There are many possible approaches to fitting Git into this process, what this...

Tennessee Drupal Group - What is it?
Jamie Meredith, Bryan Lewellen

During this session we will discuss the formation of the Tennessee Drupal Group LLC (TDG), the newly formed organizational unit that will facilitate Drupal related endeavors in TN and abroad....

Managing Drupal site upgrades with Drush Make and Aegir
Joe Stewart

Heard about Installation Profiles, Drush, Drush Make, and Aegir but don't know how they can fit together to help manage your Drupal site installation? This overview session will demonstrate a...

Growing A Drupal Shop (Part One of Three)
Susan Rust

Running a Drupal Shop and running ragged?

This is a mini-workshop and dialog on how to grow a Drupal company. If you are a small shop trying to get to the next level, this might be the...

How to write a Drupal 7 block module
Cory Gilliam

In this session, we will discuss writing your own Drupal 7 Block Module using php and the database queries to pull together content to be displayed in a block. We will show how we can have more...

Drupal as an application development platform
Adam Kalsey

Drupal isn't a content management system. It's an application development platform that happens to ship with a great CMS as it's default implementation. Look at any chart comparing features of...

Growing A Drupal Shop (Part Two of Three)
Susan Rust

Running a Drupal Shop and running ragged?

This is a mini-workshop and dialog on how to grow a Drupal company. If you are a small shop trying to get to the next level, this might be the...

Growing A Drupal Shop (Part Three of Three)
Susan Rust

Running a Drupal Shop and running ragged?

This is a mini-workshop and dialog on how to grow a Drupal company. If you are a small shop trying to get to the next level, this might be the...