11 members were at the July 8th workshop at Manuel’s Tavern.
Mike Schinkel gave a workshop on search Engine Optimization (SEO), and shared some good tips, such as the importance of a good page title over H1 tags.
We then shared various tips such as node reference compared to node relativity.
We also went over the most used modules, and David Fugate gave an overview of the Panels module.

11 members participated in the June 10th workshop at Manuel's Tavern.
Two topics were suggested: the Views module, and the Panels module.
As everyone was interested in the Views module, we decided to have one single group on this topic.
Mike Schinkel showed us how he used Views on a web site he recently built for atvillustrated.com.
The site looks great. Mike explained how he used the powerful features in Views to organize the site in categories like makes, models, articles, and videos.
The workshop was clear, and we all learned a lot.

We have finally gone live with our redesign of the Georgia Podcast Network! For a rundown of what's new from an end user standpoint, check out our announcement blog post.

Voice Over the Internet (VoIP) is converging with web applications. This presentation will begin with a description of VoIP technology and its realization in the Open Source Software Asterisk IP-PBX. It will show parallels between Asterisk and Drupal and describe opportunities for synergy between the two. Finally we will review and demonstrate the code for two examples of a VoIP application embedded in a Drupal site.

As always:

The location and time are the same: 7-9pm, 5 Seasons restaurant in Alpharetta, GA., on Old Milton Parkway, about one mile east of GA 400 off of exit 10.

Kent Lester will do a presentation on theming Drupal using Firebug and Dreamweaver on a Windows WAMP server. He will also cover some of the newest Drupal themes that allow easy customization. Meeting attendees are encouraged to share their theming ideas and methods.

As always:

The location and time are the same: 7-9pm, 5 Seasons restaurant in Alpharetta, GA., on Old Milton Parkway, about one mile east of GA 400 off of exit 10.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=3655+Old+Milton+Pky,+Alpharetta
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The next meeting is one that many have awaited for some time. We'll have no agenda; just getting together and playing around with Drupal. Bring your questions and projects. Anticipate small working groups forming around key projects of interest.

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Location: 5 Seasons restaurant, Alpharetta, exit 10 off of hwy 400

Thanks to Michael Martin and Bill Shaouy of IBM for their most engaging case study last month re: the Zuda Comics site.

Sorry for the delay, but attached are the Zuda Comics Power Point slides from last meeting's presentation.

Thanks to Michael Martin and Bill Shaouy of IBM Global Services.

Mike Martin and Bill Shaouy from IBM Global Services will be summarizing their experiences in creating the DC Comics Zuda web site. Zuda is a new branch of DC Comics, whose online presence enables aspiring comic authors to compete to win a publishing contract with DC Comics. The Zuda site was developed in Drupal.

Mike Schinkel of NewClarity and Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs will be killing two birds with one stone by demonstrating:

1.) The underlying architecture of Drupal including CCK and Views, and
2.) How to debug Drupal 5.x using PhpED from NuSphere.

DrupalSites.net looks like it could turn out to be a neat index of Drupal sites. It already has close to 2,000 sites listed. My only complaint is it doesn't drill down by state/province within a country, which I could imagine might make sites hard to find. Check it out, add your site(s).

Oh yeah, and please go vote for the Georgia Podcast Network. ;)