Sydney Drupal Meetup

A special note, Acquia will be sponsoring the after meeting drinks this month.

When: Thursday, June 21st
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm (Show up around 6:30pm for firm 7pm start)
Venue: ABC Centre 700 Harris Street, Ultimo ( Map (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=700+Harris+Street,+Ultimo&sll=-33.878416,151.197272&sspn=0.194393,0.300751&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr) | Directions (http://www.abc.net.au/tours/ultimo/gettingthere.htm) )

Agenda: Greetings and Welcome new people Community News by Ryan Cross Presentation: What's coming - A preview of Drupal 8 by Ryan Cross
-Drupal 8 Timeline

• What's planned for:
  -- End users and clients?
  -- Site builders?
  -- Designers and Themers?
  -- Developers? Presentation: Drupal page building techniques - from core to page manager / panels by Boris Gordon
  An overview and comparison of the various Drupal page building techniques.
• an overview of various page building methods including core, views, context module and display suite
• building pages with page manager and panels
• what is page manager useful for other than panels pages
• recent panels developments
• future of page building / layouts in D8 Continued at the pub with Drinks/food
  Sponsored by Acquia