Design has been a particularly hot topic for Drupal this year, and Drupal 4 Designers aims to engage the wider design community in that discussion.

Web and graphic designers who are curious, and perhaps a bit scared of Drupal, can find out how easy it really is to work with, and get off to a good start by picking up some Drupal best practises. Experienced Drupal designers can share their knowledge, and improve their skills with some new tricks and tips.

Drupal 4 Designers will feature tracks for beginner, intermiary, and advanced happening at the same time. So no matter what your level of experience there'll be something of interest for the whole evening.

Presentations

Presentations will start at 6:30 p.m.

Confirmed Sessions

• Drupal Theme Concepts: A gentle introduction to theming Drupal by Robert Castelo
• Limitations of the Drupal theming layer: Some of the common "mistakes" designers can make when working with Drupal by Nicolas Borda
• From PSD 2 Drupal: Some tips on making a Drupal theme from a Photoshop or GIMP design by Nicolas Borda
• Maps: They don't have to look like google maps. openstreetmap, cloudmade and map styles, by Andrew Larcombe

TBC Sessions

• PHP for Designers: How to get started with PHP to get the most out of your themes by James Panton

Presentations are being finalised. If you have a topic you'd like to present, or would like to suggest a session you'd like to attend, please get in touch.

Food, Drink, and Books

Packt Publishing have kindly donated Drupal books to be won by a few lucky attendees, and Sun Microsystems will provide food and drink as part of their hospitality.

What is Drupal?

Out of the box Drupal provides a rich toolset for quickly setting up and maintaining a website, including content management and advanced community building features.

Drupal is also framework for rapid development, so new features such as eCommerce can be quickly added by installing a plug in from a library of existing modules, over 2,000 currently available - or you can develop your own modules and plug them in.

Who's Using Drupal?

The London Paper, New York Observer, The Onion, MTV UK, The Economist, Mute....and many more. You've probably been to a Drupal site without realising it!

Organisers

Drupal 4 Designers is organised by Nicolas Borda, Code Positive, and Sun Microsystems.

Nicolas Borda is a freelance Drupal themer based in London, with a deep knowledge of converting designs into high quality Drupal themes.

Code Positive are Drupal London consultants with a long history of involvement in the Drupal community.

Sun Microsystems is an active Drupal user, long term Drupal contributor, and as part of their Startup Essentials programme has very kindly provided us with an excellent venue for this event. Drupal uses Sun's MySQL as a backend database for data storage.