Administration

With many of the newer Drupal hosting solutions we now find a super-site system of some sort; Drush, Aegir, Pantheon, Gardens, etc. Site Administration by a Drupal enabled super-site make transition from Drupal Administrator to Drupal Multi-Host Administrator or even Drupal Multi-Domain Multi-Host Administrator much easier. With more examples of this type expected during next year, we thought we'd make even easier!

Hi, the Docs Team would love to have a Documentation Sprint at SANDcamp. Lisa Rex will be there, and the other docs team members will provide support in #drupal-docs on IRC More details TBC!

Config management shouldn't just be for sysadmins. Config management is about tracking your config as part of the app. Many configuration management tools exist - cfengine, bcfg2, Puppet and Chef. Notable Drupal projects are already using these tools. Pantheon uses bcfg2 and Acquia hosting uses Puppet. Far too few developers in the Drupal community use these tools and adoption could provide substantial benefit to many developers.

On Friday, January 7th (the day before SANDcamp) from 8am-5pm PST, Volacci's own Josh Ward will conduct an interactive training session that will cover essential Drupal SEO tools such as: On-Page Optimization Keyword Research Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Essential Drupal SEO Modules Breakfast and Lunch will be provided for all Attendees. The cost is $250 per person, but SandCamp attendees are eligible for a $50 discount! Just use discount code 'sandseo' when registering.

Hardware matters Well, duh, we all know that. However, most of our Drupal performance discussions center on the software stack – Drupal itself and the LAMP stack, and how we can tweak software to make our sites run at peak performance. In this session I will shine the light on recent hardware trends and how and why you might want to opt for owning a cutting edge server rather than trust the “cloud” or a VPS to perform adequately for you.

How can you deliver innovation for your users/clients? Do you employ the right kind of people? Is your company a "chop-shop" or is it made up of forward-thinkers? What does it take to deliver innovation to your users/clients? How should you run your team? Where does R&D come in? In this session, we'll explore the ways that a development team can deliver digital innovation for its clients and/or users. We'll explore some of the attributes of an innovative team and some ideation strategies that facilitate the delivery of digital innovation.