Eek. I just realized I have a prior commitment that evening. Sorry! Hope to
do a Drupal related presentation in the future if there's interest.


On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Ariel Gold <arielqgold@gmail.com> wrote:

> HI Folks,
>
> I'm build websites, specializing in Drupal and CiviCRM and Hans has asked
> me to give a presentation Thursday, May 12th.
>
> Is there anything in particular you'd like me to present? I was thinking
> about giving a presentation on Aegir, including drush make. I'm also happy
> to give a more basic presentation on something like how to build an online
> business directory.
>
>
> What is Aegir?
>
> The Aegir hosting system allows developers and site administrators to
> automate many of the common tasks associated with deploying and managing
> large websites. Aegir makes it easy to install, upgrade, deploy, and backup
> an entire network of Drupal sites.
> Recent support for multi-server site deployment and management allows for
> migrating sites between servers, including large sites spread across
> multiple web servers.
>
> What is Drush make?
>
> ** Drush make is an extension to drush that can create a ready-to-use
> drupal site, pulling sources from various locations. It does this by parsing
> a flat text file (similar to a drupal .info file) and downloading the
> sources it describes. In practical terms, this means that it is possible to
> distribute a complicated Drupal distribution as a single text file.
>
>
> http://aegirproject.org
> http://drupal.org/project/drush_make
>
> See you!
>
>
> Ariel Gold
>
>
>