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Ubercart Sessions at Drupalcon DC

Submitted by Ryan on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 20:54.

Honestly, it feels crazy early for me to be submitting session proposals to a conference four months out. I was motivated by the reminder that the deadline is nearing to get our Ubercart session proposals up on the site for folks to scope out and vote into being. If you haven't posted your proposals yet (not counting BoF sessions), get on it! The deadline is December 10th.

I'll be teaming up with Lyle, the other core Uberdev, and the rest of Team Ubercart to present a couple of sessions:

  • Ubercart on Drupal 6 - The abstract says it all, but the gist of this one is a brief project overview, status update, and explanation of all the changes and new goodness that have come our way during the Drupal 6 migration. With a beta on the near horizon, the 2.0 version should be widely used by then with work on the 3.0 under way.
  • Advanced Ubercart Usage - In this session, I'll be spending some time highlighting some of the great ways people are using Ubercart and how we've helped make their dreams come true. Any advanced core/contrib module is fair game, and this includes things like the User Points integration and customization for Digital Dollhouse, node checkout system for Do It With Drupal, and node access purchasing sponsored by Flat World Knowledge.

This time around we'll also enjoy sitting back and relaxing while Mike and Tim from the Commerce Guys give a beginner's introduction to installing and configuring Ubercart. Their session, Starting your own Ubercart store, will essentially be an expanded version of what I've crammed into the "Introducing Ubercart" hour at the last three Drupalcons.

Anyways, while Drupalcon DC feels like a long way off, I know it'll be here before I know it. I can't wait to go. I'm looking forward to the event itself and to visiting family in the area. I especially look forward to visiting the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and highly recommend it to anyone looking to geek out while sight seeing.

So... unless you're coming to DIWD in December, I'll see you in March! Cool
#1Submitted by Rob Loach (not verified) on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 13:40.

Awesome!

Awesome!

#2Submitted by ChrisBryant (not verified) on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 20:38.

Voted and looking forward to

Voted and looking forward to the sessions. Let me know if you would like any info on the http://fleurville.com site and the Ubercart QuickBooks Integration.

#3Submitted by Ryan on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 01:03.

Thanks for the offers. I'll

Thanks for the offers. I'll have to review my showcase sites. There are so many great sites popping up! I might actually get in touch before the conference about the QuickBooks integration... My company is finally getting around to migrating to Ubercart, and I'd rather not try and support the old system I wrote for our osCommerce site. Sticking out tongue

#4Submitted by jacob Redding (not verified) on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 22:00.

Four months may seem like a

Four months may seem like a lot of time but just think of how much time to have to really add in those "cool" effects into your powerpoint. You could have kittens bounce across the screen or have every single letter come from "out of nowhere" to form the words, It'll amaze the audience!

Definitely looking forward to your sessions.

#5Submitted by Ryan on Sat, 11/22/2008 - 01:01.

hah! Maybe in that time I

hah! Maybe in that time I could just train a kitten to give the presentation for me. That would wow the hardest critics. Eye-wink