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In April, two teams of web developers will be getting together to build two websites for two selected 'not for profits'/charities in Ireland.

Despite the growing importance of the Internet in daily communications, many groups are left behind because they have neither the skills nor the resources or time to build a website. To address this, the Drupal developer community in Ireland will build two websites in 24 hours as part of "DrupalCamp", a conference in Galway. Two teams will face off against each other to create these websites, and one team will win a prize.

The websites will be built on a free, secure content management system called Drupal. Drupal allows you to easily update your website by simply logging in and clicking 'edit' on your screen. This allows you to have complete control of your site's content. A team of developers will be dedicated to working on your site for 24 hours. Organisations such as the HEA, Galway Cycling Campaign, CROI, Oxegen, Concern Fast and the Irish Science Gallery all use Drupal for their website.

Eireman is a middle and long-distance triathlon taking place in Wexford next year.

A long time ago, I used to do a bit of white-water kayaking, and www.irishfreestyle.com was a regular site for me to visit.

As a site builder and themer, the biggest work for me is usually developing the theme for the project. But manipulating forms is tricky too.

The Science Gallery is an initiative of Trinity College Dublin and features regular science related exhibits.

Remedi is the regenerative medicine institute at NUI, Galway. The have just launched their new website, running Drupal 5 at www.remedi.ie.

Renvyle House Hotel is a luxury hotel in the village of Renvyle, not far from Clifden in North East Galway.

In the earlier postings, I had a relatively crude method of adding the javascript by calling drupal_add_js in my template.php file. The main problem with this method was that it included the map on every page regardless of when it was needed.

In an earlier post, I outlined how I used a node-type.tlp.php file to format the output for the event content type I had created.

I've been using Drupal for about 2 years. I've built a good few sites, my flagship being www.athenryac.com. From the very beginning, I've always felt I've been using but a tiny amount of the power of Drupal.