http://groups.drupal.org/drupalcamp-seattle Come join us at Drupal Camp Seattle, June 27th and 28th en http://groups.drupal.org/node/12796 <p>The Camp was a huge success! We had over 80 people attend over 2 days with folks coming from Vancouver, Victoria, Montana, Portland, Bellingham, Olympia, Tacoma, San Diego, (Seattle) and even Vermont.</p> <p>Thanks to all of our <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/sponsors">sponsors</a>:</p> <ul> <li>Achieve Internet <li>Active State <li>CivicActions <li>Cliff Bar <li>DrupalCamp Vancouver <li>Hazel Consulting <li>Office Nomads <li>Palantir <li>Poplar ProductivityWare <li>Pyramid Communications <li>StartPad </ul> <p>Also, a huge thanks to everyone presented sessions, and everyone else who helped out in ways big and small.</p> <p>If you presented and have a slide deck, please post a link to it in the comments of the session node on <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org">seattle.drupal-camp.org</a>.</p> <p>If you took pictures and plan to upload them to a site like flick, please tag them with "drupalcampseattle drupalcamp drupal dcs08". You can also join the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/drupalcamp-seattle/">DrupalCampSeattle group on flickr</A> and add them to the group pool.</p> <p>Nearly all sessions were recorded, so look for links to the videos showing up soon.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/tacoma">Tacoma</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12796#comments DrupalCamp seattle training Drupal Camp Seattle Portland (Oregon) Seattle Tacoma Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:31:05 +0000 GregoryHeller 12796 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12672 <p>We have two classrooms that need some setup on Friday morning. It won't take long, but I'm hoping to have two folks who can manage the North Classroom ( rm 105 also called Small) and the South Classroom (rm 111, Large). We need to setup some tables and chairs in both. In addition, the small classroom is the "break" room. Coffee, water, and snacks need to be setup ASAP i.e. before 9:30 when folks are expected to arrive. The small room also needs butcher paper applied to the windows so a projector can be worthwhile. I'm bringing the paper and tape.</p> <p>Any takers? Don't you feel like bossing people around for just a little bit? Then you can sit back and relax :)</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12672#comments chairs fun organize tables Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:11:41 +0000 robeano 12672 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12440 <p>Check it out: <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase</a></p> <p>we'll have about 30 minutes to present some stellar sites before we head off to the friday evening social event. post a comment at <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lightning-talks-site-showcase</a> if you want to be considered for the showcase.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12440#comments DrupalCamp showcase Drupal Camp Seattle Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:18:53 +0000 GregoryHeller 12440 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12432 <p>If you want to be added to the waitlist of drupalcamp seattle 2008. please sign up.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/vancouver">Vancouver</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12432#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Portland (Oregon) Seattle Vancouver Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:39:20 +0000 GregoryHeller 12432 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12423 <p>We are looking for one more projector for DrupalCamp on June 27-28. Anybody got one we can borrow?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12423#comments DrupalCamp logistics Drupal Camp Seattle Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:01:45 +0000 robeano 12423 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/12186 <p>DrupalCamp Seattle is a free event, we're not making shirts for all attendees. But we do have a shirt, design created by Julie Wessel, andh ave made it available on Zazzle.<br /> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/civicactions">Order Your Shirt Today<br><br /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2566140442_70a41f066a_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="drupalcamp_seattle_shirt.jpg" /></A></p> <p>And you will get it in time for the camp!</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/12186#comments DrupalCamp DrupalCamp Seattle seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:52:04 +0000 GregoryHeller 12186 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11677 <p>This year's Seattle Drupal camp is shaping up and the presentation line-up is looking great! </p> <p>I am heading up an effort to record and share the valuable sessions at Drupal Camp. The goal is to get recordings of the sessions and push to get the video online at or shortly following camp. </p> <p>This is my call for help with publishing video of sessions.</p> <p>Here is a list of needs:</p> <ul> <li>Video Equipment - Cameras, Tripods, Tapes, Microphones</li> <li>Volunteers to help transcode video and publish to our online host</li> <li><strong>Someone to be in charge of video recording on Saturday, I will not be there</strong></li> </ul> <p>I feel like this is a way for me to help contribute back to the community at large by sharing the knowledge from our camp...<br /> Do you feel the same? If so, get in touch and help make sharing the Drupal Video goodness a reality.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11677#comments DrupalCamp Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Fri, 23 May 2008 05:02:30 +0000 RockSoup 11677 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11298 <p>We've set up an event node here on g.d.o for people to signup for the seattle drupalcamp. All information will eventually be posted <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296">on this node</a>.<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> <br></p> <p>Here is the short of it (as you may know):<br /> June 27, 28 10am to 5pm<br /> Youngstown Arts Center (site of last year's camp), its about 5 miles south of downtown.</p> <p><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296">Find out more</A> and signup, space is limited right now to 80 people.</p> <p><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/9066">Contribute session ideas</A></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/victoria">Victoria</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11298#comments drupal camp DrupalCamp event seattle training Drupal Camp Seattle Drupal Camp Vancouver Portland (Oregon) Seattle Spokane, WA Tacoma Vancouver Vancouver Island Victoria Wed, 07 May 2008 23:09:00 +0000 GregoryHeller 11298 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296 <p><strong><em>The Camp will be limited to 80 campers due to space constraints. REGISTRATION IS FULL!!! <a></em></strong></p> <h2>Where</h2> <p><a href="http://youngstownarts.org/" target="new">Youngstown Arts Center</a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=4408+Delridge+Way+SW,+Seattle,+WA+98106&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=27.699934,77.695313&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=47.566537,-122.363362&amp;spn=0.011496,0.037937&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr" target="new">4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106 (google map)</a></p> <h2>When</h2> <p>Friday June 27th 10am to 5pm<br /> Saturday June 28th 10am to 5pm, plus 5pm to 8pm (extended sessions? party? we'll let you know soon!)</p> <h2>What</h2> <p>2 Days of community lead sessions on Drupal. See the <a href="/node/9066">Wiki</A> for more details.</p> <h2>Who</h2> <p>Organized by the Seattle Drupal User Group (SEADUG)</p> <h2>Sponsors</h2> <p>If you would like to sponsor the camp, please contact <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/user/41/contact">Gregory Heller</A>.</p> <p><strong><em>The Camp will be limited to 80 campers due to space constraints. REGISTRATION IS FULL!!! <a href="/node/12432">Please signup for the wait list</a></em></strong></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Wed, 07 May 2008 22:43:43 +0000 GregoryHeller 11296 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/11032 <p>Finally...we have a location for the dates we want! DrupalCamp will be held at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center this year. Dates are solid for June 27 and 28th. Thanks for hanging in there as we all tried different locations. My one concern with YCAC is wifi access. Gregory and Shawn say they have extra routers they can bring, but I'm looking for someone to help and coordinate network issues. We are renting both classrooms plus the theater which holds 150 people. We can start ramping up PR and coordinating the rest of event now that we have location and dates. Let's get to it. My first thought is...do you we need to have folks register? I think we have plenty of speakers, but should we also promote the event more with a focus on bringing in more experts to give talks? Vancouver is doing both of these on a separate web site: <a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/" title="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/">http://drupalcampvancouver.org/</a>. Add comments...your opinion matters.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/11032#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:04:33 +0000 robeano 11032 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10648 <p>The Seattle Drupal Users Group is organizing a DrupalCamp for this summer. I'm in contact with a local university where we would like to host the event. The university is requesting that we exist as an actual nonprofit entity and that we have liability insurance. Has anyone else come across these issues before? Can the Drupal Association help here? I have contact the Drupal Association, and I'm awaiting their response, but I thought I might post here as well. Any thoughts or hints would be greatly appreciated? Is it time for our DUG to become a nonprofit?</p> <p>You can learn more about our camp at <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/drupalcamp-seattle" title="http://groups.drupal.org/drupalcamp-seattle">http://groups.drupal.org/drupalcamp-seattle</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupal-camp">Drupal Event Organization</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/10648#comments DrupalCamp Drupal Camp Seattle Drupal Event Organization Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:54:28 +0000 robeano 10648 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/10201 <p>We need to figure out the budget. Vancouver already has a nice set of numbers to start with (hope you don't mind us taking advantage):</p> <p><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/10035" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/10035">http://groups.drupal.org/node/10035</a></p> <p>I'm working on location which will affect the budget. In fact, one location if we use it will also affect the food budget. Will update as I learn more.</p> <p>Youngstown (pending final contract): ~ $1000<br /> Hospitality:<br /> * coffee/tea/water in morning/afternoon<br /> * lunch each day<br /> * after hours event Saturday evening<br /> * something on Friday evening?</p> <p>What else?<br /> t-shirts?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> Drupal Camp Seattle Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:11:00 +0000 robeano 10201 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/9066 <p>Contribute your ideas for a new &amp; improved Seattle DrupalCamp in 2008</p> <p>The 2008 Seattle DrupalCamp will take place on Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, 2008. Location:<br /> <a href="http://youngstownarts.org/">Youngstown Cultural Arts Center</a><br /> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=4408+Delridge+Way+SW,+Seattle,+WA+98106&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=43.848534,82.265625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr">4408 Delridge Way SW</a><br /> Seattle, WA 98106 </p> <p>DrupalCamp website: <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/</a></p> <p>NEW SIGN UP PROCEDURE<br /> If you were among the first 80 people to signup, register again here: <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/drupalcampseattle-2008" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/drupalcampseattle-2008">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/drupalcampseattle-2008</a><br /> If you were not among the first 80, sign up on the Wait List: <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/12432" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/12432">http://groups.drupal.org/node/12432</a></p> <p>^{The first 80 people to sign up are listed here: <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296/attendees" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296/attendees">http://groups.drupal.org/node/11296/attendees</a> (list is frozen)}</p> <p>The following information has been moved to the DrupalCamp website and is now considered to be static.<br /> Go to <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/</a> for up-to-date information.</p> <h2>Proposed Schedule</h2> <h3>Friday schedule</h3> <p>09:30 Registration<br /> 10:00 Welcome &amp; Introductions, Talks, BOFs<br /> 12:15 Lunch (provided)<br /> 16:30 Closing Statements<br /> 16:45 Clean up<br /> 18:00 Happy Hour Pike Place Brewpub @ 1st &amp; Pike in the market. No host bar, space reserved for ~40.</p> <h3>Saturday schedule</h3> <p>09:30 Registration &amp; Welcome<br /> 10:00 Welcome &amp; Introductions, Talks, BOFs<br /> 12:15 Lunch (provided)<br /> 16:30 Closing Statements<br /> 16:45 Clean up<br /> 18:00 Happy Hour</p> <h3>Talk &amp; BOF Schedule</h3> <p>Talks: 30 minutes for a talk, 15 minutes for questions and answers, 15 minutes for transition/gatherings/discussion</p> <p>BOFs: "Birds of a Feather" - more informal gatherings of people with a common interest to ask and answer each others' questions. Subjects to be determined by interest of attendees</p> <table> <tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Friday, June 27, 2008</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Room 1</th> <th>Room 2</th> <th>Room 3</th> </tr> <tr> <td> Building a Site Series:<br /> 10:15 Information Architecture<br /> 11:15 CCK<br /> 12:15 Lunch<br /> 1:30 Views<br /> 2:30 Intro to Themes<br /> 3:30 Theming BOF </td> <td> Development:<br /> Module Development Intro<br /> Other talks and BOFs </td> <td> Hang out, talk with people, snacks, propose and sign up for BOFs, hold BOFs, etc. </td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Saturday, June 28, 2008</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Room 1</th> <th>Room 2</th> <th>Room 3</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Talks and BOFs</td> <td>Talks and BOFs</td> <td>Hanging Out and BOFs</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Talks and BOFs to be possibly scheduled - some need presenters</h3> <h4>Talks</h4> <p><strong>all talks should touch on * Contributing to the Community</strong></p> <ul> <li>Media (video, audio, etc.) Support with Media Mover - Arthur</li> <li>Images/ImageCache/Albums - Scott</li> <li>Data import to nodes/CCK - Greg</li> <li>Web services module in Drupal - Greg</li> <li>Flex and Drupal Services, case example - Gord Christmas</li> <li>committing a module or contributing patches to drupal.org - Greg</li> <li>Staging and deployment - Greg</li> <li>Theming - Jarod/Jennifer - PHP for Themers (Resource: <a href="http://www.themeswiki.org/Building_Drupal_5_Themes" title="http://www.themeswiki.org/Building_Drupal_5_Themes">http://www.themeswiki.org/Building_Drupal_5_Themes</a> )</li> <li>Site Planning/Information Architecture - Gregory</li> <li>Panels 2 - Gregory</li> <li>Internationalization - drewish (Andrew Morton)</li> <li>"How-to commit that module you made for that client" - Karl</li> <li>Installing and Install Profiles - Angus Pratt</li> <li>Debugging and Troubleshooting Techniques</li> <li>JQuery</li> <li>RDF</li> <li>SimpleTest</li> <li>Version Control (CVS/SVN demonstration) </li> <li>How to contribute back to Open Source (Documentation, Patches, Issue Queue)</li> </ul> <h4>BOFs</h4> <ul> <li>Regular Expressions Introduction (mentioned to Robin earlier this year) - Jennifer can teach this if there is interest</li> <li>Menus: how to show that a primary page is active in a menu when you are on a secondary page</li> </ul> <h2>Session Details</h2> <p>Theming Introduction: how to find a theme as a starting point (theming engine, version compatibility, issue queue, accessibility, usability), how to modify it</p> <h2>Facilities</h2> <p><a href="http://youngstownarts.org/">Youngstown Cultural Arts Center</a><br /> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=4408+Delridge+Way+SW,+Seattle,+WA+98106&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=43.848534,82.265625&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=p&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=addr">4408 Delridge Way SW</a><br /> Seattle, WA 98106</p> <p>Renting from 9 am - 5pm plus 5pm -8pm in the theater only on Saturday only</p> <p>** Need a way to shade windows for better screen viewing</p> <h2>Calendar dates</h2> <ul> <li>June 27 - 28</li> <li>Two days for camp: Friday plus Saturday under consideration (in 2007 the camp was one day only on a Friday)</li> <li>Youngstown June event calendar: <a href="http://youngstownarts.org/event/2008/06/22/month/all/all/1" title="http://youngstownarts.org/event/2008/06/22/month/all/all/1">http://youngstownarts.org/event/2008/06/22/month/all/all/1</a></li> </ul> <h2>Logistics</h2> <p>Logistics Moved to <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/logistics" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/logistics">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/logistics</a></p> <h3>Timing and Scheduling</h3> <p>*sessions should be 1 hour or maybe just 45 minutes and 15 minute to 1/2 hour break in between sessions<br /> * Jared really wants to process video Friday after the sessions before the party and get it online that night, please see him if you are interested in helping- thanks<br /> * if you have slides for your presentation please post them beforehand for people to see and maybe follow along</p> <h3>Technical</h3> <ul> <li>Equipment<br /> ** Projector: Gregory<br /> ** need have powerstrips: Gregory has 4 or 5</li> <li>video recording <ul> <li>what sessions should we record and who is going to do it?</li> <li>what is to be done with tge videos?</li> <li>the people who talk need to repeat the questions into the microphone</li> </ul> </li> <li>Internet access: wifi routers on multiple channels for each room (Shawn)</li> <li>presentation equipment</li> <li>If we have an IRC channel going, should we project that on a screen during the presentation? Same for Twitter...</li> </ul> <p><b>Recording Audio and Video</b><br /> * Organizers: Jared<br /> * Cameras: Jared, Shawn,<br /> * Document quick edit and upload procedures; post to Groups, SeaDUG</p> <h3>Hospitality</h3> <ul> <li>Organizers: Bram</li> <li>Catering: Catering will consist of platters of sandwiches, veggies, chips for 100 people. Herban Feast is unavailable June 27/28 - we're exploring other options.</li> <li>Coffee: In addition to coffee itself, we need cream, sugar, cups, and a coffee urns. Bram will check with YCAC to see what they can provide.<br /> **Tullys was suggested as an option for boxes of drip coffee. The closest Tullys location to YCAC is the Fauntleroy store ~2.5 miles away:<br /> 4205 SW Morgan St<br /> Seattle, WA 98136<br /> 206-938-4450<br /> **Uptown Espresso - West Seattle Robin thinks we can get them to donate.<br /> *Water: YCAC has drinking fountains. We'll need at least 1 bag of ice each day. Bram will check with YCAC to see if they have an ice maker, water pitchers. Drupal Camp Seattle will encourage people to BYO mugs, water.<br /> *Snacks: Granola bars from the Cash and Carry. ~$200. Two servings each day, setup in the AM, replenish in the PM. 200 units.<br /> *Lunch beverages: two options suggested were Dry Soda were Jones Soda, who are local and may be willing to donate. </li> <li>volunteer needed to help organize the Friday night party at Pike Place Brewery.</li> <li>Name tags, sign in: Bram - there will be a registration site that will capture attendees names - we will print nametags from this list on sheets of sticker labels.<br /> *Friday Happy Hour: Pike Place Brewery is confirmed. We have reserved cordoned off area for ~40. No deposit required, we just show up and buy beers for each other.</li> </ul> <h3>Signs</h3> <ul> <li>Signage and materials: <ul> <li>sponsor billboard - Jared</li> <li>entry door signs, session signup boards, buttons - Gregory</li> <li><a href="http://www.lostinseattle.com/LIS/-catlists/cat-signs.html" title="http://www.lostinseattle.com/LIS/-catlists/cat-signs.html">http://www.lostinseattle.com/LIS/-catlists/cat-signs.html</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2>Budget</h2> <ul> <li>Organizer: Gregory</li> <li>List of expenses and contributors: <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/10201" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/10201">http://groups.drupal.org/node/10201</a></li> <li>Sponsors <a href="/user/41/contact">Contact Gregory Heller</A></li> </ul> <h2>Transportation</h2> <p>Transportation moved to <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/transportation" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/transportation">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/transportation</a></p> <ul> <li>Carpool Diem: Rideshare to conserve transport and parking</li> <li>Public transportation: Youngstown is easily accessible by Metro bus:</li> </ul> <p>Metro routes <A href="http://transit.metrokc.gov/cftemplates/show_schedule.cfm?BUS_ROUTE=125&amp;TYPE=0">120</A> and <A href="http://transit.metrokc.gov/cftemplates/show_schedule.cfm?BUS_ROUTE=125&amp;TYPE=0">125</A> stop directly in front of the building and connect to downtown in 10 minutes. Route 120 also connects south to Burien while 125 connects Youngstown with Capitol Hill when it switches to Route 11 as it goes through downtown and to South Seattle Community College as it heads to White Center.</p> <p>Visit <A href="http://transit.metrokc.gov/">Metro Online</A> or call Metro at 206.553.3300 for additional information.</p> <p>*Youngstown is just a short drive from downtown Seattle:</p> <p>From Interstate 5 or State Route 99, take the West Seattle Bridge Exit. Take the Delridge Way SW (South Seattle Community College) Exit. Turn Left into the Youngstown Cultural Center parking lot just past SW Genesee Street at 4408 Delridge Way SW.</p> <p>The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center offers free parking.</p> <h2>Lodging for Out-of-Towners</h2> <p>Lodging moved to <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lodging" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lodging">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/lodging</a></p> <p>List of nearby hotels &amp; motels with rates<br /> * <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/p/1/2/Seattle/Hotels.html" title="http://www.urbanspoon.com/p/1/2/Seattle/Hotels.html">http://www.urbanspoon.com/p/1/2/Seattle/Hotels.html</a><br /> * Ace Hotel <a href="http://www.acehotel.com/" title="http://www.acehotel.com/">http://www.acehotel.com/</a><br /> * Travelodge West Seattle 3512 Sw Alaska St, Seattle<br /> * Georgetown Inn <a href="http://georgetowninnseattle.com/" title="http://georgetowninnseattle.com/">http://georgetowninnseattle.com/</a><br /> * La Hacienda Motel <A href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&amp;q=5414+1st+Ave+S++seattle&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ll=47.559963,-122.345638&amp;spn=0.053171,0.11673&amp;z=13&amp;iwloc=addr"> "<A href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-hacienda-motel-seattle">I swear I saw this place on Cops</A>"</p> <h2>Notification &amp; Publicity</h2> <p>Publicity moved to <a href="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/publicity" title="http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/publicity">http://seattle.drupal-camp.org/publicity</a></p> <ul> <li>Organizer:</li> <li>List of places to get the word out</li> <li><a href="http://www.meetatthepig.com/#calendar" title="http://www.meetatthepig.com/#calendar">http://www.meetatthepig.com/#calendar</a></li> <li><a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/609803/" title="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/609803/">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/609803/</a></li> <li>six hour startup</li> <li>giraffe labs</li> <li>saturday house</li> </ul> <h2>Related topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/9907" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/9907">http://groups.drupal.org/node/9907</a> Anyone go to a local university ...</li> <li><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/9057" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/9057">http://groups.drupal.org/node/9057</a> DrupalCamp 2008?</li> <li><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/4561" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/4561">http://groups.drupal.org/node/4561</a> DrupalCamp 2007</li> <li><a href="https://drupaldemo.ed.uiuc.edu/" title="https://drupaldemo.ed.uiuc.edu/">https://drupaldemo.ed.uiuc.edu/</a> Central Illinois Drupal Boot Camp (check out the design)</li> <li><a href="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/sessions" title="http://drupalcampvancouver.org/sessions">http://drupalcampvancouver.org/sessions</a> Drupal Camp Vancouver 2008 sessions</li> </ul> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/tacoma">Tacoma</a></div> Seattle Drupal Event Organization Drupal Camp Seattle Tacoma Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:57:38 +0000 robeano 9066 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/5788 <p>There was some talk at the Seattle Dug about helping out with signup module so that it would be compatible with things going on here on g.d.o (so that it could be used for signups to dug events)</p> <p>there is post over here about the todo list for the signup module <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/5044" title="http://groups.drupal.org/node/5044">http://groups.drupal.org/node/5044</a></p> <p>maybe the upcoming la drupal camp, or berkeley camp or an associated user group (or the Seattle DUG) would be able to contribute some to the signup module?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/5788#comments DrupalCamp dugs events Drupal Event Organization Drupal Camp Bay Area Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:56:00 +0000 GregoryHeller 5788 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4888 <p>Attached are the slides and (soon) the code used during the Theming Introduction talk.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4888#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:27:36 +0000 robeano 4888 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4885 <p>streaming drupal camp seattle user room live at <a href="http://ustream.tv/roland" title="http://ustream.tv/roland">http://ustream.tv/roland</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4885#comments ustream.tv Drupal Camp Seattle Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:41:40 +0000 roland tanglao@bryght.com 4885 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4561 <p>Working agenda for the June 29 2007 Drupal Camp in Seattle.</p> <p>Location: Youngstown Cultural Arts Center<br /> 4408 Delridge Way SW<br /> Seattle, WA 98106<br /> <a href="http://youngstownarts.org/" title="http://youngstownarts.org/">http://youngstownarts.org/</a></p> <p>No entrance fee, food &amp; accommodations have been generously sponsored by CivicActions, Pyramid Communications, and Uptown Espresso.</p> <p>If you enjoy this event and you want to donate some money, please give to the Drupal Association:</p> <p><a href="http://association.drupal.org/donate" title="http://association.drupal.org/donate">http://association.drupal.org/donate</a></p> <p>Wireless internet access will be available. Please bring a laptop with a sandbox Drupal installation if possible.</p> <p>Schedule:<br /> 09:00 Welcome &amp; Introductions (Gregory)<br /> 09:30 Drupal Install Fest (LAMP/MAMP, CDs, links)<br /> 10:00 Concurrent Sessions (User &amp; Developer track)<br /> 15 minute break<br /> 11:15 Concurrent Sessions (User &amp; Developer track)<br /> 12:15 Lunch (Ingallina)<br /> 13:30 Lightning Talks<br /> 14:00 Concurrent Sessions (User &amp; Developer track)<br /> geek yoga<br /> 15 minute break<br /> 15:15 Concurrent Sessions (User &amp; Developer track)<br /> 16:15 Closing Statements (SeaDUG <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/seattle" title="http://groups.drupal.org/seattle">http://groups.drupal.org/seattle</a>)<br /> 16:45 Clean up<br /> 17:00 Happy Hour (Skylark Cafe <a href="http://www.skylarkcafe.com/" title="http://www.skylarkcafe.com/">http://www.skylarkcafe.com/</a>)</p> <p>User Session Leaders:<br /> Barnraising, Requirements, Module selection (Gregory)<br /> Barnraising, Installation, Panels/Views/CCK Configuration (Gregory)</p> <p>Developer Session Leaders:<br /> Theming (Robin)<br /> Module Development (Shawn)<br /> Contributions back to Drupal and Version Comparison: 4.7, 5, 6 (???)<br /> JQuery (Robin?)</p> <p>Parking: It is okay to park on the east side of Delridge and it is also<br /> okay to use the parking lot across the street at the community center.<br /> It is NOT okay to use the residential lot behind the building.</p> <p>Budget:<br /> $245 Youngstown (CivicActions)<br /> $440 Ingallina Lunch (CivicActions)<br /> ? Coffee (Uptown Espresso)<br /> $150 Snacks/Soda/Water thermos cups (Pyramid / John)<br /> easy snacks like some fruit, pretzels, granola-ish bars (I love luna bars) plus water, can sodas, coffee, and tea (plus sugar and half and half).</p> <p>Notification/Publicity: Nten, Digital Eve, PugetSoundPHP, Upcoming ...</p> <p>Recording: Video of session talks, Screencast, edit and post (Jared)</p> <p>Drupal Camp Seattle is sponsored by <a href="http://www.civicactions.com">CivicActions</a> and <a href="http://www.pyramidcommunications.com/">Pyramid Communications</a> and organized by members of the <a href="/seattle">Seattle Drupal User Group</a>. Coffee will be donated by <a href="http://www.uptownespresso.net/">Uptown Espresso</a> (home of the velvet foam!).</p> <p>Happy Hour at Skylark Cafe<br /> <a href="http://www.skylarkcafe.com/" title="http://www.skylarkcafe.com/">http://www.skylarkcafe.com/</a><br /> It's within walking distance, so join us for some fresh air, then some fresh drinks (they have tasty food too).</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> Drupal Event Organization Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:17:24 +0000 communitysteps 4561 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4471 <p>We have finalized the location with <a href="http://youngstownarts.org/" target="new">Youngstown Cultural Arts Center</a> for June 29 and are now working out the details.</p> <p>The event will take place from 9am to 5pm (if the event date and time above say anything different, ignore that)<br /> The rough agenda at this time:</p> <pre><code>* Introductions * Lightning Talks * Concurrent Sessions (User &amp;amp; Developer track) * Lunch * Lightning Talks * Concurrent Sessions (User &amp;amp; Developer track) * Happy Hour (near by) </code></pre><p><b><i>See the <A href="/node/4561">planning wiki node</a></i></b></p> <p><b>Please leave a comment to let us know if you will be attending the Drupal Camp, let us know you lunch preference (veggie or non veggie).</b></p> <p>Drupal Camp Seattle is sponsored by <a href="http://www.civicactions.com">CivicActions</a> and <a href="http://www.pyramidcommunications.com/">Pyramid Communications</a> and organized by members of the <a href="/seattle">Seattle Drupal User Group</a>. Coffee will be donated by <a href="http://www.uptownespresso.net/">Uptown Espresso</a> (home of the velvet foam!).</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4471#comments DrupalCamp seattle training Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:16:14 +0000 GregoryHeller 4471 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4420 <p>We have reserved two classrooms at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center for Seattle Drupal Camp 2007:</p> <p><a href="http://youngstownarts.org/" title="http://youngstownarts.org/">http://youngstownarts.org/</a></p> <p>It is located in West Seattle, and they have been very generous to give us their nonprofit rate for both rooms.</p> <p>Date and Time: June 29th, 10 am - 5 pm</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4420#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:01:01 +0000 robeano 4420 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4065 <p>Let's get ready for Seattle's 2007 Drupal Summer Camp. At our last DUG meeting, we discussed a couple of topics about Camp.</p> <p>Possible dates:</p> <ul> <li>June 15, 29</li> </ul> <p>Possible locations:</p> <ul> <li>911 (Shawn)</li> <li>CHAC (Shawn)</li> <li>Hugo House (Gregory)</li> <li>Seattle Library</li> </ul> <p>Contacting Drupal Business who may want to participate and sponsor:</p> <ul> <li>DigitalAid (Robin)</li> <li>Bryght (Gregory)</li> <li>Rain City (Gregory)</li> <li>Crafty Space (Gregory)</li> </ul> <p>If your name is listed above in parathenses, then you are responsible for contacting the appropriate people to see if they (or their locations) are available. If for some reason, we can not find a suitable location for the June dates, let's plan on trying for some dates in July.</p> <p>This is a one day event with two tracks: developer and super user/administrator.</p> <p>We have not specified exact hours yet.</p> <p>We need to consider hospitality (like offering water or snacks to participants), and how we might handle lunch and an apres-camp get together.</p> <p>We also need to promote like mad if we want people to attend in June. Are we sure we really want to do this in June? It doesn't seem like enough time.</p> <p>If you want to</p> <ul> <li>give a talk</li> <li>suggest a talk</li> <li>help organize</li> </ul> <p>please add comments to this post.</p> <p>I thought I might do a talk about the Import Export API, but it is such a bugger. I'm still figuring out how to use it. I am happy to give a talk on the developer side, and I'm thinking maybe I could do a basic one about Forms API or about hooks in general (how to get started that sort of thing).</p> <p>What do you want to do?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/4065#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Tue, 15 May 2007 05:31:51 +0000 robeano 4065 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/4028 <p>We are seeking quotes for developing a web site for a local non-profit. Detail RFQ documents are available. Please reply to <a href="mailto:jobs@TakeMeToSam.com">jobs@TakeMeToSam.com</a>.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> contract development Drupal Camp Seattle Fri, 11 May 2007 20:45:48 +0000 Sams 4028 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/3873 <p>Immediate opening for a Web Developer<br /> Length of assignment: May – September</p> <p>Requirements:</p> <p>4 years of professional experience with HTML, CSS, and JS<br /> Prior work with web standards, SEO, and progressive enhancement preferred.<br /> Prior work with jQuery a plus<br /> Experience with 2 of the following platforms: Drupal, Joomla, Bricolage, Typo3, Plone, etc<br /> Experience with 2 of the following templating systems: Smarty, PHP, XSLT, Lasso<br /> Familiarity with basic templating concepts required (loops, conditionals, sub-templates, code-reuse)<br /> Familiarity with translating mock-ups to fully functional web pages</p> <p>If interested please send a Word version of your resume to Nora at <a href="mailto:nraj@seattletimes.com">nraj@seattletimes.com</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:48:59 +0000 nraj 3873 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/3807 <p>Pyramid Communications is a full-service public affairs and communications firm dedicated to socially responsible causes. Our clients range from large national foundations to small nonprofits and progressive companies in the northwest, we work in the areas of education, arts, public health, environment, labor and government.</p> <p>We need: Expert PHP/MySQL developer with experience developing Drupal sites, or the smarts to figure it out on the fly.</p> <p>Experience:</p> <div class="codeblock"><code>- 2+ years developing PHP / MySQL websites, the more Drupal experience the better<br />- Solid knowledge of XHTML, CSS, Javascript <br />- Ability to create CSS and table-based layouts<br />- Problem solving mindset, great attitude and ability to work well as part of a team.<br />- Strong understanding of cross-browser support and compatibility issues related to multiple browsers<br />- Understanding of web UI design and accessibility standards <br />- Experience developing AJAX interfaces a plus<br />- Ability to manage own time and accurately estimate deliverable timelines <br />- Light Linux admin experience and command line chops a big plus</code></div> <p>Although telecommuting is a possibility, we do require a good amount of face time to start. The position is Contract to Full-Time. Let's see if we like working with each other on a few projects first, and then take it from there.</p> <p>Send at least 3 URLs of sites you've worked on, a brief introduction and a resume to <a href="mailto:jfulton@pyramidcom.com">jfulton@pyramidcom.com</a></p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/seattle">Seattle</a></div> seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Seattle Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:39:03 +0000 jfulton 3807 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/1068 <p>Come to the second Seattle Drupal User Group Meetup! (it is sort of the first, and sort of the second, and some might say the third, but you should come regardless!)</p> <p>We will meet at 5pm at <a href="http://seattle.wifimug.org/index.cgi?RedLine">Red Line</a> located at 1525 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98122 (that is in Capital Hill, right near summit).</p> <p>Bring a laptop, a question, a site you want to demo, an open mind and anything else that you think might be useful or interesting.</p> <p>The meeting will be rather informal, but here is a crack at a draft agenda</p> <p>Introductions<br /> Meeting Schedule and Locations for the next few months<br /> Demonstrations/Show and Tell<br /> Questions/Problems<br /> Drupal News</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/1068#comments DUG meetup seattle Seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:47:21 +0000 GregoryHeller 1068 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/932 <p>I want to thank everyone for coming to Drupal Camp this week. IT was great to see so many poeple so excited about learning more about drupal!</p> <p>If you are local to seattle, be sure to join the Seattle group, we'll start getting together soon.</p> <p>If anyone picked up a plantronics blue tooth headset, please let me know. I lost it sometime on wednesday and hear that it was floating around.</p> <p>-Gregory</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/932#comments drupal camp seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:50:18 +0000 GregoryHeller 932 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/925 <p>Meant to mention this request for a drupal developer on Robert Scoble's blog from yesterday (for a friend of his) -- leave a note in comments on his blog if you are interested -- details are at --</p> <p><a href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/27/watching-the-grass-grow-drupal-developer-needed/">http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/27/watching-the-grass-grow-drupal-developer-needed/</a></p> <blockquote><p> Drupal developers. I have a friend who needs some development done. He’s looking for a Drupal developer for a short-term project. Are you one? Leave a note here and a way to be contacted. </p></blockquote> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/925#comments developers Drupal Seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:46:59 +0000 bryanzug 925 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/924 <p>Love to have some Drupal sessions (2-5 minute lightning talks, demos, discussions about questions, all the way to full blown presentations) at <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampVancouver">BarCamp Vancouver</a> (a 24 hour period probably starting the evening of Friday August 25th)</p> <p>A "Bar Camp" is a "unconference" like DrupalCamp Seattle. Everyone is expected to participate (blog, discuss, lead a session, give a demo or lightning talk, etc.) and the schedule is planned the "day of" at the start of the event (although you are encouraged to put up your session topic on the <a href="http://barcamp.org/BarCampVancouver">BarCamp Vancouver wiki</a>)</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/924#comments barcamp barcamp vancouover Vancouver Drupal Camp Seattle Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:31:25 +0000 roland tanglao@bryght.com 924 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/916 <p>Hey All;</p> <p>Listed below is a link to a directory showing 911 Media Arts Center here in Seattle. 911 Media Arts Center was incorporated in 1984 and is considered Washington State's premier Media Arts Center. Our mission is to support the expressive use of innovative media tools by providing the access, training and environment needed to create/exhibit works of enduring merit and artistic excellence. On this note, it seems appropriate that we offer our facilities for any future Drupal camps, and/or monthly meetings that we may hold in the future. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts, questions, etc. Thanks...</p> <p>Michael Greenleaf<br /> 911 Media Arts Center</p> <p><a href="http://www.911media.org/911_space/" title="http://www.911media.org/911_space/">http://www.911media.org/911_space/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.911media.org/" title="http://www.911media.org/">http://www.911media.org/</a></p> <p>====================</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/916#comments drupal camp seattle location Drupal Camp Seattle Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:55:08 +0000 mw_greenleaf 916 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/911 <p>Drupal Camp Afternoon Session<br /> · Bootstrapping your site<br /> · <a href="http://defectivebydesign.org" title="http://defectivebydesign.org">http://defectivebydesign.org</a> - bootstrapped live<br /> · Expectation setting. Boris’ comment about 4 month – clients have time to do the tasks they have to do that they had no idea<br /> · Defective by design – get into public’s mind that DRM is being pushed on us, it is wrong, we can push back, to get press, to sign up members and to convert members to Free Software Foundation<br /> · F2F work with online coordination and some online interation<br /> · Started with 24 people and one month later there are 5000. In the last week signed up 1500. Did a call in day against the RIAA, direct calls to executives, 200 people logged their call, was dug, slashdotted right away. Crossposted within 3-4 hours. Digg suppressed the story after it got on the front page and banned Henri Poole for a violation but they did not specify the violation.<br /> · Core Drupal 4.6, CiviCRM. Needed to track members, member sign up, present information to members, not a compendium of DRM info. Convert people immediately to taking action. Every page has form to sign up. So a slashotted page has a sign up. Digg front page – sign up is available on the page. <a href="http://www.digg.com" title="http://www.digg.com">http://www.digg.com</a>, <a href="http://www.slashdot.org" title="http://www.slashdot.org">http://www.slashdot.org</a> - whenever we have a page that is hit a lot, we throw in the sign in form. Above the fold.<br /> · TO track the contacts, we use a module called CiviCRM, which is almost as standalone CRM that works with Jumla, Drupal and possibly plone. You control permissions through Drupal access controls. Doing a session on it later. It has contribution management, mass emailing, groups, can relate contacts to each other, individual to individual, org to org. Used to live in the back office of organizations, needs linkage to the community site front end.<br /> · You can create a form, stick the code into a custom page and then, if you fill this out, a user fills out form. Email to confirm registration. Anyone who confirms is agreed to be emailed until they say no.<br /> · Member can log in, certain things they can do; get access to phone numbers. Started with core Drupal and CiviCRM. Posted things as blogs or pages. No other modules.<br /> · Then we had pictures from first event. Add the image module, image assist, created a custom block off of a php snippet off of Drupal.org. Greg is not a coder.<br /> · Stuck the snippet into a custom block, added the 2 variables, and voila now an image block pulls a fresh picture from a taxonomy of pictures.<br /> · Block – region where you can put in text. In 4.8 blocks become another CCK content. Now administered in a totally different way.<br /> · After each action we take cropped pictures and upload them. Have a recent blog post blocks. Only administrators/oganizers have blogs.<br /> · Like <a href="http://www.dailykos.com" title="http://www.dailykos.com">http://www.dailykos.com</a> which aggregates blogs up to an uber blog. Incorporating external blogs. In this site want a lot of control over content so reblog instead of auto feeding in external sources.<br /> · Used a <a href="http://www.flickr.com" title="http://www.flickr.com">http://www.flickr.com</a> badge, switched out the flickr logo. Working with Richard Stallman and he has some sensitivity about any direct links to services like Flickr because of their TOS run against Richard’s philosophy. It is really damn easy to use Flickr. Drupals picture system is not as easy as flickr an we don’t have the physical infrastructure to manage photos and videos so using flickr and youtube.<br /> · Links in a custom block to DRM resources. Will get converted to a links block. 2 or 3 modules that work together for weblinks with trackable metrics.<br /> · Linksrelated. Weblinks package. Wrapped together.<br /> · So if you can identify external resources and know how to install a block, you can pull in that external code easily into the block an include it in your site. So have people upload pictures to flickr, ask people to tag, then pull it into your site with RSS feed. People can “see” what your other members are doing. Brings them back to your page.<br /> · Post a picture and put text about yourself in the description and have a picture directory.<br /> · The put in module login toboggan. Login with your email address or your username.<br /> · Working on the add user module. With Toboggan they have to give in email, login, password to create an account. Different from regular Drupal which requires username.<br /> · Itch developed – want a module that all you have to put in is your email address. Then anything else the admin wants to require. Postal code. Country, whatever. The module then creates a username based on your email address. Reduce barrier. Form as few fields as possible. Put in email, emailed a username and password, then you can login and change it.<br /> · Wanted to limit access to phone numbers for calling campaign. Created simple access to determine which user role can see the node. You can set user role groups. Simple Access Permissions. I.e. staff, interns, authenticated users are always a group.<br /> · Allow people to see the other freedom fighters around them. Pulls up google map with pushpins for other users within specified range. Next add would be to specify who can contact you. Desired addition, once a threshold set an email is sent to all to encourage a Meetup F2F. Virtual organizer based on a value threshold.<br /> · Needed CCKM – added that. Created a node type for action, target, target report. You can create a field that is a node relation thing. RIAA action – RIAA target of the action. There was a node relation field to match the target with a specific action. So you do the right thing to the right people. Can see information on the target.<br /> · Then realized it looked ugly. Needed a way to show it so added the views module. This allowed them to … basic submit form, title, teaser, describe the action. Could add an image since using image assist. Comes with this neat thing – only viewable by… so can limit. Can exclude unauthenticated users. Can specify position of picture, links, etc. Then implants the image into the body.<br /> · If you are running a rich text editor you can drag and drop images. You can drag and drop from other sites. Drag from flickr into the rich text editor. Not a function of Drupal but of rich text editor. Can run image assist with rich text editor.<br /> · The image module (separate from image assist). Can resize pictures. Configure the image module to default sizes. Thumbnail and other sizes. Then image assist allows you to use the image in a text area.<br /> · We had an action item, targets of the action. List of targets done with the Views module. Created an alphabetized target table, grouped by country and organization. Target node has those fields in it. The whole page is based on a View. Header, selector, sorting capabilities, footers. This takes you to the target create form.<br /> · This is another view. Views allow you to create a block. Created a view list that is a block, the table with the target, the disposition, subject and report in the body of node and the user who created it.<br /> · In 4.7 you can assign blocks to regions. Here assigned it to center, and have it so this automatically shows on certain pages. Paginator… more item.<br /> · Views is module. Creates all the kinds of stuff. Before it existed if you wanted to display a bunch of nodes on a page you had to program a custom page to find, sort, display and layout. Views, like CCK allows you to do custom functionality without database and PhP programming… just learn the web interface. “Show me everything posted by Joe Smith on this page.”<br /> · Kind of like metadata plugin in Manilla except on steroids.<br /> · Bootstrapping = may look ugly at first<br /> · Contemp module. Need to figure out how to theme the display of nodes so you don’t get pure ugliness. Poor display or order. Contemp allows you to create a custom template for each CCK using a GUI. (Graphical user interface).<br /> · Next launching a petition to Bono asking him to take a stand against DRM since he has done other wonderful things with his celebrity. If he says DRM is bad, stifling creativity, screwing users, it might have an effect. Drafted a petition, installed the Petition Module and discovered serious bugs, have fixed it so it works.<br /> · An admin can go in, create content, add petition through a form, define a custom thank you page (another module). This form is made with CiviCRM. You create a profile and then tell the petitions module which CIviCRM module to use. After submit counter on petition goes up by one. Land on thank you page that asks them to spread the word. Then brings in the Forward Module, developed by Development Seed in DC. Allows you to send the node to another person. It formats the page in a certain way to add a template, including a block along with it. You get the message plus you are also going to get a block of the most recent blog posts.<br /> · Does tracking of how many forwards and how many visits from forwards.<br /> · I do a little trick. Forward emails that page. Instead want a specxific page so created a node that is only going to be sent. So it is a page that is more appropriate for forwarding which brings enough context.<br /> · Connections theme is easy to customize. May change to Meta theme. But not a coder.<br /> · When do you decide to add CiviCRM to Drupal? Here we are looking at a list of 5000 registered users. 2500 confirmed. Only run the confirmation before message sending. Offers other stuff – geographic groups, smart groups. If you need to track anything more than email address. If you need to send mass mail merge. If you want to track donations. If you have internal users who are going to add information about other users. Relationship management. Husband/wife, mentor/mentee. Putting your back office online. Secure.<br /> · If you download CviSpace it includes CiviCRM. Can do in one or two databases. Developed by a professional shop with a large development team. Work under a project manager. You have to have Drupal to install CiviCRM.<br /> · You can start with just CiviCRM for simply doing backoffice without using Drupal for the website.<br /> · CiviCRM is simple. CiviEmail, not so simple. There is other configuration that has to be done. Harder than the typical Drupal module. Might be a good place to get some initial help, then work with it yourself ongoing.<br /> · CiviMail is harder because of server requirements. Mass mailing is a bear. Hosting requirements, being allowed to mass mail, getting blacklisted. Gregory reports system problems with large mail – time out issue. Find tuning it. In mean time written a patch that throttles the mail that sends 200 per chron. Can manually speed up as well. IT’s beta. We’re the first shop using CiviMail in production. Just rolled it out for CreativeCommons to manage districts. Can share the same DB with Drupal, but often do separate for purpose of back up and restore issues. Sometimes want to do cross table joins and easier if they are in the same DB. Can use it to manage information then export it to Constant Contact. SOAP interfaces. It’s a mode of communication.<br /> · The contact module. It creates a web contact form. Gregory likes it and uses it or Contact List module.<br /> · Stretch break<br /> · Is there a resource to help someone like me do a site architecture, describe what I need. Interesting case where we are talking about Drupal and haven’t talked about best practices with information architecture. Some comes from experience, feedback, other general web design resources taken with a grain of salt as they come from static sites. Dynamic personalized stuff is a bit different. Write it down where you think you are headed. Form follows function.<br /> · Talk about recipes – as general as possible. Roland wrote up one with static brochure site without theming. <a href="http://support.bryght.com" title="http://support.bryght.com">http://support.bryght.com</a> Even without programming there are more than one ways to skin a cat. More options as time goes on. The options are getting easier to use. Roland’s how to was 4.6 before some of the features of 4.7. <a href="http://www.importantprojects.org" title="www.importantprojects.org">www.importantprojects.org</a> Rob Purdy. Spec list on how they chose a CRM.<br /> · So if you can define the functions you want, how do you then match them to modules. Which are core modules? Where are the additional modules and how do you choose them.<br /> · Boris has been using Drupal since 2002. User 2000 no 70 or 80,000 users on Drupal.org Moving so quickly. Need to build up more practices especially because it is so configurable.<br /> · CORE MODULES<br /> · Archive – shows, filter content by date, Boris does not believe in archiving in a dynamic site. Crappy and Views does a better job. Disable and use Views.<br /> · Aggregator – First big thing that few other systems do. Lets you add external RSS feeds and categorize them. Very useful. You can set it to how often to check, suck in content from remote site. Lets say you are a community of practice. Here are the 10 best sources of info: blogs, google news search, etc. del.icio.us tags, flickr photo streams, competitive intelligence. Not first class pieces of content in Drupal. Taken in, stored, displayed, shows information at the feed level. Aggregator/feed/2 takes me to the feed from Nancy’s blog, but could not lead to the individual posts and only keeps it in for a short period of time. It also has a “blog this” button next to every item. If you have blogging enabled and it takes those external blog posts, quoted, linked to source and people can add comments. First class content = node. This is not a node. Image, blog posts are all a NODE. The other base things are USERS and COMMENTS. If you want to suck in content directly. Blog reader, KM, Info/SEO -- &gt; Use Aggregator 2 – a contrib. Module to get RSS items as nose. <a href="http://Personal.bmannconsulting.com" title="http://Personal.bmannconsulting.com">http://Personal.bmannconsulting.com</a> à taken all RSS feeds of all services I generate and pointed them all at my Drupal installation and use Aggregator 2 to post directly to my site. 43 places, Flickr, every single posting gets sucked into my own site. Really easy way to integrate external services. No programming. Like <a href="http://www.suprglu.com" title="http://www.suprglu.com">http://www.suprglu.com</a> but you have far more flexibility. Can include comment feeds, anything with a feed. Any time he comments on another person’s picture gets suck in. Can output per feed, can then set it how you want it displayed on the front page. I.e. first image gets promoted to front page. Practice of finding feeds – see article by Robin Good at <a href="http://www.kolabora.com" title="http://www.kolabora.com">http://www.kolabora.com</a> Newsmaster is Robin’s term. Knowledge gardener. Orgs need to learn or bring someone on board to do. Helpful to have “web 2.0” experience.<br /> · Block – a system in the past on the left or right side, blocks of modules of chunks of functionality. Who’s online. Recent blog posts. Admin screen allows you to pick and position, weight, determine who can see what. Admin function to manage blocks of content.<br /> · Blog – This is a fun one. It means so much and so little at the same time. People from bloggy world, how do I blog, multiple blogs, group blogs. What do you mean by that? None of those things have def. What do you want to accomplish. By default Drupal is a commiuntyu blogging system. All the blogs of users are all in the same space with a community. If you go to /blog in a Drupal site that will be the aggregate of all blog posts of those who have blog posting rights. /blog/usernam is the compilation of posts by an individual. There is a feed for every individual users blog and the aggregate. Can make posts private or public. A number of ways to do it. Right now recommend for a blogging perspective is the organic groups module. Might be a group of one, multiple people. Groups.Drupal.org for example each group has a feed – aggregate feed of all posts. A great feature – I really want my own space, but I also want to be in the main community. Ste up Drupal with forums, calendar, blogging functionality. Then you can have Wordpress, typepad, a squarespace install, textpattern and use aggregator aor aggregator 2 to feed in all those posts. If you want them to be first class content, use Aggregator 2.<br /> · Drupal.org doesn’t have blogs enabled. There is a bunch of develolpers that blog about Drupal already. So have planetdrupal which has an agregatory category that has all of these people’s feed. So rather than subbing separately you can sub to the aggregator feed with only one feed for those people that actually read RSS.<br /> · Organic Groups allows each member to have a private space. And can feed that back up too. Remix. Category terms in the RSS. Agg 2 can pluck out those categories and addthem to your local category space. So tag nptech in other blogs (currently broken in 4.7 and Broke Robert’s site.)<br /> · Playing with fire with Aggregator 2, but killer functionality.<br /> · Blog is by default community blogging. Aggregate and individual poster views.<br /> · Requirements gathering<br /> · Can you integrate a map? There is a module. Gmaps. Developers in Vancouver who needs a macbook and he will keep developing it. Can show all your users, can add user information to map.<br /> · BlogAPI module – can turn on or off. Remote posting to your Drupal site. Can actually post any content to your site, not just blog posts. Book pages, stories, widget. I.E. from mobile phone. Application Programming Interface. Metablog API. Standard format. Moveable Type and Blogger API. Tools developed for the blogworld. Flickr can do this – blogthis icon. Can blog via Flickr interface. Main use for other sites or if you use a desktop blogging or pulishing tool. Quamana, Windows, Blogjet, ectos, <a href="http://www.performancing.com" title="http://www.performancing.com">http://www.performancing.com</a> has tips for professional bloggers, written in Drupal. Firefox plug in to blog. Flock web browser. Route information to different places.<br /> · Book Module – if you want to make a static content page. Use Book to organize it. See support.bryght.com – static, hierarchical content. There’s a selector – top of site or if you have book pages already, choose which book page to create a new page underneath. Automatically creates a displayable block that shows which level you are at. Bryghts “About” section has team, products, under team each person. Why only do static? Can also add any other node to a book outline. I did this for the sessions. Petrina created an event for each session so people could sign up and so we could capture emails. Then reverse chrono display. Added each one to a book outline under sessions. Nice listing of all of the events. Permissionà manage book à tab called outline. Click on that. You get that same selector of where you want to place this piece of content. Can do meta organization. 5 great blog posts . Could tag them all getting started with blogging. Or can order the view. With user generated content will be bloggy, reverse chron. This allows meta organization for static materials. A navigation menu. Next, previous, etc. Can take them out with theming. Plus and minus there. Print is very valuable. By default simple built in printer friendly button for book. There is a separate module to have stripped for printing for other types of content. Will show the entire book outline in text, all formatting stripped out.<br /> · COMMENT Module – can enable or disable. By default for any content type. Turn off commenting on book pages as a useful practice. Should be top ten FAQ. Turn off “posted by Bmann at x day y time. Can term that off. Admin/themes/configure. Turn it off for books. Turn it on for blog posts. Can edit a node to deal with flame wars. Can turn comments to be invisible or no more comments. Post automatically is usually turned off by anonymous users and they go into a moderation queue. You will get spam. Talk to community. Maybe disallow anonymous posting. Could even say register and login to even view comments. Lot of permissions available. Comment moderatu queue can be painful. Spam module, bad behavior and akismet to help deal with spam. All three work. Bad behavior can be overly aggressive. Spam’s built in smarts are being gamed now by the spammers. Akismet is 4.7 only, promising. Talks out to a centralized server with a good track record.<br /> · Can you ban IP addresses? Yes. That setting is… where? Look it up. They will still put load on your server.<br /> · Chat – three chat modules in the last couple of weeks. Really high volume on server. Gabbly. <a href="http://www.gabbly.com" title="http://www.gabbly.com">http://www.gabbly.com</a> That script was impossible. You can’t scroll back up. Should have an RSS feed. It embeds a chat system on your webpage run by a different service. Can co-browse through chat room.<br /> · Contact – 4.7 – has site wide contact form by default. /contact Example of framework that developers can build on top of. Driven by needs of Drupal.org can define categories, how and what can be sent out. There are personal contact forms enabled user by user. Go to profile, contact form, can email that user through that form. It DOES display their email address in the email itself. If you have to mask, use the PRIVATE MESSAGE. Often used in social networking site.<br /> · Drupal Module – it enables a site directory and distributed login. Rather than creating a username on Drupal.org I can log in with my username on my personal site. <a href="mailto:Bmann@bmannconsulting.com">Bmann@bmannconsulting.com</a> it is actually remoteusernam@remotedrupalsite. Being generalized as a standard and will eventually integrate as core. Site directory, you can send a central server that you want to ping when your site updates and create a page that updates sites that point here. It phones home in 4.7. You have to enable this. No personal ident. Sends stats on useage and which modules turned on so we can see who is using what to drive feature development.<br /> · If you go to /book it shows you top levels in book – could add different sections and<br /> · Module called site map –<br /> · How do you get the pulse in a community site – create custom views, sort by ratings, most recently updated. At the T-s the tracker does that by default.<br /> · Views can take USER id as an argument. If you look at groups site you have myunread built around some group stuff. Can switch to recent and general. Sitemapà trackerà views.<br /> · With logins – can you use that if you are admin of multiple sites. Yes and no. Create a secondary central ID everywhere. But they are still separate accounts. Some programming that could synch things across sites – like user pictures, etc. Will be single sign on, persistent identities. Could you make a change across multiple sites? Yes, there is a module that allows you tod do that. Depending on rules push content to distributed sites. Distributed login. Authentication is back to site. (Not sure I captured this correctly.) Needs to be swapped out with version that is right. What the user would expect. Had the Profile Module. If the fields are different across the sites, managed separately. Not the best user experience. In there by geeks for geeks. Identity is one of the things Bryght is hot on. Open ID, SXIP, SAML. There are modules in development for Open ID and SXIP. Drupal will able to be a central home site. Sign up in one site and use in any site that is SXIP enabled.<br /> · Filter – text filter, by default, 3 defined filters. Full HTML, Filtered HTML (on by default and screws people up), PHP. Filtered HTML allows some but not all HTML tags. Can set per role and per node. PHP means you can put PHP code from snippet library, recommended for site admins only and test on test sites as you may lock yourself out. You can create filters for each users, make a default. URL filter. If someone pastes in a link or email address, it makes it live. Autolink. Talk like a pirate filter. For talk like a pirate day. Shortcuts to input wiki syntax, bb code, smilies fyou are using a wiziwyg use full html otherwise rich text gets stripped out. You also need for embeds for snippets.<br /> · Butchrpapr tag for pictures.<br /> · Tag – DrupalCampSeattle2006<br /> · Forum – Some people say they hate Drupal’s form. Uses taxonomy to create hierarchy of forum. Add on flatforum. Big bonus is it is built in, same user permissions. Unsophisticated users don’t care. Graphic next to your name can add that through theme. mobilepokernow.com – tendency to turn on all modules because they are there. If you turn them all on and have it available to regular users they will be confused. Some sites forum and blogs make sense. If you have full access to both it may confuse. Blogs are voice of the particular author. Their space. You add a comment to their space. Forums are group thinking – in a bucket, our space, not my space. Shouldn’t the end user be able to determine my blog wide preferences on commenting? If that functionality was built in. Possible, but not yet done. If you are building a community building site, then no. If you are setting it up and themed as a central place for individual blogs. Drupal is better for the community blogging, have to add other modules for individual<br /> · Forum Help –<br /> · Help – help edit and help tips allow you to add<br /> · Legacy – if you’ve done multiple upgrades over time. Old URLS – will catch the incoming requests and reroute them to new version<br /> · Locale- lets you change the localization for multiple languages sort of. Localization to change the user interface. Partially or nearly translated for core. There is a formal and regular tone German. A hidden thing – you can create a second language called English[Mine} change the hard coded text. Call a blog a journal by only changing it in one place. You can set it as the default and either let people pick or not.<br /> · Menu – a way that you can configure and admin the menu. The default navigation block, add additional nav blocks;. In 4.7 can automatically (missed something)<br /> · Node – can’t disable, basic content for everything. Title, description, author, all the basic metadata.<br /> · Page and Story – can add different permission. Use page instead of book. Give edit rights. Story is another way to do a group blog. Can autopromote to front page, multiple authors. Site wide news instead of blogs and display differently. May go away in 4.8 and allow people to create new content tyupes on the fly<br /> · Path – lets you set friendly names for pages /about, /chocolate can edit and change the paths at the admin level for any path.<br /> · Path auto is a contrib. Module that automates that. Contrib means it is not part of the core download. Updated and maintained separately<br /> · Ping is a bloggy thing but works with all content types. Sends out an update notification to ping servers which in term notify other sites like Technorati, bloglines, etc so the crawlers will suck up your information. Can’t customize the urls it pings. Goes via pingomatic which pings to everything else. If you want to ping iTunes only – can’t do that. Helps for SEO as well. Content gets indexed faster when turned on. Turn it off during development. Turn on when ready<br /> · Poll – simple set the number of questions, titles, radio buttons only. Exports a display block. For more complex use web form or survey modules. Can’t import surveymonkey. CiviCRM has a back end that allows you to slice and dice the reporting.<br /> · Profile – user profile. Completely configurable. No defined default fields. Bryght’s install added some basic fields. Multiple types of info. URL, text, for social networking you can add keywords or tags field. Comma separated (or line sep?) Click on tag will filter and show others with key words. Can call it anything you want. Configurable. Public, private if it shows in /profile if you allow anonymous users to see it. Can have private fields and add ons<br /> · Search – 4.7 really really good. Not great in 4.6 – configurable. Can add other modules to it. Someone created a Chinese word splitting module. UTF8 clean. Can weight content. Keyword relevance. Requires Cron, on UNIX, way that schedules tasks to happen. Instructions with ownload. Cron.php – search won’t find if cron.php is not running. Go to admin of search page. Can it search within docs? Yes and no. Prob a contrib. Module. Takes every single uploaded doc and uses command line tool that converst to HTML for full text searching. Third party script can be integrated. Alternate can attach key data on uploaded doc to search better<br /> · Statistics – hits, reads, IP address, what users is reading stuff. Need to do IP blocking. Shows logs without having to go to server. Ifyou want great statistics, run a java script. Richar – google analytics, performancing, sitemeter, statcounter, use external for pretty graphs and to publicize stats. Only shows number of reads, referrer logs<br /> · System – ignore<br /> · Taxonomy – skip for now it is huge. 53 different things. Free tagging. How you categorize content. Can use for nav. Every single tax term generates an RSS feed. Can make a custom feed with ID of custom terms. Monkey OR banana, or AND. Complex. Not simply categories. Can use taxonomy browser, Views to choose taxonomuy<br /> · Views should be in your basic – contrib. Module<br /> · Throttle – supposed to turn off bits of your site. If you need it, you need engineering help on your site<br /> · Tracker – if you are not using views /tracker shows recent activity. Recent posts, recent commented upon posts. Show you as admin comment count for things you haven’t read. View in profile go to a users profile and see where they have been going. Find trolls. Ditch tracker and use views eventually<br /> · Upload – this is how you on a per content type basis choose wich kind of attachments, file extensions you allow. Built in way to do videoblogging and podcasting. See article on support.bryght.com on how to do that. Can automatically enable pod nd video casting.<br /> · Inline images is non core<br /> · User – choose if people can upload or not, to make sure they don’t have nasty usernames. Roles and other thigns live. Admin function. One of the content types of drupal<br /> · Watchdog – logs events, internal stuff. Greg logged in. Gregs login failed. Error generated. Can grow large. Want to trim and clear every x days, automatic setting.</p> <p>That’s just core. We haven’t talked about contributed modules. Start with these. Add view, CCK is quite advanced but you can misuse things and get into complicated stuff. Haven’t covered images and events – two other major types to be added.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/911#comments Drupal Drupalcampseattle2006 notes Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:11:14 +0000 choconancy 911 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/908 <p>Drupal Camp</p> <p>· Is a CMS, can create community, but can be used for other things. Do whatever you want if you have the resources. Developer/programming skills. Out of the box is ok to have forums, blogs, users on the system, public or password protected.<br /> · Theme layer – you can make it look like anything you want. Rain City does a lot of different kinds of looks and layouts using Drupal.<br /> · Not terribly easy to learn, but all documented on how to create a theme.<br /> · Event registration – there is an event module. Plug in additional functionality. Section on Drupal site called projects or downloads. Can add forums- you enable module.<br /> · (What is difference between Module and Plugin?)<br /> · EVDB, Upcoming.org – can plug your Drupal site into an external registration site. Look like people are on your site, but using the external services, DB and features of event registration of the other services.<br /> · You can also use the Drupal event module right within your system. That’s the one we used to sign up for this Drupal Camp. Simpler, event reminders, session sign up (each session is an event.)<br /> · Extensible and Extendable (what is the difference between these two words)<br /> · Can you add fields to the event sign up module? Content creation kit. In development, pretty stable. You can create any content type.<br /> · Gregory is using it in production. IN 4.6 module Flexinode which allows you to develop fields for nodes, but it wasn’t scalable. The content creation kit lets you say create a content type called “space” with nodes that describe different spaces. The capacity of space, description, notes about how to rank the space. You create space and add fields. Each of those fields might be a text field, number, date, URL – different data types. Then you have your new node. You can control permissions, workflow, theme the display, who can see it.<br /> · From a data structure standpoint, you have 10 nodes with title, teaser, body. The way people solve this is use the story module, you copy it and call it the press release, or the profile. Then you can change the workflow and permissions, which taxonomies. With CCK you can create all these from GUI<br /> · Node: Individual post or some kind of item. One node is one item of that thing. Node = post in wordpress or blogger, but can do a lot more with it. Can have relationship between nodes, can add info to nodes with modules.<br /> · Taxonomy: category, each has RSS feed, can remix<br /> · Who has access to these modules. On site there are stable modules, some in beta (use with insight and caution but help push it forward.)<br /> · <a href="http://nylcv.qa.civications.net/policy" title="http://nylcv.qa.civications.net/policy">http://nylcv.qa.civications.net/policy</a><br /> o node – title<br /> o taxonomy with terms/vocabulary, fields, categories<br /> o Need to learn more about how to distinguish these terms<br /> o Taxonomy = categories or whatever you use it for<br /> o One example of taxonomy is each blog as a separate piece of the taxonomy. Others use it to categorize.<br /> o Taxonomy has vocabularies which are sets of terms. A blog system tends to have a very simple system. Drupal takes the traditional idea of taxonomy and made it so it can be used simply, hierarchical, can have tags, or very complicated. Therefore it is potentially confusing.<br /> o For starting, start simple and flat.<br /> o 4.7 you can add taxonomy via tags as you go. More like a folksonomy. You can then relate them and put them into a more structured taxonomy.<br /> o Use free tagging and see what happens.<br /> o If you are on groups.Drupal.org there is space for you to put in tags.<br /> o Is there a search and replace function for tags? It is on the wish list.<br /> o All the features we see on del.icio.us, flickr, etc would be nice if they were Drupal plugins.<br /> · What modules do you want in 4.7. If community, forum, and blogs, probably not a lot else. Static you might not use forums, but will use taxonomy. There is a session later, the bootstrapping with Drupal on how to get started, and hit the ground running.<br /> · For taxs use the taxonomy module. Core. What modules do you want in 4.7. If community, forum, and blogs, probably not a lot else. Static you might not use forums, but will use taxonomy. There is a session later, the bootstrapping with Drupal on how to get started, and hit the ground running.<br /> · For taxs use the taxonomy module. Core. You have to set it up in administerà categories.<br /> · Category administration – screen is daunting, could use some help text. When creating or editing a vocabulary, can say what types of content it applies to, if there is a hierarchy. Check free tagging. It replaces your list of terms with an ajaxy field which suggests terms. Can play with it on groups.Drupal.org<br /> · In terms of moving forward, CCK can help you move forward with the same database structure. Over flexinode. If you had ten nodes with 10 different teasers called teaser. Now can add existing fields from other nodes. Don’t have to create field over and over again. Can change what it is called on each node as well. So type is same, but title can be different.<br /> · Weight – teleported from beginning to advance. Learn the web interface and you can do powerful things. You are unlikely to find other CMS that is your widget optimized. You can have a site fully optimized.<br /> · CCK is a set of modules. When you add module, sometimes there are module families. CCK is one module and each content type, widget (numbers, dates, text areas) is it’s own module. Each field type has a module. You could create a large number of data types (from a db perspective.) When you create a new data type you are not creating a new module, but something inside the db.<br /> · Plain text or filtered text<br /> · Max length and allowed values.<br /> · You shouldn’t be working as user ID 1 (admin) on a regular basis so password is not compromised) – have a second user ID with admin priv and first holds the default theme. Back up. Superuser account. No matter how your permissions are set you can do everything. Need to know what you can/cannot configure. Only one or two people with superuser, then have site admin role that has only the permissions needed to do what has to be done.<br /> · If you are working as admin “it works for me” but it might not be working for other users. Test user ID<br /> · Can establish roles and permissions for those roles. Civic space Drupal improvements – would like tabs for permissions, or ajax expand/collapse so you don’t have to scroll through lists. Create and edit would be on the same row.<br /> · Don’t think you are the only one who things something should work differently. Make a mock up. Share how you would like it to be used and share it on the Drupal site. Actionable feedback is really important and invaluable. Encourage.<br /> · When you make changes you have to hit “save”<br /> · Security – being an open source platform allows anyone to hack it and people do this crap. It is also a feature as it makes it stronger. Source code is freely available, you can mod it. Because you can “see” it you can see where and point out the bugs and security holes. Then the community helps fix/plug. With open source, “all bugs are shallow.” The more people looking at the project, greater chance someone will supply a fix. Fix and redistribute to the community and it is integrated into official release.<br /> · There is a security team. Drupal is built on open source structures (Apache, etc.) with interest in security. OS may be more secure than closed. Security team is proactive. A set of best practices. A lot of things have to do with XML/R…<br /> · Security first line is who you give permission to do what on the site. Like giving people php access. Not a good practice.<br /> · If you are a site admin, pay attention to security upates. If you don’t update to the latest security version.<br /> · Core code in 4.6 release had X contributors. 4.7 had 350 different contributors. 700% growth in the year. Wordpress (if you just want to run a blog, awesome) their model has 5 developers, closed development team. Can request a fix, they decide what to do with it. On Drupal.org there is a giant issue tracker for bugs and features requests. Goes through a community process that sets priorities and once under development when the code is stable enough to include. Smaller group of people decide. 4 people. 2 in Belgium, 1 on Germany and on in SF (each is in charge of different parts of the project.) Community people share their work, invite people to look an critique, sharing how it was done. That’s a community act.<br /> · Another part of the community is the development shops. Zak Rosen from Civicspace has some metrics. 150 people making their living in the US doing Drupal, up from 12 18 months ago. At CivicActions, have 15 contractors who make living deploying Drupal and civiCRM. We contribute modules as unit and individuals. I have a client that needs X, map out use cases, try and make it more generalizable and then code it and submit them back in and continue to maintain those modules over time. Upgrade and fix bugs as necessary.<br /> · Three years ago weren’t many people making their living deploying Drupal sites. Now multi-million dollar market. A project succeeds or fails – results go into open community and code gets improved and stands on the shoulders of predecessors and move forward.<br /> · I need x and find 4 others who need it and the development cost is shared, others then add on to that.<br /> · What about the practice community? Groups.Drupal.org – local, consulting, mapping, events groups, group about sharing practices (community group) – people who are running online communities. How to deal with spammers, TOS advice. Fairly focused discussion. Putting plans out and asking for feedback. Same in the forums. A vast wild and wooley place. Thousands of threads.<br /> · Encouragement for direct F2F Meetups like this. One coming up in NY tomorrow.<br /> · Drupal conferences – Amsterdam 45 people. 3 months later in Vancouver had 300 people over 3 days. 85% Drupal. Exponential community group.<br /> · It is specializing. If there are 18 people interested in widgets, that group forms. There is an education group (higher ed at university level CMS and k-12)<br /> · Fairly technical developers mailing list. IRC chat channel.<br /> · What are the goals, what do you want to accomplish and what do you want to spend to get there. Rather than what are the basic costs. Some value the community. ROI.<br /> · Can get started with a 10 month shared hosting account, got to a Linux group and have them help you install and go from there. In general, not just Drupal, but websites in general think about $1500 to get started, more modest $3-5K.<br /> · You can start out at finding some college kid who knows the LAMP stack, install with Civicspace installer and get a site that looks decent with a standard theme, no fancy nodes display (which is changing – view, contemp) and go from there to a $75K site. You could be doing $5K sites for small local sites on your own or work with IA, graphic designer, etc and mount a huge project. <a href="http://www.aclutv.org" title="http://www.aclutv.org">http://www.aclutv.org</a>, <a href="http://www.airamerica.com" title="http://www.airamerica.com">http://www.airamerica.com</a> (radio). Money, time and resources. If you have an internal team willing to come to a Drupal camp and learn developy stuff. Comfortable understanding to know how t install these tools, bridge the gap between the tech and the community of users. Lullabot provides internal training. From training and useage all the way to creating modules<br /> · No website takes less than 4 months is general advice, but people get them up in a month. Every site – take responsibility for content, goals, never tell a developer “just get it done” – nothing good will come of that. Before you approach someone think about goals, think about end result, what you want to accomplish, think about your content. Take the innerworkings we see here and think about the taxonomy, what is the structure of my content. Having those things in mind will save you a month off of those 4. If you really have your content and goals together. Start with good organization.<br /> · Find a good guide. Tech expertise alone not useful without vision, scalability. Find them via groups who is responsible, involved and interested and less likely to scam you. Developer relationship. It has to be a collaborative process. Not just someone to throw things at. Work with. Who will be around when you are ready to go to the next level.<br /> · Are there hosting companies offering a basic Drupal? That’s how Bryght started. Can go to Bruyght .com for Drupal 4.6. You get a site set up and ready to go. Keep security patches, back port some new features. I.e. simpler version. 4.7 isn’t available yet. Have to upgrade modules, etc. so trail a bit behind the recent releases. Appropriate if you don’t need access to the command line. 30 day free trial. Many shared hosting account have 1 click installer. Puts you in the realm of needing to apply security patches. In our system we take care of that. Good starting point. Then move up to $50 buck a month for dedicated server hosting.<br /> · Clients are interested in ASP. Drupal community as a whole is trying to work on. When you are in the admin interface have a security announcement feed. Then something like an automated security update program. Community is working towards.<br /> · If you are at enterprise level that want to pay someone, Spikesource makes a verified stack of Drupal available (full LAMP stack) – they work with resellers. $5K USD a year. Compared to the cost of sysadmin, it is chase. <a href="http://www.advomatic.com" title="www.advomatic.com">www.advomatic.com</a><br /> · Hosted service like Brygyt, you get hosting plus stuff you’d have to pay a consultant for. With security fixes you don’t have to panic. Consider that in your costs of ongoing maintenance or a nasty bug situation.<br /> · For less skilled, have a host with Cpanel, which has PHP admin already in. Get access to the guts other than the Drupal part of it.<br /> · Make sure if you are the client side is that they understand that having a website is a commitment. If their core mission is not to understand technology, they may need others to deal with it but they DO need to understand it.<br /> · Can you take all the community mess out of it and just be CMS? Yes<br /> · Whole session on non technical contributions people can make to Drupal, tomorrow at 1:30<br /> · How do you know if a module is stable? You should have a test site to test off of your production server. Starting to look at rating, numbers of downloads, stats about what people are actually using compared to downloads. Sometimes developers will disclose their knowledge about stability, some don’t<br /> · What about conflicts between modules? Haven’t seen a ton of that.<br /> · <a href="http://www.darcynorman.net" title="http://www.darcynorman.net">http://www.darcynorman.net</a> at University of Calgary. They have chosen Drupal. Darcy is their internal advocate. That’s the next thing. Next thing built in set of modules and configurations that are sharable and reproducible. So in affect communities create their own distros like Civicspace.<br /> · Want recipes and modules. It’s a session. Can also match up people – talk to that evil other room (the developers side of the event. Not evil, just from Mars)<br /> · What about Ajax. What is it? What does it do? Also Jquery thing or is that overkill. What that decision might mean moving forward. AJAX is is an acronym. Asynchronous Javascript A XML. Javascript for interactive uses where you can do functions that used to mean having to reload or go to another page can now happen on the page while the app goes and gets stuff from the server. Free tagging, when you start ty[ing in dr, do a match for all tags with DR, then you have a drop down to pick from. Much desired. Fewer clicks, interact in the page in an application way.<br /> · From a user point of view things can happen in the background rather than full page refresh. On lower bandwidth it feels like a richer experience when implemented well.<br /> · It’s purpose isn’t for lowering bandwidth requirements but it can make actions more useable. Example: live search results.<br /> · AJAX is now in the core of Drupal. Ruby on Rails is another example. End users don’t pick AJAX or Ruby, but it impacts end user experiences. Instant filtering, add-ons that create web applications rather than another static page. Reduce some of the clicking. Things can update in the background that can show you new stuff.<br /> · The next version of Drupal will have a library of AJAX functions built in. If you have used Flickr, you click to edit description without having to go into edit mode. Just drop into edit mode.<br /> · Low level AJAX introductory. Used to be called dynamic HTML. Big benefits – rich library of Ajax effects, go to dojo and other AJAX sites. See how applications are. Real in practice – features. Some of the benefits beyond buzz word. Developer communities building frameworks so less wheel reinvention. JSQuery. Dojo for building full browser based application rather than in the desktop.; JSQuery is base thing to add basic functionality most useful for a CMS framework and individual users choose something like Dojo for full on intense applications. Talk to Steve McKenzie leading the AJAX charge. Creator of JSQuery library will Skype into one of the sessions to talk more about this.<br /> · What are the experiences using older systems using newer Drupal. Drupal selective about what goes in – people in Thailand who get their email once a week via a wireless portable access point. Pay attention – it has to work on old stuff, even if it is not as nice. That is a principle for anything in the core has that as a baseline. Mac IE 5 hasn’t been updated in years. There are better systems available, but people are still using it so have to also educate folks to use newer tools.<br /> · Yahoo’s new email, basecamp, other AJAX examples, Google suggest. Yahoo has a developer UI library.<br /> · Interested in some case stories. What you want to do or have done.<br /> · Inoculate people you are working at for an iterative creation that does include some failure along the way. <a href="http://www.progressiveu.org" title="www.progressiveu.org">www.progressiveu.org</a><br /> · Helping people through the mindshift<br /> · Interested in hearing how you get buy ins and champions and buy in for this sort of stuff. Big thing A lot of people deploying at departmental level. EPA as clients. Spikesource CivicActions – credible vendors in an old fashioned sense is available. There is also the need to help people move towards bootstrapping. Clients are less enthusiastic about bootstrapping. Defectivebydesign – adding three new modules a week to DRM campaign. Other clients where we can’t launch until perfection is reached.<br /> · <a href="http://www.spikesource.com/" title="http://www.spikesource.com/">http://www.spikesource.com/</a><br /> · Local ISP Riseup here in Seattle is talking about a $10 Drupal hosting account. Have a community colo facility downtown.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/908#comments Drupal notes Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:26:42 +0000 choconancy 908 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/907 <p>For all you Drupal Gurus and Newcomers currently attending the conference, <a href="http://www.raincitystudios.com"> Raincity Studios</a>, one of your lovely sponsors invites you to a <b>Day One wrap-up soiree</b> at 6pm this evening, just down the road from Hugo House at the Elysian Brewing Company @ 1221 E Pike St.</p> <p>Enjoy the rest of your day and we'll continue the sessions into the brewery!</p> <p>Check out more Drupal Camp info and live blogging on our sessions on Raincity's blog <a href="http://www.raincitystudios.com/thestandard"> The Standard</a>.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/907#comments DrupalCamp Seattle Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:09:35 +0000 Crystal Williams 907 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/879 <p>I'm making the jaunt from Calgary. I had aranged to stay at a friends house, but that's fallen through. I was wondering if anyone has a couch that I could surf on. Otherwise I'll stay at the HI hostel.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/879#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:00:28 +0000 dalin@drupal.org 879 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/870 <p>I thought it would be good if before the event, everyone got to know a little more about what each other has already done with drupal (if any) and what we are really interested in learning / doing.</p> <p>The 2 sessions that are basically just hacking sessions are a chance for you to really do what you have been wanting to do and have a bunch of drupal guys all around you.</p> <p>This could even be a chance to work with others and have a collaborative effort on a module or theme?</p> <p>I would really love if some people would like to sit down and help pave the way for JQuery. As of the other day, The AJAX Developers group made a final discussion with the help of Steven Wittens on choosing a library to attempt at implement into core and there many tasks to accomplish this.</p> <p><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/ajax-developers">more info</a> about JQuery and the AJAX Developers group</p> <p>Please comment and leave some info here.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/870#comments Drupal Camp Seattle Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:14:02 +0000 Steve McKenzie 870 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/852 <blockquote><p>I know this is a rookie question, but I've never set up a personal sandbox on my laptop, can anyone give a brief overview on how to set up a php environment?</p></blockquote> <p>Mac or PC?</p> <p>On the new Macs I think, but am not sure, everything is pre-installed. I have an older Mac and I had to install MySQL and enable PHP in Apache. It was a while ago so I don't remember the details.</p> <p>On Windows I believe people are having good results with xampp: <a href="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html" title="http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html">http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html</a></p> <p>Or you can do the installs individually, You'll need Apache, PHP and MySQL. I took this route because I hadn't heard of xampp. There were a number of fiddly things I had to Google because of DLL issues. YMMV</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/852#comments Drupal Camp Seattle sandbox Drupal Camp Seattle Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:22:52 +0000 torelad@drupal.org 852 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/844 <p>I'll be coming down from Vancouver and am wondering if anyone involved has some extra floor space to share (or even a back yard to camp in! ;-) for sleeping arrangements, or if anyone else is also figuring out where to stay and would like to share a hotel room to cut costs? Please post or <a>contact me</a> for either.</p> <p>Cheers,<br /> Jordan Lewin</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/844#comments DrupalCamp hotels seattle sleeping arrangements Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:18:29 +0000 jordanlewin 844 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/842 <p>Please post if you are interesting in car pooling arrangements.</p> <p>This is the Pacific Northwest and we have a reputative to live up to :-)</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/842#comments DrupalCamp Seattle training carpool Drupal Camp Seattle Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:00:46 +0000 torelad@drupal.org 842 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/800 <p><img src="http://groups.drupal.org/files/2744AE6E_CBCC8732_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" />You can now buy the DrupalCamp Seattle t-shirt from the <A href="http://www.goodstorm.com/item/civicactions/drupal_camp_seattle_shirt_1">CivicActions Goodstorm store</a>. The design (shall we call it "Druplicon destroys Seattle"?) was done by Crystal of <a href="http://www.raincitystudios.com">Raincity Studios</a>.</p> <p>Please buy directly from the store OR leave a comment here that you would like one, and Greg will have them at DrupalCamp. We need to get orders in pretty quick -- Greg, please let us know any other details you need.</p> <p>For Canadian folks, we'll definitely need to order through Greg, since Goodstorm doesn't ship to Canada yet.</p> <p>Details needed will be:</p> <ul> <li>Men's or Women's, Fitted or not</li> <li>Heavyweight or Lightweight</li> <li>Size: S, M, L, XL</li> </ul> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/800#comments drupal camp druplicon seattle t-shirt Drupal Camp Seattle Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:16:13 +0000 Boris Mann 800 at http://groups.drupal.org http://groups.drupal.org/node/789 <p>A question for fellow Canucks heading south: Business or Pleasure?</p> <p>In as much as I'm taking vacation time and my day job isn't sponsoring this trip, it's pleasure. In as much as I would take money for Drupal work if it were offered, this is business training. Is there a "best" answer to give the nice customs official while he or she holds the fate of my next 3 days in the balance?</p> <p>Since there isn't a registration confirmation document should I bring along a strategic print out (time/place) from the web site?</p> <p>Cheers.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><a href="/drupalcamp-seattle">Drupal Camp Seattle</a></div> http://groups.drupal.org/node/789#comments DrupalCamp Seattle travel Customs Drupal Camp Seattle Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:35:37 +0000