Posted by jhodgdon on January 22, 2020 at 10:46pm
Start:
2020-02-13 10:00 - 12:00 America/Los_Angeles Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
We hope you can join us for the next daytime meeting of the Spokane Drupal User Group!
- When
- Thursday, February 20, 2020, 10 AM to noon
We usually meet on a Thursday morning at a library out in the Spokane Valley area. Log in and join the Spokane Drupal User Group (see sidebar on https://groups.drupal.org/spokane-wa ) to be notified of future meetings, events, and discussions (typically just a few email messages per month).
- Where
- Spokane County Library - Argonne branch, 4322 N Argonne Rd, Millwood. We will be in the (small) conference room. Come in the door from the parking lot, and go down to the other end of the hallway, enter the library and go past the check-out desk, turn right and the room is on the right.
- To be reminded, sign up!
- To receive an email reminder closer to the date of the meeting, log in and click the "Sign up" button; log in and click "Cancel signup" at a later time if your schedule changes and you can no longer come. There's no obligation to come if you sign up (but we hope you will!). There's also no obligation to sign up in order to come (it's up to you if you want a reminder or not). However, the meeting could be canceled if the organizer isn't sure anyone is coming.
- What
- We spend two hours in a question and answer format, with the participants around a table, and a laptop with a projector. Come with questions about a project you're working on, something you've learned that you'd like to share with others, a desire to improve Drupal in some way (documentation, programming, design, marketing etc.), or a desire to help others with their projects and questions. Or just come and listen and observe.
- Who
- Everyone is welcome -- the only prerequisite is having some interest in Drupal. This group is usually 5-10 friendly people, with experience levels ranging from novice to expert, so you'll fit right in. Because of the size of the group, you will have time to share something you've learned, or get your questions answered, or both!
- Need a ride?
- If transportation is keeping you from attending, please log in and post a comment here. Our usual attendees come from all around the area: downtown Spokane, South Hill, Mead, Hayden, Spokane Valley, Post Falls, etc. So, we can probably find someone to give you a ride without going too much out of their way.
Comments
Meeting notes
What we talked about today:
- Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit - Seattle - March 28-29, 2020. See https://pnwdrupalsummit.org/ to sign up for the newsletter and announcements. It's a great event -- I recommend that everyone go!
- There is a calendar for other Drupal events:
https://groups.drupal.org/events
and for DrupalCon in particular: https://events.drupal.org/ (next one is in Minneapolis -- 18-22 May 2020)
- Drupal accessibility group has monthly talks: https://groups.drupal.org/accessibility -- they also have a Slack channel: https://www.drupal.org/slack
- Drupal accessibility docs: https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/accessibility
- Old Getting Involved Guide (kind of terrible): https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved-guide
- Issue to redo it: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalorg/issues/3089403
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- Drupal 8 comes with CKEditor for editing "rich text" (formatted text with images etc.)
- You can configure which buttons show for a given text format in Drupal
- You could extend CKEditor to define your own buttons/functionality with JavaScript
- There are many other editors available if you don't like CKEditor
- Also check out the "Quick Edit" functionality in Drupal 8 that allows you edit pages in place
- Word Press has the "Gutenberg" editor https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ , which uses a concept of "blocks". It is also available for Drupal:
https://www.drupal.org/project/gutenberg
And you can create your own new types of Gutenberg blocks (there are numerous tutorials online).
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