Seattle DUG June Meeting
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2010-06-17 16:00 - 19:30 America/Los_Angeles Organizers:
NEW LOCATION!!! Amazon South Lake Union Campus 421 Boren Ave N Seattle, WA 98109
Learn about Drupal and meet local Drupal enthusiasts. We meet from 6 pm until 7:30 pm, then reserve the last half-hour for proper socializing, snacking, and further discussion at a local pub. This month we are going to try out Paddy's Pub.
Date and Time: June 17th, 6 - 7:30 pm PST
Coworking at the same location will begin around 3:30pm.
Agenda
Introductions- brief introductions.
News- a brief update on some Drupal News:
- Drupal 7 Status
- Seattle Drupal Mini Camp (unconference)
- Drupal Summit 2010 Update
- Drupal Clinic 2010 Update
If you want to add items to the agenda, please leave a comment.
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Sign Up Needed or Just Show Up?
I've never been to a Seattle DUG meeting. Do I need to sign up or just show up? I'm looking forward to the June meeting!
Just show up
Most of us don't bother to sign up. :)
Builder of Drupal sites and modules - http://poplarware.com
Drupal Documentation team leader - http://drupal.org/contribute/documentation
June meeting publicity
June meeting posted on 4 tech calendars:
1. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/2472/ (Seattle Tech Community)
-- http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/6059534/ (June event)
2. http://www.seattletechcalendar.com/ (Google calendar)
3. http://www.techflash.com/events.html (crossposted from SeattleTechCalendar)
4. http://www.techvibes.com/event/seattle (Seattle Technology Events)
-- http://www.techvibes.com/event/seattle-drupal-user-group-meetup-2 (June event)
-- John
Suggestion for SeaDUG meetings
Rocksoup made a suggestion in the IRC channel today about proposing a different take on lightning talks and it is exactly what I was hoping for in SeaDUG meetings...so I thought I'd steal his thunder (see what I did there? ;) ) and make a post about his idea.
My ideal would be to have folks propose questions here prior to the meeting and then someone would volunteer to give the lightning talk to provide the answer. Preferably someone who has the expertise, but if no one does it could turn into a discussion where people would propose different thoughts on how to approach and solve the problem. It may turnout to be a discussion anyway since there's usually more than one way to do things.
Rocksoup's example given in the IRC channel was "How do I make a custom RSS feed?" I would like to know that as well, Rocksoup.
Some things I've often thought about, but wasn't sure if they were too elementary are:
1) How to incorporate a blog within a site and have it have a different theme from the rest of the site; how to address ease of use for non-techie users who will be contributing to both sections (the blog and the website content).
2) What are "your" standard modules you always install when you start a site and why?
3) Why do "you" use drush and how to use it?
Anyway, I thought I'd start Rocksoup's idea and see if others think it's a good idea too. Or, if folks have other ideas to enhance the general sentiment as well.
Another discussion question: PHP 5.3
Ubuntu 10.04 apparently has PHP 5.3 rather than 5.2. I would like to know what people expect would break if I upgrade my test box, since I'm not all that familiar with the differences, and how they impact Drupal 6, Drupal 7, and contrib modules.
Builder of Drupal sites and modules - http://poplarware.com
Drupal Documentation team leader - http://drupal.org/contribute/documentation
Backporting Ubuntu PHP
If you have to backport PHP, here are some resources:
Reverting PHP to 5.2 in Lucid 10.04
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9201854&postcount=6
Various ways of running PHP 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
http://2bits.com/drupal-planet/various-ways-running-php-52-ubuntu-1004-l...
PHP 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
http://randyfay.com/node/63
Drupal 6 itself is known to be ready for PHP 5.3 except one known issue which is detailed at http://drupal.org/node/360605#comment-2866234.
http://civicactions.com/blog/
http://civicactions.com/blog/2010/may/26/ubuntu_1004_and_drupal
http://www.CivicActions.com
http://www.GregoryHeller.com
php 5.2 vs 5.3
My team ended up going back to 5.2. The main module we had issues with at the time was ImageCache, although it might be okay now. Since our target environment was 5.25 and we had to use modules already installed on the target, it made more sense to comply with it rather than trouble shoot.
Good luck.
PHP 5.3
I had a bunch of trouble dealing with dates within PHP 5.3 urg!
you'll need to set timezone in php.ini and ereg is deprecated
better list here
http://drup.org/drupal-and-php-53
+1 on the 10.4 Q
subscribing ( :) )
-jared
awsome idea
Awsome idea! The problem-solution segments would also make for great training modules / mini lessons for for the durpal dojo.
WebEx Information
At the end of last meeting, I offered to host a WebEx meeting for anyone interested in attending remotely. The necessary information is listed below.
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010
Time: 6:00 pm, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
To join the online meeting (Now from iPhones too!)
To join the audio conference only
Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300
Access code:739 107 563
I hope this will be of value to some members. Please be patient if there are a few details to sort out.
Eric
Drupal 6 and Windows Live Writer
Here's a blog post I wrote on configuring a Drupal 6 blog (or any content type) for use with Windows Live Writer, which I mentioned at today's meeting.
JD Leonard
http://www.jdleonard.net
I got pretty excited about
I got pretty excited about using drush after the meeting, but I'm having trouble with the macports port of it, seems there's an issue with php52 conflicting with my installed php5. I've deactivated the conflicting port, but php52 still fails to build. Has anyone else had any valuable experiences with this on their machine?
Issues with CLI on MAMP
I use MAMP which in the latest version allows you to select php52 or php53 when your starting apache.
To get drush to work, I hand to fiddle with the Command line (CLI) config, deleting /usr/bin/php and replacing it with a symlink to the 52 binaries.
Maybe I should upgrade my
Maybe I should upgrade my MAMP, I ended-up installing drush the regular way from drupal.org, works fine so far (although I was getting some fatal errors using it earlier with a local d7 installation on Ubuntu, have to look into that, too).
SeaDUG meeting photos
SeaDUG meeting photos at
Amazon South Lake Union Campus
426 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
http://picasaweb.google.com/wallingconsulting/SeaDUG_17Jun2010
Space for Drupal event
At the last meeting I mentioned that I'd look into the possibility of free space in Redmond for an event, but I don't remember which one (whoops). Can someone please send me all the details? Thanks.
JD Leonard
http://www.jdleonard.net
MiniCamp/BarCamp/Unconference
Seattle Drupal MiniCamp
Saturday February 21, 2009 - 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
http://groups.drupal.org/node/18656
Need 3-4 meeting rooms and a common area with wall space to post topic schedule.
Topics are proposed by attendees.
Need wifi for attendees.
Need space to bring in food and refreshments.
Expect 50-70 people.
Sponsors help to cover expenses.
Attendance was free at the last MiniCamp/BarCamp/Unconference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp
Thanks. Is there a date set
Thanks. Is there a date set for this year's or is it dependent on finding space? What possible dates are there? I need to give my contact some idea :)
JD Leonard
http://www.jdleonard.net
Dependent on space
If you can find space, propose some dates. :)
Builder of Drupal sites and modules - http://poplarware.com
Drupal Documentation team leader - http://drupal.org/contribute/documentation
2010 Unconference Poll
JD,
I proposed some dates in this Poll.
http://groups.drupal.org/node/77553
If you can rule out any of those dates, let me know and I will adjust the poll.
We will get a consensus for you within 5 days.
Thanks
Proposed Unconference dates: Sep 18,25 - Oct ,23,30
JD,
Based on the poll results, competing events, group feedback, and the benefit of holding the unconference after a monthly meeting, these are the proposed Saturday dates for scheduling the unconference, listed in priority order:
-- John Walling
Thanks. I've provided this to
Thanks. I've provided this to some folks here in Redmond and I'm cautiously optimistic that we can work something out. No promises yet though :)
JD Leonard
http://www.jdleonard.net
Node Image GAllery
Our friend Dale from Vancouver just posted a recipe for a node image gallery http://www.group42.ca/node_image_gallery_imagefield
http://www.CivicActions.com
http://www.GregoryHeller.com