Sacramento Drupal Users Group Meeting - Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

The next Sacramento DUG meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at the Hoppy Brewing Company from 5:30pm-9:00pm.

Schedule:
5:30 - Beginner's Presentation
6:30 - Introductions and general business
7:00 - Main presentation
followed by lightning talks and general discussion

The main Presentation will be an introduction to the Features module (http://drupal.org/project/features) by Shawn DeArmond. Learn how this most useful system will let you set up complex Drupal configurations with minimal fuss.

Gary Pryde will be making a "beginner's" presentation (but should be of interest to all) at 5:30 on the subject of day to day administration tasks.

Items to be covered include:

Step 1: Download & upload all needed modules (listed above) to module folder.

Step 2: Enable Teleport.
This is how we will be navigating the admin area for the rest of the
admin cleanup.

Step 3: Enable Module filter.
This is a must have for simple module administration.

Step 4: Enable Permissions Select.
This will enable “select/deselect all” check boxes on the permissions
administration page.

Step 5: Enable Filter Permissions.
This turn the permissions administration section into something useful:)

Step 6: Enable Admin Role.
This module automatically assigns all permissions to an admin role
that can be added to any user. (We need to disable and re-enable a
module to see it take effect).

Step 7: Enable Backup & Migrate.
This allows for quick, easy, backups.

Step 8 (if there’s time):
Create a new role.
Create a user with that role.
Enable Masquerade.
Configure if for quick switching between that user and the admin.
Add the Masquerade Block to the side nav.