North Carolina
Welcome to the North Carolina Drupal Users Group.
Feel free to chat or post about your current projects you are working on to get feedback or help.
Maybe we can get a meeting setup somewhere in NC or in various places in NC for users to get together and share more ideas or collaborate on new and on-going projects.
Anyone use Messaging and Notifications successfully?
So, I've given myself (and spared you) three days to try and get this to work. Didn't happen.
I created a Custom Subscription (Node Type: Announcement) and cannot get it to send email OR queue. I can subscribe to content types, like Page, Story, etc. I have a custom content type, Announcement, that I want people to be able to subscribe to. Any ideas of why this isn't working or what I can do to troubleshoot?
Like I said, I've spent three days reading threads, tinkering, checking this and unchecking that, nada. Oh, and this framework doesn't provide much in the way of log entries :\
Drupal Design - Finishing New Site | Gimmee LLC
The new Gimmee website is just about finished - only a few things left to do. We're wanting to open to the public by Dec 1st ( I know - where's the lead time? ) I'm a WHacker (Wannabee HACKER) - no real training at all, but 2 months after getting a $27k quote for the site design, I've got it close. There are so many other (non-coding) things to do to hit that release date, I need some help finishing this up.
You can see the current shape of things at http://members.gimmee.net
Here's a nearly complete list of what I need:
Logo finishing
Something I learned today
While theming and developing today I switched from Firefox to Internet Explorer and found that my site had no styles! Ahhh! To save you from possible headaches, here's my finding: IE limits Drupal to 31 stylesheets total. The work-around for the bug is to enable CSS aggregation.
Many modules have their own stylesheets, so when you get to a certain number of modules, plus have your own custom theme, you reach a point like I did today where you pass the threshold. Hope this helps someone!!
Drive to drupal camp austin
I was curious if anyone from NC / SC / East coast was interested or heading out to Drupal Camp Austin? It's only $40 to attend 2 days next weekend, but the trip is about 19 hours for us.
Would anyone be interested in saving some money and car pooling down and back? I would love to go but don't have a reliable vehicle to make the trip. I live in Asheville, NC.
Meetup? Tuesday, Nov 3rd - Raleigh
Hello all, my name is Ryan and I'm visiting your fair state from Orlando - I help run the Florida Drupal Group and my friends Mike, Andrew and I host the DrupalEasy Podcast.
I'm in town for a training gig, and I was wondering a few things:
- What is a good (local) place to get some food / microbrews / conversation? Must be local.
- Does anyone want to come with me?
Charlotte Resources?
Hello North Carolina!
I'm just getting into drupal development and I haven't found much in the way of local resources or meetups in my area (Charlotte NC).
Do I need to drive 2.5 hours to the triDUG users group in Cary to get myself started? They seem to be the most active group.
Would appreciate any leads you all might have. Also looking for training in NC or the South East, if you have suggestions. Thanks!
Need to Vent
Instead of actually accomplishing things the past week I've been trying to debug... Drupal, my install, MySQL. I literally spend ALL day working (not for pay) on this.
Cron will not run. It fails indefinitely.
I finally got one install (I duplicated my site on another server, with the same error) to work by uninstalling getID module. So I go to the other install and do the same thing, nothing.
Open Call for triDUG Volunteers
Hello triDUGgers!
This is an open recruitment call to everyone in the group. We are looking for some volunteers to become Moderators for the monthly triDUG Meetups and the bi-weekly Hack Nights.
General qualifications for being a Moderator are: Journeyman or higher Drupal skill level, experience with participating in the Drupal Community through IRC, g.d.o or Drupal.org Issue Queues, a desire to contribute back to the Drupal Project and previous attendance for at least one triDUG event.
Help! How to stop "backlinkers?"
Hi folks, I'm wondering if you have any suggestions because we're at the end of our rope! The web site I manage has been hit with a flood of new user registrations that are NOT people authentically trying to join our community. Since this started on October 1st, we have been getting approximately 10 new users per hour, 24-7. The IP addresses are almost always unique and the profile information is different each time, sometimes with spammy links, sometimes not.
Does Asheville have room for another Drupaler?
Hi,
My name is Nick and I've been planning a move to Asheville for about a year now. I moved from Pittsburgh to Boulder, CO in search of a chill town with fun outdoorsy stuff to do, but ended up finding a bloated, pretentious, and expensive all-around experience. Most of all, I miss my east coast brethren and their down to earth roots.
One concern I have is the job market for web folks like us. Is there a market for Drupalers in Asheville? Any decent tech companies?
Experiences upgrading Drupal 5/CiviCRM 2.0 to Drupal 6/CiviCRM 2.2
I just completed an upgrade from Drupal 5 with CiviCRM 2.0 to Drupal 6 with CiviCRM 2.2 on a site with multisite hosting. Perhaps my experiences will help someone else.
I lack sysadmin skills but can use basic UNIX commands and copy and paste MySQL and php. In most cases, Google helped when I got stuck.
I have two installations:
(1) test.nccommunities.org where folks learn how things work, test upgrades, and try out new modules. The site also offers CiviCRM with sample data for people to explore.
(2) nccommunities.org which has seven additional sites running under it.
Freelance Drupal Developer | OnlineOntime
We are a graphic and web design company that is looking for a Freelance Drupal developer to assist us with module additions, configuration and a theme developed from our design.
• The hosting will be at Luna Pages
• We will keep the design within the limitations of the Drupal environment
• They are currently experiencing a single login issue - possible causes for phantom issue http://drupal.org/node/102114
• Image Gallery - undecided which module will be used http://drupal.org/project/modules?text=image%20gallery
Q about hosting services
Hope this isn't politically incorrect. I'm planning a Drupal site for a film I will be marketing in a few months. I'm currently hosted (multiple simple HTML-CSS sites) at Godaddy as a simple "shared" site on Linux. I'm concerned that if I start to have success in the form of 20 to 120 people a day creating logins, logging in to comment, upload pictures, etc., that my current hosting will become a huge performance bottleneck. Moving to the dedicated hosting or the virtual dedicated hosting is expensive (for me) but might be a necessity.
Drupalcamp Atlanta - Final Wrap-Up and Key Takeaways
Thanks to everyone who came out to Drupalcamp Atlanta! I've posted a recap, and included some key lessons learned for future Drupalcamp organizers here:
http://www.mediacurrent.com/blogs/drupalcamp-atlanta-2009-wrap-up-and-ke...
If you attended DCA (and not already completed), please provide feedback via this survey:
Cheers,
Dave
Mediacurrent
Experienced Drupal Developer | Fit Ventures, LLC
Experienced Drupal developer required to migrate our existing (very simple) custom cms over to Drupal 6, and add some basic functionality. This is a one-time contract, but depending on the quality of the work, may develop into constant ongoing project work. The position is available now, with the successful applicant starting immediately.
Skills Required:
- Experience in setting up Drupal 6 for high traffic, high user & feature rich environments
- Experience in Drupal 6 templating
- Strong LAMP knowledge
- Strong CSS/HTML knowledge
Why Use Drupal? - Presentation and Panel Q&A
When: September 2, 2009 7:00 PM
Where:
The Research Triangle Park Headquarters
12 Davis Drive
RTP, NC 27706
Looking for a web publishing platform or content management system? Drowning in a sea of confusing opinions about the many different open-source and fee-based CMS programs across the Internet?
Are you considering Drupal?
Presentation
Drupal Web Developer | Campaign for America's Future
Note, I just got this from a mailing list I'm on. Don't reply to me, I don't know anything more about this job than what I've pasted below. (And I think they meant 2009, not 2008.) =Ruby
Full-time, Part-time or Contractor
Drupal Web Developer
Posting Date: August 1, 2008
Closing Date: August 31, 2008 or until filled
The Opportunity:
triDUG Hack Night
Time/Location
Tuesday, August 25 2009, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Coalmarch Productions, LLC
125 Edinburgh South Drive Suite 200
Cary, NC, 27511
Schedule
6:30 - 7:00pm - Mingle Time
7:00 - 7:15pm - Come up with a list of problems that need attention and who can solve them
7:15 - 9:30pm - Hack away!
Agenda
We're slowly getting back into the swing of things after our Summer vacations!
CANCELED: D7CX upgrade satellite sprint
chx is hosting a D7CX upgrade sprint, so Classic Graphics main office at 5901 Northwoods Business Pkwy, Charlotte, NC will host a satellite sprint on October 17 in the far left entrance door by th
Drupalcamp Atlanta Registration is Open!
The inaugural Drupalcamp Atlanta is now open for registration, and will be held on Saturday, September 19th from 9am – 5pm on the beautiful campus of Kennesaw State University. Our mission and purpose is twofold: (1.) we want to educate people about Drupal and (2.) further evangelize Drupal within our geographic region.







