Portland (Oregon)
Welcome to the Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group.
Meetings take place every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6pm in the OpenSourcery offices at 1636 NW Lovejoy St. Portland, OR 97209.
The 'Way out West' meetup takes place on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Rogers Room at the Forest Grove Library from 6:30 - 7:30pm. This meeting focuses on choosing and using Drupal modules.
Brewpal takes place on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the Lucky Lab on 1945 NW Quimby. We meet, work on our projects, and ask questions of our neighbors with no formal agenda.
No need to RSVP, the meetings are open to all.
We're also on IRC in #drupal-pdx on freenode.net
Drupal Association Board Member Voting starts tomorrow!
The Drupal Assocation has two open positions on the board and voting for candidates begins tomorrow. The list of candidates can be found here: https://association.drupal.org/2012-nominations-announced Get out and vote! Shameless plug -- yes I am on the list of candidates.
February User Group Meeting, Redux
Reposting this an event so that we can get SIGNUPS! Please sign up below so we can gauge interest.
Get ready for fun at February's meetup! Melissa Anderson (@eliza411) is going to walk us through some awesome Workflow training in Drupal. This is a very hands-on exercise, so bring your laptops and get ready for between 1 - 1.5 hours of training on the workbench_moderation module. From Melissa:
Small Project Integration Developer | OTBC-Oregon Technology Business Center
Thanks for your interest. We are working to map out this small project with a couple of responders.
We are looking for a Drupal guru who can help us with a small project: automatically import user names, email addresses and other data into our Drupal 6 system from a Pardot marketing automation system.
OTBC, the non-profit Oregon Technology Business Center, provides coaching, networking events, entrepreneurship programs, and shared office space to help tech, biotech, cleantech and opentech start-up ventures succeed.
Drupal 7 Trainings
OpenSourcery, in partnership with Acquia, offers two Portland-based Drupal 7 workshops each month:
- Drupal 7 in Day (Friday, February 3)
- Site Building with Drupal 7 (Monday and Tuesday, February 6-7)
February User Group Meeting Subject
Get ready for fun at February's meetup! Melissa Anderson (@eliza411) is going to walk us through some awesome Workflow training in Drupal. This is a very hands-on exercise, so bring your laptops and get ready for between 1 - 1.5 hours of training on the workbench_moderation module. From Melissa:
Senior Drupal Developer | Wardenclyffe
Wardenclyffe is a hybrid agency, proving integrated design / software development / video production services to global brands. We specialize in high-concept visual work for the cultural industries and we partner with clients who share our strong vision for the future of media. Most of our projects utilize a holistic model that blends physical and digital interaction.
Working with Wardenclyffe will allow you to work with highly technical and creative teams while partnering with some of the most prestigious brands in the world.
Clients
Kanye West
Stella McCartney
Art.sy
January Brewpal
As always, no formal agenda... just the opportunity to chat, drink, and work in the company of fellow Drupalers. Don't forget to bring your laptop and use the free Wi-Fi. Because AC power is somewhat limited, it's best to charge up your laptop before you come.
We get going at 5:00 p.m., but if your job doesn't permit you to arrive until later, that's fine, too.
So here are the details on January's Brewpal:
Date: Tuesday, January 24th
Time: 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Lucky Lab Beer Hall
1945 NW Quimby St.
Portland, OR 97209
Contact your Senator/Congressman Module/webform module/I'll take anything at this point!
I've searched high, low... hell I tried everything but Yahoo and asking my dog (my dog being more useful). Is there a module where users can input their zip code and basic information and then email their senators?
If there isn't, is there a write up on how to combine a set of modules to deliver this functionality? No combination of keywords I can cook up is doing me any good...
Random things I've tried to search for to find this (to help a future person who thinks like I do):
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Perfecting Permissions – Editorial Workflow
Does your organization require content review before the content gets published? We'll build a common editorial workflow that allows an author to create and edit his or her own work and submit it for editorial review. Author and editor can collaborate until it's ready to be passed along for final approval and publication.
Sign up at http://training.opensourcery.com/sessions/workflow-1
For more about our Test Kitchen format, see http://training.opensourcery.com/recipes
Keeping it Fresh! Content Scheduling
Site visitors can't trust information on a web site that's filled with outdated information and delayed announcements. Busy content editors can't always keep track of what needs to go up and down. Building pages that feature content for a limited time doesn't remove the content from site searches.
Come build a system where content contributors can automate the publication and archiving of content, saving time while delivering fresh content.
Sign up at http://training.opensourcery.com/sessions/scheduling-1
Back in town, looking for Drupal Projects
Hello Drupal-portland! Fun to go to the Drupal Wednesday event.
Just wanted to mention that I am back in town and looking for some more interesting/exciting Drupal projects.
Can do everything from Design to HTML4/5/CSS3/JS to Theming to PHP/Programming, custom modules to Project Management etc.
I'm looking for contract/freelance work, not employment.
Thanks for any tips or help you can offer,
Thanks!
Big thanks to January Presenter Mike Nielson
We had a great breakdown by Mike Nielson on the Omega theme, Context, Delta and <a href=""http://www.drupal.org/project/contextfield">ContextField at January's user group meeting. Thank you, Mike, I know I learned a ton and can't wait to use these on my next D7 site.
The Denver Bus
I'd like to start the discussion about getting a bus together to take people to Denver for DrupalCon Denver March 19-23, 2012. I, unfortunately, won't be able to arrange the bus and logistics myself and am looking for volunteers to help.
Someone sanity-check me on this, but there was a lot of enthusiasm for a charter bus to Denver with wifi. At what price does this become silly? Has anyone ever taken a charter bus this distance?
Any feedback you have that can help us make better decisions is appreciated.
Drupal Developer | OpenSourcery
OpenSourcery is Portland's oldest and most established professional Drupal development company. Since 2004 we've been serving nonprofits and the common good. We have a strong process, happy clients and lots of work.
We offer you stability, competitive salary and benefits, a maximum 40 hour work week -- including weekly code rallies where we do interesting non-client Drupal work, paid trips to Drupalcon, and the opportunity to work side by side with great people who love Drupal on projects that will be seen by millions and will make the world a better place.
Freelance Drupal Developer in Portland Oregon | sticky co
Freelance Drupal Whiz in Portland Oregon
We do a lot of things here, from geeky to artsy. We are looking for someone in the Portland, Oregon area who is savvy in Drupal and can bring some fresh ideas into the mix. If you have good knowledge of Drupal and want to see what it's like to work in a fun and kickback environment then maybe this is a place for you?
Qualifications:
- Drupal 7 API
- General Module Creation Experience
- "Drupal Commerce Module" (not Ubercart)
- "Drupal Views" Experience
- None Drupal Skill: UPS WorldShip API (XML) Knowledge a plus++
Build a Site Event Calendar
Create a Drupal 7 event calendar, organize and color-code your events by category, reschedule events with a drag-and-drop interface, and promote them on an Upcoming events list on the front page. Add an RSS feed to keep your audience informed as new events are posted.
If you've configured the old Date/Calendar combination in an earlier version of Drupal, we think you'll be delighted by the relative simplicity of the FullCalendar module!
Sign up and details at http://training.opensourcery.com/sessions/build-site-event-calendar-0
Create Slideshows and Galleries
Create photo galleries that elegantly display photos and titles with optional slide show viewing controls. Upload an image just once and have a variety of high quality sizes created without ever opening a graphics program. Then, bring them all together into a beautiful index that groups them by category!
Sign up at http://training.opensourcery.com/sessions/create-slideshows-and-galleries
For more about our Test Kitchen format, see http://training.opensourcery.com/recipes
January Group Meeting: Mike Neilson Presents Delta Module and Context Field In the Omega Stack
For the January meeting, Mike Neilson will present on the delta module, context field and the Omega theme. These are subjects that have come up in prior Drupal meetings and there seems to be a lot of interest in it. If there are no other presentation volunteers, we could give Mike the run of the show for 45 minutes-ish if he needs it.
See you all the 11th and bring your codey hats.
Looking for presenters, Drupal User Group Meeting January 11
For the January 11 Drupal User Group meeting, we're looking for any volunteers to give a 15-20 minute presentation on something cool they're doing/have discovered/just figured out. If you've just taken a site live using a combination of modules working together in perfect harmony, we want to hear about. Just wrote some sweet module code or a gorgeous theme and you'd like to walk us through some code? Please let me know!
Web Applications Developer | Metro
Interested in joining Metro?
As the elected regional government for the Portland metropolitan area, Metro works with communities, businesses and residents to create a vibrant and sustainable region for all. Through shared values of public service, excellence, teamwork, sustainability, innovation and respect, Metro’s employees serve the region in a variety of roles and are passionate about what they do.








