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Fulgury Design currently has an open project requiring a Drupal theme to replicate an existing site's layout. We had a great developer create some custom interfaces but had to drop out due to other commitments. Now we need a talented designer with Drupal theme experience to take this ball and run with it.

We'd love this to be the first of a great relationship! Send us a message via the contact form and we'll work out the details.

Looking for a contract and freelance Drupal Developers to work on a Drupal 5 project (Drupal 6 experience is a bonus, but not required).

Experienced know how in:
Forms API, Themes using PHP, CSS, XHTML, Custom Module development and modification, updating Drupal sites, eCommerce modules, etc.  Strong design skills a major plus!

Please send rate and examples to info@tlrnewmedia.com

Thanks – Looking forward to hearing from you!

I do not have admin access to this site.
http://www.thenaturalstep.org/en/usa

I'm trying to embed a YouTube video into this page.
Using standard YouTube tags, I get blank spaces.
Any advice on how to make it work?

Thanks
Chas

Has anyone used Ubercart with Drupal 6.x..? I have a client that is looking for an eCommerce solution in the next couple months and I wanted to be sure that Ubercart was stable enough.. It looks like its in a dev mode.. Any feedback would be great!

Thanks!
Eric

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to be sure everyone heard about the security vulnerability that was found and patched in CCK:

The Content Construction Kit (CCK) allows certain privileged users to add custom fields to content types using a web browser.

Looking for a creative vendor to design a thoughtful and elegant web site for users of marine recreational fisheries data. Would like a person or group to use open source tools. I am very interested in seeing Drupal and JQuery put to good use for this site. This could be a great showcase project for an experienced developer.

We are building a large network of sites that will have many interesting challenges to conquer and this has not been done anywhere on the net so far.

Some of them are:

Website Creation Wizard with SEO
Ubercart customization
Multi-site control (domains not subdomains)
Complex user rights and roles
Integration with Wild West Domains API
Two tiered Affiliate/Contributor Marketing Management System
Related Ad Rotation
Related Content Rotation
Outbound feeds
Incoming feeds for topic related content
Network wide search by domain and by keyword or phrase

I have a business owner I've done some work for in the past who needs a site done, and unfortunately, I'm not able to get to it right now. It's a site that would be pretty cool to do in Drupal. The business is an online retailer of mountain bikes and accessories, and he's building a new front end using Magento. The Magento setup will contain four different stores What he needs is a middle ware application where he can get product data from supplier web sites, and then choose which products to insert into which of the four stores.

System Alternatives is looking for a Web Designer or a Drupal Theme Designer to contract with on current and future projects. We currently have one project in particular that we need to get a Drupal theme for in the next couple weeks. Please send me a message via my contact form if you are interested in working with us. We will then contact you for a resume and examples of your work. Examples don't have to be Drupal specific, but can include any web design you have done. We have staff on hand that can assist with the conversion of web designs to Drupal themes if necessary.

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Hey folks,

I have a client who wanted me to tell him how long it would take to convert a custom module in his site from 5 to 6, should he decide that the time has come. I've been working in 6, but have only done modest conversion so far.

I ran deadwood on it (drupal.org/project/deadwood) and it gave a rather long listing of TODO items that it couldn't convert, but none of them look particularly onerous. It gives the impression that converting this rather long and complicated module might not be such a big deal.

Does anyone know how to get document import api working? The README file is not helpful and I can't find an answer to the errors I"m having, which is that it won't parse anything, even an image even though the parser for that is already there, in the module.

This is the error I get when I upload a file:
warning: move_uploaded_file(/-1 atrium.jpg) [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /mnt/local/home/wimaxforum/beta-wimaxforum.org/modules/docapi/docapi.module on line 312.

someone mentioned using a twitter module a few weeks ago.
I was curious if you can control what it grabs as text when it automatically posts to twitter and if you can control what URL is linked to it.
Thanks.

I am just learning how to use views because I need to make a page that shows a bunch of items and I need to have a couple different views available to to user. I need to show the items by newest post date and I need to be able to split them up in to separate categories by taxonomy term. Ideally, on the categories end I would like the page to split in half and show one category on top and the other on the second half of the page. So far I just have a gridview that shows everything.

Can you guys give me some pointers?

Thanks,
Becky

Hey everyone, so I'm making some serious headway on this page, and it's getting closer and closer to being largely complete with all the functionality that I want! Here are some of the issues I am currently facing and would appreciate some advice on.

We're now meeting at the offices of OpenSourcery at 711 SE Ankeny St. Portland, OR 97214.

Steve Edwards will be doing a presentation on using Übercart to build e-commerce sites.

Hello all,

I've been a lurker for a while, figured now is the time to post my question - hope someone can help me out here...

Does anyone know of a local class/workshop on Drupal and web development basics? I've started developing a site for myself and quickly learned that I am way over my head. I'd be grateful for anyone who could point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Hey everyone,

I've managed to make some excellent progress on my webpage thanks to help from some community members. Some of you may remember I asked about how to establish custom regions. I followed all of the basic instructions everywhere, even sat with some one and got the layout working perfectly... and then low and behold it would not work when put on my webhost. I did find a work around, which was to establish the regions by editing the engine code itself... which isn't ideal, but did in the end solve my problem.

Hey guys,

I posted earlier but had no response. I'm really at a dead end for how the heck I place custom regions in my own theme.

All the documentation makes it appear extremely easy, which is wigging me out. I've not only read a multitude of documentaiton, I've grabbed other themes with multiple custom regions, and tried to mimick their code and not had much for luck. I must be seriously missing something basic though.

We're now meeting at the offices of OpenSourcery at 711 SE Ankeny St. Portland, OR 97214.

Brian Gilday of Aha Consulting will be doing a presentation on building with minimal coding

Following in Bill Fitzgerald's footsteps, I thought I'd mention here in the PDX group something I also posted on d.o. I belong to a search and rescue group here in the Portland area called Pacific Northwest Search & Rescue, and about a year ago, I redid the site in Drupal.

Hey everyone!

So I've made some amazing headway thanks to some of the help I received on here from Steve Edwards! If you ever get the chance to work with him you'll be quite lucky as he's very patient, good at explaining things, and pretty well versed in Drupal. Anyways, he's been helping me through most of the issues I've been encountering, but as of lately has become really busy, this is where you all come in!

I wanted to get a thumbs up / thumbs down reaction from the group on the below proposed topic for our October meeting.

This topic is geared toward Drupal power users and power user wanna-bes, showing how to make the most of existing core and contributed modules via configuration and some minor coding.

Our client, in Beaverton, OR is looking for a Drupal/PHP Developer for a 3 month contract. This person will be responsible for developing and launching a Drupal site. We need someone with solid Drupal, PHP, Javascript and Flash skills with preferably 5 years of experience or more.

The ideal candidate will be able to work from Photoshop comps and turn them into a functioning Drupal site, and will be able to interface with our internal backend systems. A strong understanding of SEO and some experience working with e-commerce sites desired.

Hello, all,

At the risk of indulging in shameless promotion, I wanted to announce that I wrote a book on using Drupal in Education -- I have an announcement on d.o about it, but I also wanted to post here to get the word out.

The book is titled Drupal for Education and E-learning, and it's due out from Packt Publishing in late October. The book targets Drupal 6, and it's geared toward non-developers and site admins.

Hey everyone.

So I'm working on my secnd drupal site, and while the first experience with drupal was pleasant and amazingly streamlined, this application is proving to be a bit more difficult. My first application was pretty much the perfect application for Drupal, and this second one should be just as easy, but I'm not having much luck.

I just wanted to mention that we're going to skip the normal meeting time this month and meet up with the Lullabots next Tuesday at the Avalon Hotel & Spa instead.

And some of the hot new news is... Drupal for Firebug. w00t!

A client of ours is looking to build a new website using Drupal and we're looking for a reliable development house / team with extensive Drupal experience that we can contract with on this project.

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Been looking at some new options for VPS (virtual private server) and dedicated host providers.

I use linode now, which is great, but I'm looking for even more power/storage for a couple of sites. Currently looking at slicehost and hostican for VPS as well.

If I consolidated my clients on a singe system, I could go for a dedicated host.

So, how 'bout sharing some recommendations for VPS or dedicated?

also, know anyone local?

Thanks,

Roger

One Economy Corporation is a global nonprofit organization that uses innovative approaches to deliver the power of technology and information to low-income people, giving them valuable tools for building better lives. We help bring broadband into the homes of low-income people, employ youth to train their community members to use technology effectively, and provide socially responsible media properties that offer a wealth of information on education, jobs, health care and other vital issues.

Hi Portland Drupal Group,

Just curious if any has experience with any HR / SAP software for Drupal that you'd recommend. Here's our list:

REQUIREMENTS:
1. Employee Name
2. Hire Date / Fire Date
3. Status (Active / Terminated)
4. Wages

OPTIONAL
1. Performance Management
2. Automated Reminders
3. Training Data (when, what was trained)
4. Workers Compensation

Thanks!

Sean

Our site is backup thanks to all the responses I received from this forum.....

Rick

I forgot to give you my contact info in the last post..
rkolinsky (at) pps.k12.or.us

Thanks

I teach at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon. The site is hosted at our district offices.
We have had a Drupal site for a few years. Last week the site went down. Check the error message at: www.lincoln.pps.k12.or.us
I am looking for someone to help us fix the site and get it running again. We will pay you for your time. The district IT team does not know Drupal so they can't help us.

Thanks.....

We are a company that has switched to Drupal for our new site, and are looking for a themer to create a layout. We essentially have all the back end work done, but want to sharpen up the look of the site. We essentially would like a web designer who could create a professional looking design, then if needed had the ability to plug it in. We have a very good idea of what we are looking for, and a few websites we would like to use as example.

We can be contacted at info@fourkast.com. Please feel free to inquire about the project and convey your fees and such. Thanks!

We're comin' back to Portland! Lullabot Workshops will be in town this September and we'd love to host a meetup for local Drupal users in the Portland. We will be doing lightning talks, so bring your latest cool hack, project, tip or favorite new module! We'll have a cash bar and treats!

Come on out, have a drink and meet Lullabots Matt Westgate, James Walker, and Nate Haug as well as the local Drupal users.

When
Tuesday, September 16th: 7pm - 10pm

Where
Avalon Hotel & Spa [map]

Looks like Lullabot will be back in Portland in September for another round of workshops. If you're looking for some top notch Drupal training taugh by the Drupal glitterati then this is your chance. They've got two tracks: Themeing and jQuery 15-17th and Module Development and APIs. You could always sign up for both.

The place I'm freelancing is looking to add a little more programming
experience. It's a great place to work so if you're looking for to for a
(better?) job drop them an email.

andrew

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Established, respected environmental non-profit seeks a Contract Website Designer to help redesign website.

About River Network

Hello, PDX'ers,

I was recently contacted by an organization who wants to build their internal capacity with Drupal -- they're local to Portland, and would like to be able to sit down with someone periodically to work on their existing site, built in Drupal.

We don't currently have the bandwidth to help them out, but we'd like to connect them with someone local.

If you're interested, please contact me via my contact tab --

Thanks,

Bill

A discussion worth checking out is this one on a CMS brand survey which amazon posted to the Drupal Group Marketing of Drupal. It references the following survey:
http://www.waterandstone.com/downloads/2008OpenSourceCMSMarketSurvey.pdf

I'm no marketing expert, but it seemed to me that while awards and other trends show Drupal surpassing most, Joomla were kicking our butts when it came to marketing and PR. However Amazon had a pretty good answer to that, though I think there is still much for Drupal to do on the marketing end, and this survey could be some help.

Overall it still looks healthy for Drupal, with Wordpress dominating, Joomla second, and Drupal third and everyone else a looong way off. It's interesting to note that technical proficiency is quite out of tune with marketing, with Drupal (possibly) under-performing, but doing vastly better than, for example, Plone, which has a lot of positives, but is lagging badly in this survey.

Grant

I'm trying to change the way I've been coming up with presentation topics from basically not doing much at all, to a more formal schedule of topics. I've found myself doing talks simply because it was easier to do it myself than try to line someone up. As DrupalCampPDX demonstrated there's a lot of very talented people in this town doing very cool things. I personally need to step it up and do a better job of tapping them and bringing them in.

Remember the new location: We're now meeting at the offices of OpenSourcery at 711 SE Ankeny St. Portland, OR 97214.

We are looking for an experienced Drupal developer to help with some short-term issues. Specifically, we're hoping to find someone with OG/CiviCRM experience to help get us from CiviCRM 1.9 to 2.x while solving some issues we're currently having in 1.9.

We are a non-profit based in Portland, Oregon. The option to meet in-person and do part of the work together is a plus, so we'd prefer to work with someone local. A long-term partnership is possible, as well.

Please contact me directly with questions (rick AT wecandobetter.org)

Thanks for looking.

All coders welcome, we have plenty of room so feel free to invite other user groups and bring the family.

Last December, many of the local software developer User Groups banded together and had a party (instead of the regular meetings). It was known as the Winter Coders Social(photos).
The Summer Coders Social is the outdoor and (hopefully) sunny successor!!!

The Portland drupal users group cordially extends a Portland welcome to our out-of-town drupal compadres. To help us plan and because space is limited, please Sign Up below or RSVP to melissa (at) incitedev.com.

On Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the Pythian Building, 918 SW Yamhill: 4th floor join us for a sampling of some Portland gems:

Basically, too many interesting events compete for too few nights during OSCON, so let's gather them all here for people to intelligently pick what they can and cannot miss.

I'll start with what I know:

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Google and O'Reilly Open Source community leader awards 8PM.

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Wednesday evening from 6:00 - 9:30 the Portland Drupal Users Group and Nia International

Thursday, 24 July 2008:

5:20PM-6:05
Building your FOSS developer community with Drupal: http://fosscoach.wikia.com/index.php?title=Build_your_FOSS_developer_com...

Recently NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network) put out their 2008 CMS Satisfaction Survey. You can find the full text and numbers for this survey on their web page, though it will cost you $50 if you are not a member. They are a valuable nonprofit themselves, so supporting them seems to be a good thing, and this report would go a long way to helping many of you convince your clients to use Drupal, more than you could achieve in $50 of billable time in many cases, so it would be $50 well spent.

In any event I thought I'd at least share the basics of that report with the group, on how Drupal ranked in customer satisfaction and related areas. Remember though that this is not representative of all your clients, but is nonprofit focussed, which is a group probably more likely to use free tools before most others, so it is unlikely that the world at large matches these numbers, fascinating as they are.