A group for Drupal users in southern Ontario, serving Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo and surrounding areas.
Who
All Drupal enthusiasts are welcome to join us for discussion and demonstration of topics for beginners and beyond.
What
Topics range from implementation examples and demonstrations to tutorials and workshops to round-tables, question and answers and panel discussions.
When
Meetings are held monthly and are free of charge. They happen on the third Thursday of each month, 19:00 to 21:00.
Where
The Working Centre at 58 Queen St. S. Kitchener, Ontario.
Note that there are two addresses with "The Working Centre" sign on them. Be sure to go to 58 and not the other one.
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DrupalCon Debriefing: share what you have observed and learned
For our June session, we have several members of the group who have attended DrupalCon Portland 2013, which is due to start on May 20th.
If you are attending, take some notes about anything you find interesting: new announcements, new products, new technologies, trends, hot topics, ...etc.
Then prepare a few slides and share them with the group on our June meeting.
Five years of Drupal meetings in the Waterloo Region
It has been more than five years since the Waterloo Region Drupal Users Group started.
Special thanks to:
- Richard Weait who co-started the group, and kept hounding me for it, so that we don't commute to Toronto (gas was cheaper then!)
- Charles McColm and Paul Nijjar for making a venue available all these years without missing a beat, opening early and closing after we all leave ...
- All past speakers and long time members.
So, what did you like about the group? What memories do you have? What ideas do you have to make it better?
Post below any thoughts you have ...
Symfony2 Framework: what is it, how and why it is included in Drupal 8
Drupal's move to using Symfony2 components for version 8 will introduce many changes for Drupal developers as well as a steep learning curve.
This talk will aim to give you a head start on that process. Jeremy Cook will introduce the Symfony2 framework by taking a look at its goals and architecture. He will then take a look at the lifecycle of a request and how it is converted into a response in a Symfony2 app.
Read moreWestern New York Drupal Minicamp April 27, 2013
There is a mini Drupal camp in Western New York, not too far from here. A day trip actually.
Here is more information and signup.
Some Toronto folk are discussing car pooling from the GTA.
Group exercise: How do I build a Drupal site that does ...?
For April's meeting we are having something new ...
Our guest wants to build a site for a specific audience and wants to know the following:
- Is Drupal a good fit? Or other technologies are better/simpler/easier?
- What modules to use?
- What information architecture to base the site on?
- and many other details on how to build a site using Drupal.
The person who wants the site built will do a brief 15 minute presentation, and then the rest of the evening is will be using the "wisdom of the crowd" to ask questions, propose answers, have discussions, and find solutions ...
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A Workflow for Release Management
By the time you've installed and set up your first Drupal site, you're probably quite aware of the mystical connection between Drupal and Lego*. Create the content types, build the views, pull in additional functionality through the thousands of contributed modules, and BAM! Site done! Just like building an awesome spaceport with Lego.
Except! Maintaining and updating a live site presents a new set of challenges compared to building a site before launch.
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Drupal 7 Module Development Training in Toronto
Drupal is a modular, open source web content management framework that ships with basic functionality in the form of core modules. For the most part, you add new functionality with third party modules (known as contributed modules) that can be downloaded from Drupal.org. At some point you may find limitations. You may want to modify functionality in a contributed module or core. You may want to move your configuration to code, or access an external data source.
Read moreDrupal 7 in a Day Training in Toronto
Get a solid introduction to Drupal 7 in one day. Learn about the most essential features and concepts of Drupal through hands on activities. By the end of this day you will be familiar with Drupal terminology and be able to identify how many Drupal sites are constructed. You will know how to identify and choose modules to get the functionality you need.
Because this class will be an overview and not an in-depth course, it is perfect for people who are on the fence about using Drupal or who are looking for a hands-on introduction.
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Open Source Web Developer | CIGI
Drupal Administrator | The Buff Mom Fitness & Lifestyle Coaching
*This job is only open to people who live in the Waterloo Region area as some office work may be required.
Current responsibilities:
-Provide web administration and content development for www.thebuffmom.com (a drupal site).
-Consult with staff and users about creating, selecting, and organizing web content to ensure effective representation of The Buff Mom, a health and lifestyle company based in Waterloo Region.
-Updating/adding content to site.
Future opportunities and responsibilities may include:
Read moreSenior Drupal developer | AgentLocator
AgentLocator has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Drupal developer to work at a leading real estate marketing agency in central Mississauga. They require an exceptional Drupal Developer to work on a key project in building custom modules.
Essential Skills:
- 3 years or more experience with object orientated programming
- Web Open technologies such as Drupal, PHP, MySQL
- Strong back end technical skills
- Have a Drupal.org I.D
- Be able to present code sample
How architecture affects the community: a case study of Drupal with two other CMSs
Drupal isn't built like other content management systems. And it's got a large and strong community. Julian Egelstaff will look under the hood at three systems that are all content management systems, but have very different architectures, and very different communities: Drupal, XOOPS/ImpressCMS, and TikiWiki. What effect does the architecture have on the community? Once we've looked at the differences in code, maybe we can see some interesting answers to that question.
Read moreDrupal Ubercart for The Working Centre donations page
Happy new year everyone ... hope you had a good holiday season ...
For our January meeting, our speaker will be Devin Howard of our venue host, The Working Centre
He will take us through the process of using UberCart for building The Working Centre's donations website. This included writing a custom module as well.
Devin will also discuss:
1) The state of the site when he got involved
2) How to install/configure/use Ubercart
3) The customizations they had to do
X-cart-4.4.1 to drupal-commerce-7.x > Suggestions?
I'm in need of advice on Migration & Modules for a move from X-cart to Drupal7.
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Views and Slide Shows
OK. I give up.
I've installed all the modules, libraries, and javascript files needed for slide shows but am now lost as to where to go next. I've looked at the advanced help but they don't help me set up a slideshow.
I used JCYCLE as suggested at the London DUG meeting in November and was able to do a slideshow or two for my Christmas message at (http://emandem.ca/swans/index.html) and (http://emandem.ca/hshs/index.html) but I could not get the EASING to work as shown in the example ... and I could not figure out how to get it to work on my Drupal website (http://palstratford.org)
Read moreNo meeting for December 20th, 2012
There will be no meeting for December 20th 2012, since it is too close to the holidays.
For January, we have a talk on Ubercart, which will be announced in early January.
Happy holidays to everyone.
Should we have a Waterloo Region Drupal Users Group meeting on 20th December?
Voting started for Drupal Camp Toronto 2012
Drupal Camp Toronto 2012 is less than a week away, and you need to vote on sessions. Make sure that you register and login, otherwise you will not see the vote button for each session.
Web Developer | THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) is a global think tank based in Waterloo, ON. Created in 2001, CIGI conducts policy oriented research on a wide range of international governance issues, including the global economy, energy and environment, development and global security. A dynamic and innovative organization of leading researchers, policy practitioners and other professionals, CIGI has a unique opening for a Web Developer to join its team.
Read moreWeb Wizard | Katapult / Big Truck TV
Katapult wants to reinvent the way B-to-B media works and we are looking for a web programmer/webmaster that can help us manage our current site and help build out future elements and products to maintain our competitive advantage. This role will start off on a contract basis and will evolve into a full time role as some new partnerships and products come online.
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