Chicago's local community of various user groups focused on Drupal. Groups have meetings each month in/around Chicago. Please be sure to join our group if interested in posting or hearing about Drupal-related job opportunities in the Chicagoland area.
The Drupal Chicago Meetup Group holds meetups on various topics and networking opportunities. Presentations and speakers are aimed at a general audience, with site show-and-tells, module demonstrations, news and announcements, and question and answer sessions.
If you live or work in the suburbs, check out the Fox Valley Drupal Meetup group with topics for all users.
Volunteers in the Chicago Drupal Group also organize MidCamp - Midwest Drupal Camp. Drupal camps are multi-day events that can include training days, session days, code and documentation sprints, and social events. Held annually in March, MidCamp is quickly becoming one of the larger and prestigious Drupal camps due to its high level of speakers, content, accessibility, and attention to detail.
Did we mention, the Chicago Drupal community has active and ongoing community discussions going on can be found at https://midcamp.slack.com.
Search Engine Optimization: Get Better Results from the Web
A presentation on the basics of SEO and demonstrate some of the tools and practices that are available today. The presentation will include:
- How search engines work
- Setting SEO goals
- Determining keywords
- Optimizing the website
- Link building
- Free & paid tools to make the job easier
- SEO for Drupal
- How Google Ranking factors have changed
- The new importance of Google My Business & other Google properties
- Google Analytics & Google Search Console
Speaker
Read moreDrupal Accessibility Best Practices - Fox Valley Drupal
2020 Season Fox Valley Drupal Best Practices for Accessibility
• Site Showcases and Doctor's Office
• Introductions
• Presentation by Andy Olson of Bounteous, Group Discussion to follow
As an inclusive community, we are committed to making Drupal an accessible tool for building websites that anyone, regardless of ability, can use and enjoy. Attendees will learn:
* What is Accessibility?
* Why to use semantic HTML
* Common Image and Colors fails.
* How to responsibly use Video and Animations
* How to improve Forms
* Tools to help identify improvements
Making a MUD with Drupal and Slack
IMPORTANT!
You must RSVP by 1:00pm on Wednesday, February 5 in order to be let in.
Making a MUD with Drupal and Slack
In the 80s and early 90s, I played a lot of text-based games - single-player like Zork and Colossal Caves, and multi-player online games on BBSs like Kyandia and Infinity Complex. I created an engine for using Drupal to author and play these games, using Slack as the player interface.
Read moreFox Valley Drupal — How to Build sites on Drupal 8
Every website is different and how you go about building it out is as well. Our presentation will be a general discussion of the process to put all the pieces together, discussing the how to make order out of chaos. Bob Snodgrass will present and moderate the discussion of this process, reviewing site examples, favorite tools and "recipes" as we learn from each others experiences.
Beginner to Advanced, bring your questions, show off your own examples, favorite tools and recipes.
6PM Social Hour
7PM Presentations and Discussion
9PM After hours social
Remote Drupal Developer Job
Looking for a job with a small team, working from Chicago or wherever you are, helping environmental organizations with their websites? Tamarack Media Cooperative (tamarackmedia.com) is expanding our five person team to seven. Work for clients connecting people with the natural world and fighting for justice. Theme and configure Drupal 7 and 8 sites. You’ll be on track for ownership within our cooperative at one year, with equal compensation and governance. Full Description: https://tamarackmedia.com/developer
Read moreDrupalCorn Camp 2019 - Nov 6-8 - Des Moines Iowa
November 6-8 at the Des Moines Public Library, 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
DrupalCorn Camp returns for three a-maize-ing days of trainings, sessions, contribution, BoFs and community!
Read moreMidCamp 2020
Announced 3/9/20 Midwest Drupal Camp will be a Digital-Only Event this year. See more at https://www.midcamp.org/2020/article/midcamp-2020-going-digital.
Midwest Drupal Camp (MidCamp) 2020 is the seventh annual Chicago-area event that brings together designers, developers, users, and evaluators of the open source Drupal content management software. Attendees come for four days of presentations, professional training, contribution sprints, and socials while brushing shoulders with Drupal service providers, hosting vendors, and other members of the broader web development community.
Read moreJust one week till Twin Cities Drupal Camp! June 6-8, 2019
We have just one week to go before our 9th edition of Twin Cities Drupal Camp kicks off! Registration starts at $50 and includes all three days, the evening social events and lunch on Friday.
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/register
Join us a week from today for Free trainings. Spots are still available, but they're getting close to selling out!
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/trainings
We've got a great program put together for you on Friday as well, with 30 sessions and a keynote by The Asian Penguins.
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/schedule
Read moreLet Users Pick the Fields They See
Description
Read moreMidwest Drupal Summit 2019
The Event
Join us for 3 days this summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the 2019 Midwest Drupal Summit.
For this year’s Summit, we’ll gather on the beautiful University of Michigan campus for three days of code sprints, working on issues such as porting modules and writing, updating documentation and informal presentations. We will start around 10AM and finish around 5PM each day.
Food
Lunch, Coffee and Snacks will be provided each day.
What you can expect:
Read moreFrontend Re-United Chicago
Chicago will host a live stream of Frontend United conference on 17 May 2019!
Frontend United hosts legendary speakers talking about UX, browser performance, theming and Javascript. Sometimes still a bit of Drupal slips in :-)
We'll be live-streaming sessions in the morning, then selecting from the pre-recorded sessions in the afternoon. Join us for a one-day remote conference, where the folks in the room will decide the agenda, we'll all learn a ton, and you'll get to reach across the tech that divides us and meet some new friends.
Read moreFrontend Re-United Chicago
Chicago will host a live stream of Frontend United conference on 17 May 2019!
Frontend United hosts legendary speakers talking about UX, browser performance, theming and Javascript. Sometimes still a bit of Drupal slips in :-)
We'll be live-streaming sessions in the morning, then selecting from the pre-recorded sessions in the afternoon. Join us for a one-day remote conference, where the folks in the room will decide the agenda, we'll all learn a ton, and you'll get to reach across the tech that divides us and meet some new friends.
Read moreTwin Cities Drupal Camp
Announcing the 9th annual 2019 Twin Cities Drupal Camp!
About:
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is a three-day conference, held annually in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Every Drupal Camp features keynote speakers, sessions, code sprints, great parties, and lots of networking.
Registration is open, sponsorship opportunities are available and session submission is open through Monday, April 29th!
Where:
St. Thomas Campus
1000 Lasalle Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
When:
June 6-8, 2019
Sharing a job lead that I just turned down
I just turned down a Job Lead for Chicago because I don't wish to relocate from Indiana.
I did, however, get enough of the facts so that I could share it with my CHI friends.
Here you go...
Drupal Developer role: Define, Develop, Test, Analyze & Maintain new Drupal websites based on business requirements analysis. Also: Writing, Coding, Testing, and Analyzing Drupal sites and modules.
Interested persons can reach out to Monoj Kumar mkumar@parkar.consulting or via his Mobile: 312-763-9829
Read moreWhat is Drupal? An Introduction to Drupal 8 in Chicago
What is Drupal? Drupal is a popular, open source content management system. It powers websites for governments, NGOs, communities, and businesses around the world. Drupal 8, the newest version, has recently been released and there are many exciting new features for end users, site builders, and developers.
If you're considering a platform for your next web development project, this half-day training session is a great opportunity to learn more about what Drupal has to offer.
Read moreSearch & SEO + some Solr - Fox Valley Drupal
IN-DEPTH SESSION – Gwen Daniels of https://www.illinoislegalaid.org/ will present on Search and SEO, including some under-the-hood Solr configuration.
(PLUS she'll briefly touch on Acquia Lift an intro to a future presentation)
Lightning Talks and Site Showcases – various members
6-7pm – Social, drinks and dinner available at Old Towne
7-9pm - Presentations
Open Co-working opportunities in the area contact Bob Snodgrass (bsnodgrass) for details.
Please signup on our meeting link
Drupal 8 CI, Content Moderation & Groups
GREETINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/INTROS
LIGHTNING TALKS – Jason Bell & Bob Snodgrass have short talks. Still room for other members to throw in ideas!
Eric Michalsen will talk about “CI babysteps” An idea for taking the 1st steps into the world of Continuous Integration – making small incremental improvements.
Read moreDrupalCorn Camp
It's almost time for the Iowa DrupalCorn Camp!
The 2018 Camp will be at the Center for Higher Education in Des Moines, IA. Sessions will be on Friday, September 28th and Saturday, September 29th. Sessions are scheduled in one hour blocks (which include time for questions) throughout each day. There is training on Thursday, Sept. 27, and a sprint day on Sunday, Sept. 30.
We've also got a great Friday night party planned, with our famous Cornhole Tournament!
Find our more at https://drupalcorn.org
Read moreFox Valley Drupal - It's all about Community
The more the merrier, after all people it is all about Community