Chicago

We encourage users to post events happening in the community to the community events group on https://www.drupal.org.

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.

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Cancelled

Start: 
2020-04-01 18:00 - 20:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

This event has been cancelled. We’ll see you in May.

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Search Engine Optimization: Get Better Results from the Web

Start: 
2020-03-04 18:00 - 20:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Drupal Accessibility Best Practices - Fox Valley Drupal

Start: 
2020-02-19 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Making a MUD with Drupal and Slack

Start: 
2020-02-05 18:00 - 20:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

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.

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Fox Valley Drupal — How to Build sites on Drupal 8

Start: 
2019-11-20 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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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

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DrupalCorn Camp 2019 - Nov 6-8 - Des Moines Iowa

Start: 
2019-11-06 (All day) - 2019-11-08 (All day) America/Chicago
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Event type: 
Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

DrupalCorn Camp 2019, November 6-8, Des Moines Public Library 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IANovember 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!

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MidCamp 2020

Start: 
2020-03-18 (All day) - 2020-03-21 (All day) America/Chicago
Event type: 
Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

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.

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Just 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

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Let Users Pick the Fields They See

Start: 
2019-06-05 18:00 - 20:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

Description

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Midwest Drupal Summit 2019

Start: 
2019-08-08 18:00 - 2019-08-11 20:00 America/Detroit
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Event type: 
Sprint

Register Here

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:

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Frontend Re-United Chicago

Start: 
2019-05-17 (All day) America/Chicago
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Event type: 
Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

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.

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Frontend Re-United Chicago

Start: 
2019-05-17 (All day) America/Chicago
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

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.

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Twin Cities Drupal Camp

Start: 
2019-06-06 08:30 - 2019-06-08 17:00 America/Chicago
Event type: 
Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

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

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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

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What is Drupal? An Introduction to Drupal 8 in Chicago

Start: 
2019-06-27 09:00 - 12:30 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

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.

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Search & SEO + some Solr - Fox Valley Drupal

Start: 
2019-01-16 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Drupal 8 CI, Content Moderation & Groups

Start: 
2018-10-17 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

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.

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DrupalCorn Camp

Start: 
2018-09-27 09:00 - 2018-09-30 12:00 UTC
Event type: 
Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

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

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Fox Valley Drupal - It's all about Community

Start: 
2018-08-15 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago
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Event type: 
User group meeting

The more the merrier, after all people it is all about Community

  • Our Lightning talks will kick the evening off with presentations from various members
  • Site Showcases - looking for presentations
  • Planning and overview for BuildAModule mentored site building – Drupal 8 Training for a new group of Drupal People - Bob met with BuildAModule creator Chris Shattuck in Boise ID on July 30th. Bob will present an overview of BuildAModule and the plan to present this training in the Fall.
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