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.
Intermediate Drupal Theming
Intermediate Drupal Theming. Hans Riemenschneider (with a little help from his friends) will be sharing their Drupal theming fu with us. Looks to be a very interesting evening, it's been a while since we did the theming thing, it's about time don't you think?
When you RSVP plan on answering these questions:
- What cool tip, trick, module, project or idea would you like to share in a lightning talk or site showcase?
- What is your most perplexing Drupal issue you would like to get feedback or help with?
- Is there a Topic you want to hear discussed?
6pm Social Hour
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Drupal Contributing right before Drupalcon Portland, right here in Oak Park
Main Library on Lake St. in Oak Park. Room: Second Floor - Small Meeting Room
Everyone is welcome, people new to drupal or experienced devs, any ages. We will split into pairs and work on Drupal core issues. Bring your laptop. There will be help for setting up local development environments. If possible, install git before coming and git clone Drupal 8 core. If not possible, I'll have it on a thumb drive; no worries. If you want to set up your environment before the meetup, you'll need a *AMP stack, irc client, dreditor, and drush is nice.
Read moreOak Park Drupal Contributing Meetup at Main Library
Everyone is welcome, people new to drupal or experienced devs, any ages. We will split into pairs and work on Drupal core issues. Bring your laptop. There will be help for setting up local development environments. If possible, install git before coming and git clone Drupal 8 core. If not possible, I'll have it on a thumb drive; no worries. If you want to set up your environment before the meetup, you'll need a *AMP stack, irc client, dreditor, and drush is nice.
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Drupal Training Remote Support
March 15th is a Drupal training day: http://drupal.org/learn-drupal
A lot of us are professional Drupalers with day jobs so it's difficult to participate.
However, Chris Shattuck of http://buildamodule.com/ will open up all his Drupal training videos for free on Friday.
We should direct people to #CADUG on Freenode IRC and take turns monitoring the chat for people who have questions as they learn remotely that day.
Michelle has set up a google doc for people to register their interest: http://bit.ly/WLkLvC.
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All Day Sprint in Chicago - #SprintWeekend Saturday 3/9
Anyone in Chicago who would like to sprint together on Drupal should attend.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
9:00 AM To 5:00 PM
Venue:
Promet Source
1802 West Berteau Avenue, Chicago, IL
--Ring buzzer for Promet @ Suite 209 and we'll let you in!
Drupal Sprints are happening all over the world March 9th and 10th.
Bring your laptop!
There are a few monitors to plug into, bring an adapter and come early if you want access to one of these.
Also, we advise bringing a power strip. (And some snacks.)
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Everyone is welcome, people new to Drupal or advanced Drupalers.
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Free Drupal Training and Install Workshop (Global Training Days Chicago)
What is Drupal? Where did Drupal come from? How can Drupal help you?
The Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has been hosting free training events for over five years and now starting in 2013 we're syncing these events with Global Training Days around the world. Not only will you be learning Drupal, but so will hundreds of people around the world. More info @ http://drupal.org/learn-drupal
Read moreFox Valley Drupal Users Group - Mapping in Drupal
Mapping with Drupal 7
When you RSVP plan on answering these questions:
What cool tip, trick, module, project or idea would you like to share in a lightning talk or site showcase?
What is your most perplexing Drupal issue you would like to get feedback or help with?
Is there a Topic you want to hear discussed?
6pm Social Hour
7pm Lightning Talks and Site Showcase
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Drupal4Lib Barcamp at Code4Lib at the UIC Forum open to all
Please join us next Monday at the Code4Lib Drupal in Libraries pre-con/barcamp at the University of Illinois Chicago Forum. This full day event is free for Code4Lib attendees and a crazy low $10 (donation asked) for folks from the library community.
Drupal uber-guru and Drupal 8 web services initiative lead, Larry Garfield, will be joining us in the morning to give use a taset of what's coming and to answer questions. If you are in the area, drop what you are doing and join us.
Read moreCADUG - Advanced Drupal Meet Up - Feb 26, 2013
CADUG February 26th, 2013 will be at Duo Consulting
20 West Kinzie Suite 1510, Chicago, IL (map)
Lightning Talks
Attendees are encourage to present for 10 minutes on a topic of their choosing. Show off a recent project, get audience feedback for your next big idea, demo a cool new module, give a marketing case study or just talk about anything else Drupal related. No slides or presentation skills are required. Short yet informative talks are the goal.
Advanced Drupal Discussions
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JoomlaChicago Meeting Comparing Drupal and Joomla
Greetings, Drupal Fans!
This month's JoomlaChicago-Loop meeting features a comparison of Drupal and Joomla (and a little bit of Wordpress). I wanted to invite Chicago Drupal practitioners to attend in order to lend us your perspective and to keep me honest. (I'm doing the presentation, and I have only started to dig into Drupal as of this past fall.)
This is a free event this coming Thursday, Jan. 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. that takes place in downtown Chicago at 200 S. Wacker Drive.
Please note that you have to register in advance: Do so at http://joomlachicagoloop.com .
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[Date in flux until we confirm location. But Sunday March 10 is likely.] We need to find a location for 10-20 people all day. We have some remaining funds from the Community Initiative that can help with lunch!
Remember your laptop!
First-timers welcome
If you are bringing littles that are too young to contribute, bring snacks, quiet toys, ipod like devices to keep them amused.
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Main library, lake st, Oak Park, in the downstairs meeting room.
Remember your laptop!
First-timers welcome
We will also discuss a possible all day sprint for March to celebrate 6 months of meetups! Please suggest days/locations.
Room is ours at 2:30 if people want to get there early for help setting up their local environments.. or if they just want to get their early. :)
If you are bringing littles that are too young to contribute, bring snacks, quiet toys, ipod like devices to keep them amused.
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CADUG - Advanced Drupal Meet Up - Jan 29, 2013
CADUG January 29th, 2013 will be at Promet Source Offices
1802 West Berteau Avenue, Chicago, IL (map)
Lightning Talks
Attendees are encourage to present for 10 minutes on a topic of their choosing. Show off a recent project, get audience feedback for your next big idea, demo a cool new module, give a marketing case study or just talk about anything else Drupal related. No slides or presentation skills are required. Short yet informative talks are the goal.
Advanced Drupal Discussions
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Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013 (MN)
The Twin Cities Drupal Camp will be held Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21 in Minneapolis MN. Camp kicks off with a day of classes on Thursday, followed by two days of workshops, and closes with a sprint on Sunday.
More information and registration is available at the camp website
If you would like more information, check out the website or you can reach out to the camp organizers at contact@tcdrupal.org
Read moreFox Valley Drupal Users Group - Features for Deployment
The Drupal Features module allows you to save configurations within a Drupal database into your own custom module. Will Long will present on how you can use this functionality as a primary tool to deploy your Drupal websites.
Read moreMini-sprint Oak Park Drupal Contributing Meetup
Sprint for experienced and new contributors. Bring your laptop. We will split into pairs and work on issues at whatever your level is.
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Taking Drupal Cross-platform NA
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
Live Webinar: Taking Drupal Cross-platform
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
EMEA – 3PM GMT. Register Here
VOPDUG: Oak Park Contributor Wind Sprint during Feature Completion Phase
Announcing the 3rd Village of Oak Park Drupal User Group meetup. This is open to all, and especially welcoming to those of any ages (we had 2 under 18 and 2 over 50 at the last one). It's a contributor meetup so we run it like a wind sprint. People are paired with others of similar experience, from needing to set up a local environment, to writing patches, and help is available finding issues that are good matches. Please bring a laptop, and if you are bringing small children with you (which is totally ok), bring ipod like devices, snacks, and/or quiet toys for them.
Read moreCDMUG's 6th Annual Holiday Open Source Social Event
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
Monday December 3rd 2012 @ 7:00pm
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