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.
CDMUG March 2012 Meet Up "Too Many Topics" Thur 29th @ 7:00pm
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
March meetup will be jammed packed with presentations as we have too many topics. Starting off with a Drupalcon Denver recap for those who were not in Denver and a quick update from C.B. Ladd's adventure last month. Plus presentations about Drupal5 with mobile CSS from the Art Institute, EntityFieldQuery Awseomsauce, and securely taming Git.
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New to Drupal looking for mentor
I am new to Drupal. Have built a very rudimentary site (www.inuag.org) and am looking for someone who is interested in helping me build the site and navigate using Drupal. I have built w Dreamweaver in the past, and have some knowledge of code. Not sure how to plumb the depths of the Chicago community. Looking for preferably Northside/Westside user who would be interested in participating in the construction of a social network and wiki for Urban Agriculture. Financial compensation available.
Read moreCDMUG February 2012 Meet Up: Wed 22nd @ 7:00pm
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com.1
February's meetup will not be too technical, but more of an overview from 3 perspectives.
Duo Consulting opens doors at 6:00pm for attendees to arrive, socialize, and hang out before meetups. We try for presentations to officially start by 7:00pm. Comment your RSVP with full name and bring photo ID to gain authorized access to Duo's office downtown.
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Reminder: Drupal Coworking Friday (Chicago, IL)
Address: Next Door Cafe, 659 W. Diversey.
Hours: 9am to 5pm
Cost: Free.
Details: I've reserved the Blue Room as a quite room, but there's lots of other seating areas depending on your working style. Since there's a cafe on-site no outside food is allowed.
CDMUG January 2012 Meet Up: Thur Jan 5th @ 6:00pm
First meeting of 2012 will be a focus on jQuery with Drupal. We will start by covering the basics of adding the library to your site, popular modules to get started, and finish by showing how to create your own plug-ins for Drupal.
Duo Consulting opens doors at 6:00pm for attendees to arrive, socialize, and hang out before meetups. We try for presentations to officially start by 7:00pm. Comment your RSVP with full name and bring photo ID to gain authorized access to Duo's office downtown.
Presentations:
* Site Building with jQuery by Erik Baldwin
Drupal Coworking Fridays?
Is there any interest in the solo/freelancer/work-from-home set in a regular co-working meetup, similar to what Mediacurrent recently proposed at http://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/drupal-coworking-friday-we-dont-have-wo... ?
The post suggests a regular monthly schedule (last Friday of the month, starting January 2012), though with enough interest we could do it more often. I've participated in a weekly freelancers coworking morning at a north side coffee shop for the past few months, and I've found the community and connections to be quite useful.
Read moreWhat's the best hotel for DrupalCamp Chicago next weekend?
What's the best hotel for DrupalCamp Chicago next weekend? I don't want to be in the center of the Drupal nerdery. Please advise.
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Would you be interested in a Midwest Drupal Camp next year
DrupalCamp Chicago 2011
Register @ DrupalCampChicago.org
Your invited to our 4th annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday December 10th 2011.
Read moreCDMUG November 2011 Meet Up: Wed Nov 16th @ 6:00 pm
Wednesday November 16th @ 6:00pm
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
Duo Consulting opens doors at 6:00pm for attendees to arrive, socialize, and hang out before meetups. We try for presentations to officially start by 7:00pm. Comment your RSVP with full name and bring photo ID to gain authorized access to Duo's office downtown.
Read moreDrupalCamp Indy Nov. 5th 2011
Hello Drupalers!
Drupal Camp Indy 2011 is less than three weeks away - we're very excited! There is still time to register for this free conference!
A couple of reminders.
Session submission closes this Friday.
If you are interested in speaking, submit a session - we have some open slots we'd like to fill with your knowledge and experience. If you are in need of ideas, look for sessions that say "THIS SESSION DOES NOT YET HAVE A PRESENTER" here: http://bit.ly/rqLWSN
Note: We have more open slots than sessions without presenters!
Voting
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Regional Drupal Camps
So, we have a lot of Drupal Camps going on in the Midwest this year. This is a GREAT thing! It means the local communities are getting strong enough to start hosting these camps. I know this year our camp could have been a lot larger, our venue this year was big enough to handle something MUCH larger, but as I'm sure a number of others out there are experiencing some balance of sponsors, speakers, and attendees that may or may not already be committed to another Drupal Camp.
Read moreCustom Webform extension
I'm looking for someone to write an extension to the Webform module, unless someone knows a way to do this with existing modules....
Company X uses the webform module as a repeating monthly survey, to collect a large number of data points. It wants to keep historical trends, so it doesn't want users to edit prior submissions, but users report that it takes too long to complete a new form and that most of the data points don't change from month to month. Therefore, we'd like the following functionality:
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Help for a module dev noob!
I've jumped in the deep end of module dev by trying to hack a contrib module. I've learned a lot by dissecting almost every line of code. The module (tablefield) basically just creates a new CCK type and widget of type table so you can have a grid of data within a node. Pretty simple, it allows you to import a CSV file and has a button to rebuild the table adding either rows or columns. I've added a new button to swap the bottom row (when you add a new row it creates a blank at the bottom) to the second row (1st row is always the header).
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Michiana Drupal User Group, introduce yourselves
For those of us stuck halfway between Chicago, Indianapolis, and Grand Rapids, this groups is for you.
My name is Brandon Morrison, and I've been a Michiana resident for about 3 years. I've been developing in Drupal for about 5-6 years, and I'm a co-maintainer of the Geofield and Openlayers modules. I've been a semi-regular attender of the Chicago and Indy groups for awhile now, but a few of us here in South Bend wanted to start a mini-group here in South Bend.
Read moreChicago area User and Administrator Training
CiviCRM Training - Chicago (Nov 2nd & 3rd)
CiviCRM is the leading, free open source software for the civic sector that let’s you manage your non-profit constituents, members and donors all in one unified online system. It is used by over 5,000 organizations worldwide and has a vibrant, globalcommunity of users and developers. Non-profits of all sizes are adopting CiviCRM, from local arts groups to national membership associations, political parties and global advocacy organizations.
At the 2-day training you will learn how to configure and utilize CiviCRM for your non-profit cause and you will progress from novice to power user. Topics to be covered include: an overview of new features in CiviCRM, configuring CiviCRM for your organization and ways of using the many built-in components of CiviCRM to its full extend. The training is a great way for people interested in using CiviCRM to get started immediately. It is equally useful for current users of CiviCRM who seek an in depth understanding of the new and improved features and powerful capabilities of the leading open source eCRM.
Read moreCDMUG October 2011 Meet Up: Wed Oct 19th @ 6:00 pm
Wednesday October 19th @ 6:00pm
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
October is "CDMUG XL" because we have three awesome presentations! Make sure to arrive early as meetup will start at 6:30pm to accommodate extra presentations. Topics include a case study of the Field Museum adapting Drupal, how to write your first module, and the Features Module.
Read moreWhen to schedule DrupalCamp Chicago 2011 IRC/virtual planning meeting in #cdmug?
IndyGiveCamp 2011
We're doing it again! http://indygivecamp.org
Last year we had THREE Drupal teams rocking and showing off how awesome Drupal is.
We have Matthew Connerton making a repeat appearance all the way from Asheville NC.
I'd love to see at least three teams again. We already have a lot of .net ppl volunteering and we have a LOT of charities fighting to win a free website or a major website upgrade. A couple of them are actually needed applications built for a desktop.
We need Designers [ppl who can push pixels around, make some buttons, logos, gradients, etc]
Read moreDrupalCamp Indy Nov. 5th 2011
What is a Drupalcamp?
A Drupal camp is a gathering of people who are interested in Drupal. The people come from a wide variety of backgrounds from someone who has never used Drupal to a core contributor. There will be session for why your business should use Drupal to how to build efficient servers that use Drupal.
If you are a web developer, run an IS department or are just curious about Drupal, come join us for some fun!
Who Is The Camp For?
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