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.
MongoDB Conference in Chicago October 20th 2010
Mongo Chicago!
Register at http://bit.ly/mongochicago
ABOUT
Mongo Chicago will explore development with the open source, non-relational, document-oriented database MongoDB. The conference will feature 20 different sessions, on schema design, indexing, administration, replication, sharding, and more. In addition to these topics, attendees can learn about MongoDB in the real world through a series of presentations about production deployments at companies like the Chicago Tribune, Gathers.us, Totsy, Gitana Software, and Harmony.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
9am - 6pm
Drupal Camp Indy! Sat. Oct 23rd Indianapolis, IN
The Indy Drupal Users Group is proud to announce our 1st DrupalCamp!
REGISTER @ http://drupalcampindy.org ~ Submit a Session or inquire about Sponsorship Opportunities!
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When: Saturday October 23rd 9am to 5pm FREE LUNCH! Where: American College of Sports Medicine MAP Cost: $0 |
Drupal Tips'N Tricks Webinar
Drupal - Tips and Tricks!
Join OHO's tech team for a great discussion and demo of a number of 'tips and tricks' around best practices in Drupal. During the webinar, you'll hear from Langdon White, Michael Rossetti, and Akeem Williams. (Architects and senior Drupal developers/designers)
Integrating Drupal with other platforms
Using Drupal's SEO modules
Exploring multi-site options
Theming: Do's and Don'ts
Register for the no cost webinar @ http://www.oho.com/webinar
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Downloadable File Module
A lot of times our clients want to link a menu item directly to a file for download. Typically they have something like a pdf brochure that they want to be downloadable from a primary menu link or linked to from within another node.
In the past we would ftp the file to the server and just set the path to link directly to that file. Now we use a module called 'Downloadable File' that allows the content managers to create these downloadable files without requiring FTP access.
You can get the 'Downloadable File' module here http://features.centogram.com/node/4 .
-Jerod Fritz
Read moreCDMUG September 2010 Meetup
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
Location: THE OFFICE
1925 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
Our September meetup will be held at THE OFFICE in Bucktown for the first time ever. THE OFFICE owner/host Lisa Fischer will be presenting and showing off her wonderful new office space for rent. In addition, Joel Finkel has been brought back to present.
Read moreCDMUG August 2010 Meet Up
Introduction to Drupal 7.
Tuesday August 10th @ 7:00 pm
SRC Web Design
107 W. Van Buren
Suite 201
Chicago, IL 60605
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
Estimated Agenda:
7:00 - Arrival and socialize
7:15 - When is Drupal 7 coming out??
- break with Q&A
8:15 - Presentation: Introduction to Drupal 7
9:15 - group Q&A
This meetup will be in traditional CDMUG fashion. No dress code, relaxed attitudes, open ideas, laptop encouraged, and we will probably go for a beer after.
Read moreBARcamp Chicago August 21-22nd
What: The best technology unconference in Chicago http://barcampchicago.com/
When: Saturday August 21st @ 10am - Sunday August 22nd 7pm
Where: 215 W. Ohio St. Chicago IL 60654 http://tinyurl.com/barcampchi2010
DrupalCamp Wisconsin July 23rd and 24th
DrupalCamp Wisconsin is back this summer and it's still FREE.
Save the Dates:
Friday July 23 and Saturday July 24
Rennebohm Hall, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
777 Highland Avenue, Madison WI, 53705
Google Map: http://bit.ly/dbUuXI
Get the Details and the Latest Info:
DrupalCampWI web site: http://drupalcampwi.com
Register Now:
Our Registration form: http://bit.ly/9f7Z6h
Join other Drupal users, or wannabe Drupal users for 2 days of interesting presentations and discussions.
Read moreCDMUG July 2010 Meet Up
Thursday July 22nd @ 7:00 pm
Duo Consulting
20 West Kinzie, Suite 1510
Chicago, IL 60654
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
IDE lightning talks. How do you write your Drupal code? Plus an intro to themes with Hans Riemenschneider.
Start with 10 minute lightning talks about various IDE (Integrated Development Environment). One person per system is asked to step up to the projector. A quick overview of the IDE and how it is useful when writing code for Drupal. Editor topics include: Eclipse, Netbeans, Vim, +more.
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Anyone Driving from North Shore to Drupal Camp?
If anyone is driving from the North Shore area, I'll pay for a ride to/from Drupal Camp both days. I'm in Evanston.
Thanks,
Kristen
DrupalCamp Chicago 2010 - Buy Your Tickets Now!
If you are planning to attend this year's DrupalCamp Chicago, which will be held June 26 and 27 at the University of Chicago Law School, now is the time to purchase your tickets!
While we've made efforts to accommodate even more attendees than last year's sold-out event, space is still limited, so don't delay. Tickets for DrupalCamp Chicago 2010 must be purchased in advance and registration closes at 5pm on Wednesday June 23. In order to ensure that DrupalCamp is the best possible event for all attendees, tickets will only be available for advance sale through the website and not be available at the door on the day of the camp.
Tickets are $40 each for individuals and cover two full days of programming, plus two lunches. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Drupal Association.
Read moreSeeking Drupal expert to represent the community at an NSF-funded focus group on research portals/gateways; reply by 6/14
DUE TO VERY FAST, ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE, WE ARE NO LONGER IN SEARCH OF A PARTICIPANT. THANKS!
We would like to invite a Drupal expert to attend an invitational focus group whose purpose is to identify characteristics of successful science/engineering gateways that would warrant sustained funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Web-based community resources to support science and engineering research--often called gateways or portals--provide access to software, data, collaboration tools, and high-performance computing to enhance productivity. Because the focus group will be held in Chicago, we thought it would be most convenient for someone from the Chicago Drupal group to attend. The input gathered at the focus group will be used to provide guidelines to NSF to help with future solicitations and funding decisions.
Read moreDrupalCamp Chicago 2010: June 26-27, University of Chicago Law School
Mark your calendars! DrupalCamp Chicago 2010 will be held on June 26 and 27 at the University of Chicago Law School, located in the neighborhood of Hyde Park on city’s South Side.
Read moreWeb Content Conference 2010
| I will be speaking at the Web Content Conference 2010 in Chicago June 6-7 http://www.webcontent2010.com Also with me will be Karen McGrane - Bond Art + Science Kristina Halvorson - Brain Traffic Rob Purdie - The Economist Ryan Szrama - Commerce Guys Jeff Eaton - Lullabot Josh Ward - Volacci |
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DrupalCamp Chicago 2010: Program Planning
During the planning meeting, a group of us gathered to determine the Program for the upcoming DrupalCamp. We determined a number tasks that need to be completed. Some tasks were completed on the spot (or only needing some minor tweaks at this point). Here's what we covered:
Read moreDrupalCamp Chicago 2010 Planning Meeting
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1/calendar/13310178/
Thursday May 6th 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Palantir.net
2211 North Elston #202
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 645 4100
As DrupalCamp Chicago grows into its third year, and to give us some breathing room for DrupalCon Chicago next spring, we decided to move this year's event to the end of June. Let's face it, Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world, IN THE SUMMER!
Read moreCDMUG May 2010 Meet Up @ CMS Expo
Sad that you were not able to attend Drupalcon SF or can't afford the CMS Expo? Fear no more!
The Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group is proud to join forces with the CMS Expo. A special event has been organized for user groups and is free + open to the public. CDMUG is using this wonderful occasion for our May meetup. Not only will it be a great time to socialize and become a part of CMS Expo, but some Drupal rock stars might be in attendance. Come by and say hello.
Read moreCDMUG April 2010 Meet Up
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
Thursday April 29th @ 7:00 pm
SRC Web Design
107 W. Van Buren
Suite 201
Chicago, IL 60605
7:00 - 7:30: Welcome and Socialize
7:30 - 8:30: Presentations
8:30 - 9:00: Critique mensa.org
9:00 - end: socialize
Presentations:
Read moreDrupal Dojo Session: Demo Module -- Unleash The Power
Description
If you haven't heard of the DEMO module, you're not alone. It's a well kept secrets. With the Demo module you can create database backups THROUGH THE DRUPAL GUI then if you need to later, restore the backup THROUGH THE DRUPAL GUI!
You can also add the Demo_Profile to the mix and create an Install Profile from the database backup you created with the Demo module! We'll cover this one some other day.
How to Attend
Click the following link at the time of the session -
Read moreFlourish Conference 2010 Registration Open!
We will have a booth at Flourish for our 3rd year in a row. If you are available to hang out at the Drupal table throughout the weekend, let me know. The more people to answer Drupal questions the better. We usually have one of the more popular tables. Plus everyone should probably check out the Git presentation as Drupal finally switched :)
Flourish is University of Illinois at Chicago's free annual conference
dedicated to celebrating and elevating open source software and open
culture in the Midwest. Through talks, workshops and coding sprints,
