Welcome to the Drupal Ottawa User Group. We will use this group to develop the Drupal community in Ottawa, to plan local events (DrupalCamps, informal get-togethers, etc.) and to share success stories and planned / completed drupal implementations. Public servants (this is Ottawa after all) interested in deploying bilingual / Common Look & Feel compliant governmental web sites will find colleagues in this group facing the same challenges related to the introduction of drupal in the federal government.
Drupal Author Emma Jane Hogbin's In Town
I just got word from Emma Jane that she's coming to Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov 29th, and is looking to meet with local Drupal folks to talk Drupal theming and more. Emma Jane's written Front End Drupal and her latest Drupal: A User's Guide. I had a great time with Emma Jane at DrupalCon London & know that she brings a wealth of knowledge to any conversation.
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Spamming the federal government about Drupal
Would the person who is sending spam messages to government employees promoting Drupal (pretending that it's coming from phoney government email addresses) please knock it off?
It's totally having the reverse effect in that it makes the community look both sneaky and stupid and it's interfering with the legitimate communications effort (which is progressing well enough without this garbage).
If you're going to send spam at least use your own name and address.
Thank you for your co-operation.
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October Koumbit Drupal Clinic
Notre prochaine clinique Drupal aura lieu dans nos bureaux ce samedi, 29 octobre, de 13h à 17h.
Our next Drupal Clinic will take place at our offices, this Saturday, October 29th, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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What's the best day of the week to have meetings?
Drupal Meetup - October 2011
LOCATION: Artengine M70 Lab at Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON which is across the street from the Rideau Centre and Novotel hotel.
Enter Arts Court from the front entrance, up the front stairs. Pass through the first two sets of doors to enter the foyer and walk straight to where the front hallway ends at the Ottawa Art Gallery. Turn LEFT and walk through two sets of doors. The Artengine Lab is on your RIGHT just after you pass through that 2nd set of doors.
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Looking to meet fellow Drupal developers in Ottawa
Hello everyone,
I recently moved here from Vancouver and am looking to meet some local Drupal developers. I'm still fairly new to Drupal, but am learning more every day. I'm currently working on my new personal site, as well as another small project.
Would anyone be interested in getting together for coffee to chat, or perhaps organizing something a bit larger and more formal like a meetup? I'm curious to hear about other people's experiences with Drupal and what they are working on. According to Michael Lechasseur, we could continue to meet in the space at Artengine in Arts Court.
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Reminder: DrupalCamp Montréal 2011: September 16-18
DrupalCamp Montreal is only a week away, and we’re busy making sure everything runs smoothly. We’ve got an exciting line up of presentations and keynote speakers planned for the weekend. Here are a list of last minute details to help get you in the Camp spirit:
Spread the Word!
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Drupal for Ukrainian
Hi everybody. We want to tell more about the London Drupalkon for ukrainian. Who among you has visited London Drupalkon? Maybe you can tell us a little about it? Perhaps you know the Ukrainians, who can tell us about Drupal in Canada? Also, we always welcome your news and press releases!
Read moreDrupal Camp Montréal 2011
from http://evolvingweb.ca/story/announcing-drupalcamp-montreal-2011
DrupalCampMontreal.com is now up and open for registrations to this year's Camp. Create your account now to propose sessions and BOFs. The success of the Camp depends on your participation, so please also sign up to volunteer and/or sponsor the Camp. You’ll find badges to spread the word about your attendance and sponsorship - show the Camp some love and post a badge on your site.
Read moreTreasury Board talking a single CMS for government
This summer, the Treasury Board told Canadian government departments not to go shopping for new web content and EDRMS systems because they're planning on procuring a single solution or set of solutions for the entire government (i.e. everyone will have the same solution, possibly centrally managed).
This has obvious implications for open source products like Alfresco and Drupal, especially if TB is going to go through the typical RFP process.
Anyone heard anything more about TB's plans and whether they're taking OSS into consideration?
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Multilingual sprint in Montreal (Sep, 2011) - Updated
Update: Notman House (http://notman.org), a hub for the tech community in Montreal, is providing the venue free of charge.
Update: the Multilingual Drupal sprint is a go for September 14th, 15th, and 16th with a possibility to run into Drupalcamp a bit over the weekend! The local organizers are busy to secure a fancy place for us. Let us know if you need help getting there or can help us in some way!
I just got an invite a couple days ago from Matt Corks to attend Drupalcamp Montreal 2011 and help organize a multilingual Drupal sprint (such as the one we had in May in Berlin), focusing on solving outstanding issues in the Drupal 8 Multilingual core initiative list.
While this is still pretty much up in the air (definitely don't make travel arrangements yet!), I'd like to ask for feedback on who would like to come, so we can refine the timing and space allocation for the sprint and look for sponsors. I did specify dates here, but those are subject to change as needed/discussed. The Drupalcamp itself is on the 17th and 18th of September.
Are you nearby and would like to join? Would you like to come but need sponsoring? We can hopefully get some Drupal Association sponsorship as part of the recently announced grants program if we can make our case, so don't be shy.
Read moreKoumbit Drupal Clinics on Vacation
Cliniques Drupal en vacances
Avec l'arrivée du beau temps et de la St-Jean, Koumbit remet ses cliniques Drupal à l'automne.
Les prochaines cliniques se tiendront donc ces samedis:
- 27 août
- 24 septembre
- 29 octobre
- 26 novembre
Nous vous enverrons les thèmes prévus et autres détails dans le courant de la saison estivale.
Bon été!
Koumbit.org
In Person Drupal Training: Drupal Module Development: Ottawa
Drupal Module Development Course
Learn how to get custom functionality using Drupal’s hook system, as well as how to extend or alter contributed module functionality. Participants in this course will have used CCK, Views and Panels to create websites but have never built their own module. Participants will start writing a simple module to writing a complex module, step by step which uses Forms API, Schema API, all of the top ten Drupal hooks, creates custom database tables.
Duration: 3 days
Date: July 15 - 17
By the end of the training you will be able to:
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Drupal Theme Development
This two-day workshop teaches you to create your first custom theme from scratch. You’ll learn how well-built themes integrate seamlessly with the rest of Drupal. You’ll customize the basic look for your site by creating a basic layout, defining block regions and adding a custom style sheet. You’ll see how to override template files from Drupal core and contributed modules. As we explain how to work with PHP, we’ll also show you how to use Drupal’s internal functions to make your data safe for display.
What you will learn:
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Site Building with Drupal
In two days, participants will be brought up to speed on Drupal and will be ready to tackle their own project. Learn how to manage media, build calendars and complex, dynamic queries of content by selecting and configuring the most popular modules.
This course is suitable both for users who are new to Drupal and those who want to broaden their Drupal skills. Participants will also review Drupal's block system and using taxonomy to categorize their content.
The ideal accompaniment is to follow this with a one day introduction to using Panels.
Read moreIn Person Drupal Training: Drupal in a Day: Ottawa
Drupal in a day
This introductory one-day workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You'll learn best practices from industry professionals and create a sustainable framework for managing your content. By the end of the day, you'll have created a Drupal site that looks and functions much like any you’ll see on the web today.
What you will learn:
- Basic setup and configuration
- Creating, editing and moderating content
- Using the Menu system to customize navigation
In Person Drupal Training coming to Ottawa - JULY COURSES!
Hello Ottawa Drupalers!
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to northStudio and Drupal Schoolhouse.
At northStudio, we live, work and breathe all things Drupal. Our studio is a dynamic environment where ideas abound and talents blend many disciplines, creative and nerdy alike. Eleven years ago, we were a small shop and since then we have opened multiple locations (Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, New Brunswick, Seattle and Dubai) and developed a deep love for Drupal which then lead to us building 'Q College', which offers diploma programs in Drupal.
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Hello folks,
I am following up on a discussion I had this weekend with @mlecha, about a training I have been delivering for Koumbit here in Montreal.
We discussed the idea of taking this training on the road, by offering a one-week intensive training in Ottawa, assuming sufficient interest.
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TOPIC(S): Multilingual sites - review of multilingual core modules and i18n
LOCATION: Artengine M70 Lab at Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON which is across the street from the Rideau Centre and Novotel hotel.
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stuck with something, looking for help from a freelancer
Hey everyone,
I am making a site where the client wants to be able to create galleries and to bulk upload photos (sometimes 100 at a time!) into them. The gallery then needs to have cooliris/piclens ideally, or maybe some type of lightbox. They want their visitors to have access to the original image too, as they sometimes need to see little details in the photo. That makes 3 different presets easily available, on top of the bulk upload and the easy display of large galleries (this is why we're talking of cooliris, but feel free to suggest).
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