The mission of this group is to bring together people with a shared interest in Drupal living in the vicinity of Albany, NY.
Having trouble logging in to sign-up for meetups and such? Log in at Drupal.org first, then navigate to the Albany page; groups.drupal.org's login tends not to work.
Meetup: Capital District Nosh & Connect - Distributions: Learning from Others
Where: Zone 5, Downtown Albany (See their website for directions & information http://www.zone5.com/contact-us)
When: Monday, June 29th, 5:30-8pm
What: Distributions: Learning from Others (Gregg Marshall)
Agenda:
5:30 - 6 pm: chat, munch on pizza
6 - 6:10 pm: news and announcements
6:10 - 7:15 pm:
Gregg Marshall will share his analysis and expertise through his "Distributions: Learning from Others" presentation. He is presenting it this month at DrupalCamp Colorado http://2015.drupalcampcolorado.org/session/distributions-learning-others.
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Views Gallery Image size controll
I wanted to post a few questions about the Views Galley function. I have made my attempt and it works good but there is still a lot of issues. I'm sure this is not a new issue but I could not find the information I need on drupal.org.
First my site is www.johncatalfamo.com the gallery is at this url http://www.johncatalfamo.com/acrylic-paintings
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Early Birds Get the Worm?
Is anyone with knowledge of the issues below able/willing to arrive early at Zone5 tonight, at say 5pm. And possibly talk about some pre-launch protocols?
Mahesh, you mentioned that you might be able to arrive a bit early tonight. Is that okay with Zone 5? Is that still possible? Are the issues below one's you wouldn't mind talking to me about?
Read moreDesperately Seeking Solution - Views slideshow Gallery with thumbnail slider
I'm working against a deadline and, in addition to a few other problems, I'm struggling to get a gallery slider working properly.
I tried a number of out-of-the-box solutions (Gallerific, Flexslider, Media
Gallery, Views Slideshow, and more. - 3 days of trying and 1 all-nighter), but I can't get them working properly. So, following a buildamodule video, I created my own view using Views Slideshow. (the attached file, 5gallery.jpg, shows the design I'm going for.)
You can see the gallery here: http://www.humlafund.org/test/gallery
Read moreGreat Acquia Certification Resource
Fran Gil of Forcontu posted this about his Acquia certification experience on his blog. Lots of useful info here. Wanted to share it with you. Great description and resources.
https://www.forcontu.com/en/blog/acquia-certified-developer-and-forcontu...
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Anybody heading to Cornell Drupalcamp?
I am presenting 3 sessions at the Cornell Drupalcamp event on April 24th.
http://camp2015.drupal.cornell.edu/
What's New in Drupal 8 for Clients and End Users?
http://camp2015.drupal.cornell.edu/sessions/whats-new-drupal-8-clients-a...
Use Brackets Effectively
http://camp2015.drupal.cornell.edu/sessions/use-brackets-effectively
Bootstrap Your Theme and Be Responsive
http://camp2015.drupal.cornell.edu/sessions/bootstrap-your-theme-and-be-...
Mahesh Nattanmai
Regional Director
http://www.drupalgeeks.com/
Drupal Is Big, We are big in Drupal
My Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder Story
I want to share my experience in taking the Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder Exam. Few friends and colleagues have asked me to provide them with a list of materials I used to study. The truth is, I did not study using any specific material for the exam. I simply registered and wanted to use whatever knowledge of Drupal I have accumulated to take the test and see what it will look like. I passed scoring more than 90% which is fine for me. If you study, you may score 100%. This is my recommendation;
Read moreMeetup: Capital District Nosh & Connect - the "IDEs" of May
Where: Zone 5, Downtown Albany (See their website for directions & information http://www.zone5.com/contact-us)
When: Thursday, May 28th, 5:30-8pm (change from 4/27)
What: How we hone our Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
Agenda:
5:30 - 5:45 pm: chat, munch on pizza
5:45 - 6 pm: news and announcements
6 - 7 pm: 5-10 minute morsels of what makes your local development environment sing. please propose a topic in the comments below or contact me directly.
IDEs and Editors so far (5-10 minute morsels):
- Sublime Text
Free Webinar by Megan Sanicki, COO, Drupal Association: Cracking the Community Code
Building communities is an artsy science that is a strategic initiative for organizations of all kinds from nonprofit to for-profit. In this webinar, we will remove the mystery of building thriving online communities. We will look at community building best practices from leading community managers such as Jono Bacon of Ubuntu, and will understand how to use these pro-tips to grow and nurture global communities through a case study on Drupal.
Why Should You Attend This?
o To learn how the Drupal community grows and is nurtured
o To learn about the community management best practices
Tools to help decide when to upgrade to Drupal 8
In this week’s weekly Drop An article titled “D8Upgrade.org A Community Service That Tells You When To Upgrade Your Site To Drupal 8” got my eye and here it is.
Free module upgrade status notifications, tailored to your site
Read moreAcquia Site Builder Certificate Jeopardy Game to help you pass
I was reading the weekly drop and came across this. I found it interesting and very helpful. The questions and answers will surely help you. Use it to study or remind yourself about the basics.
https://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupal-jeopardy?utm_source=The+Weekly+Drop&...
The actual game is at http://www.jeopardy.rocks/zivtech/
Read more[Free Webinar] Drupal 8: Frontend for Backenders
Drupal 8 will ship with a fancy new template engine (Twig) and a simpler theme layer. In this webinar, our speaker will show you some goodies from Twig and give you a walkthrough on how to get started with it.
He will also talk about the major problems that people were facing in working with Drupal 7 and what the community has done to make it better. This webinar will show - in both practical examples and on a broader scale - why Drupal 8 will make peace between backenders and frontenders.
Why Should You Attend This?
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NY.gov is Hiring for Front and Back End Developers
The Front-End Web Developer for the Media Services Center will work with the content team to help evaluate incoming requests and brainstorm design possibilities in consideration of the limitations and possibilities of the Drupal platform as well as all options of content placement within NY.Gov, Governor.NY.gov and any additional website related to the Executive Chamber.
http://nytechstate.tumblr.com/post/109489088189/ny-gov-is-hiring-for-fro...
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Research Group is hiring local Drupal Developer
PECE Research Group at RPI is currently seeking a Drupal Developer for an hourly appointment totaling 150 or more hours. The position requires attendance at (usually weekly) meetings in Troy, New York. The developer hired will work closely with the PECE design group. Primary responsibilities will be trouble-shooting (including development of robust audio and video delivery capacity, oriented toward building a stable PECE distribution.
Please see job posting at https://jobs.drupal.org/pece/job/9357
Thanks!
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Forcontu is offering 10 x Drupal Training Scholarships
Forcontu is offering 10 x Training Scholarships for the Expert in Drupal 7 online course (valued at USD1350). If you want to apply, complete the form before April 15, 2015. On April 16 we will announce the 10 winners of a scholarship to join the course completely free. The course will be conducted from May 4 to December 4 (7 months).
More information and registration at:
http://www.forcontu.com/en/10-drupal-training-scholarships
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Drupal 7 OpenPublic Intranet
I have been enjoying the group posts, please keep them coming! I especially liked the recent posts about Drupal certification, which in turn lead me to learning about Drupalize.me and Lullabot. It is always nice to see successful companies using Drupal.
Read moreusing tokens with webform2pdf to print form submission data
I can't figure out how to configure tokens that contain a "?", such as
[submission:all:?]
[submission:all-nl:?]
[submission:values:?]
These are tokens made available by Webform and/or Webform2pdf for inserting into the "Content of the PDF document" in the "Generate PDF" sub-tab of webforms, which appears after enabling the Webform2pdf module.
I'm using the current dev version of Webform2pdf (the current stable version has problems), along with the compatible tcpdf module and tcpdf library in a Drupal 7 installation.
Read moreMeetup: Capital District Nosh & Connect - March
Where: Zone 5, Downtown Albany (See their website for directions & information http://www.zone5.com/contact-us)
When: Monday, March 23rd, 5:30-8pm
What: Responsive: Bootstrap theming and your challenges
Agenda:
5:30 - 6 pm: chat, munch on pizza - and enter the PhpStorm drawing!
6 - 6:45 pm: Mahesh shares his "Bootstrap your Theme and be Responsive" presentation covering the "Bootstrap Front-end framework for faster and easier web development and how to use it in Drupal Themes to get Sleek, intuitive, and powerful UI with Responsive Design."
Access to Drupalize.me & Buildamodule.com
Guys,
I spoke to both drupalize.me & Buildamodule.com for free access during monthly and weekly study group Meetup. This can be used during the meetup to watch and share the knowledge. I will explain you tomorrow about how it works.
Learning Front-End/Back-End Drupal Development: Drupal 6 or Drupal 7?
I have been using Drupal as a framework for some web sites for a number of years and have more recently become interested in learning the inner workings, possibly as a vocation. My Drupal 6 site is behind the development curve and I am going to be upgrading it.
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