Welcome to the Ann Arbor Drupal User Group
We are an open group of Drupal users in Ann Arbor, Michigan willing to freely share knowledge about Drupal.
We meet 7-9pm the last Monday of the month, generally at Bar Louie.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
converting a site to Pressflow
I am preparing to migrate a site with over 19 million nodes and a 2500 term taxonomy vocabulaty from Drupal 5 to 6. While reading up, I have discovered Pressflow and want to consider it. How do I proceed with the upgrade? Can I use the same strategy that I and others have used to migrate sites from Drupal 5 to 6, copying the database, then replacing the Drupal core files with Pressflow's core files? Or will that create a hopelessly broken site to pick up pieces for?
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MDDUG Wednesday 9/22/2010, 7:30pm-8:15pm at Panera Bread, Coolidge Hwy, Troy.
Metro Detroit Drupal Users Group (MDDUG) at Panera Bread, Coolidge Hwy, Troy, south of Maple Road.
This location is next to a Five Guys, and offers free Wi-Fi service. This is an informal and casual gathering, so feel free to bring your laptops and hang-out with us.
Facebook Group page - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108075972555061
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OpenScholar and Social Media Classroom
Wanted to let folks know that the Drupal 6 and eventually Drupal 7 upgrade for the http://socialmediaclassroom.com project is going to be done in a way that will make it:
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An optional install profile to use with OpenScholar as base
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The features of "Blog, Forum, Wiki, Chatroom, Social Bookmarking, Learning E-Portfolio (and microblog and RSS and other data import in Drupal 6 version)" will also be features available for other types of sites if the OpenScholar install profile is run.
September Meeting Announcement
a2Drupal,
We have our September topic lined up. Alex Fisher will be presenting on Netbeans, Xdebug, and local Drupal debugging and bootloading from the CLI. For any programmer who has ever banged their head against the wall while trying to figure out a difficult bug, this topic is for you!
I look forward to seeing you at Spark Central in Ann Arbor on September 27th at 7pm!
Read moreAugust Meeting
Hi all! Tonight is the August Drupal meeting.
Topic: Ubercart, setting it up from scratch for a subscription-based site
Time: 7pm
Location: Spark Central
Hope to see you there.
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Need local drupal developers for local organizations.
Hey everyone,
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Anyone have personal experience with Apache Solr Search?
Hey everyone. Looking for anyone that has personal experience with setting up and/or using Apache Solr working with Drupal. Haven't dug into it much yet, but I have a site quickly growing past 100,000s of nodes that will need search and need to start planning. Anyone care to share some advice/experiences?
Read moreMDDUG Thursday 8/19/2010, 6:30pm at Mango Language office, Farmington Hills.
Metro Detroit Drupal Users Group (MDDUG) will be getting together at Mango Language's office location. This is an informal and casual gathering, so feel free to bring your laptops and hang-out with us.
Facebook Group page - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108075972555061
Thank you to Mango Language for hosting this gathering.
Mango Language
30445 Northwestern Highway Suite 300
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
July Meeting
Tonight is a2Drupal's meeting for July!
The topic this month is a simple general Q/A, and if people are interested, hop on IRC and hang out in Drupal-Support helping people with their problems (Drupal related only I hope!)
Time: 7pm
Location: Spark Central, downtown Ann Arbor
See you there!
Read moreMDDUG Thursday 7/15/2010, 7:30pm at Panera Bread, southwest corner of 12 Mile Road and Halsted Road, Farmington Hills.
Metro Detroit Drupal Users Group (MDDUG) will be getting together at this location and it offers free Wi-Fi service. This is an informal and casual gathering, so feel free to bring your laptops and hang-out with us.
Facebook Group page - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108075972555061
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VMWare Aegir 4 - Alpha 8
I'm begining to investigate Aegir - http://groups.drupal.org/aegir-hosting-system
I've built a VMWare virtual machine using the instructions at http://git.aegirproject.org/?p=provision.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/INSTALL...
Check it out - http://michaelhofmockel.com/toughts/vmware-aegir-4-alpha-8
Read moreJune Meeting
This is your traditional day-of reminder of the a2Drupal meetup tonight!
Same time (7:00pm)
Same place (SPARK Central)
Our (unconfirmed) topic today will probably be Brian Cook of MGoBlog.com fame. He will be giving us a look at what goes on under the hood of his fairly high traffic'ed Drupal site.
In the event that Brian isn't able to make it, we will be hopping on IRC to do a support day.
Thanks, see everyone there!
Read moreDrupal Meet & Greet at Panera in Plymouth
THIS IS HAPPENING TONIGHT!
Interested in some soup, sandwiches, and good conversation about Drupal? Please join us this Wednesday evening, June 23rd, at Panera Bread. We'll meet at 6:30pm, grab some tables, and kick back for a couple of hours of geek speak. Experts, newbies, and everyone in between are welcome. Interested in setting up and maintaining a web site on your own with Drupal, but don't quite know where to start? Stop on by!
Where: Panera Bread - 400 S Main St, Plymouth , MI 48170
When: Tonight, June 23, 2010 @ 6:30 PM
RSVP Link: http://www.meetup.com/midrupal/calendar/13842762/
Drupal: Good for Designers, Great for Developers
THIS IS HAPPENING TONIGHT!
An overview of the Drupal content management system. Presentation will cover basic architecture, plus theming and module development basics. Build your web sites and apps in less time, and join a vibrant development community.
Where: Washtenaw Community College (map)
Morris Lawrence Building, Room 103, 4800 East Huron River Drive Ann Arbor MI 48105-4800
When: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
More Information and Event Announcement at:
http://bit.ly/bQRPci
VirtualBox Mercury
I just finished building a Mercury VirtualBox appliance to serve as a development environment. Check it out - http://michaelhofmockel.com/toughts/virtualbox-mercury
The readme will help you setup networking and supply credentials.
Thanks ChapterThree for Mercury!
Thanks Greg for you instructions (no problems following them).
MDDUG Tuesday 6/15/2010, 7:30pm at Panera Bread, northwest corner of Big Beaver Road and Rochester Road, Troy.
Metro Detroit Drupal Users Group (MDDUG) at Panera Bread, Big Beaver Road, Troy, Northwest Corner of Rochester Road & Big Beaver Road. This location is next to a Loehmann's and Carter's, and offers free Wi-Fi service. This is an informal and casual gathering, so feel free to bring your laptops and hang-out with us.
Facebook Group page - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108075972555061
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Two separate sites combined into one search
I have two separate sites that are on D5, with both using the same database (not the same tables, but the same database), and I need to combine the search results from both site indexes into the site search on each site.
Eventually, both sites will be merged into a D6 site, but for now they have to remain separate.
Anyone have any thoughts on how to approach this?
May Drupal Meeting
Hi folks,
As previously announced, the meeting for May will be today! (May 24th)
Starts: 7pm
Location: Spark Central
Our topic will be more of a round-table and planning meeting for an Ann Arbor Drupal Camp. There has been quite a bit of talk about organizing a camp for either July or August, so if you are interested, stop on by and let's get it set up!
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DrupalCamp Chicago 2010: June 26-27, University of Chicago Law School
CDMUG is proud to present our 3rd annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday and Sunday, June 26 & 27, 2010!
Register @ http://drupalcampchicago.org
Who/Why:
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