Welcome to the Austin Drupal Users Group!
As of April 2025, we are no longer posting events in this group (there are too many places to post events and groups.drupal.org is dying a slow death).
TxDUG / Texas Drupal organizers are collecting contact info for Drupalers in Texas so we can stop being reliant on other platforms (here’s looking at you Meetup.com) for communicating announcements. Please fill out this form so we can email you about Drupal events in Texas (you can choose which regions).
Please join us in the #austin-texas channel on Drupal Slack. If you aren't already on Drupal Slack, join here.
We continue to post our meetups in Drupal.org's Community Events section.
For now, RSVPs for our meetups are in our Meetup Group, but this might change in the future. Best to be in our Slack channel or on our email list.
Hope to see you at an upcoming meetup!
Adding graphic header to the contact form
So I used cck to add an imagefield to all of my "pages" on website - so each page now as a graphic header before the content. Perfect. Except the contact form. I thought I might be able to do something similar with CCK and Views? First question I guess, is what type of node is the contact form? I was thinking I would need to create a contact_form_node.tpl.php file. I never created any type of node.tpl.php file, so I'm not sure if I'm headed down the right path here. Suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks
Donna
SEO Checklist Module version 2 released today
Version 2.0 of the Drupal SEO Checklist module was released today. Check it out and give me your feedback!
http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist
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Non-Profits and Drupal
I work at channelAustin, a non-profit 501(c)(3) in Austin that is embracing Drupal. Our current web site is a Drupal site. More importantly, we are partners in the Open Media Project and are working collaboratively with other community television stations nationally on Drupal-based tools and are establishing a new channelAustin site. My wife is a board member of a non-profit, the Save Barton Creek Association, and they have recently converted their web site to Drupal. I’m aware of a handful of other Austin non-profits using Drupal, such as Texas Impact. Within the broader open source community in Austin, there is definitely a connection to non-profits and within that connection there are Drupal developers and implementers. It’s not hard to find reports on Drupal and non-profits, like Drupal for Nonprofits, or, How to Build Social Networks for Change and How Drupal Will Save The World. I periodically learn about large national non-profits that have made the switch to Drupal.
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DrupalCamp Dallas - this weekend!
First ever DrupalCamp Dallas - only $30 for 2 awesome days of Drupal!
Schedule is up - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/schedule
Pre-event happy hour on Friday night - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/blog/calshei1/friday-drupalcamp-happy-ho...
Register for event here - http://www.drupalcampdallas.org Receive a free t-shirt with paid registration if you register by midnight tonight!
No walk-ups on Saturday...it looks like DrupalCamp Dallas will be sold out tomorrow or Friday.
Thank you to our awesome sponsors!!! http://www.drupalcampdallas.org/sponsors
Read moreCorrect way to set up CiviCRM for Facil data import?
On a PC at channelAustin, I established a new instance of CiviCRM on Ubuntu Server (8.04) and Drupal (6.13). The install has a separate civicrm database. The purpose of this is to have an environment other than our active development server for which to migrate data from Facil to CiviCRM. (See: http://groups.drupal.org/node/23535). It was recommended by several people to set up this separate environment. At this point, however, it's not clear to me what is the best way to replicate the civicrm database that is currently associated with the development site (or whether that is necessary).
Read moreHTTP v. HTTPS for CiviCRM
In Portland last week, I discovered that Portland Community Media was using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) instead of plain HTTP on the web server to protect data in CiviCRM. That makes sense. In Austin, our installation of CiviCRM is on the web server, but we haven't imported data from Facil yet. This past week, among other things, we're setting up a "data import environment", i.e. another Ubuntu instance on a PC, with Drupal and CiviCRM loaded.
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Drupal UX & The Client
Just cross posting this event here from the facebook post.
Read moreAnn del Llano is seeking Drupal developers.
Anyone know of a Drupal coder in Austin? Send her a message at 512-587-6438 if you do. Thanks!
Read moreDrupalCamp Dallas 2009 - Registration is Open!
DrupalCamp Dallas 2009 - the first ever DrupalCamp in the state of Texas! The event is August 1st and 2nd at Improving Enterprises in Dallas. Tickets are only $30 for 2 full days of panels, expert speakers, birds of a feather groups and code sprints.
The first 50 registrants will receive a free T-shirt, so why wait? View event details and register at http://www.DrupalCampDallas.org
Read moreNOWCast SA meet the Open Media Project
charlotteanne, I took a quick look at the NOWCast SA scope of work and while what you propose is different, there are also similarities between elements of your proposal and the Open Media Project , not the least of which is that they are both CMS, Drupal-based, projects funded by the Knight Foundation. I'm in Austin, at channelAustin, 70 miles up I-35, and we're one of the 6 sites collaborating on the OM Project.
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1st Austin Drupal Installfest at Union Park Austin
We'll be hosting a Drupal installfest on Wednesday July 15th 7:00PM - 9:00PM at Union Park Austin
We'll have local drupalistas assisting people with local installs on Mac and Linux systems, and remote installs from a local laptop. If you need assistance, please join us. If you're an old hand at installing Drupal, please come welcome the new folks to Drupalland.
We have a facebook event page.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108362590758
Hope you can make it!
-Lynn
Drupal Install Fest
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Time: 7:15pm - 9:15pm
Location: Union Park Austin
Austin Drupal Installfest(s)
Fellow Drupalistas,
Over the last few months, over 40 people have approached me asking for assistance in installing Drupal.
I felt that an installfest would be a great way to help them get started, as well as introduce them to the local Drupal community.
Lauren Roth suggested that we actually hold several install fests -- one a month or so until the majority of the people interested can get up and running.
We have spoken with Joey and Dustin about using the ACTLAB on Wednesday July 8th, but we don't have a confirmation yet.
Read more60% off on Drupal 6 Content Administration
I just received an email with a 60% offer for Packt's new Drupal book -- Drupal 6 Content Administration. It looks like it's pretty basic stuff, but I wanted to forward the info anyway, in case someone might be interested.
Here's a link to the book:
http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-content-administration/book/cprmss
and here are the discount codes
To order the print book, your code is: drup6coa (25% off )
To order the eBook, your code is: pal6ca (60% off )
To order both the print and eBook together, your code is: drl6ebok (25% off print book 90% off ebook)
-Lynn
Read morechannelAustin Open Media System Integration Diagram
I've attached a diagram of channelAustin's Open Media System integration for purposes of sharing how we are integrating Open Media tools with our Synergy Broadcast System. Diagram indicates the three environments - Linux (Ubuntu), Windows, and Mac - and shows the pathways between workstations, encoders, servers, and archive.
The red line indicates a pathway that is incomplete as of this writing.
Interview with Lauren Roth on Designing for Drupal
I just posted, on GeekAustin, an interviewwith Austin's own Lauren Roth on Drupal Theming.
http://geekaustin.org/2009/06/22/lauren-roth-on-designing-theming-for-drupal/
I'm looking forward to meeting some of you tomorrow night at the presentation. Daniel and I have been teach SQL classes on Wednesdays for the last several months, so I haven't been able to make the meetings.
-Lynn Bender
http://geekaustin.org
http://linuxagainstpoverty.org
Austin Meetup on Wed, 6/24/09, 7 pm @ UT ACT Lab
What
It's time for another Austin Drupal Users Group Meetup! This month, Lauren Roth has invited us to join forces with the Austin Drupal Meetup Group from meetup.com and try a new venue, the UT ACT Lab.
From the meetup.com announcement:
Elegant Functionality Requires More Than Hacking Bluemarine
One of the greatest benefits of a Content Management System like Drupal, is the ability to separate the visual presentation (Theme) layer from the site logic. This is accomplished by placing your theme files in site/all/themes. The rest is up to your abilities to write & edit PHP template files, use hooks, and customize CSS for use in customizing the presentation of your site. The callbacks may seem a bit labyrinthine, but by making a sub-theme you can get well on your way.
Sound tough? It is not.
Come out next Month to learn how to get started! Lauren N. Roth will be giving short presentation to get you going and recommends bringing a Localhost installation on your own computer. Even if you are an experienced Drupal developer, write modules, and have been pimping out sites for years, let's get together, discuss best practices and demystify the design process. If you write modules, some themer needs to handle your output after they enable your module, so it would be fantastic to build a little elegance into the module itself!
Come out, ask questions, share your experiences and help others make some amazing Drupal sites!
When
Wednesday, June 24, 7:00 pm
Read morechannelAustin needs help with exim4, postfix, or sendmail
channelAustin is seeking help to properly set up exim4, postfix, or even sendmail on its web server for purposes of having email function properly for its Drupal installation. We have a Sun Server in-house with Ubuntu, Drupal, and CiviCRM. Our ISP is Grande Communications (but that will be changing soon (this week even)). And our mail server is handled pro bono by Primus Networks here in Austin.
Read moreAustin Meetup on Wed, 5/27/09, 6:30-8:45 pm @ Terrazas Branch library
What
It's time for another Austin Drupal Users Group Meetup! Several people have suggested that we devote some time specifically to beginner topics. With that in mind, we'll devote the first 45 minutes to an hour on a beginner topic. Any suggestions?
Also, let's try to have some specific intermediate to advanced presentations scheduled. If you're comfortable presenting, please reply with a topic or topics that you would be interested in covering and approximately how much time you would need for each. If we have more topics than we have time for, we can spread them out over future meetings. If there are any specific topics you'd like to see presented, please post those too.
When
Wednesday, May 27, 6:30-8:45 pm
Read moreUsing CiviEvent for Events (Classes) for more than one day
If you've used CiviCRM, particularly the CiviEvent feature, you'll know that for creating events there is a field for the Start Date and one for the End Date. This is great if your event (or class) is a one-day only event. There doesn't appear to be any provision for the same event taking place for more than 1 day, such as a class that meets from 1:00 to 4:00 PM on a Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. How have any of you who have started to use, or are considering using, CiviCRM for event registration (for classes or other purposes) dealt with this?
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How are small/single-person studios doing in the Austin area?
Hi all,
I am in the Northern New Jersey area (a little ways from NYC), and am considering a relocation to Texas. I have a single-person studio doing marketing communications with a web/drupal/flash focus. For those of you in a similar business, how are things going in the Austin area? I'm trying to get a feel for what the market is like.
I've been using drupal for a couple of years, and do light to medium informational sites in drupal (communications is my thing, not application building).
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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