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!
Introducing the new JQuery Menu API
After several weeks of tangling with code I have release a new version of the JQuery Menu module that now provides an api for parsing hierarchical arrays into jquery click and expand menus. I have also released two new modules which make use of this api: the Advanced Taxonomy Blocks and the Advanced Book Blocks modules.
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channelAustin and Open Media Project seeks Austin Drupal/CiviCRM support
channelAustin is pleased to announce it has recently been chosen by Denver Open Media and Civic Pixel as one of 6 public access television / community media centers in the country for a Beta site implementation of their Open Media Project modules. http://groups.drupal.org/open-media-project
channelAustin, http://www.channelaustin.org, is looking for Austin Drupal and CiviCRM developers to join us in this amazing project that will help us integrate the interactive features of the web.
channelAustin is Austin's community TV station located in East Austin at 1143 Northwestern Avenue.
Read moreDrupal training in Austin
Hello,
I am new to Drupal. And would like to take a class that provides an overview of Drupal as well as hands on experience working with Drupal.
Are there any basic Drupal classes in the Austin area?
Thanks,
Ron
OR Search Relevance Ranking
I need some help figuring out the best way to implement keyword relevance ranking in my search results set when conducting an OR search on node content. I have implemented a theme_search_form_alter to build a custom search_block_form and I have everything working with the exception of getting the results to rank properly based on keywords entered into the search_block_form.
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Options for offshore Drupal development
Hi everyone,
I'm currently using an overseas Drupal dev team to help with my website development (mainly because I'm self-funded and on a shoe-string budget). The manager from this team will be in Austin on Tuesday, November 4th. I'm meeting with him for lunch, since we've never met. If folks would like to join us to learn about their offshore Drupal dev team, drop me a line. It's a great way to contract out development, especially module development.
Send me an email if you're interested: matt@door64.com.
Matt
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BetterNetworker.com Launched - Social Network Joomla Conversion with 17,000 members!
After about 4 months of development, we've launched http://www.betternetworker.com!
BetterNetworker is an online community for the network and internet marketing industry.
The original site was built on Joomla 1.0.13, along with community builder. The new community is now on Drupal 5.x.
Part of this build out involved converting all membership data, including friends, photo galleries, forum posts (from FireBoard), all content (6,000+ articles and videos), comments, statistical data, for over 16,000 users.
Since our site launch, we've gained over 1,000 members in a week.
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Linked In
Was doing some updating to my LinkedIn profile today. Started searching around for groups that I may be a part of, and realized that there is no LinkedIn group for the Austin DUGers, so I created one. If you have a LinkedIn account and want to join the group you can do so here:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/149306/6B9D1434F19A
I think it may help some of us in Austin share contact info, and perhaps get a better idea of who is in our area.
Thanks Folks.
Read moreAustin Meetings?
I was curious if there is anything going on Drupal-wise around the first week or so of August. I'm in Las Vegas but have a ton of friends in the Austin area and I'll be coming through there like August 6-8th-ish.. was wondering if there might be a meet-up in the works or something.
Read moreAustin Drupal module development
Hi all,
I'm looking for a seasoned Drupal development person (or team) who can help with some non-trivial module development and integration into my Drupal site. Prefer Austin-area folks since that's where I'm located (for the face to face interaction).
Please drop me a line if you're that person/team, or to make a referral. Let me know what module(s) you've developed previously, examples of Drupal sites you have done, etc.
Email: matt@door64.com.
Thanks!
Matt
Read moreWhen is the next meeting?
Hello,
I have only been a member of this group for about a week. So I apologize if I missed my answer somewhere on this site.
When is the next meeting? I would like to get together with other drupal beginners and experts to discuss setting up a drupal site. Being new to drupal, I installed 5.7 and have been playing around with the basic core features. But where to go from there is the question. Also there are parts of drupal I don't really understand - taxonomy, cck, views, setting up the administrative side of things. Did I say I was new to drupal? :)
Read moreHow do you do mailing list?
Hey Y'all,
I have been working with drupal off and on for a while now... I have a really (what I think will be ) simple question- but I have not really found a good answer to it...
I am looking for a way to use drupal to replace yahoogroups. What I need to be able to do:
1. is have users start threads via email
2. have the threads stored, just like our Organic Group here is doing
3. be able to alter the emails slightly (putting them into a template)
Drupal Meetup at BarCamp Austin 3 - Saturday, March 8th
When: 5:00pm-6:00pm (tentatively)
Where: GSD&M Idea City, Omega Lab (2nd floor)
If you will be in Austin for SXSW and you love Drupal, come show it at BarCamp Austin 3! There are lots of rooms and times available, so the schedule is very flexible. There should be plenty of time and space for anyone to present, maybe multiple.
Read moreTexas Community Media Summit
This is happening tomorrow, March 1, 10:00am to 6:00pm in the Texas Union at UT.
Texas Community Media to Hold Summit in Austin
Austin, TX – The Texas Community Media Summit, hosted by channelAustin (aka Public Access Community Television), Dallas iMedia Network, Houston Media Source, and the Texas Media Empowerment Project will take place at 10 am on Saturday, March 1, at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Union. Organizers expect 150 to 200 people from across the state.
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Attention Drupalers: Will you be in Austin for SXSW 2008?
If you haven't heard, BarCamp Austin 3 will be taking place at GSD&M Idea City in Austin, TX on Saturday, March 8th, 2008. This event is FREE to everyone and will feature a wide variety of presentations, demos, and entertainment.
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Austin Meetup on Sat, 3/29/08, 2-5 pm @ St. Edward's University. Topics: various.
Who
Calling all Central Texas Drupalers! Meetups are very informal and Drupal users of all levels - new users to expert users - are encouraged to attend and participate.
What
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US patent reform and open source: Who is the best candidate for the OS community?
My friend whurley has launched an online poll to bring open source to the attention of politicians -- specifically, the presidential candidates. He, like many of us, is troubled by the recent calls for patent reform put forth by larger companies that may wind up blocking innovation and threatening open source-oriented companies and contractors.
You can view the poll here and vote for which candidate you believe is best for the open source community. (Don't worry: "None of them" is an option!)
Read moreAdding/Removing Yourself as an Event "Attendee"
Edit 2/10/08. DISREGARD THIS POST.
The signup.module has been implemented on this site.
Moshe recently added a New Attendees tab on event nodes here on g.d.o. If you go to an Event page such as the Austin Meetup on Sat, 2/09/08 and run your mouse over the i am not attending link at the bottom of the event description, it should tell you the following:
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Austin Meetup on Sat, 2/09/08, 2-5 pm @ St. Edward's University. Topic: Lightning Talks
Who
Calling all Central Texas Drupalers! Meetups are very informal and Drupal users of all levels - new users to expert users - are encouraged to attend and participate.
What
It's time for another Austin Drupal Users Group Meetup! Walt has suggested a Lightning Talks format.
When
Saturday, February 9th 2-5 pm.
Where
St. Edward's University, Trustee Hall, room 205
Read more"Lightning Talks" for Austin Drupal February meetup?
Hey folks,
I'm only throwing this out as an option since I haven't seen any other ideas for February. If you have an alternative idea, let's hear it!
In the meantime and for our February meetup, what do you think about doing something similar to the Boston's group's Lightning Talks?
Read moreAchieving Optimal MySQL Performance For Drupal
At several past Austin Drupal meetups, I've heard questions on databases so I thought I'd share this with you.
Achieving Optimal MySQL Performance For Drupal
Enjoy,
Walt
P.S. When and where is our next meetup? :) I enjoyed our last one! Thanks in advance!!
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