Welcome to the Central Eastern Pennsylvania group! Because Pennsylvania covers a lot of territory we need to break it up into manageable pieces where groups are able to get together. Come on Drupal enthusiast!
ELMS now organic groups based (new distro released)
An Alpha 2 distribution of ELMS was released today. The most notable feature is that it's completely different in every way. No but seriously, it's no longer dependent on a multi-site architecture and instead is now running off of Organic groups.
In plain english -- It's really easy to install now.
Read morePenn State Drupal users group meet up (2nd)
Date: 12/02/2010
Time: 7-9:00 p.m.
Location: 107 IST
Parking: IST side lot (be aware you'll have to walk to the other side of the building as parking is on the CSE side)
Topics up for discussion:
Marty will be talking about Drush and how it can simply site management (especially with lots of sites)
Brad will show something off using Organic Groups as there were a lot of questions about it and no answers from the first meeting
Bryan will show off Domain Access as it's another site structuring module that's thrown around and needs to be seen to be fully understood.
Read moreFirst meeting of the Penn State / Central PA Drupal Users Group
When: Thursday, November 4
Where: 205 IST Building
Parking: The lot next to the IST building is ok to park after 5pm.
Time: 7pm-9pm
Eat ahead of time / bring snacks
This is the first meeting of the Penn State / Central PA Drupal user's group. Since it's hosted at Penn State there will probably be a lot of people wanting to talk about things in an educational context but we'll be discussing anything Drupal. Here's the current "schedule" though we'll stick to whatever people need to learn.
Read moreELMS Alpha Distribution Released
Several years in the making, a distribution of ELMS is finally ready for feedback and public consumption. It's still an alpha so I wouldn't use it in a production environment but it's a good look at the direction of the ELMS distribution. ELMS has grown a lot since it was first brought up here but it's goal has remained the same: Lower the cost of entry for the creation of course materials.
Read moreIf a Drupal users group was hosted at Penn State would you be interested in attending?
Have you heard of Home box?
Some food for thought -- Home Box is an incredibly easy to configure Dashboard creation module. I'm only posting here because I think this could be a great landing page for Drupal as an LMS. Anything that's a block can show up in a homebox display and it seems very flexible / stable from my early usage of it. You can also make multiple dashboards (different one for students vs. instructors vs. admin staff).
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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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Zivtech Training: Drupal Architecture
April 12, 2010: One Day Drupal Architecture Training in Philadelphia
http://www.zivtech.com/services/train/drupal-architecture-training
The key to building a great Drupal site is smart architectural decisions at the beginning of the project. An understanding of Drupal architecture is critical for site-builders as well as project managers, well-informed decision makers, and designers working with Drupal.
Read moreCMS Expo 2010 - May 3rd, 4th & 5th.
May 3rd, 4th & 5th | Hotel Orrington
Evanston, Illinois USA
$279 DAY or $779 3 DAYS
Showcasing the Best In the CMS World
Learn. Evaluate. Discover. Connect.
Read moreZivtech Training: Intro to Drupal Module Development
Intro to Drupal Module Development
http://www.zivtech.com/services/train/intro-drupal-module-development
Our Introduction to Module Development class provides a hands-on crash course in solving specific problems by building custom modules. This training focuses on how to approach a specific problem that existing modules simply do not solve. Students follow along in individual development sandboxes as we guide them through putting Drupal's APIs to work. Attendees will leave the class with a working knowledge of Drupal's menu, form and hook systems as well as the database layer.
Read moreZivtech PHP for Drupal Training in Philadelphia
PHP for Drupal
http://www.zivtech.com/services/train/php-drupal
This day-long training will be an introduction to PHP from a Drupal perspective. We'll introduce you to PHP syntax, key Drupal functions, Drupal coding standards, and get you reading and writing some Drupal code. We'll also get you used to using the Drupal codebase and API to solve problems.
This training is designed for folks who have Drupal experience but are new to writing code, or have coding experience but are new to PHP or Drupal.
Read moreCDMUG Spring Jam 2010
Saturday March 27th 9:00 am - Midnight
UIC Innovation Center
1240 W. Harrison
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 355-5567
(see map)
Event Registration: $50.00
Late/Walkin Registration (if available): $60.00
(limited space - register ASAP as our past events have sold out quickly)
Drupal Camp Chicago 2009
You are invited to attend Drupal Camp Chicago on Saturday and Sunday, December 12 & 13, 2009.
Who/Why:
For more than 3 years the Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has highlighted the benefits of an open source initiative. We have built resourceful bridges between Chicago and Mid-West establishments including non-profits, entrepreneurs, Drupal development companies, independent consultants, hobbyist, and others. The objective of Drupal Camp is to bring everyone together for open communication, education, fun, and industry networking.
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Montreal DrupalCamp 2009 - October 17-18
Just wanted to let all the surrounding areas know that if you're looking for a DrupalCamp that's only a few hours away, we have one waiting at DrupalCamp Montreal 2009: The Education Edition. It's taking place at McGill University on October 17th-18th. We're happy to say that Webchick will be presenting a session or two! We have over 80 attendees already registered and are growing at nearly 10 sign-ups per day!
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Monster Media Sprint!
Fellow Media Moguls,
We're shaking off the dust from the Media module, which was sadly neglected during the heady Summer of Code, where we got Stream Wrappers into core! I'm excited to meet now with my fellow Drupalistas, and get the module presentable for Drupal 7 (and Drupal 6, if anyone is interested in helping on that front).
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Next Harrisburg Meetup
We need to figure out which day works best, I am going to suggest the first Monday of the month. So that gives us Oct 5th.
I just saw Aaron in a screencast about the Media project. I downloaded 7, briefly didn't get it working.
Aaron would you want to give a 15 minute demo. And perhaps expose to use a bit of how you develop in the project. Or how others might get comfortable with using CVS or drush to get acquainted with new development? You can just do it ad-hoc or off the cuff. We could meet at xforty in Mechanicsburg, we have a projector.
Read moreRubric and Assignment Studio Modules Released!
I've been rambling / showing off aspects of these two modules for almost 1 and a 1/2 years now and FINALLY they have been completely rewritten in an open way. They are two separate modules though I'd recommend using them together as that's how they've been tested fully. They are currently being used during our active semester in 4 courses and so far results have been very positive. If you're looking to do online assessment with Drupal, this is a big component and I hope that I can integrate my solution with other projects discussed in this group.
Read moreHarrisburg Drupal Meetup Tonight!
Here's a reminder about the Harrisburg Drupal Meetup this evening (Tuesday, September 1) at 6-8 at Panera in Camp Hill. Looking forward to meeting other local Drupalistas. Hope to see you there!
Read moreLot of sites to manage? Maybe this can help (or you can help with it)
UPDATE Network Manager has been released for 5 6 and 7.
I'm releasing a new module soon and wanted to get some feedback on a screencast that I did. It's a project called the Network Manager (http://drupal.org/project/network_manager) and it helps you manage / maintain your sites all from within one site (given permissions set correctly for mysql user).
Here are links to the screencast (Jing forces it to be in 5 minute segments) --
Part 1 - http://bit.ly/PGu8J
Part 2 - http://bit.ly/yR6Zy
Part 3 - http://bit.ly/BLWrU
Quickstart Introduction to Drupal Course (Online)
Building on the success of our classroom-based training in Los Angeles, California (US), this online course will gently introduce you to Drupal as we build a neighborhood association website. The course is presented in a series of modules that will introduce a concept, and then implement the concept in Drupal. This course is intended for individuals who have basic familiarity with building a web page or blogging; no programming experience or experience with Drupal is assumed or necessary.
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