Chicago's local community of various user groups focused on Drupal. Groups have meetings each month in/around Chicago. Please be sure to join our group if interested in posting or hearing about Drupal-related job opportunities in the Chicagoland area.
The Drupal Chicago Meetup Group holds meetups on various topics and networking opportunities. Presentations and speakers are aimed at a general audience, with site show-and-tells, module demonstrations, news and announcements, and question and answer sessions.
If you live or work in the suburbs, check out the Fox Valley Drupal Meetup group with topics for all users.
Volunteers in the Chicago Drupal Group also organize MidCamp - Midwest Drupal Camp. Drupal camps are multi-day events that can include training days, session days, code and documentation sprints, and social events. Held annually in March, MidCamp is quickly becoming one of the larger and prestigious Drupal camps due to its high level of speakers, content, accessibility, and attention to detail.
Did we mention, the Chicago Drupal community has active and ongoing community discussions going on can be found at https://midcamp.slack.com.
DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2013
Registration is now open for DrupalCamp Twin Cities, July 18-21st, held at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. http://2013.tcdrupal.org
We're very excited about this year's DrupalCamp. We have a record number of sessions submissions, some really excellent keynote speakers, and the best DrupalCamp parties in the country. Before camp the University of MN is hosting a weeklong Accessibility testing of Drupal 8 and we have Accessibility, Twig, Media and Core sprints happening after the camp.
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DrupalCamp Fox Valley
Drupal Camp Fox Valley
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Waubonsee Community College • Aurora, Illinois,
located in the Far West Suburbs of Chicago
Sponsors have stepped up, Sessions have been submitted, schedule is in process! Time to register!
Friday, October 4th
DrupalCamp Fox Valley Business Social - 3pm - 6pm
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How to (should we?) host drupal locally in slow-internet environment
Hi all,
Can anyone please provide recommendations on how to host Drupal locally in a slow-internet environment?
The problem is that we are not able to see / update our website from our office given very slow connection speeds in the country (and we have one of the faster connections).
this limits the use of the site internally (no one is updating nor are we getting the consistency of vision / activities across departments).
Read moreFox Valley Drupal June Social and DrupalCon Wrapup
Join us for our June Social and DrupalCon Wrapup.
Jason, Bob, Hans and Will all made it to Portland. We had a great time and have STORIES to tell!! Seriously folks, this was a great "Con", sessions were entertaining and very informative. And can you imagine 600 people all working in the coding sprints that Friday! It was awesome to be a part of it.
6pm Social Hour
7pm Lightning Talks and Site Showcases
8pm DrupalCon Wrap-up and Special Announcement
9pm Social continues...
When you RSVP plan on answering these questions:
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Free Global Training Days Webinar: Do I Need Drupal?
Here's a great, free, online opportunity for you to include more people from your organization in Drupal. We assume YOU already know you need Drupal, but are there others you know who are interested in what Drupal is...or, who need a good overview of what Drupal can do for their organization?
This free webinar is a perfect opportunity to learn more about Drupal. You can follow the event url or call (877) 622-5569 to register. Don't delay, webinar is THIS Friday!
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Free Drupal Training and Install Workshop (Global Training Days Chicago June 2013)
Friday June 14th 2013: Free Drupal Training (Global Training Days Chicago!)
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
What is Drupal? Where did Drupal come from? How can Drupal help you?
The Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has been hosting free training events since 2006 and now starting in 2013 we're syncing these events with Global Training Days around the world. Not only will you be learning Drupal, but so will hundreds of people around the world. More info @ drupal.org/learn-drupal
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Northwest Suburbs Drupal Meetup - Any interest?
Looking to host a monthly Drupal meetup for the northwest suburbs. We are located in Arlington Heights and can provide the venue (nice conference room) along with food (pizza?) for a monthly evening meetup. Meetups would include networking and presentations by the group on a wide range of Drupal topics, focusing somewhat on dev ops, coding, and configuration.
Please reply if you'd have any interest in something like this, as well as what days and times would work best for you.
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Midwest Drupal Summit
This year’s Midwest Drupal Summit (MWDS) will be held August 15-17 at Palantir.net’s offices on Chicago’s North Side and will consist exclusively of well-organized sprints focused on breaking down remaining release blockers and helping to ensure that Drupal 8 is the best and most polished version of Drupal yet.
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Chicago Web Pro Seeks Drupal Mentoring
Hello!
I'm a longtime Chicago-based web professional who is looking to expand my Drupal knowledge and skills. Everything I've heard about learning Drupal points toward the need to establish a relationship with a mentor: someone who can point me in the right directions, tell me of best practices, and introduce me to all of the foibles of Drupal and its contributed Modules. So, I'm looking for an opportunity to work with an individual or team on a Drupal project where I can be eased into the process of implementing Drupal sites.
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Need a Drupal team to cover your project?
Dear Chicago Community nice to contact you here on Drupal.org
My name is Ivan Komskyy. I coordinate business development for SaM Solutions, which based in Germany www.sam-solutions.com
We have a Drupal team of talented Senior Developers and can cover your project needs.
The core idea is that we help our customers support and develop their projects with a help of our Drupal team in Ukraine delivery office. We can outstaff a person especially for you, or outsource your project.
See below what we can offer you in details:
Read moreDrupal 7 Module Development - 2 day Online Course!
Can't travel for training, but need to figure out how to build custom functionality into your Drupal 7 site? Join us via Webex for a 2 day course. Module Development will teach you how to get custom functionality using Drupal's hook system, as well as how to extend or alter contributed module functionality. 'plettster', our own Margaret Plett, will be the instructor. Cost is $800 per student, ask about group discounts.
May 8th and 9th from 9-4:30 both days.
Do you need Drupal 6, 7 or 8 training? Theming? Site Building? Module Development?
Read moreFox Valley Drupal Users Group - Drupal Performance Tuning
Drupal Performance Tuning
6pm Social Hour
7pm Lightning Talks and Site Showcase
8pm Drupal Performance Tuning
So you've rolled out your shiny new Drupal site and it seems "slow," or maybe your host has throttled your site back because it's consuming too many resources.
Front End Performance
Speedy sites make happy visitors and tremendous gains can be made in the front end. Hans will discuss best practices, including theme suggestions, available modules, and online tools to help improve your site's response time.
Back End Performance
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Marketing Through Communities and Enterprise Social Networks
Entrepreneurs and marketing professionals, please join us for a forum and networking opportunity at Duo Consulting in River North to learn how online communities and enterprise social networks can transform the way the enterprise collaborates and improve the way it acquires and manages knowledge. Hear insights on the benefits and best practices that can help your organization generate targeted digital marketing opportunities. The forum will include a presentation on strategies for implementing gamification techniques to motivate employees and increase user engagement.
Featuring:
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Village of Oak Park DUG Community Cultivation Grant report for the DA
In September 2012, after hearing the Community Cultivation Grants form the DA announce several times on the Drupal Easy podcast, I applied for one and got it.
The grant was for $240 towards starting an all-ages friendly local contribution focused meet-up in Oak Park Illinois USA (which is a suburb just outside of Chicago). We meet at the Oak Park Public Library.
The grant covered $72 for 6 months of meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com/vopdug/
Reservations for space to meet at the local library was $20/month. We met there 5 times.
CDMUG May 2013 "Drupal Startup Night" @CMS Expo! FREE! REGISTER @CMSEXPO.NET
MAY MEETUP IS IN EVANSTON! FREE RSVP/REGISTRATION @ http://cmsexpo.net/schedule/special-events/123-meetup-monday-night (register for conference, but select "Meetup Monday Night - $0.00 USD")
Read moreMeetup Monday Night at CMS Expo
We kick off CMS Expo on Monday night with a FREE Meetup for each of our Showcase CMSs (Drupal, Joomla, WordPress). The Drupal Meetup will be featuring Chicago startups that are using Drupal, hosted by Matthew Lechleider (CDMUG). CMS Expo Learning & Business Conference's mission is to shine the spotlight on the world's leading Content Management Systems and the people who use them. CMS Expo offers 3+ days of learning, discovery and innovation for its participants. Including specific learning sessions for Drupal, Joomla and WordPress.
Read moreCDMUG Apr 2013 Wed 17th @6:00pm "Drupal vs Joomla!"
Wednesday April 17th 2013 (doors 6pm / presentation 7pm)
RSVP @ http://drupal.meetup.com/1
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Building Rich Internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5
Register: http://www2.appnovation.com/l/16832/2013-03-18/515d1
During this webcast, our presenter will cover several key concepts related to building rich internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5. These include: Making a website cross-browser compatible; Making a website look and behave like a desktop application; Making the application work on Android iOS and Windows Phones; and, Updating and adding new features.
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Intermediate Drupal Theming. Hans Riemenschneider (with a little help from his friends) will be sharing their Drupal theming fu with us. Looks to be a very interesting evening, it's been a while since we did the theming thing, it's about time don't you think?
When you RSVP plan on answering these questions:
- What cool tip, trick, module, project or idea would you like to share in a lightning talk or site showcase?
- What is your most perplexing Drupal issue you would like to get feedback or help with?
- Is there a Topic you want to hear discussed?
6pm Social Hour
Read moreDrupal Contributing right before Drupalcon Portland, right here in Oak Park
Main Library on Lake St. in Oak Park. Room: Second Floor - Small Meeting Room
Everyone is welcome, people new to drupal or experienced devs, any ages. We will split into pairs and work on Drupal core issues. Bring your laptop. There will be help for setting up local development environments. If possible, install git before coming and git clone Drupal 8 core. If not possible, I'll have it on a thumb drive; no worries. If you want to set up your environment before the meetup, you'll need a *AMP stack, irc client, dreditor, and drush is nice.
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