The Grand Rapids Drupal User Group (GRupal) is a collection of developers, designers, content managers, and businesspeople who use Drupal personally or professionally. We meet monthly, at 6PM on the first Monday of the month, at The Factory (38 Fulton S. West, Suite 400). Our meetings involve presentations on technical topics, assistance with each others' projects, and social time for networking and relaxation.
[GUEST SPEAKER] January GRupal Meetup + Mapping + GeoLocation = ♥
Brandon Morrison (http://drupal.org/user/77766) will be coming up from South Bend to speak with us! He's the maintainer of the GeoField module (http://drupal.org/project/geofield) and has been involved with several Drupal mapping projects. He'll be talking about using Drupal for mapping and geolocation. His talk is titled "The current state of geospatial Drupal".
Read moreDecember GRupal Meetup - Tips and Techniques for Estimating Drupal Work (for reals this time)
So we didn't actually talk about Estimating Drupal Work last month since Brett contracted an ugly case of strep throat just before the meetup. He's feeling much better and is already prepped, so we're good to go!
As always, Winchester afterward. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Read moreNovember GRupal Meetup - Tips and Techniques for Estimating Drupal Work
Only a few more weeks until our next GRupal meetup. This month we'll have Brett Chaffer of Rapid Development Group talking about his experience estimating Drupal work. He may also divulge some tips on how to run a successful Drupal shop.
We had also talked about a little show-and-tell segment, which, since Brett's presentation won't be particularly technical, we will likely have time for afterward.
Of course, as all of you know, we'll head to the Winchester once it's all done.
Hope to see you there!
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DrupalCamp Chicago 2011 - Sat Dec 10th @ 1 N Wacker
Register @ DrupalCampChicago.org
Your invited to our 4th annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday Dec 10th 2011.
Why DrupalCamp:
For more than five years the Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has highlighted the benefits of an open source initiative. We have helped build bridges from nonprofits and entrepreneurs looking to deploy Drupal to resourceful Drupal development companies, independent consultants and hobbyists in the Chicago area and across the midwest.
Read moreDrupalCamp Michigan in December
Some folks have organized a DrupalCamp out in Novi this December. (http://drupalcampmi.org/register). It's only $15. I know itcetera is going. Anyone else interested? I am.
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October GRupal meetup
Oh dear! There was no calendar event for this meetup, but then again, who needs an event reminder for the bash of the month? Come to 1110 Wealthy SE at 6 p.m. for your monthly injection of Drupal nerdery. Rumor has it that Ben will be presenting on panels.
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Michiana Drupal User Group, introduce yourselves
For those of us stuck halfway between Chicago, Indianapolis, and Grand Rapids, this groups is for you.
My name is Brandon Morrison, and I've been a Michiana resident for about 3 years. I've been developing in Drupal for about 5-6 years, and I'm a co-maintainer of the Geofield and Openlayers modules. I've been a semi-regular attender of the Chicago and Indy groups for awhile now, but a few of us here in South Bend wanted to start a mini-group here in South Bend.
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Course in Advanced Writing for the Web--a Drupal-based appraoch
In the Winter Semester (begins in January of 2012 through early May) I will be teaching a 15-week course at GVSU called Advanced Writing for the World Wide Web. (WRT 380-6). It is a course designed for writing majors and minors, but it is also popular with students in advertising, computer science, journalism, business, and other areas).
The course will meet once a week on Wednesday nights from 6:00-8:50 on the Allendale campus in one of the computer labs.
Read moreHalf-Off DrupalCon Denver 2012 tickets for Non-Profits
To all non-profit GRupalers, the Drupal Association is giving away 50 half-off tickets ($175 rather than $350) to the upcoming DrupalCon. Check out the details by following the link below:
https://association.drupal.org/node/11399
Read moreThe Rapidian's second birthday!
Fellow GRupalers--
The Rapidian's having its second birthday on Sept. 15, and I'd like to invite all of you to join us over at Wealthy Theatre's microcinema (1130 Wealthy SE). I think it'll probably be interesting to you theming nerds and maybe ecommerce, too (George and Ron will correct me if I'm wrong here). We'll be taking down The Rapidian, which is based on Drupal, to overhaul the site and relaunch it with a completely new design (all George--he's got some mad design prowess) as well as some additional features that are pretty nifty (Ron is a pretty rad developer and a little shy, in case you haven't met him). Some site architecture, too.
Please do come down. There will be either cake or cookies, maybe some punch and confetti. But all in all, a good time. Mingling starts at 4:30p, presentation at 5p and then time to bombard George and Ron shortly after.
September Meetup - Organic Groups
The September meetup is upon us! I'll be talking about the Organic Groups module (http://drupal.org/project/og). What it's for, why it can be useful, and how it can also be annoying.
We're meeting, as always, at the CMC offices at 1110 Wealthy Street (http://g.co/maps/5u89j).
And, of course, we'll head to Winchester for drinks, food, and conversation afterward.
Oh, and since dennypenny will be absent, she's provided us an icebreaker ahead of time: What memorable movie did you see this summer?
Hope to see many of you there!
Read moreViews Slideshow Hacking/Hook or Setting Changes?
Hey everyone,
I have been searching and have found no way to get views slideshow to display the way that would look best for my site. I feel like this is a big favor to post if anyone tries to mess with it or maybe/hopefully I am missing something obvious that one of you already is aware of? :)
Read moreUbercart for subscription
OK, I see. I think Ubercart would work fine for this. Not sure you need a custom module.
Just sell the first annual subscription that includes one (or all three) of the first three reports (have the download files as "features" to the product) and give the user a particular role (e.g., "subscriber") when they complete the purchase. Then, provide the extra reports for sale on an a la carte basis but only available to those that have this role of "subscriber." You might have to use Taxonomy access control or some other access restriction to the product page node but I suspect there's a pretty straightforward way to do it.
Dan Royer
Read moreAugust meetup
Wow! A month already! Let's get the Drupal family together. Reunion around something that Pichot is planning to present. Organic groups? Come at 6p, beer-up at 7:30p at The Winchester. See you soon!
Read moreWhere did Dan Royer go?
Anybody heard a peep? Where has our beloved, chatty professor disappeared to?
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June GRupal Meetup - John Hwang gives us some SASS
John Hwang from Mutually Human Software is going to be talking SASS/SCSS and the totally radical Scout app, and more importantly, how we can integrate these awesome technologies into the most powerful CMS in the history of the universe.
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Need a custom module developed
Hey everyone, I have a client that needs some custom Drupal development done, with a custom module. A lot of the code is written already, and I have copies of everything, but it's a little over my head. The site is using Ubercart, and they have a custom framing section and an API they need tied in together with their current site.
They are looking to stay local, and while I cannot do the work myself, I told them I would find someone who could. So, if you are looking for some extra work, know you're php pretty well, and want to tackle this, let me know, and we'll talk a little more.
Read moreVoIP Drupal webinar hosted by C4FCM
I was sharing about the VoIP Drupal module a few meetups ago, and now MIT's Center for Future Civic Media is hosting a one hour webinar mid-May for those interested in learning what can be done with it. Here are the details. Make sure to register if you want to listen in!
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