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Drupal 8 Play Date (Sept 26)
Drupal 8 is almost ready! For a few moments (last week), we were down to only 3 critical issues. Since then the number has bumped back up into the teens. But with DrupalCon Barcelona coming next week, the chances are very good that we'll see some significant movement - with a release candidate in the very near future!
Let's celebrate by having a hands-on PLAY DATE with DRUPAL EIGHT.
This will be a great opportunity for beginners and advanced coders alike to get an introduction to Drupal 8 and start setting up a site of their own.
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Pantheon is Hiring!
Pantheon is hiring in the Twin Cities (and elsewhere)!
We have several positions open here, including Customer Success Engineer - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/25291#.VcywsBNVhBc, Web Developer (working on Pantheon sites - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/37695#.VcywsRNVhBc) and a newly created role Agency and Community Outreach Engineer - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/80784#.VcywshNVhBc.
The full list of open positions is at https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon#.VcywfhNVhBe.
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August CIDUG Meeting 08-13-2015: Contributing to the Drupal 8 User Guide
We will walk through how to Contribute to the Drupal 8 User Guide. There are several pages available to write. We will review the process for writing a user guide page and the guidelines for contribution. This is a great opportunity to give back to the community and provide commits without needing to write code. This is the first online user guide for Drupal.
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Want to host the 2016 DrupalCorn Camp? Let us know!
The DrupalCorn Camp organizing committee is requesting any groups or individuals that are interested in becoming a host location/camp lead for the 2016 DrupalCorn Camp to fill out the Host Application form by July 27 11:59pm. The form consists of some basic contact information, potential venues/locations as well as your reasoning, in a few short paragraphs, why you think DrupalCorn Camp would work well in your location.
Let us know at core at drupalcorn.org if you have any questions!
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Developer positions at Meredith
Hi, all. Meredith Corporation is looking experienced Drupal developers to join our Des Moines team, full-time and on-site. We currently host a dozen Drupal sites including fitnessmagazine.com, shape.com, midwestliving.com, parenting.com, and there are more coming down the project pipeline. We're looking for people with deep knowledge of the Drupal API and module building, but would also consider applicants with super strong front-end experience (Compass, Sass, Foundation, jQuery, etc).
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July CIDUG Meeting 07-09-2015: Create your own Drush Command
Drush is a very powerful command-line utility to interface with Drupal. If you are developing or managing lots of Drupal sites, it is almost a requirement to make your life so much easier. This talk I will walk through how to create your own custom drush command for your Drupal website.
Sorry for the late notice. If you want to reserve the time on your calendar we meet the 2nd Thursday of every month from 7pm - 9pm.
Read moreHistory of Twin Cities Drupal Community
Someone just asked about the history of our local Drupal camp. How many have there been?
I did a little digging and this is what I found.
According this this list, we're about to have our 5th official Drupal Camp. What am I missing?
2008 - Drupal Daze
https://groups.drupal.org/node/12909
https://github.com/zzolo/drupaldaze.com
1st Usability Testing at University of MN
https://www.drupal.org/node/1166648
2010 - Drupal 7 Release Party
https://groups.drupal.org/node/114219
2010 - Minnebar
https://groups.drupal.org/node/63488
Twin Cities Drupal Camp - Just 2 Weeks away
Only two weeks left to register, don't wait until the last minute: http://2015.tcdrupal.org
I think it's time to update everyone on the progress of Drupal Camp preparation. Many people (many of them on the planning committee) are suggesting that this MIGHT be the best Drupal Camp ever. Why you ask?
1) Two Great Keynotes:
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Angie Byron (webchick)
Director, Community Development at Acquia"Creating a Culture of Empowerment"
Todd Nienkirk (todd-nienkerk)
Digital Strategist and Partner at Four Kitchens
June CIDUG Meeting 06-11-15: Getting the Look You Want with a Subtheme
Drupal has an incredible amount of themes out there, but how do you get the look you really want?
Read moreMigrating Static HTML Files to Drupal
I have a client that has 7000 old static HTML pages that I need to import into Drupal. I have looked at using Import HTML (https://www.drupal.org/project/import_html) and Migrate, but the setup for these modules is simply over my head. For HTML Import, it makes you install HTML Tidy but I have no idea how to install that on their hosting server. When I try without HTML Tidy, it doesn't work.
I also looked at using Migrate per this post: http://fourword.fourkitchens.com/article/migrating-old-html-files-drupal But again, its over my head on how to configure it to work on my client's site.
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