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Drupal 7 quick start, installfest and more
There was a lot of new people at our last meeting. It is great to see so many different kinds of people interested in learning Drupal. Awesome!
Let's have a working meeting where we help bring everyone up a notch and give newbies a quick start. I'll bring a project I am working on and could use some help with. How about you bring your problems/questions/solutions too?
Read moreBreaking down Drupal Theming for Designers
We had so many great people at our DrupalCorn Camp 2012. A great deal of them designers looking to get a handle on Drupal. I'm going to Lead a live demo taking a HTML/CSS theme and turning it into a Drupal theme before your eyes. Yes, it is a magic trick! This will be a great demo for everyone, developers and designers alike.
Tell your friends!
LOCATION CHANGED!
Read moreFree (pratically - $20) Drupal Training in Iowa
You may have heard a lot about the DrupalCorn Camp 2012 but there is also a pre-camp Training Day that you may consider attending. Although the courses are not totally free, at $20 (lunch included) this is a nominal fee.
Chris Shattuck and Michael Hofmockel are executing two all day training courses that will run the day before the camp.
Check them out:
* Ready to dive into Drupal? - Chris Shattuck
Iowa Drupal Users Group Meeting, "DrupalCorn Camp 2012 Organizing" - July 30
DrupalCorn Camp 2012 is coming up fast! Our normally scheduled monthly meeting is going to be hijacked to help get people organized and prepared for the event. If you are going or would like to volunteer, please consider coming to this meeting to learn how we are going to put on an awesome event.
Since we know some of you will not be able to make it in person we will be documenting the information volunteers need to know so they can get a crash course at another time before or during the camp.
Read moreDrupalCorn Camp 2012 makes local news
I was interviewed by Jessica Miller yesterday about our up coming camp DrupalCorn Camp 2012. You can read it on Ames.Patch.com
http://ames.patch.com/articles/iowa-drupal-training-camp-now-registering...
http://ames.patch.com/articles/weird-iowa-naked-baseball-puzzling-politi...
It's time to register. A little bird told me they are going to raise the price as the camp approaches.
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DrupalCamp WI, July 28, 2012: Sessions and registrations being accepted!
DrupalCampWI 2012 is currently accepting registration and session submissions! The camp is Saturday, July 28, 2012 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The camp is appropriate for Drupal beginners and experts alike. We also hope to have some conference and "unconference" content specifically focused on Drupal in Higher Education.
Register: http://midwest-developer-summit.com/content/register
Propose a session: http://midwest-developer-summit.com/node/add/session (requires login)
DrupalCorn Camp 2012 Registration is now open
DrupalCorn Camp 2012 Registration is now open! http://2012.drupalcorn.org
We are proud to announce DrupalCorn Camp 2012 to be held on the Iowa State University campus in Ames on August 3-4, 2012. If you are an open source enthusiast, Drupal designer, hacker, geek, Drupal developer, UI expert, IT manager, or you just want to find out what this Drupal thing is, this conference is for you!
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Apache Help with D6 vs. D7 Issue?
OK, it's almost July so I'm entitled to post a new 'question of the month', right? Here goes...
I've recently started a couple of new Drupal 7 sites to complement my host of D6 sites. Since I'm cheap, I installed D7 onto the same VPS where my D6 lives. So far, so good.
I'm looking to use Drupal in multi-site mode in both versions so I now have a folder structure which includes /drupal/sites and /drupal7/sites. All of the subdomain sites I've created in this fashion are working. For the sake of an example I'm going to use fictitious domains abc.com and xyz.com.
Read moreMatt Mowers new event site
I am happy to announce our next meeting agenda. Matthew Mowers is going to present on his latest project.
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Read moreDes Moines Web Geeks Event
The Des Moines Web Geeks group is having a social event this Tuesday the 5th at 7pm in Des Moines. Michael and I will be attending and giving a short lightning talk about the Drupal Corn Drupal Camp coming up. Looks like it will be an interesting networking opportunity.
More Information at http://www.dsmwebgeeks.com/2012/05/web-geeks-event-june-5th-prizes-speak...
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