Posted by westbywest on November 9, 2010 at 11:25pm
Start:
2010-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
We had discussed at the previous STL meeting at the Artist's Guild a possible date and venue for the next meetup. Tentative dates were Thursday 12/9 and 12/16, 7pm-9pm.
I would like to propose Thursday 12/16, 7pm-9pm.
Tentative location: Arch Reactor, located at Jefferson Underground building located at 2400 South Jefferson Avenue, between I-44 and Gravois.
GMap: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2400+South+Jefferson+Avenue,+Saint+Louis,...
I can present recent work with D7 and specifically with Drupal Gardens.
There is a projector, screen, and wifi available at Arch Reactor, and lots of comfy couches and chairs. Tho, no large conference table, just work spaces.
Comments
sounds cool to me - I'll
sounds cool to me - I'll definitely be there
unfortunately things have
unfortunately things have come up and I won't be able to go to the meetup tonight.
I'm looking forward
I'm looking forward to coming and hopefully checking out Arch Reactor while there.
Also, I installed Drupal 7 for the first time last night. After a short readjustment period, I can say that I like it!
busy month
December is a busy month for me, but I've got this on my calendar; hope to be able to make it.
I'd like to attend
Hi all. I moved to the area a couple months ago and have been teaching myself Drupal for the past year or so. I feel like I've just moved from the beginner to intermediate (and semi-dangerous) stage and would love to meet up with some local Drupal users. :)
Gene
I'm out...
Looks like the kids have their Christmas pageant tonight so I'm unable to attend.
Have a great Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Michael
Iffy here
It's not looking too good for me, either. My car's in the shop, don't know if it will be ready end of day or not. Honestly, I'm a wimp in the cold weather, with ice on the ground anyway. (It's still pretty icy this afternoon in my neighborhood)
Let us know how it goes, and what is planned for next month, though, and how things work out at Arch Reactor.
If the group would like to use the Artists' Guild's conference room again, for now that is still available
third(sorry, misspoke, make that) fourth Thursdays.Jean
Still in...
I'm still in... assuming anyone else is still coming. :)
I'm in
I'm planning to come. I hope a few others also, yes?
Eliot
No can do
Can't believe I'm going to miss another one but it's a big mess around here. Windows and doors. Gotta get that tax credit!!
Mark
I'm planning on it
I'm planning on coming tonight. See you soon!
Arch Reactor will be open at 7pm today
Hi All,
I will make sure the Arch Reactor space is open today at 7pm for anyone who can still come by.
Please park in the parking lot immediately north of the building ("called Jefferson Underground") and go in the north door. There should be a sandwich board sitting next to door.
If you have problems getting in, you can txt me at 3144016985.
Awesome
See you tonight!
How was it?
So, how did it go? Any reviews of what was discussed, and what is planned for the future, would be welcome. Thanks!
It was great!
It was really good! Ben was kind enough to provide an overview of how he leveraged Drupal Gardens and Drupal 7 RC1 to create a non-profit website. Thanks Ben!
Ben's site..
Nice. Do you have a link?
Here is the site that
Here is the site that incorporates the Drupal Gardens codebase exported and updated to D7 beta rc1:
http://stlcamp.org
Here is a PDF copy of the slides I presented, attached to a recent news item about the upgraded website.
http://stlcamp.org/content/new-website
http://stlcamp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/ar_presentation.pdf
Upgrading modules
Also, I did some searching.
It looks like Drupal 7 core DOES NOT support upgrading modules from the UI. It's possible it was decided against including this in core so as not to further delay the release of a stable D7.
That functionality is in the module "Plugin Manager," which does appear to have a D7 version in the works.
http://drupal.org/project/plugin_manager
Thanks
Thanks for the update, although I'm not sure that I could have used it by the way you explained how Apache needs write access. Thanks also for the informative presentation on Drupal 7 and introducing me to Drupal Gardens. I've been having fun playing around with my freebie D7 site.
It turns out I was not
It turns out I was not entirely correct in my statement during the Drupal meetup.
The core updates module in D7 WILL let you upgrade modules from the web UI. The URL to access this function would be:
http://domain.com/admin/reports/updates/update
This would require Apache have write access to the relevant modules directory, which indeed would be a possible security risk, and I believe it only work for single-site installs. Upgrading a module in this fashion on a multi-site install would then require visiting all other sites and running their update.php script (or using drush).
The Plugin Manager module actually uses FTP or SSH login creds to download the module locally before doing an upgrade, which would be an improvement. However,it does not yet have a beta version for D7, just the dev version.
http://drupal.org/project/plugin_manager