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You can also join your Drupal peers and mentors in a couple of places:
- Slack tends to be more active these days. Join https://tcdrupal.slack.com. If you need an invite go here to get an automatic invite to the Slack team
- IRC -- #drupal-twin-cities on irc.freenode.net -- to ask questions, propose ideas, socialize. Check out Drupal.org for more info about IRC and Drupal including how to create a new account and connect. Or come to the next local meetup and someone will help you get started.
Help With a Function/Hook
Hi all,
Wondering if someone could take a look at the below function and provide feedback/critic.
My site allows guests to post forum questions. Spam is becoming a problem although I have the CAPTCHA module installed. What I’m trying to do is prevent guests from posting links to their questions (forum nodes). To do that, I’m developing a very simple custom module with the below function that Implements the hook_nodeapi().
<?php
function noguestlinks_nodeapi (&$node, $op, $a3 = NULL, $a4 = NULL) {
global $user;
switch ($op) {
case "validate":
Drupal Camp Chicago 2008
Who/Why:
For over 2 years Chicago Drupal has truly highlighted the benefits of an open source initiative. We have built resourceful bridges between many local Chicago establishments including non-profits, entrepreneurs, Drupal development companies, independent consultants, hobbyist, and others in the mid-west. Our goal for this Drupal Camp is to bring everyone together for open communication, education, fun, and industry networking.
What:
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Apache Solr Search Overview - ethicshare.org
This will be an informal discussion of the Apache Solr search platform and it's implementation on the http://ethicshare.org website. Discussion will also feature the Apache Solr Search Integration Module and our (unreleased) companion module, ApacheSolr Cite, which extends this module to provide scholarly research database functionality.
Post Presentation Follow-Up:
Thanks to the attendees for an engaging post-talk discussion.
TC Drupal September Meeting Tonight
Hi All - the Twin Cities Drupal meeting is tonight (Thursday, September 24th). Since there were several members who went to Drupalcon, we can start the meeting with a review of Drupalcon - what it is, and what was learned.
Then - do you have any burning questions, such as:
- what modules work, don't work
- what is the best way to _______ (fill in the blank)
- why doesn't a particular function work
- should V5 or V6 be used - and why
- what best-practices are people using
- what is the best way to run a Drupal project
Bring those questions in, and we will have a brain-picking session. It will be a great time to learn from all those in the group.
And - Alan Palazzolo also mentioned that he can provide a review of his personal site. So - it will be a super learning session, all the way around!
See you tonight,
Thanks!
Bobbi
Drupal Camp Chicago?
Next month is the Drupal Camp Chicago. It is on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, 2008. It should be pretty awesome, though there is not that much information up there now.
http://drupalcampchicago.org/
http://cdmug.org/node/198
So, I was wondering if anyone wanted to go and if I could catch a ride. I would of course share expenses (though I probably have my own lodging).
Read moreSeptember meeting
Hi All - the September meeting for the TC Drupal group is next Wednesday, September 24th at 7PM. We were going to talk about search modules. However, Matt is not going to be able to make it to the meeting. So - we are currently presenter-less.
Suggestions anyone?? One of my thoughts is to have a quick Drupalcon update by those who went (or heard about) Drupalcon Szeged. We could then follow up with the question and answer session we had scheduled for last month.
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Drupal and connection pooling
Does Drupal support connection pooling,
transaction control,
connect and disconnect connections??
Any thoughts on:
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2006/11/12/are-php-persistent-connec...
Out in the sticks; Where is everyone?
Hey Minnesota Drupalers, just wondering where people are at? Maybe we can schedule some meetups, etc.
I am currently working based out of my home near Glenwood, south of Alexandria. I frequent the Fargo/Moorhead area (colleagues, great web professional & technology scene), as well as St. Cloud, Buffalo (family), and I even get down into the cities now & then. I love heading up to northern MN too, and would love to meet some web geeks from that part of the state! Duluth Drupalers, are you out there??? Bemidji? Iron Range? Detroit Lakes? I-Falls? Represent!
Read moreAugust Meeting
Hi All - the next Drupal meeting is coming up soon (August 27th). In our last meeting, we decided to have a question and answer session. However, this is the same time period as Drupalcon. I know that Allie Micka and Barry Madore from Advantage Labs are going to Drupalcon. There is a good chance many other TC Drupal members will be going also. That might mean that many of the people who would answer questions will be gone.
We could go ahead with the Q&A session. Or, we might want to think about having a showcase meeting instead, where members bring their latest websites and show some features of the site. Or - you might have even better suggestions. Let us know what you think!
Read moreTaxonomy vs Node reference
We are in a debate as to whether we should use taxonomy or node reference!
Our website enables selling of Products, especially for Schools and Colleges. Users can create products or purchase products on the site. The Products have some categories associated with it.
Has a tree structure, root, L1, L2,L3. Parts of the categories are repetitive.
eg. Books
-- Education
---Physics
---- Grade I
---- Grade II
---- Grade III
---Chemistry
Drupal is Hot in the Twin Cities
Minneapolis is a Drupal hot-bed of activity this summer!
Drupal Daze, sponsored by Open Circuit, is scheduled for July 19th and 20th. Here, you can get 2 days of Drupal education by gurus around the area. Check out the presentation schedule and registration info at http://www.drupaldaze.com.
Advantage Labs is conducting a special 5-week Nonprofit Drupal Website Training Class specifically designed for a small group of nonprofits. It starts Aug 5th and is limited to 8 nonprofit organizations. By the end of the class, each nonprofit will have their own basic website, nonprofit Drupal training AND 6 months of Advantage Lab's Drupal Alliance program. Check out the full details at: Nonprofit Drupal Training: Build Your Own Basic Nonprofit Website.
AND, of course - this group, The Twin Cities Drupal Users Group, where the TC Posse is taking over and doing lightening talks at the TC Drupal User Group meeting on July 23rd. Find out all about TC Posse and their cunning plans at: http://groups.drupal.org/node/12588 .
Hope to see you soon at one or all of these meetings. Stay cool - with Drupal!
Read moreDrupal Daze (July 19 and 20)
Hey everyone!
Drupal Daze is in a couple weeks. A Drupal 6 website has been created (it's still under construction):
http://drupaldaze.com/
Registration is open (its limited so don't miss out):
http://tcopencircuit.org/drupal_daze
You can see who has already started to sign up for presentations. We still need a few more presenters. Please let us know as soon as possible by using either of the following forms:
http://drupaldaze.com/contact
http://tcopencircuit.org/contact
Another job listing (@ Minnesota Historical Society)
It looks like the folks over at the Minnesota Historical Society are looking at Drupal - they've posted a 'Senior Web Developer' job at http://www.mnhs.org/about/jobs/731.html that includes "Experience with open source applications such as Linux, Apache, Drupal, Lucene, Nutch or Solr." amongst it's must-have qualifications.
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June Meeting: CRM Features with Native Drupal Tools
Your Drupal site probably has users. Those users are probably doing interesting stuff. Every time they log in, participate in a forum, make a donation, or contact you or someone else; your users are telling you something about themselves. You want to know more about who they are and what they're interested in, and maybe you even want to contact them and ask them to give you some money, business, or time.
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July Meeting - TC Posse Takes Over
The July Twin Cities Drupal Group meeting will be a special event. The meeting will consist of short lightning presentations instead of the long presentation format.
Over the next few weeks Twin Cities Drupal users will be attempting a "see one, do one, teach one" approach to teaching each other about Drupal.
What does this mean?
See one
Figure out what you want to learn about. Building themes? Fixing bugs? Got a module stuck on Drupal 5? Hopefully somebody will teach you.
Do one
Read moreTC Posse - Drupal Lightning Presentations Wiki
Last updated by samirnassar-gdo on Wed, 2008-07-23 13:49
Per the discussions on the Any Interest in Learning How to Code in Drupal? discussion and subsequent meeting, this is our wiki page.
At the meeting, we discussed quite a few things, including how to stay focused, how to make sure we take advantage of the Drupal community as a whole, how to make sure each and every individual gets something valuable from the experience as well as has the opportunity to contribute it back.
Immediate conclusions:
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Drupal Daze is a Twin-Cities, two-day, Drupal conference organized by Open Circuit. It will be held on July 19 and 20, 2008 from 10AM to 5PM on each day, and will be at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Official Registration is OPEN! To Register, go here:
http://www.tcopencircuit.org/drupal_daze
For more details, go here:
http://drupaldaze.com/
We are still looking for Presenters.
If you are interested in sponsoring, volunteering, or helping out other than presenting, please contact us through our web form.
Read moreCall for Presenters for Drupal Daze (July 19-20, 2008)
Open Circuit is putting together another Twin-Cities Drupal Conference. This time it's two days. There will be presentations and panel discussions. We invite you all to help us make this a great, accessible Drupal focused conference.
Presentations
We are currently looking for presenters. We have three tracks lined up:
- Drupal Advanced - aimed at people who are already familiar with Drupal basics.
- Drupal Basic - aimed at people who have probably never done anything with Drupal.
- Community Building - about building communities with websites. this does not have to be about Drupal specifically, but is encouraged.
It's looking like we will have 5 slots per track per day (10 total per track).
Read moreLearn Drupal Development Group Meeting
This is a social venue to follow up on the Any Interest in Learning How to Code in Drupal? discussion and put together some kind of a road map.
Suggested location: Common Roots cafe in Minneapolis.
When: Tuesday June 17th at 7PM
Address:
2558 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55405
An evening with Lullabot!
The team from Lullabot would like to invite all the fine folks from both twin cities to join us for an evening of Drupal.
We'll be in town running a week of workshops and would love to meet the locals. We'll host lightning talks where people can come show off they're latest and greatest in hacks, tricks, tips and new module discoveries. There'll also be a cash bar, snacks and free cookies ;-)
When: May 7th, 2008 from 7-10pm
Where: The Chambers Hotel [map] (we'll be in the ART Room)
Of course, if you want to take full advantage of our visit - you should register now for the workshops too!
Hope to see you all there!
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