Welcome to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Drupal Group -- the place to get involved with the Twin Cities Drupal community whether you're new, a core contributor to the Drupal project or somewhere in between. Register for the group to get posting privileges and to be notified of what's going on.
Looking to connect with other local friendly Drupal people? Check out the Events tab for a rundown of our regular meetups and other upcoming Drupal-related events.
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.
April 2011 Free Introduction to Drupal workshop
The local Drupal event of the year, DrupalCamp Twin Cities, is coming up May 20-21. Prepare to get the most out of the camp by attending our free Introduction to Drupal workshop on Friday April 29th, 2011 from 2-4PM. It is a stand alone, in-person workshop that explores Drupal basics and strategic best practices.
Introduction to Drupal takes place at Advantage Labs, 2104 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Visit the Introduction to Drupal workshop page on our site for full details and to register. Click on the “Sign Up” title at the bottom of the page and fill out the registration form.
At this two-hour workshop we'll cover:
- Basic Drupal structure, terminology and features
- Choosing a Drupal distribution
- Defining Drupal development team roles
- Outlining a Drupal site development process
- Finding and vetting Drupal developers
- Finding local resources
This workshop is limited to 12 attendees. There will be plenty of time for questions. No computer is required.
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April Drupal Code Meetup 4-21-2011 - Lets try this again
So the march meeting wasn't so well attended, but will give it another go. This will be a meetup dedicated to whipping out your laptop and getting some code done. Any experience level is welcome. There is plenty of room and power. We will have beer and pizza!
If you have any coding related topics that need discussion or a short presentation, feel free to post your ideas in the comments. Mostly this meeting will be dedicated to code :)
Location:
Tightrope Media Systems
800 Transfer Road Suite 1B
St. Paul, MN 55114
Hope to see you then.
-ray
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ADHH - April Drupal Happy Hour Twin Cities!
Hey Drupalgangers, just two days until the first Thursday of the month - time for Drupal Happy Hour at the Blue Nile! Bring a friend and show them just how cool and hip TC Drupalistas are.
The Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2245
(612) 338-3000
Lots of space, great beer selections and bar food like no place else in town.
See you there!
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DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2011
Registration is now open for DrupalCamp Twin Cities! To be held May 20 and 21 at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus, this Friday-Saturday camp will feature:
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Ubercart for Events, not Products?
Hello,
I'm recently a new user to Drupal 7. I'm working on setting up an E-Commerce (Ubercart 2.0) section for this site and I need this module to let me enter events into the catalog instead of Products.
Where I'm running into problems is an event can last 5 days, but people have to option to go 1day, 3days, all days, etc.; plus they can have multiple combinations of Junior Tickets, Adult Gen. Admission Tickets, Reserved Tickets, Pit Passes, etc. I'm finding out that Ubercart's Products feature really isn't handling all the different combinations.
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April TC Drupal User Group Meeting: The Joy and Pain of Managing a Drupal Website
To use the analogy of Drupal as a vehicle, the focus of the April user group meeting will be on the drivers rather than the mechanics. Alternately called End Users or Community Managers, these are the people who manage Drupal sites on a day-to-day basis. The agenda is simply a roundtable discussion on what works and what doesn’t for managing our sites, training our coworkers to use the sites effectively, and any other issues we face in administering our Drupal websites.
Location:
Advantage Labs Offices in the IATP Building
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Drupal Recon
Hi Gang,
I spent most of my time at Drupalcon Chicago in BoFs, meetings, the coder lounge and Core Conversations this year, so I didn't make many of the session presentations. I figured I'd catch-up on those via recorded versions over at http://www.archive.org/ when I got back. So, I'm wondering if you all wouldn't mind posting your favorite session presentations here. It might be nice to cull a few of the favorites for a periodic showing at the local TC Drupal meetups too.
Thanks!
Read moreMarch TC Drupal User Group Meeting
Time for another user group meeting. We don't have a specific topic, so we are open to suggestions. We should have plenty to talk about, since so many of us attend DrupalCon last week. Leave comments with feedback!
Location:
Advantage Labs Offices in the IATP Building
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Parking available on the street. Come around back to the ramp door to be let in or buzz us from the Stevens Ave entrance.
March Twin Cities Ubercart and Drupal Commerce meeting
Hi Everyone!
Having just returned from the Chicago Drupalcon -- getting a meeting notice out was totally forgotten. Always note, we will have our meeting on our regularly scheduled day unless you receive a notice to change that.
As we stated last month, I am going to talk about Drupal 7's Drupal Commerce.
I took the full day preconference course that was offered by Ryan S -- we did actual hands on training and created a little store -- so thought I would demonstrate that tonight.
What you'll see:
- the much leaner modules
- drupal now has entities and nodes
- some of the changes in how it handles what used to be called attributes and options
- a look at the new admin menu
- what has not been done as of this date
- where to find the tarball to download and play
I do hope you plan to join me --
Refreshments always welcome!
Read moreTwin Cities Coding Meetup
Hey Twin Cities Drupalers,
Inspired by the sprints today I would really like to have a meetup where we can get out the laptops and actually work on code together. Our conference room can hold about 30 people and we have a projector. Oh and there will be beer on tap!
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Twin Cities IRC Channel
Hey Twin Cities Drupallers,
I'd like to start our own Twin Cities IRC channel. I've been using #drupal-mpls for a while, but I think it would be a good idea to be more inclusive of the whole area. So, I think using #drupal-tc as the official Twin Cities Drupal IRC channel would be a good idea. I think it'll be especially important to have "high-bandwidth communication" (in the words of Dries) in the time leading up to the DrupalCamp in May.
What do people think? I suppose you can also register your approval by joining the room :-).
-Jake
Read moreSocial outing at DrupalCamp Twin Cities
Just a suggestion for a social event during Twin Cities Drupal Camp - the headlining comedian at Acme Comedy that weekend is Dana Gould. Dana was a producer for The Simpsons for 7 years, and is an absolute treat to see live.
If there's interest in reserving a block of tickets for this, I can help organize that. (I worked at the club for a number of years and have friends there.) Because these shows are going to sell out, I can say up front that they won't give any group discounts and I'd recommend reserving at least a month in advance.
Read moreSo there is this Drupal camp coming up in May
http://2011.tcdrupal.org/ May 20 & 21
and there is surprisingly little info about it. I am interested in speaking as well as maybe helping a bit with organizing it. Who do I call?
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Marketing contact list for DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2011
Hi everyone,
As discussed at the last TCDrupal phone conference this week.
I am trying to break down the Drupal audience for DrupalCamp (and other marketing initiatives).
Here’s what I came up with. It’s not exhaustive and there is some cross-over. Under each category there are organizations or individuals that we can bring into the loop, as necessary.
Drupal Happy Hour!
Time for another installment of Drupal Happy Hour. Talk about what you want, but DrupalCon Chicago and Drupal 7 are still huge. Don't be shy, new folks are welcomed and encouraged!
Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2245
http://www.bluenilempls.com/
The Blue Nile also offers Drupal User group members extended happy hour - just use the DRU--- word for reduced prices on selected tap beers! The Blue Nile has a great craft beer selection and Ethiopian food. There is plenty of space for us to meet at happy hour, and they have free Wi-Fi.
See you then!
Read moredrupalbus.tcdrupal.org is Live
Hey Everyone,
The drupalbus site is live. You can visit it here. http://drupalbus.tcdrupal.org
The site allows you to submit tasks you would like to accomplish on the bus as well as lightning talks you would like to give. If your riding the Drupal Bus sign up soon and post your tasks and talks!
We are still tweaking the site here and there, it wasn't started till Thursday of last week ;)
-ray
Read moreFebruary TC Drupal Meeting
The Mobile Drupalbus Sprint to Drupalcon is coming up on March 6. Come help us organize the topics we'll work on during the sprint (e.g. module upgrades, documentation, general support, etc.) and make sure we've got any/all necessary planning and prep work set before we all set foot on the bus.
For non-riders, we'll need all the input we can get to help determine what will best serve our local as well as the general Drupal community. Perhaps we can even arrange some live virtual sprint participation for those unable to join us on the bus itself.
For more info about the Drupalbus check out: http://groups.drupal.org/node/120989
As always, the meeting will offer time for other questions, announcements, networking and, of course, pizza and your favorite beverages (please feel free to bring some for sharing).
Location:
Advantage Labs Offices in the IATP Building
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Parking available on the street. Come around back to the ramp door to be let in or buzz us from the Stevens Ave entrance.
February TC Drupal Ubercart/E
Hi Everyone-- it's Twin Cities Ubercart/Ecommerce User Group meeting time!
Agenda for February 16, 2011 meeting (7pm to 9pm):
- Introductions
- Topic: Taxonomy menus (I realize this is near and dear to everyone's heart)
Since Taxonomy menus play a large role in Ubercart - thought we should explore the needs some of us have to configure them differently from the "out of the box" version.
a. Can we do such
b. What are some of the issues we have come across - or, what is it you would like yours to do.
c. Has anyone developed work-arounds for their menus
March 2011 Free Introduction to Drupal workshop
Follow up St. Patrick's Day revelries by attending our Introduction to Drupal workshop. We're offering the workshop Friday March 18, 2011 from 2-4PM. It is a free, stand alone and in-person workshop (online participation is not available). Introduction to Drupal takes place at Advantage Labs, 2104 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Visit the Introduction to Drupal workshop page on our site for full details and to register. Click on the “Sign Up” title at the bottom of the page and fill out the registration form.
At this two-hour workshop we'll cover:
- Basic Drupal structure, terminology and features
- Choosing a Drupal distribution
- Defining Drupal development team roles
- Outlining a Drupal site development process
- Finding and vetting Drupal developers
- Finding local resources
This workshop is limited to 12 attendees. There will be plenty of time for questions. No computer is required.
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Drupal Camp Twin Cities: Venue and Dates Announced
We are proud to announce Drupal Camp Twin Cities, to be held on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis on May 20-21, 2011.
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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