Twin Cities

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.

Drupal 8 Contribution this weekend?

Posted by jessSchn on September 27, 2013 at 1:26pm

Hey -

I was wondering if anyone in the community would be interested in meeting up this weekend to help me (and anyone else) get their hands dirty in Drupal 8? I have a version of Drupal 8 installed (I'm sure it needs to be updated) and I'd really like to get involved and contribute something... but I don't know what I'm doing. :/

I was thinking maybe a coffee house someplace either Saturday or Sunday afternoon?

Let me know if anyone is interested.

Drupal 7 + PayEverywhere (Merchant e-Solutions)

Posted by jessSchn on September 26, 2013 at 6:08pm

I was wondering if anyone has setup Drupal to work with PayEverywhere (a product of Merchant e-Solutions)? I have a site that selected this payment solution and I need to expand the "create an account" form to include credit card information. The short version is people need to buy an account on drupal in order to login and use the site.

I'm just looking for the best way to go about this. Thanks!

Twin Cities Drupal September Ubercart/ecommerce meeting - moved to following week

Posted by maryannking on September 25, 2013 at 2:09am

Start:

2013-10-02 18:00 - 19:00 UTC

Organizers:

maryannking

Event type:

User group meeting

The September monthly commerce meeting has been pushed out one week (that same as the TC Drupal Users Group) due to the 2013 Fall Drupalcon in Prague.

Our agenda this month -

bring your problems and we will work through them together.
are there other options outside of a full blown store?
future meeting topics

Look forward to seeing all of you -- please remember to sign up

Oktoberfest Happy Hour - ONE WEEK EARLY - Sept 26th

Posted by wylbur on September 23, 2013 at 10:28pm

Start:

2013-09-26 17:30 - 22:30 America/Menominee

Organizers:

wylbur

Event type:

Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

Oktoberfest Happy Hour
In the spirit of Prague and Oktoberfest, we will move our Happy Hour up one week, and criss-cross with the user group meeting which is next week.

Confused? Show up at:
The Blue Nile
2027 Franklin Ave. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-338-3000

Ethnic food, great beers. Good Drupal Talk.

Prost!

Community Lab Hours -- Weds Oct 2nd

Posted by Barry Madore on September 22, 2013 at 8:40pm

Start:

2013-10-02 17:00 - 19:00 America/Chicago

Organizers:

Barry Madore

Event type:

User group meeting

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u_REV3niuaHT2nOyWmUa8F1x1YGpoSB_Bmvx...

Join us and your local Drupal community peers for an open Community Lab Hours session, conveniently right before our monthly TCDrupal meetup. It's a great place to ask questions,share ideas or to just get something done.

Note that this month's session is 1 week later than normal as our regular 4th Wednesday date fell during Drupalcon week.

Participation is free but space is limited. Please let us know you're coming by describing what you plan to work on our Community Lab Pad.

Community Lab Hours
Wednesday October 2nd 5-7PM
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408

TCDrupal meetup--Drupal vs. Wordpress--Weds Oct. 2nd

Posted by Barry Madore on September 22, 2013 at 8:35pm

Start:

2013-10-02 19:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago

Organizers:

Barry Madore

cosmicdreams

Event type:

User group meeting

Due to Drupalcon Prague, the Twin Cities Drupal September meetup is scheduled 1 week later than normal -- Wednesday October 2nd from 7-9PM.

Drupal vs. Wordpress

The week's wait will be worth it. A few months back, Chris Weber from the Nerdery tantalizingly offered to host a Drupal vs. Wordpress session. Chris and a Nerdery colleague, Sherman Bausch, promise to bring an entertaining review comparison of the two open source "rivals" to the table. Bring your questions and your partisan opinions and expect to have some myths busted.

To up the ante just a little bit, the TC Drupal community has been invited to take place in a Drupal vs. Wordpress Battle Rayale at CoCo Minneapolis in late October. While details are still being arranged, we have the next 2 meet ups to organize and ready ourselves to deliver a Drupal smack down at this upcoming event. Let's challenge Chris to prep us well.

Community Lab Hours 5-7PM

Don't forget we're holding Community Lab Hours from 5-7PM right before the meetup in the same location. Come work on Drupal, get some help with your questions, share your ideas, get some stuff done!

Door prize

Due to the great generosity of Chris Shattuck, we will be giving away a gift card for free access to the acclaimed Drupal online video learning library BuildAModule. Show up and put your name in the jar for the chance to win.

Socializing, networking, food, beverages

As always, pizza will be provided. Bringing beverages to share is encouraged. There will be plenty of time for food, drink, socializing and networking.

Wednesday October 2nd 7-9PM
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408

Backdrop - a Drupal fork

Posted by stpaultim on September 20, 2013 at 8:48pm

At last months TC Drupal User Group meeting the subject of a possible Drupal fork came up in an interesting discussion about the move towards Drupal 8 and some of its growing pains.

Today, I learned that this fork has happened. As far as I can tell, this has been official for about a week.

Two of the best know proponents of Backdrop (the new Drupal fork) were at our Drupal Camp in July. Makes me wonder what kind of discussions may have been going on at camp that I was unaware of. :-) (Nate Haug and Jen Lampton)

Drupal Camp Fox Valley, October 4th, 5th & 6th, Aurora IL.

Posted by bsnodgrass on September 18, 2013 at 4:20pm

Far West Suburbs of Chicago

Business Social, October 4th 3pm-6pm, Ballydoyle's, Dowtown Aurora, Illinois

Sessions: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 8am-5pm
Waubonsee Community College Downtown Campus • Aurora, Illinois,

Contributor Sprint, Sunday October 6th 9am, Start Interaction Offices, St. Charles, Illinois

Sponsors have stepped up, Session Schedule is posted! Time to register!

more info at Drupal Camp Fox Valley

Follow @foxvalleydrupal on Twitter for announcements and use the hashtag #drupalcampfv on social networks to add your voice to the community.

SecurityMetrics/PCI Compliance

Posted by michaels23 on September 17, 2013 at 11:56am

Does anyone have experience with PCI compliance for Drupal sites? I manage a Dreamhost Drupal site for a client that demands PCI compliance and I've hit a snag I need help with.

We've been passing SecurityMetrics scans consistently for several months. Suddenly, the scan is failing with dozens of issues that begin like, "Title: command injection in form_id parameter ..."

Can anyone help me figure out what this means? Is this something I can fix?

Many thanks!

Drupal Association Board Candidates - including our very own Matthew Tift!

Posted by dgorton on September 10, 2013 at 5:00pm

Drupal is a community project and has board members that are elected by the community. 13 candidates have put themselves forward for consideration of 2 slots, and it looks like our very own Matthew Tift has stepped forward.

The candidates are listed at https://association.drupal.org/election/3/candidates and there are times to meet all the candidates posted at https://association.drupal.org/node/18443. I was looking through them when I spotted our very own Matthew Tift as one of the candidates: https://association.drupal.org/election-candidate/68.

September Code Meetup - Come hack on Drupal

Posted by raytiley on September 9, 2013 at 11:07pm

Start:

2013-09-12 18:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago

Organizers:

raytiley

Event type:

User group meeting

Hey All,

Please come join us for this months Drupal Code Meetup. This is a working meetup where attendees are free to work on whatever Drupal projects appeal to them. All skill levels are welcome, just bring your laptop and something to work on. Usually there will be a few "Drupal Experts" around to help you out if you have any questions. Meetup starts at 6pm.

Pizza and Beer are provided by Tightrope Media Systems.

Location:

Tightrope Media Systems
830 Transfer Rd
Suite 1B
St. Paul, MN 55114

Strictly for Entertainment

Posted by jessSchn on September 6, 2013 at 7:38pm

I thought I'd share this with a group of people who might understand what I'm talking about.

Today, I had the drupal logo described to me (from someone who is new to drupal) as "the little blue monster/dolphin/world logo".

It took me a minute to figure out what they were talking about.

September Happy Hour

Posted by wylbur on August 30, 2013 at 3:07pm

Start:

2013-09-05 17:30 America/Menominee

Organizers:

wylbur

Barry Madore

Event type:

Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

DrupalTime Please join us for the first post summer season Drupal Happy Hour! With Labor Day over, we can get down to some serious socializing, and back-patting on the amazing job we did on TC DrupalCamp.

Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 338-3000

Great food and happy hour prices til 6pm

Don't sign-up, show up!

August Community Lab Hours -- Weds Aug 28th

Posted by Barry Madore on August 27, 2013 at 5:43pm

Start:

2013-08-28 17:00 - 19:00 America/Chicago

Organizers:

Barry Madore

jerdavis

Event type:

User group meeting

http://tinyurl.com/august-tcdrupal

Working on a Drupal site (or 2 or 3)? Got questions? Got ideas you want to share? Join us and your peers for an open Community Lab Hours session, conveniently right before our monthly TCDrupal meetup. It's a great place for questions or to just get something done.

Participation is free but space is limited. Please let us know you're coming by describing what you plan to work on at http://tinyurl.com/august-tcdrupal.

We look forward to seeing you on the 28th and every month.

Community Lab Hours
Wednesday August 28th 5-7PM
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408

August TCDrupal meetup -- Best practices lightning talks -- Weds Aug 28th

Posted by Barry Madore on August 27, 2013 at 5:36pm

Start:

2013-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 America/Chicago

Organizers:

Barry Madore

stpaultim

Event type:

User group meeting

The Twin Cities Drupal August meetup is scheduled for this upcoming Wednesday August 28th from 7-9PM.

Best-practices group lightning talk friendly competition

Something new, something different. This month we'll be doing lightning talks with a twist. We'll divide into 2 groups to brainstorm a list of best-practices. One group will focus on site building best practices, the other theming best practices. We'll have 15 minutes to brainstorm a list of 5 best practices tips. Each group will then have 10 minutes to share their tips. We'll appoint a neutral party to judge which group comes up with the best list (and presentation).