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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.
Working with content field values in a block
I am trying to create a block in Drupal7 that is taking information from the page that the block is displayed on.
Something like this:
Please request more information <a href="/webform/info?line=<taxonomy value>&prod=<content field value>">here</a>.
Where the "taxonomy value" is set as a value on the content type that was created. And the same goes for "content field value".
This will allow me to help pre-populate some fields on the linked webform by passing values through the url.
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April 2013 Monthly TC Drupal Commerce Meeting
You have all seen Barry's note and know that this is the 4th week of the month which means User Group meetings on Wednesday.
Commerce starts at 6 pm and lasts for one hour - it is right before the regular TC Drupal user group meeting.
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TC Drupal meetup this Wednesday April 24th
The Twin Cities Drupal April meetup is this Wednesday, April 24th from 7-9PM at Intermedia Arts. With more snow on the way, sunny July seems impossibly far away. But it's not too early to be thinking about DrupalCamp Twin Cities. The camp website will be launched soon and with it session submissions will be opened. Our mission this year is to encourage a wide variety of sessions from an even wider variety of presenters. This means you! For this first 30 minutes or so of this month's meetup, veteran camp and DrupalCon presenter Joe Shindelar will be sharing some myth and anxiety-busting info about presenting. Join us for Joe's tips and inspiration.
And that's not all -- after Joe we'll be opening the meeting for our new frighteningly popular regular feature: lightning talks. This month, there'll be a twist. You'll have to join us to find out what that's all about. Just show up with a burning question, a problem you've solved (or needs solving), a site or module you love (or hate), an issue you'd like to hear others weigh in on -- whatever. We'll give you a brief platform to share and receive feedback. The more sharing, the more learning and inspiration.
Oh, and don't forget there will be pizza. Bring a beverage to share and the socialization will be that much better.
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Local Drupal Introductions/Connections
I see that there are 450 people listed as "members" of this online group. Last I checked the turn-out at local meet-ups and happy hours is a bit smaller. :-)
As an experiment, I'm starting this discussion as an opportunity for all local Drupal folks (including those who can't make the meetings) to:
1) Introduce themselves
2) Share something about their involvement in Drupal
3) ALSO - indicate what they are looking for in the Drupal community at this time (a little matchmaking).
examples:
* Looking for projects
* Looking for internship
* Looking for job
launching 7 site in godaddy
I inherited an existing Drupal 7 site in godaddy in the following path:
root (html folder name)
index.html
/temp
/cc
/.hcc.thumbs
/test/all the drupal folders
client placed it there so it would be test.example.com
hired me to make finalize changes and design of site within what they had.
they now want it moved out of there to the root folder and launched.
I moved the folders from with test to the main folder
renamed existing temp folder and moved the drupal temp folder
Drupal Core Sprint / Drupal Camp Website
Sorry for the last minute announcement.
Tess and I are planning to meet again on Saturday (April 13th) from 11:00am - 3:00pm at I Am Coffee on Lyndale to do some more work on Drupal CORE.
I'm also working on the 2013 Drupal Camp website and may use this time for that purpose. If anyone wants to join us to work on the website, they are welcome. (Keri may also announce an alternative time/location for working on the Drupal Camp website).
In short, anyone interested in either working on Drupal Core issues or the Drupal Camp website are welcome.
Read moreDisplaying Node Titles Depending on Content Type Node
I have two content types (product and case study). On the case study content type I have an entity reference to the product content type (the idea being that you can associate a case study to one or multiple products). Now I'm trying to setup a view (block) that will be placed in the sidebar of the product nodes. This view block will need to list case study node titles that have a reference to that product node.
I think I need to use Contextual Filters - but I'm not sure what settings I need - or maybe I need a relationship (too)? Any advice?
Read moreTopic Suggestions for Future TCDrupal Meetup or Camp presentations
If anyone is looking for something to do a presentation or lightning talk on at a future TC Drupal group meeting (or Drupal Camp), here are some things I'm interested in learning more about:
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Best practices for SPAM control - I've done the basics and am amazed at what is still getting through. I have yet to find time to research what I'm forgetting.
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Distributions - I've overlooked the option of Drupal Distributions in the past. Starting to wonder if I should look closer at them. When do they make the most sense?
Drupal Happy Hour
Another month, another Drupal Usergroup Happy Hour! We continue to organize our upcoming DrupalCamp Twin Cities, with a concurrent meeting of the planning committee.
The Blue Nile
2027 Franklin Ave. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Come out and meet up with fellow Drupalistas in a very relaxed environment. Great beer and ethnic food.
No need to sign up, just show up!
Read moreIndented Grouping
I was recently asked if I could create a list of products on our website. My catch is that a few of the products require the install of another product. So I need to indent the products that depend on another product.
Something like this:
<Product 1 Title>
<Product 1 Description>
<Product 2 Title>
<Product 2 Description>
<Product 3 Title>
<Product 3 Description>
<Product 4 Title>
<Product 4 Description>
<Product 5 Title>
<Product 5 Description>March 2013 Twin Cities Commerce Group meeting
You have all seen Barry's note and know that this is the 4th week of the month which means User Group meetings on Wednesday.
Commerce starts at 6 pm and lasts for one hour - it is right before the regular TC Drupal user group meeting.
This week we'll discuss adding additional panes to our checkout page and maybe get into how to add an additional submit button to cart button for collection of special offers.
Remember to RSVP.
Also, meeting is held at intermedia arts - address and location listing at top of: http://groups.drupal.org/twin-cities-ubercart-e-commerce
Read moreInvitation to TCDUG to participate at Minnebar on April 6th
Hey folks! Here's something we should talk about about at the meetup this week on the 27th. MinneBar has officially invited our users group (and other groups as well) to participate with a session and lunch discussion at the April 6th MinneBar unconference.
Read the email (below) then leave a comment or come to the March 27th meetup to discuss further. It would be great to organize a Drupal presence for Minnebar. Oh, and get yourself registered -- http://minnestar.org/minnebar/.MinneBar is a blast!
Read moreTC Drupal meetup this upcoming Wednesday March 27h
Our March meetup is this upcoming Wednesday, March 27th from 7-9PM. At the February meetup, there was consensus that it would be great to add "lightning talks" as a regular feature to the monthly meetup. We like the idea so much that we're going to start this month and make Lightning Talks the main agenda for the March meetup.
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Lightning Round Talks at NTC Drupal Day
We have 1 or 2 slots left for lightning round sessions at the NTC Drupal Day on April 11 in Minneapolis. If you are interested in presenting your site or attending the Drupal Day, let me know!
The agenda and registration (it's free!) info are available here: http://www.nten.org/ntc/precon/drupal
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Building Rich Internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5
Register: http://www2.appnovation.com/l/16832/2013-03-18/515d1
During this webcast, our presenter will cover several key concepts related to building rich internet Apps with Drupal & HTML5. These include: Making a website cross-browser compatible; Making a website look and behave like a desktop application; Making the application work on Android iOS and Windows Phones; and, Updating and adding new features.
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Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013: Jeff Eaton a keynote speaker
We're thrilled, nearly ecstatic, and downright excited that Jeff Eaton will be a keynote speaker at Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013. Jeff has been involved with Drupal since 2004 and is a Senior Architect at Lullabot. Jeff is involved with popular projects such as Voting API, Token, and Form API, and Jeff has been an active core contributor. On top of all that, Jeff is a co-author of O'Reilly & Associates’ Using Drupal and is a prolific teacher and speaker at Drupal and general technology conferences.
Read moreDrupal Sprint Weekend
This weekend folks are gathering in over 30 communities around the world to participate in a global Drupal sprint weekend http://groups.drupal.org/node/277768. Members of the Twin Cities Drupal community (pretty much anyone reading this) that wish to participate are invited to join us at:
• Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop
• 530 SE University Ave, Minneapolis
• Sat. March 9th 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Visualizing Neighborhoods, a Hackathon for Good (May 25th)
I am very excited to announce Visualizing Neighborhoods, a Hackathon for Good on May 25th at the Minneapolis Central Library 9AM to 6PM. Organized by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) and consulting from many local groups, this is going to be a very awesome event.
As Drupalers, there will be lots of opportunity to use Drupal to power the backend and data side of data visualizations. It will also be a great opportunity to learn new things and strengthen up those JS skills. It'll be lots of fun and I encourage you to come and bring friends.
Visualizing Neighborhoods is a day-long event to bring together
neighborhood leaders, technologists, data visualizers, designers,
artists, scientists, civil servants, and anyone else interested to
explore how data can be used for research, analyzing, mapping,
outreach, engagement, and communication in our neighborhoods. The
goals are to start conversations, build community, experiment, and
prototype projects for neighborhoods or localized groups.
Nonprofit Technology Conference Drupal Day 2013
Do you manage a website built in Drupal? Are you an Drupal power-user? Are you a software developer serving the nonprofit community? Are you an nonprofit IT decision-maker evaluating Drupal as a content management system?
If any of these categories apply to you, and you’re headed to this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, please consider joining us for the annual NTC Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals.
Read moreTC Drupal Happy Hour
Time for another happy hour! The TC Drupalcamp planners will be there, will you? Bring a friend and let's talk Drupal.
Great food and drink available at the Blue Nile:
The Blue Nile
2027 Franklin Ave. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
No need to RSVP, see you there!
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