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 Happy Hour
Start your year of right with a visit to the Twin Cities Drupal Happy Hour. Get involved as we meet and discuss the coming Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2013!
Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Great beer and food, bring a friend! No need to sign up, just show up!
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Menu Bugs after upgrading CORE 6.24 to drupal-6.27
Re: site : http://99online.us
After upgrading the Drupal CORE from 6.24 to drupal 6.27 : The main navigation menu, under Create Content now shows Blog entry, Panel, and Poll for EVERYONE. Blog entry has permissions set just to Editors; Polls for Editors and Acitivist role; and Panel just for Admin.
When the menu items which people do not have rights to are clicked, they do get sent to "Access Denied" BUT why do these items show up in the menu anyway and how do I get rid of them
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TC Drupal Commerce - ubercart December 2012 meeting cancellation confirmation
Just wanted to confirm that there will be "no, No, NO!" TC Drupal Commerce/ubercart meeting on the Dec. 26.
If you are looking for some great Drupal commerce info to review over the holidays because you cannot bear to go a month without our meetup - I just attended and recommend the Commerce Kickstart 2.0 launch webinar -- it looks to be a great distribution and for those that missed it, there will be a recording posted soon -
Have a great and safe holiday season everyone! Look forward to seeing you next year at our next meetup on Jan. 23rd!
maryann king
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December TC Drupal meetups canceled
No meetups in December! We've decided to cancel the December TC Drupal and TC Ubercart and Ecommerce group meetups which were scheduled for next Wednesday, December 26th (Boxing Day!). Our normal venue, Intermedia Arts will be officially closed next week and almost everyone we know will be otherwise occupied.
So, let's live it up for the holidays and get together next at the regular monthly TC Drupal Happy Hour which is scheduled for the following week on Thursday January 3rd at the Blue Nile in Minneapolis (official announcement to be posted soon -- hint hint...).
Happy holidays! See you in 2013.
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Drupal Camp 2013: finalizing the dates
Hello! We're busy planning the 2013 DrupalCamp have narrowed our choices down to two dates: June 20-23 or June 27-30. Each date has pros and cons, and the planning group is evenly split on the question of the better date.
If you might attend the 2013 camp, which date works better for you? Let us know by responding to this poll. The poll closes on Friday, 12/21.
Our goal is to nail down our dates this week. Thanks so much for your input!
Read moreTwin Cities Drupal Camp dates: Are you more likely to attend June 20-23, 2013 or June 27-30, 2013?
Taking Drupal Cross-platform NA
10 things you need to know to optimize a Drupal website for any device or platform.
When:
January 10th
North America – 2PM EST. Register Here
Drupal Database Best Practices?
I've been using Drupal now for a couple of years but I'm still learning how to program for Drupal and what the best practices are for this.
My question is about adding tables to the database. For the tables that I need to use on my site, is it better practice to add these to the Drupal database (prefixing them so that they are easily separated from the Drupal tables) or should I create a separate database for site specific tables?
Thanks,
Dan
Drupal Happy Hour
Time for another installment of Drupal Happy Hour! Come and meet up with Drupal-Crazy folk, and hear about plans for the coming TC Drupal Camp. Arrive by 6pm for great discounted beer selections.
The Blue Nile
2027 Franklin Ave. E.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
No need to RSVP, just show up!
Read moreWhat beer is the most Drupalish?
Just trying to prepare my personal contribution for tonight's gathering - http://groups.drupal.org/node/269208
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Question on Views
Two students from my Web Programming/Drupal course came up with a Views question that I'm not able to figure out. Linking blocks to other blocks dynamically.
They want to have a block showing a list of vocabulary terms. In this case types of Recipes. On the same page they want to have a block showing all the recipe titles available for any category that is selected. Then, when the user clicks on a Recipe Title the full recipe displays (they already solved this part of the problem).
Read moreNovember Twin Cities Drupal Commerce and Ubercart meeting
Thanksgiving is over and I am still stuffed - and next week is our Twin Cities Drupal commerce and ubercart meeting
Time: 6pm - 7pm (just before the regular TC Drupal meeting)
Where:
Advantage Labs at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
On Drupal Planet, it listed the Commerce Shipping module as being released Nov. 16 -
http://www.bywombats.com/blog/11-16-2012/commerce-shipping-brings-lot-table
Let's take a look at it together to gain a group understanding of the module.
Please RSVP -- thanks!
Read moreNovember TC Drupal meeting on Nov 28th -- Using Drupal to Communicate with your Neighbors
November's Twin Cities Drupal User Group meeting is coming up the Wednesday AFTER Thanksgiving -- November 28th from 7-9PM at Intermedia Arts. We're excited to have E-Democracy.org leading this month's presentation and discussion:
Using Drupal to Communicate with your Neighbors
Presenter/Facilitator: Tim Erickson, Bill Bushey & Steve Clift - E-Democracy.org
E-Democracy.org is interested in learning about and supporting the development of modules and strategies that connect neighbors with one another and help build community - at the street level.
At the November Twin Cities Drupal User Group meeting, E-Democracy.org staff will lead a discussion that includes the following:
- Short introduction to how E-Democracy.org is already using online technology to connect individuals with their neighbors.
- Look at some of the ways that Drupal is actually being used to build real world “community” at the neighborhood level. (Do you have any examples or suggestions that you would like to share?)
- Help brainstorm modules and tools that would be necessary and/or useful in creating a Drupal Block Club site. We’d like to explore the possibility of incorporating SMS and VOIP technology in a Drupal site, designed to help neighbors connect and communicate important information. We’re looking for your ideas and suggestions.
Please come prepared to share ideas and suggestions about how neighborhood organizers might use Drupal in a block club setting and what modules/tools you would use to maximize participation and accessibility to as many neighbors as possible, including those with limited internet access and limited technological skills. We encourage creative thinking around the use of voice (VOIP) and text (SMS) technology.
As always, feel free to bring your favorite beverage to share. We'll provide pizza.
When: Wednesday November 28th 7-9PM.
Where:
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Do any VOIP Drupal installs interface with Organic Groups (and perhaps OG Mailinglist)?
We are gearing up for an initial gathering in the Twin Cities based on this interest - http://groups.drupal.org/node/251383 - and I'd like to point people toward VOIP Drupal - http://groups.drupal.org/voip-drupal - implementations connecting small groups of people in two-way communication.
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Twin Cities Drupal Coder Meetup
Hey Drupalistas,
Tomorrow evening Today is the November coder meetup. As always there is no agenda, just a place to hangout, drink a few beverages, and work on your Drupal projects in the company of other Drupal minded folks
The meeting will kick off at 6:00 PM and go till about 9:00 PM.
Location:
Tightrope Media Systems
830 Transfer Road
Suite 1B.
St. Paul, MN 55102
There will be pizza and beer as always so please feel free to stop by.
Read moreDrupal friendly hosting
I've just recently started to work privately on web development and am wondering if any have suggestions for Drupal Friendly hosting. I develop websites for my day job as well but we do our own hosting so I've never had significant server issues.
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Who's going to DrupalCamp Chicago this weekend?
Is anyone else from the Twin Cities heading to Chicago for DrupalCamp tomorrow? I'm new to both Drupal and the local Drupal community, and I'm heading to Chicago to help get a jump-start on this CMS. I already have travel and housing plans, but I'd be happy to know if there are any local names and faces to look for while I'm there.
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DrupalCon Portland
I just got the official go-ahead to register for DrupalCon 2013 in Portland, so I thought I'd see who else from our area is already on board. Anyone interested in sharing a room?
Read moreNovember TC Drupal Happy Hour -- This Thursday!
What a week -- Halloween on Wednesday and both All Souls/SaintsDay AND the November TC Drupal Happy Hour on Thursday, November 1st!. Get spooky with other Drupalers and the Drupal curious at the Blue Nile for delicious food, beverages and conversation. The festivities begin between 5:30 and 6 and last to whenever.
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