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.
Ramp up for DrupalCamp Twin Cities with Site Building class
We have a few spots left in our Site Building with Drupal 7 class taking place next week -- April 24-25. Ramp up to get the most out of the upcoming DrupalCamp Twin Cities by participating in our two-day hands-on class. Learn how to build flexible and powerful functionality all with Drupal configuration best-practices.
This course is suitable both for users who are new to Drupal and those who want to broaden their Drupal skills. Check out all the details and register on the class page -- http://www.advantagelabs.com/drupal-7-site-building.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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DrupalCorn 2012 planning
We will be hanging out in the IRC channel #drupalcorn on irc.freenode.net to discuss whatever you want for DrupalCorn 2012.
This is an open discussion, so please bring any ideas.
So far:
- Current proposal is August 3/4 (Fri/Sat) in Ames or Des Moines with 200 attendees and two keynote speakers
- timeframe, 9am - 5pm with an hour lunch
- an evening event on Friday night
- 4-6 tracks
Potential Tracks (may change based on submissions)
Education
Business
Big Drupal
Configuration
Theming
Drupal Coworking Friday 4/20/12
Our next installment of Twin Cities Drupal Coworking is set for Friday April 20th. Come get some work done with other Drupal developers and sitebuilders. Feel free to work on your own projects/work, chat, collaborate, hang out, etc.
Boneshaker Books
2002 23rd Ave. S. (behind Second Moon coffee shop)
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-871-7110
If you plan to attend, please use this event's signup. Thanks!
Read moreDrupalCorn 2012 planning
Will be hanging out in IRC channel #drupalcorn to discuss whatever you want for DrupalCorn 2012.
This is an open discussion, so please bring any ideas.
Thanks!
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Been thinking about providing my Drupal set-up as a "distribution" -> 2 questions
Been thinking about providing my Drupal set-up as a "distribution" (a complete prefab site that could be shared with other Occupy groups). This has raised 2 questions:
(1) Where-all does Drupal 6 store the site or root address? Is this all stored in
database tables, or does Drupal also write it elsewhere? Where-all in the db tables
(what tables) is the site's address or root address stored? (Of course, this
would have to be changed by everyone who uses the distributions, since their
Twin Cities Drupal.MN Group Meeting
Yes, it's Yet another Twin Cities Drupal Group. Just goes to show you how much the Twin Cities loves Drupal.
Your local Drupal developers are proud to announce our first meeting to be held this Thursday, at The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave. S., STE 245, Minneapolis, MN 554341.
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RP Forum (Drupal 6)
I've implemented RP Forums (http://www.richardpeacock.com/blog/2010/10/rp-forum-drupal-6-module) on a Drupal 6 website. It has many of the features that are required for this project, but I noticed the navigation on it is terrible. Once I navigate from the main Forum page, there isn't a link to easily get back to the main Forum page.
So I was looking to setup breadcrumbs on this Forum, which should solve the problem. However, I'm not sure how to get the breadcrumb feature on here.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Recruitment for Drupal online training project
We are preparing an English version of our Drupal training program and we are looking for people interested in reviewing and testing the materials, at the same time they get advanced Drupal training for free.
We are building a team of 5-10 people (english native speakers) to start on April 16th, 2012.
If you are interested or know somebody that could be, please fill in or share the form to contact us.
http://www.forcontu.com/training-recruitment
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday 4/6/12
Our next installment of Twin Cities Drupal Coworking is set for Friday April 6. Come get some work done with other Drupal developers and sitebuilders. Feel free to work on your own projects/work, chat, collaborate, hang out, etc.
Boneshaker Books
2002 23rd Ave. S. (behind Second Moon coffee shop)
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-871-7110
If you plan to attend, please use this event's signup. Thanks!
Read moreWhat libraries/coffee shops have the fastest Internet?
I'm working on the next edition of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org). When it's ready to be released, I'll have 6 *.iso files with a grand total of close to 4 GB to upload. My Internet connection at home is only 768 kbps for the download (and even slower for the upload) and would require all day and all night to upload this much data. I'm looking for a connection at least 10 times as fast as my home connection.
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Drupal Happy Hour April 2012
Spring has sprung, so let'd head out to the patio at the Blue Nile!
The Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2245
(612) 338-3000
Decompress after a long week of DrupalCon, or get the skinny on what really happened. There will be something for everyone.
If you are a newbie, this is the perfect time to show up! No signups, just show up and say "Drupal" at the bar.
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Any interested in sprint at DrupalCamp Twin Cities on May 20th?
There's a great event called DrupalCamp Twin Cities going on May 18-19, 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Since the event is fairly close to me, I've been thinking about organizing a Media sprint on Sunday, May 20th (as well as during the camp of course!). I'd like to gauge how many people would be seriously interested in attending a full-day sprint. Interested? Comment here!
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DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2012
We are proud to announce DrupalCamp Twin Cities to be held on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis on May 18-19, 2012.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!
Drupal powers websites for the Economist, MTV, The White House, Sony Music, and many local sites, including the Guthrie Theater, University of Minnesota Libraries, The Cedar Cultural Center, and the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Registration for this event is now open, and in the coming weeks we will put out a call for sessions and panels that feature information about Drupal development, design, and business strategies.
Read moreMarch TC Drupal meetup this Wednesday!
Join us for the March TC Drupal users group meeting this Wednesday from 7-9PM.
Minnesota was prominently and prolifically represented at DrupalCon Denver this past week. If you were there, come share your highlights with the rest of the community. Short, sweet, informal but informative is all we ask. Drupal coder meetup host Ray Tiley has already generously offered to talk about what he's learned about the state of Panels.
If you could not make it to Denver for the annual gathering, join us to learn what's in store for Drupal's future.
Remember that the 4th Wednesday meetup is now taking place at:
Advantage Labs at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Parking available in the two enjoining lots to the north of the building (enter the driveway from Lyndale Ave).
This month, we have the exciting luck to be sharing the facility with another event -- the Open Kitchen Love at First Bite Friendly Dessert Contest -- hosted by our friend and co-working colleague Robert Karimi.
We'll have our own separate space in which to be all Drupally but we've also been graciously invited to participate in the dessert event. Check out the details at http://intermediaarts.org/artist-in-residence-robert-karimi-open-kitchen.
So, come prepared to share DrupalCon discoveries and/or a culturally specific dessert (Drupalicon cupcakes anyone?).
See you Wednesday!
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March Drupal Commerce and Ubercart meeting
Hi Everyone!
Wednesday evening, March 28, from 6-7pm (the hour before the TCDrupal User's group meeting) is out regularly scheduled Twin Cities Commerce User Group meeting.
Last week was Drupalcon Denver - so I am sure many of you are just trying to pick up where you left off before attending:
Agenda for our meeting:
- quick review of the commerce file download module - last month's meeting topic
- setting up checkout
Remember, we are at the new Advantage Labs location in the Intermedia Arts building (see above) --
Read moreBest sources of Drupal job leads
In addition to this group's meetings and happy hour events, what are the best sources of leads for Drupal jobs in the Twin Cities? (I will be attending this group's events regularly.)
Where would you recruit Drupal developers? I have started doing Drupal development on my own, and I'm interested in working as a Drupal developer.
Some sources of leads that I know NOT to rely on are:
Read moreOne last appeal to Twin Cities Drupal people to help with Occupy Wall Street Drupal Site (an opportunity)
Re: http://99online.us -- an Occupy Wallstreet site and a way to serve your country.
I am making one last appeal to Twin Cities Drupal people to help with an Occupy Wall Street Drupal Site. This could be viewed as an opportunity, if you are pro-OWS and live in the Twin Cities, because my site is the only Occupy Wall Street site around the area (though there are a few in the US). [Most OWS webmasters, though, unwisely went with some WordPress with BuddyPress sort of kit -- and many of the sites run poorly.]
Read moreCREDIT CARD VALIDATING
hello frndz..... i am just looking for the CREDIT CARD VALIDATION in the ubercart.
Q:-when a customer makes a payment, only the credit
card is validated and no payments are made. This number will be stored in the database.
How do I enable clean URLs?
The clean URLs feature isn't working on my web site (http://www.dopplervalueinvesting.com). When I log into my admin page and go to Configuration -> Clean URLs, I get the button for running the clean URL test and the following error message:
Use URLs like example.com/user instead of example.com/?q=user.
Clean URLs cannot be enabled. If you are directed to this page or to a Page not found (404) error after testing for clean URLs, see the online handbook.
Also, the clean URL test fails.
Read moreSelecting a theme
I'm looking for advice on how to select a Drupal theme. What do you look for in selecting from the 289 available for Drupal 7? I'm not sure what exactly makes one theme more suitable than another for various tasks. That said, I see that one criterion I should aim for is maximum compatibility with different browsers.
Since I'm new to Drupal, I assume I should stick to something that's user-friendly, has been around for some time, and is widely used and supported. (That's the logic behind why I recommend Linux Mint for first-time Linux users.)
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