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.
What web hosts do you recommend?
My Swift Linux web site (http://www.swiftlinux.org) is up for renewal in early November. My current web host is Fatcow, which offered me a $44 special for one year but will now charge me $88/year.
The things I'm looking for are:
1. Support for Drupal
2. A relatively low REGULAR price: I'm not interested in a temporary special deal, because I do NOT want to change web hosts in the future.
3. Support for 3 GB/month bandwidth initially but with additional plans supporting more bandwidth (I now know better than to believe in "unlimited" bandwidth.)
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Jason Hsu
CityCamp Minnesota - Community 2.0 Unconference Nov. 12
We'd like to invite area Drupal developers to mix it up with folks from local government, community orgs and more at the first CityCamp in Minnesota.
Read moreDrupal vs. Ruby on Rails
It was great meeting you tonight at the Drupal User Group meeting.
Is there anyone here with experience in BOTH Drupal and Ruby on Rails? I'd like to hear your perspective on when you prefer using Drupal and when you prefer using Ruby on Rails. Also, how does the difficulty of learning Drupal compare to that of learning Ruby on Rails? (I'm currently learning Ruby on Rails, and it's proven to be FAR more difficult than I expected. Learning Python was so much easier.
Read moreAudio Files don't work in blocks or within Panels
I have added audio files to Story using Audio Field, Mp3File File field and Audio Insert. If the story is open on its own, the audio files work just fine. If I pull the story into Panels front page, instead of the Mp3 Player, I line that says "You may need Adobe Flash Player" The same happens if I create the player within a block.
Any ideas on where I am going wrong?
Thanks!
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October Drupal Happy Hour
Hey all! So, I am not in the Twin Cities anymore. But! I'll be around next week and would love to get a drink with all of you. Are people around and interested? Blue Nile would be great as I am staying in Seward.
Read moreDrupalCamp Twin Cities 2012 Wiki
This wiki is for planning planning information and decisions for DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2012. The camp is 18-19 May 2012 at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus.
Related pages
Read moreDrupalcamp Twin Cities 2012 Planning Committee Minutes
This web site holds the minutes for the DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2012 Planning Committee. The 2012 camp is tentatively planned to be held on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Campus on 18-19 May 2012.
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DrupalCamp Twin Cities 2012 Kick Off Meeting
The first meeting will be taking place this Thursday coinciding with the Drupal Coder Meet up from 6:00PM. We'll get started with the DrupalCamp discussions probably by around 6:30 or as we get a quorum.
For those that don't know, the Drupal Coder Meet up takes place at:
Tightrope Media Systems
800 Transfer Road
St. Paul, MN 55114
The main goal is to get us all amped up for 2012 and start laying some groundwork for another super successful camp! This meeting is open to any who'd like to get involved with camp planning and logistics for 2012.
Please RSVP here if you plan to attend so we can make sure there's enough space!
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September tc drupal ecommerce/ubercart meeting -- need help
Hi everyone! Our regularly scheduled TC Drupal Ecommerce/Ubercart user group meeting is tomorrow night (Wed., September 21).
Plans are to continue building a version 7 drupal ecommerce site.
the location for this meeting will be at Advantage Labs -
Advantage Labs Offices in the IATP Building
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
There is parking behind the building and on the street. To get yourself buzzed in, please dial #97
Read moreLocal Drupal Hosting
Hi Folks, been having a bit of a hard time finding a good drupal host.
For 8 years I had my own dedicated box (not VM) at the planet but finally got sick of maintaining and patching so left for a shared host. This works fine for most basic drupal sites however however a couple of the more heavy duty sites we built are having serious issues with slow sql.
I looked all over the net but nothing is popping out as a serious drupal host that is priced within reason for a single site monthly charge. Any suggestions?
Ted
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Drupal Theming class
During this two-day class, you will start by exploring the bare bones of Drupal theming and proceed step-by-step through completing a custom theme. Learn development best practices using a well-tested theming framework. We'll cover in-depth theme coding methods, including how to use pre-process and theme functions to get fine-grained control. Come away from this class understanding not only how to create and work with Drupal themes but also how to ensure your themes are secure and stable.
Read moreDrupal 7 Site Building class
In two days, participants will be brought up to speed on configuring Drupal websites utilizing Drupal 7. We will combine presentation, demonstration and hands-on exercises. This course is suitable both for users who are new to Drupal and those who want to broaden their Drupal skills.
Read moreOctober free Introduction to Drupal workshop
Looking for a great introduction to the Drupal CMS and best-practices strategies for using and developing Drupal sites? We invite you to attend our free Introduction to Drupal workshop on Friday October 14th, 2011 from 2-4PM. It is a stand alone, in-person workshop designed for anyone curious about Drupal and interested in learning how to approach Drupal in a sensible way.
Read moreUpcoming Drupal training opportunities
Our primary mission at Advantage Labs has always been to help people get the resources they need to get a lot done. So we're excited to announce we're ramping up our Drupal training program beginning this month. To get you up to speed, we're offering a range of training opportunities from our free Introduction to Drupal informational workshop to one and two-day intensive classes designed to take you from beginner concepts through advanced site building and theming practices.
Check out our schedule and feel free to contact me at info@advantagelabs.com with any questions you have.
Free Introduction to Drupal workshop
October 14th 2:00pm - 4:00pm
We provide a introductory overview of Drupal and explore best-practices for developing a Drupal site. Details and registration -- http://www.advantagelabs.com/introduction-drupal-experience
Drupal 7 Site Building Class
October 25-26 9AM-5PM
In two days, participants will be brought up to speed on configuring Drupal websites utilizing Drupal 7. Details and registration -- http://www.advantagelabs.com/drupal-7-site-building.
Drupal Theming
December 6-7 9AM-5PM
During this two-day class, you will start by exploring the bare bones of Drupal theming and proceed step-by-step through completing a custom theme. Details and registration -- http://www.advantagelabs.com/drupal-theming-0
Simple News help
I could use some help with simple news. I switched from acajoomla to drupal simple news. The do not work the same. I have been trying to find information about simplenews emails but I am could not.
I need to import several different email lists that have over 1000 names. I can only send out 750 per hour. How do I set the limit per hour?
How do I import different email lists and be able to select specific lists per newsletters?
When I import the different lists, I do not see where I can select the specific list for that newsletter. Some lists are b2b and some are b2c.
September TC Drupal meetup
Can you believe it, September is upon us. Time to make plans to attend the September Twin Cities Drupal meetup. This month, Joe Shindelar (aka eojthebrave) will provide a compact and entertaining demonstration lesson on "How to Build a Module." Come explore module building basics including insight into when NOT to build a module.
And that's not all! One lucky attendee at this month's meeting will walk away with a copy of the just released The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7. This invaluably hefty tome includes a chapter by local Drupal heroine, Allie Micka! If you ask nicely, I'm sure she'll autograph it for you...
Also on the docket for the meeting:
- notes from Drupalcon London from the folks who represented the Twin Cities in the UK
- your questions and announcements
- pizza (of course)
- your favorite beverage (of double course -- if you bring some to share)
See you there!
Location/time:
Advantage Labs Offices in the IATP Building
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
7-9PM
VPS help?
Hello,
Does anyone have experience in installing or enabling a GD library (php-gd-5.3.5-1.fc14.i686) on a virtual private server (VPS) with GoDaddy?
The server is Linux CentOS with a C-panel control panel.
The library is used by Drupal (PHP) for working with images. It's not enabled on this VPS. I tried a number of things along with their support guy and could not get it enabled.
Of course GoDaddy has it listed as one of the php libraries that are installed by default.
Any advice or help would be welcomed.
Thanks!
Corey
612.203.0728
September Drupal Happy Hour
Join us to meet and socialize with the local Drupal community. No agenda, just show up, talk about whatever you like and partake of the great East African cuisine and world-class beverage selection.
See you there!
The Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404-2245
(612) 338-3000
DrupalCorn Day Camp 2011 - Are you attending?
Our neighbors in Ames (DrupalCorn) are putting on a one day developers conference on September 17th. Rather than hijack their camp thread, I thought I would throw out a discussion for the Twin Cities list.
Anyone attending? Anyone interested? As of today there are 30 spots left. (the camp is limited to just 65!) Here's the link to the DrupalCorn Day Camp 2011 site.
A DrupalCamp just 5 hours away is too much!
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