September Drupal Newbies August Meetup: Topic Suggestions

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Posted by davidfells81@gm... on August 19, 2011 at 1:40am

We'd like to take requests for topics to discuss at the next Newbie Group. All ideas welcome!

I'm going to tentatively propose a presentation on Aegir.

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I've been looking to get

Posted by michaelfavia on August 19, 2011 at 2:02am
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I've been looking to get reinvolved with the local dug for awhile now and happen to be very well versed in aegir installation, configuration and deployment strategies. I'm unfamiliar with the format of these meetings but I'd be happy to present something if there is genuine interest or just walk everyone the whole process if nothing else. Best, mf

Topic Suggestions

Posted by arkiii on August 19, 2011 at 5:38pm
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Hi David,

I like the topic but i think it might be more appropriate for the Drupal Meetup instead of the Newbie Meetup. The newbie meetup is geared more towards those who are just starting to use Drupal. People who are having issues with installation, modules, terminology, Drupal 6 vs Drupal 7, how to use views, image cache, memory issue, etc. Maybe we can do a show and tell and have some people talk about their sites, problems and how they fixed them....
someone also suggested that we give a talk on using Adwords/Adsense with Drupal....

Another topic that someone suggested was SEO and Drupal. Things that we should be doing when installing the site for the first time....

i'm looking into these as possibilities. Keep the ideas coming....

Theming?

Posted by vizint on August 29, 2011 at 3:18pm
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How about theming - custom content types, views, blocks etc?

Topic suggestion: Drupal install on Dreamhost, Hostgator, etc

Posted by gippy on September 2, 2011 at 3:14am
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Topic: "How to setup a Drupal site on a hosting service" (my favorite is Dreamhost, which claims to offer a free account to nonprofits).

Content:

  1. What are the basic tools one must use? Will cover ftp (command line, or Filezilla), ssh, phpMyAdmin, the web panel, vi, etc.
  2. What is the install process? Will cover setting up an empty database with phpMyAdmin, editing settings.php with vi and running install.
  3. How does one update the modules?

Why this is important: it gives the person what is needed in order to get started with Drupal.

Topic suggestion: Exploring the Drupal database with phpMyAdmin

Posted by gippy on September 2, 2011 at 3:26am
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Topic: "Explore the Drupal database with phpMyAdmin"

Content:

  1. How to use phpMyAdmin (browse, edit, export, import)
  2. Understanding the ideas of a hostname, a server, a database, tables, rows, columns
  3. An under-the-covers look at core Drupal data
  4. Recognizing data created by addon modules
  5. Looking at data after the installation of a module and after the uninstall of a module. Recognizing why update.php is so important.

Why this is important: Understanding MySQL, database concepts and the phpMyAdmin tool essential for anyone learning Drupal.

Re: Exploring the Drupal database with phpMyAdmin

Posted by SJourney on September 2, 2011 at 12:49pm
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This would be an EXCELLENT topic to cover.
Another idea is a MySQL primer for Drupal (using phpMyAdmin or command line). Learning and using little MySQL snippets to help understand, navigate, call, and hack the DB within Drupal. I realize this is far from a newbie topic.

Thanks in advance,
David

edit: updated

great topics

Posted by arkiii on September 2, 2011 at 4:34am
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Love the topics! would you be willing to do a presentation on them? If so, let me know and i'll get it posted to the meetup asap.

thanks,

Fito

Drupal Install on Dreamhost

Posted by gippy on September 2, 2011 at 12:23pm
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I can and will do the Drupal install on Dreamhost ... I recommend Brandon for Exploring a Drupal Database with phpMyAdmin ... he helped me quite a bit on this topic