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Drupaltherapy Training in Boston
We would like to announce this newest Drupal training opportunity that will take place on Friday, April 29, 2011, from 9:00AM to 5:00PM at CompuWorks in sunny Boston, MA. If you've enjoyed the Drupaltherapy screencasts then this is your chance to spend a day with the same level of high quality instruction in a supportive learning environment.
This intensive all-day workshop will arm new and novice users with fresh Drupal 7 skills including installation, configuration, core functions, theme development, and dose of Drupal stunt driving. We provide high quality Drupal instruction in a price bracket that non-profits and small businesses can afford. You'll get eight solid hours of training for a great rate.
If you want a kick start to the Drupal project then this class will give you a good one. Expect a dizzying overview to set you on course to better understanding with Drupal. These classes book full very quickly, so register early! Deadline to register is April 22, 2011. To learn more about these classes, check out the FAQ.
A note to you seasoned developers in the Boston area. These trainings are a great opportunity for that client of yours form whom you have just completed a new Drupal-based website. Trainings offered by third party trainers are a great value to your clients, while not competing for their loyalty as customers.
If you or your clients need Drupal training, please please click here.
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Video of VoIP Drupal release talk at DrupalCon Chicago 2011
Hello everyone,
Here is the footage of last week's VoIP Drupal announcement at DrupalCon Chicago 2011:
http://www.voipdrupal.org/node/152
The video provides background information about the VoIP Drupal initiative, describes the overall organization and roadmap of the project, and concludes with potential applications of the platform.
Thanks so much to the VoIP Drupal team, to CivicActions, and to everyone who provided constructive feedback throughout this journey. We are now looking for partners to test VoIP Drupal, contribute code, and make sure it lives up to its expectations!
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Emergency configuration help needed
Looking for someone to do some one (or many) off consulting work asap. We have a live site and are experiencing serious config issues all over the place. We need someone with some good experience and know how with as many modules as possible to help with configuration. In particular
organic groups
lm_paypal
If you're interested please call Mark, 617-953-7059.
Thanks!
Mark
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RFP by the ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA, NORTHEAST REGION - website upgrade
The Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region is accepting proposals to redesign, and further develop the regional web site. This will be a concept to completion production. The purpose of this RFP is to provide a fair evaluation for all candidates and to provide the candidates with the evaluation criteria against which they will be judged.
The existing http://acm-ne.org web site was originally designed and produced in 2008 on a Drupal 6 and modified slightly in 2010. The site is maintained with in-house resources.
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Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - April 5, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Note: ROOM and FLOOR CHANGE - E51-145, same building
Feature presentation: A (Web) Face for Radio: Building a Platform on Drupal 7. This presentation, by David Moore, details the National Public Radio's new Drupal powered platform.
Read moreVoIP Drupal at DrupalCon Chicago 2011
Hello everyone,
VoIP Drupal is going to have a strong presence at DrupalConChicago 2011!
In particular, we will be organizing the following talks and sessions:
* on Tuesday (3/8), an Ignite Talk at 4:30pm at the Day Stage
* On Wednesday (3/9), a BoF session about the VoIP Drupal foundations - VoIP Drupal - Wed 9 March 10th, 12:00pm - 13:00pm in Colorado room
Network Solutions says Drupal is "very bulky software"
I have something I think is interesting that I'd like to float by you all.
I've been approached by a client to assist with his Drupal installation on Network Solutions. In short, it's slow and producing errors.
In the Network Solutions control panel, you can install a default copy of Drupal. It has a basic installer and a module adding interface. Knowing that NetSol wouldn't even talk to me for a custom install, I installed their default copy. I then used their tool to enable Devel.
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Event for people not attending Drupalcon
Hey folks,
I was thinking of putting together a little unconference style event at our office next Saturday, March 12th for folks who aren't able to make it out to Drupalcon. Is anyone interested in this? It could also be a cool time for people who did attend to present on the topics they learned about at various sessions.
Read more1st release of the VoIP Drupal platform!
Hello all,
It is with great pleasure that I would like to announce the first release of the VoIP Drupal platform: http://drupal.org/project/voipdrupal!
VoIP Drupal is an innovative framework that brings the power of voice and Internet-telephony to Drupal sites.
VoIP Drupal can be used to build hybrid applications that combine regular touchtone phones, web, SMS, Twitter, IM and other communication tools in a variety of ways, including:
Read moreHold your events at the MassChallenge Space--One Marina Park Drive in Boston
MassChallenge has a website built in drupal and more work than we can possibly get done alone. Hold your event in our awe inspiring space, take advantage of our free beer, pool table, ping pong table, fooz ball table and xbox afterwards, and possibly help us install a module or two while having fun! No commitment to actually doing work is required, but we do ask permission to beg for help at the beginning or end of your meeting. :) Don't like working for free? Let's settle it with a best of three in eight ball.
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Reminder: Tonight! Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - March 1, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Hey, tonight....reminder!
Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - March 1, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
Details: http://groups.drupal.org/node/125944
Want to present? Ideas include, but certainly not limited to:
Showcase a site or project in progress
Practice your DrupalCon presentation with the home crowd; get feedback
Debug an issue
Network, advertise or find a job
Calling students: Well, Hello Drupal!
Probably most people involved in the Boston Drupal User's group are well too advanced for this event.
I wonder if you might help us by referring this link specifically to students who would consider using Drupal, but haven't had any experience with it yet?
Event Registration: http://hellodrupal-march2011.eventbrite.com/
Blog post: Well, Hello Drupal!
About the event: Hello Drupal!
Join us for a workshop at Acquia's Woburn office. This is suitable for students and career switchers who might consider a career in open source web development.
During this workshop you will experience using Drupal, and learn about the community as well. We'll tell you about the kinds of jobs available, and how you can determine which is right for you. You'll also talk to professional developers who work at Acquia, and find out what it's like to be at a busy start up. And you'll get to use Drupal and see how it works, and understand why so many companies, organizations and agencies are using it.
Read more on the registration page to see if this is the right event for you http://hellodrupal-march2011.eventbrite.com/
Read moreNew England GiveCamp - Coding for Charity
We wanted to let you know of a rather special community event coming to Microsoft NERD in Cambridge from April 29 – May 1st.
New England GiveCamp brings together non-profit organizations and developers, designers, and other technical professionals for a weekend of developing web sites and other custom software to benefit the participating charities. Last year, 100+ volunteers donated an estimated $170,000 of services to 24 New England non-profit organizations, with solutions developed in WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Quickbooks, Salesforce.com, Silverlight, ASP.NET and more.
Read moreSubmitting a project
Hi folks,
Me again. This may be a dumb question, but how so I get permission to submit a project to D.o? I read through the documentation, but it takes me through a loop sending me back to the same "Access Denied" page for creating projects. Is there a form I need to complete to have my permissions increased?
Read moreWorkflow modules for Drupal 7
Hi folks,
I am rebuilding our website in Drupal 7 and I want to build in a simple content publishing workflow process. I would typically use the Workflow module, but there don't seem to be any plans for creating a D7 version. I took a look at Maestro, which seems very powerful for creating business process workflows, but overkill for editing workflows among small teams.
Does anyone have recommendations on approaches to building out workflow processes in Drupal 7? I was thinking of just using Rules and Fields, but I would love to hear any other recommendations.
Read moreFatal Error when I try to run cron.
Hi Everyone,
I have a website with the Newsflash template, I just upgraded to 6.20, everything was fine, I updated the database, then I needed newer versions of CCK and Views, and once I uploaded those and tried to run cron, I get an error message on the page instead. I have tried Googling it, and have searched on Drupal.org, but CANNOT find the answer!!! I tried uploading the older versions of CCK and Views one at a time, and I still get this error:
Fatal error: Class 'view' not found in ...../includes/common.inc(1696) : eval()'d code on line 2
Read moreMoved to March 22 - Boston Drupal Dojo - Dries Talk at Boston Globe
Hi Folks,
Our next scheduled 2 Dojo's being trumped by other Drupal events, first Dries is talking about the future of media and the Boston Globe on Feb 22 http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/16117997/ and Drupalcon Chicago falls on the other potential Dojo.
We are having our next Boston Drupal Dojo March 22 at 6:30pm. In this Dojo, we will be going over the core modules in Drupal 7, reviewing what each does, and discussing some of the cool new improvements for with this release.
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DrupalPVD Meetup
We've set the date for the next Providence Drupal Meetup. It'll be on Wednesday, March 30th at 6:00pm at McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon. We’ll be in their private room; food and drinks will be served. Parking is free on and off street (starts at 5 pm).
Read morePlanning free Drupal training for students in Boston area universities or colleges
Hello Boston folks!!
The Acquia office building has a good sized venue for training, and we'd like to open it for students to join us for a peek into Acquia, into the Drupal community, and get hands-on training with Drupal. This would be appropriate for both undergraduate students and career changers who've gone back to school.
I'm looking for some contacts in area colleges and universities. I need some advice about the best time to schedule training, the best way to reach out to interested students, and how to contact the open source groups in the area colleges and universities.
Read moreBoston Drupal Meetup - MIT - March 1, 2011 @ 6:30 pm
UPDATE: Tonight's meet-up is now at 1 Broadway, Cambridge - 5th floor of the Cambridge Innovation Center
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