April 30th @ 5pm - 2nd Drupal Users Group Meeting at Purdue Campus

Posted by dougvann on April 2, 2009 at 9:38pm

Start:

2009-04-30 17:00 - 20:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis

Organizers:

david blakesley

elvis2

Event type:

User group meeting

Dave has scheduled the same lab at Purdue where we met last time (WTHR 212; WTHR=Wetherill Hall) for a Drupal Users Group meeting on April 30th from 5-8 p.m.
Reply on this new thread with discussion ideas.
See you all there!

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Hi All, What topic would you

Posted by elvis2 on April 3, 2009 at 7:09am

Hi All,

What topic would you like to cover in the next meetup?

(1) Making a D6 Theme (will split into two sessions)
(2) Adding Ajax/Json to Drupal
(3) Sharing (and illustrating) useful tools we use in our daily work (this could be a group effort)

One last question... Pizza or Bagels? If bagels, what beverage(s)?

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My vote . . .

Posted by david blakesley on April 3, 2009 at 8:28am

I would love to hear how people approach theming (1) and (3) tools. I'm interested in 2 as well, but it might be too advanced for me. I'm happy to learn, though.

I've done some theming myself, but I'm mostly just modifying other designs. I do have a specific task in mind also. I'm looking to improve upon the blocks used at my Parlor Press site (http://parlorpress.com). I'm not that happy with their shape, color, alignment (you name it).

Pizza or bagels is cool with me. Soda is easy, but I'll drink anything from water on up.

Connecting Laptops / Computers

Posted by joshmiller on April 7, 2009 at 9:39am

Connecting Laptops

With most Drupal Meetings, people are encouraged to bring their laptops. While that is awesome, the only way to connect to the internet using your own laptop at Purdue is to us the "Purdue Air Link" program and a purdue user id and password. We can find willing username and password sharers usually, but laptop owners need to install the software first.

Click the following to get started: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/airlink/index.cfm

Dave, is there any way you could get a "guest" account from Itap?

Josh

Guest Accounts

Posted by david blakesley on April 7, 2009 at 12:07pm

I found out that I can request guest VPN accounts, but I will need (to david.blakesley@gmail.com) the following information (today, before 2 pm if you can) for anyone who wants one:

First Name
Last Name
Address, City, State, Zip
Phone

I can use the same information for subsequent meetings, so you will only need to provide this information once.

Thanks!
Dave

Hey Dave, Do you have a

Posted by elvis2 on May 1, 2009 at 10:19am

Hey Dave,

Do you have a contact at iTap? Next meetup we need to be able to have access to some sort of server for demo-ing the drupal themes. Sure would be nice if iTap provided this. Might be a good opp to plug Drupal within iTap :)

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Elvis McNeely
Blogging about Drupal and web development: http://www.elvisblogs.org/drupal

locally?

Posted by mikegoodwin (not verified) on May 1, 2009 at 10:35am

Can't you just run server software on your local machine (e.g. WAMP, MAMP, etc.)?

-Mike Goodwin
Red Leaf Media
http://www.redleafmedia.com

If we are in the lab I think

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:01pm

If we are in the lab I think you can just remove a network / internet cable from one of the machines. I was able to do that using the lead machine.

I'll be missing this one.

Posted by dougvann on April 30, 2009 at 9:25pm

I'm getting plenty of Drupal at the www.cmsexpo.net in Evanston IL. My 3 hr Drupal Kickstart presentation went very well. I hadn't planned on this happening but I was asked to sing the Drupal Song right after my presenter interview. Here's the evidence: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1448530 LOL!

Elvis, I'm cooking up a Drupal HackFest for 5/16 at IUPUI. As soon as the building is procured, I'll post it. Give me a call if you want to talk about a HackFest in your area.

Have fun without me guys!
- DV
- dougvann.com

Doug Vann [Drupal Trainer, Consultant, Developer]
Synaptic Blue Inc. [President]
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Wow Doug, you have a good

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:01pm

Wow Doug, you have a good voice. Unfortunately for me, the voice doesn't come with the name :)

Yeah, about the hackfest, I need to get a response from the guys here. Some of the guys weren't able to make it last night so I will need to make a thread for us to plan the hackfest.

How about "Getting connected

Posted by joshmiller on April 6, 2009 at 9:26pm

How about "Getting connected within the Drupal Community: Finding Answers and Getting Answers"

We could also run a http://www.d7ux.org/ user testing scenario (see latest post)

D6 Themes are a good topic, but I think a community-oriented theme would help those who are new to Drupal get involved and its something that seasoned drupal users in the group can talk about a lot.

I'd even offer to present on getting connected in the IRC channel, what to do with the "issue" form, etc...

Absolutely, hands down has to be Pizza. I will even bring the pizza (more than the two boxes that was there before hand) if others will bring $5 as a cover charge. Also, since we are meeting at 5pm, it doesn't make sense to have bagels for dinner?

Josh

My selfish vote...

Posted by jessehouchins on April 6, 2009 at 10:19pm

D6 theming (since I need to get better at this) and pizza (since I love pizza).

may or may not be there

Posted by mikegoodwin (not verified) on April 7, 2009 at 1:33am

My extended family is having some pretty serious issues that have strained our schedule recently. I'll try to be there, but I can't be certain until the day of. I'm down with theming and pizza.

-Mike Goodwin
Red Leaf Media
http://www.redleafmedia.com

Sorry to hear about the

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:01pm

Sorry to hear about the family Mike. I hope things get better there.

I will concede my original

Posted by joshmiller on April 7, 2009 at 9:20am

I will concede my original request for community-oriented discussion for the themeing session that the others want.

I am also going to be bringing someone from Haan (Earl). So count my sign-up as 2. And for that, two more votes for themeing session.

Elvis -- I am willing to do the pizza pickup as long as you're cool with that idea. I would like to hear from you before April 9th.

Mike -- It would be good to see you there. I'm sure Jesse would like to talk to you, but totally understand the family issues. Family comes first.

Josh

If you are really up to

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

If you are really up to that, be my guest. I was going to have it delivered. Let me know one way or the other, I have some good coupons when ordering on Papa Johns website. :) Last time I put the order in the same day of the meetup...

I plan on attending

Posted by mfocosi on April 7, 2009 at 11:54am

Hello, I heard about this group through Mike Goodwin. I'm the webmaster for the Dept. of Physics @ Purdue. I'm interested in hearing about anything Drupal 6 related since I plan on migrating from 5 sometime. Also, I'd like to hear how other Purdue people have integrated Purdue Career Accounts with their Drupal sites.

Pizza sounds good to me.

-mike

Hi Mike,Nice to see another

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:01pm

Hi Mike,

Nice to see another user on campus coming tomorrow. The theming session tomorrow will prime us for making our own theme from scratch. Something I hope we can do at the next meeting (late this month).

Regarding the PCA & Drupal, I believe it is possible. I will let Dave answer that as he has more experience with on campus and Drupal.

Career Accounts/Drupal

Posted by david blakesley on April 8, 2009 at 3:55pm

I'm glad you heard about us, Mike. Presently, we haven't integrated career accounts into the Drupal sites. It has worked fairly well to just let students and instructors create their own accounts. Theoretically, it's possible, but I think Purdue would have to make an administrative commitment to Drupal that they haven't yet. One thing that would get us going in that direction, though, would be the long-awaited (almost finished) Gradebook module (in Beta 2): http://drupal.org/project/gradebook

Dave

re: Career Accounts/Drupal

Posted by mfocosi on April 8, 2009 at 4:46pm

Thanks. I've written a module that I use in Physics to authenticate with career accounts. I wanted to hear how other depts were doing it to compare notes and get ideas, etc. If you ever start using career accounts and have any questions feel free to contact me.

-mike

I'll be late . . .

Posted by david blakesley on April 8, 2009 at 1:29pm

Just wanted everyone to know that it looks like I may not be able to get to the meetup until after 6:30. An event yesterday was canceled and moved to Thursday, and since I'm an "official," I have to be there. So have at it without me and I'll get there eventually one way or the other!

Dave

Hi All, unfortunately I am

Posted by elvis2 on April 9, 2009 at 4:02pm

Hi All, unfortunately I am going to have to cancel coming to the meetup. I woke up this morning feeling miserable with what seems to be the flu. You are free to still meet and have pizza (Josh, pizza has not been ordered yet) if you want. Otherwise we can pickup on April 30th, the next scheduled meetup.

Here are the topics I wanted to cover tonight:
- D6 theme system architecture
- theme inheritance and derivative themes
- customizing with CSS
- custom templates
- theme hooks
- organization of themes

The following meetup we will put the above into practice and learn the theme layer with themes and using theme hooks inside modules.

Please let me know what you all decide...

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Elvis McNeely
Blogging about Drupal and web development: http://www.elvisblogs.org/drupal

April 30th here we come . . .

Posted by david blakesley on April 9, 2009 at 7:37pm

Hope you feel better soon, Elvis. I mentioned yesterday that I'll be (way) late to the meetup tonight, 6:30ish at the earliest, so maybe given the absence of our fearless leader Elvis we should instead shoot for April 30th. Since it's last minute, let me say then that if you're already on your way, go ahead and meet without us, but if you haven't left yet and get this note, don't come. We'll pick things up next time . . .

Dave

April 30th

Posted by mfocosi on April 9, 2009 at 8:15pm

I'll defer to the 30th too. Get well soon.

-mike

April 30th it is!

Posted by joshmiller on April 9, 2009 at 8:48pm

April 30th it is!

Jesse and my friends are aware that it has been canceled.

Josh

jQuery Slides

Posted by indytechcook on April 13, 2009 at 11:09pm

Here are the slides from the jQuery presentation to use PHP and Drupal functions to dynamically change the content of a webpage.

Neil Hastings
http://twitter.com/indytechcook

April 14th

Posted by dudenhofer on April 15, 2009 at 5:30pm

Hey neil, you may want to post this in the April 14th meetup that was at Promethius where you presented, rather than the Lafayette meetup.
:)

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Good idea.

Posted by indytechcook on April 15, 2009 at 6:54pm

Good idea.

Neil Hastings
http://twitter.com/indytechcook

Hi All,I look forward to

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

Hi All,

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow afternoon. I hope the theming session will start us on the right track to having more drupal training like sessions. Tomorrow I would also like to begin talks on picking a date for a hackfest. :) More details tomorrow.

Expect plenty of pizza, beverages, and lengthy conversation on Drupal 6 theming...

few minutes late

Posted by mikegoodwin (not verified) on April 30, 2009 at 8:48pm

I may be a few minutes late.

-Mike Goodwin
Red Leaf Media
http://www.redleafmedia.com

Hi All, Thanks for the fun

Posted by elvis2 on May 1, 2009 at 10:30am

Hi All,

Thanks for the fun last night! Here is the powerpoint file we used. Enjoy!

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Elvis McNeely
Blogging about Drupal and web development: http://www.elvisblogs.org/drupal

What Mike said . . .

Posted by david blakesley on May 1, 2009 at 11:22am

I'd go with what Mike suggested. ITaP wouldn't give us server space (we don't use their servers already because of various issues related to access). We do have our own VPS that could be used, but I like Mike's idea because I've been wanting to see that done also (if it's possible).

Dave

Just letting everyone know

Posted by elvis2 on July 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

Just letting everyone know of the next event:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/22365

April 30th @ 5pm - 2nd Drupal Users Group Meeting at Purdue Campus

Comments

Hi All, What topic would you

My vote . . .

Connecting Laptops / Computers

Guest Accounts

Hey Dave, Do you have a

locally?

If we are in the lab I think

I'll be missing this one.

Wow Doug, you have a good

How about "Getting connected

My selfish vote...

may or may not be there

Sorry to hear about the

I will concede my original

If you are really up to

I plan on attending

Hi Mike,Nice to see another

Career Accounts/Drupal

re: Career Accounts/Drupal

I'll be late . . .

Hi All, unfortunately I am

April 30th here we come . . .

April 30th

April 30th it is!

jQuery Slides

April 14th

Good idea.

Hi All,I look forward to

few minutes late

Hi All, Thanks for the fun

What Mike said . . .

Just letting everyone know

Indiana

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