Next Meeting
Thursday, December 13th, 6:00pm to 8:00pm
ABI Innovation Hub
*** NEW ADDRESS ***
844 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101
*** NEW ADDRESS ***
Website: http://www.abihub.org/
Directions: http://goo.gl/maps/utCke
Parking: "The Strange Brew Lot" (metered) - On Middle Street at Franklin Street, west of Elm Street (behind the ABI) .
Parking: Metered parallel spots anywhere on any street.
Signup!
Please use the built in sign-up functionality so we know how many people to expect.
Topics/Presentations
We'd like to see everyone come prepared to either pose a question/issue they've ran across in the past month or to share something cool/amazing they've discovered in the past month. There are plenty of questions out there, so let's make sure we know what they are so we can get them all answered at this month's meetup!!
Additionally, please use the comments on this event node to suggest topics. If there is a consensus, we will try to have someone prepared to do an informal presentation.
Virtual Meetup!
We will not be broadcasting this week and should discuss our options going forward.
Dinner & Drinks
After each meetup, we depart from the "structured" environment, and continue our discussions over beers and/or food.
The Farm Bar & Grille
http://www.farmbargrille.com/#!__manchester
1181 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03014
(Located at the cross of Elm and Bridge Street)
Map: http://g.co/maps/uegpa
Parking: Diagonally NorthEast of The Farm
Take Elm Street going North
Turn Right on either Pearl St or Orange St. Follow the loopdy-loops to the the inside of the lot.
Comments
I have a conflict this
I have a conflict this Thursday. Hopefully I'll make the January gathering.
I visited the new ABI today!
I visited the new ABI today! It is a very cool space on Elm Street (old McQuades/Chair Gallery/Lili Rugs and Fine Furnishings). The sign on the door has not been updated yet - keep that in mind as you try to find it! Because it is downtown, we have to use metered parking. It is $.75/hr. Thankfully, the machines take coins AND credit cards. I recommend the parking lot west of Elm that I mentioned above.
Michelle Lauer
michellelauer.com
Where is meeting room?
If you look at the street view on Google Maps, are we going in through the door that says Chair Gallery.com? Where do we go once we get inside? Which floor?
Yes!
If you look at Google Street View on the link above, you go through the ChairGallery.com door (which no longer says that). That whole space on the first floor is the new ABI. Since the space is still new, the windows have the previous tenant's name on them (Lili Rugs and Fine Furnishings). The doors are locked, so one of us will be there to let people in. The conference room is inside on the right.
Michelle Lauer
michellelauer.com
Haven't even discussed topics
Haven't even discussed topics this time..
Brady
@fastglassllc
@derailedonline
Topic
If nobody else has suggestions, I have lots of questions/topics that I'd like to hear discussed.
And if there's nothing interesting there, I've been working on my personal website and wouldn't mind getting feedback on it and a couple of the sites that I've been working on.
SEO modules
Sure! I got examples of
Sure! I got examples of nearly every one of those.
Field names can quickly turn into field pea soup! And I've unfortunately learned there are instances where fields cannot be re-used between content types.
I'm using taxonomy for two things on my site. Taxonomy can really be helpful but you must be careful of helper modules on Taxonomy and in the way they are coded. Modules that use the "TID" instead of the Taxonomy name can cause problems depending on your setup (going from Dev->Prod).
Domain names, I use Namecheap. I have about 80'ish domain names I own. I once used godaddy till they decided to support censorship. Thus far, I have been very happy with Namecheap.com
Hosting, I do all my own hosting so I can speak to hosting services.
Brady
@fastglassllc
@derailedonline
Yeah!
@Damien and @Brady That's exactly what I had in mind. I know that this type of exchange of information is priceless to those of us who are new to Drupal. Hopefully, those who have been around a while can get something out of it too.
Taxonomy
I definitely would like to talk about Taxonomy & views, I hit a brick wall with it on a project.
As for the client hosting and domain names. They should be purchasing it so they have direct access and control over it. I usually give recommendations on where to go, for domains I use tosdomains.net which is ENOM, INC. I will not use a reseller of domains ever again. For Drupal hosting for small & medium sites I reccomend A2hosting.com. I have 1 customer on bluehost.com but won't use them again.
Mary M.
If you start doing a lot of
If you start doing a lot of sites for people. I actually recommend registering and maintaining the domain name for them. You make it clear their name is owned by them, but allowing them to register the domain name can cause you some difficulties. I always had problems with people not renewing their domain name and their site go down - then they come to me. Whereas I keep tabs on domain names cause I manage so many of them.
Brady
@fastglassllc
@derailedonline
Doors are locked! Can
Doors are locked! Can everyone be on time? Make sure you have signed up so we know to look for you. If you know you are going to be late, can you let me or Jake know (or post here) so we can keep an eye out for you? In the future, I think they are going to put a doorbell in.
Michelle Lauer
michellelauer.com
I'll probably be early as
I'll probably be early as usual cause I try to avoid traffic on rt3.
Brady
@fastglassllc
@derailedonline
Not sure I'll make it on time
We're having issues with a new refrigeration unit, so I'm not sure I'll be able to make it on time (or at all).
Have fun; do good things!
--Bruce
Taxonomy - plus Views, Apache Solr, and SEO
I assume you had a meeting last night. How did it go?
Weather permitting me to travel from Portsmouth, I will be happy to lead a short seminar on Taxonomy for January's meeting.
We can cover and discuss concrete use cases for employing it in conjunction with Views (for search) and with Apache Solr Search. And we can talk about its value for SEO.
Let me know.
Bob
Thanks Bob! When we post the
Thanks Bob! When we post the January Meetup, please write in the comments what you want to talk about. Looking forward to hearing your presentation!
Michelle Lauer
michellelauer.com