Spokane Day-time Learn/Co-Work Group May 21

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Posted by jhodgdon on May 9, 2015 at 9:49pm
Start: 
2015-05-21 10:00 - 12:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
jhodgdon
Event type: 
User group meeting

We hope you can join us for the next meeting of the Spokane Day-Time Drupal Learning and Co-Working Group!

When
Thursday, May 21, 2015, 10 AM to noon
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Log in and click the "Sign up" button, if you think you will be coming. You will be reminded the day before. The meeting will be canceled if not enough people sign up by the end of the day the Monday before the meeting. You can always click "Cancel signup" at a later time if your schedule changes and you can no longer come.
Where
Spokane County Library - Argonne branch, 4322 N. Argonne Road, Millwood. Note change of room from prior meetings! We are meeting in the small conference room at the library. From the hallway, go into the library proper, past the checkout/information desk, take a right and you'll see the room on the right.
What
Learning and "co-working" time - bring your laptop, or watch on the projector screen. Come with a project you're working on, a desire to improve Drupal in some way (documentation, programming, design, marketing etc.), a question about Drupal you would like to get an answer to, or a desire to help others with their projects and questions. Or just come and listen and observe.
Who
Everyone is welcome -- the only prerequisite is having some interest in Drupal. This group is usually 5-10 friendly people, with experience levels ranging from novice to expert, so you'll fit right in. Because of the size of the group, you will have time to share something you've learned, or get your questions answered, or both!

Note: If you'd like to have a meeting at another time that is more convenient for you, please feel free to organize it! See http://groups.drupal.org/node/161584 for a Wiki where people have listed when would be convenient for them to have meetings.

Sign up now! Log in and click the "Sign up" button if you plan to come, or probably will come, to ensure the meeting actually takes place. The meeting will be canceled if not enough people sign up by the end of the day the Monday before the meeting.

Comments

I can't make it today!

Posted by denuevojose on May 21, 2015 at 4:58pm
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Going on vacation next week... will rejoin when come back!! I will miss you guys!!!

I can't make it today!

Posted by denuevojose on May 21, 2015 at 4:58pm
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Going on vacation next week... will rejoin when come back!! I will miss you guys!!!

Meeting notes

Posted by jhodgdon on May 21, 2015 at 9:45pm
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What we talked about today:

  • One person needs a wizard-type thing to walk someone through steps to set up their "community" on the site, and then customize it further:

    • For guiding people through forms, Jennifer suggests the Tour module, but this is apparently only available in Drupal 8.
    • Sites to look at for ideas on wizards and community engagement: BaseCamp.com, Slack.com, NextDoor.com, LinkedIn.com, Tumblr.com
    • For setting up a framework for a "community", probably they need a wizard. Steps: Set up a Drupal form (using the Form API, easy to program) that would ask for the basic information (Community name, Description, etc.) that is really needed to set it up. When the form submits, it would set up the community and settings, and then they'd have a sidebar leading them to the next (optional) steps, or a Dashboard page.

  • Social media integration: Wants to get feeds from other sites:

    • Twitter only allows you make a widget on their site and display it on your site. They used to have an API but they discontinued it.
    • Facebook - may have an API, used to have onerous terms of service, probably need to synchronize
    • Ideally: want to make an integrated "Social Media" feed, but Jennifer doesn't think the existing sites/APIs support/allow this (check Terms of Service).

  • Ubercart module for file downloads - There seems to be some documentation: http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user/3345/selling_files or http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/95633/how-can-i-sell-files-usi...

  • Bar code generation for Ubercart (for selling tickets etc.) - see http://www.ubercart.org/forum/development/19409/bar_code_every_order_id and https://www.drupal.org/project/barcode -- would need to talk to the event host to find out what format they need for the bar code, what number, etc.

  • Some events don't need bar codes. In that case you'd just print out (or make a PDF) from the order confirmation, and/or have it emailed, then display it on the smart phone or print it out. Some links for this: http://www.drupalfx.com/content/sending-emailing-ubercart-invoices-pdf and modules https://www.drupal.org/project/print https://www.drupal.org/project/tcpdf https://www.drupal.org/project/printfriendly

  • Did a Rules module demo/tutorial https://www.drupal.org/project/rules

  • Question: how to get a drag-and-drop interface like on the core Taxonomy vocabularies list in Drupal? Answer: when you are creating a form, add an element of type "weight" to the PHP form array. This will show up as drag-and-drop for users with JavaScript, and put in a "Hide row weights" link for people who cannot use a mouse (such as blind users). Check the core modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.admin.inc file -- first function: taxonomy_overview_vocabularies(), which does this.

  • Question: How to have a "tag search" feature? Answer: Use the core Taxonomy module, and then use Views to set up a search. Should be pretty basic...

  • SEO - The content is the main thing, plus having a good URL for the page, a good title, and having people link to your site for better page rank. If you want meta-tags, the module https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag will help you get them onto your site's pages.

  • We talked about Jennifer leading a 2-3 hour Views and/or Rules class... will try to schedule something in the next few months.

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