Spokane Daytime Drupal Group - April 30 - ONLINE!

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Posted by jhodgdon on April 16, 2020 at 6:49pm
Start: 
2020-04-30 10:00 - 12:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
jhodgdon
Event type: 
User group meeting

We hope you can join us for the next daytime meeting of the Spokane Drupal User Group! We decided that during this time, meeting more often seemed like a good idea, so our next meeting is in 2 weeks.

When
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 10 AM to noon
Where
Due to the libraries being closed, this meeting will be held online in a Google Hangout (link will be posted 10-15 minutes before the meeting -- check back).
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What
We spend two hours in a question and answer format, with the participants in Google Hangouts, where they can share their screens, talk, etc. Come with questions about a project you're working on, something you've learned that you'd like to share with others, a desire to improve Drupal in some way (documentation, programming, design, marketing etc.), 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!

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Just pinging the notice as a

Posted by cprofessionals on April 30, 2020 at 3:59pm
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Just pinging the notice as a reminder

Meeting link

Posted by jhodgdon on April 30, 2020 at 4:43pm
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https://hangouts.google.com/call/nHKlzVLproL9jkYfwc7jAEEA

Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon

Meeting notes

Posted by jhodgdon on April 30, 2020 at 6:41pm
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Here's what we discussed today:

  • Next meeting in two weeks! I'll schedule it after I post this.
  • Events:
    - DrupalCon -- Will be online in July
    https://events.drupal.org/minneapolis2020/coronavirus-covid-19-disease-p...
    - PNW Drupal Summit -- https://pnwdrupalsummit.org/ -- postponed until 2021
    - Other events may be happening online, so you could meet people from all over the world -- check https://groups.drupal.org/events?type%5B%5D=regional for events
  • We looked at https://simplytest.me -- which you can use to test new versions of Drupal, new modules, patches, etc. (log in with admin / admin)
  • We looked at the new Layout Builder that is in Drupal Core 8.8, and can be used for laying out the fields on content types in a more flexible manner than the classic Manage Display page.

    In conjunction with View Modes (Structure > View Modes), you could:
    - Define a view mode (just the name is required)
    - On Manage Display for your content type, under Custom Display Settings, make sure your new view mode is checked as customizable, and save.
    - At the top of Manage Display, click the link for your custom view mode.
    - Under Layout Options, check Use Layout Builder and save.
    - Click the Manage Layout button and use Layout Builder to lay out the display
    - In Views, make a view with format "Content" and you can choose your view mode as the format. This is an alternative to using the Fields format and adding all the individual fields in each view -- way more flexible!

  • We looked at adding a search to a view -- which is actually an Exposed Filter. If you do that, go to Advanced and turn on Ajax, as it will make the search run faster (and without a page load).

    You can also index your site using the core Search module and the contributed Porter Stemmer module, and then use the search terms as a filter in Views. That will index all of the fields on the content; if you use regular Filters in Views, you will only be able to search in one field at a time (like "Title contains" and "Body contains" as opposed to "Contains this keyword somewhere in one of the fields").

  • We talked about the Menu Token module
    https://www.drupal.org/project/menu_token

    It looks like it should be usable for context-sensitive menus... it sort of works.

  • We looked at the core Contact module in Drupal 8. Most people will probably want to turn this off and use the Webform contributed module:
    https://www.drupal.org/project/webform
  • We discussed using Cloudways vs. local servers -- Cloudways is useful because you can share the URL with other people, and it doesn't add load to the live server where your site is if it's already overloaded and on its last legs.

    Also Cloudways vs. your own hosted live server: why would someone want to go to the trouble of being your own host, when Cloudways is quite nice?

Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon

Spokane, WA

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