Posted by jhodgdon on April 30, 2020 at 6:43pm
Start:
2020-05-14 10:00 - 12:00 America/Los_Angeles Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
We hope you can join us for the next daytime meeting of the Spokane Drupal User Group! We are currently meeting every two weeks online.
- When
- Thursday, May 14, 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!
Comments
A few questions for the May 14 meeting
Hello,
At risk of breaking our traditional meeting format, I wanted to suggest a few topics for discussion:
See you tomorrow!
Link to join
https://hangouts.google.com/call/Ex9axYtGBc52ZYFXtVzKAAEA
See you in a few minutes!
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Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
Meeting notes
Here are my notes on what we discussed today -- feel free to add comments/notes of your own too:
- DrupalCon -- Will be online -- July 14-17
https://events.drupal.org/global2020/
- 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
https://www.drupal.org/project/autologout
- Shawn has used that module; works well.
- For Matthew's application, the information is confidential to them, so maybe give them the option to set their own timeout time? The Automated Logout module does that.
- Matthew is using this module: https://www.drupal.org/project/views_field_view
- Jesse suggested the Twig Tweak module to embed views instead: https://www.drupal.org/project/twig_tweak -- suggests that the other module may not be checking access and providing those contextual links. See also https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/261097/programatically-render...
- How to control the behavior of a field with multiple values such as an entity reference that has more than one value? For example, I want to list the title of a field and the values inline separated with a comma and have the field be hidden when empty.
- The problem is that all the fields needed to be put into a rewrite together, so they display in one table cell. But the label will be displayed even if the field has no values.
- We tried several things that didn't work with rewrites, empty text, etc. in the view.
- Shawn suggested
https://www.drupal.org/project/views_conditional
- We also explored using a View Mode (see notes from last meeting on Layout Builder). The idea is to add a view mode specifically for that view, then lay out the fields you need there, and then display the Rendered Entity in the view.
- With that you can also have a custom Twig template for rendering that entity view mode. See https://www.drupal.org/node/2186401
Allows you to add an entity within an entity (for an entity reference). For example, you are adding a Location page, and you want to add the Staff members while editing that.
- Shawn: Maybe use field groups https://www.drupal.org/project/field_group -- but apparently the ability to use multi-step from field groups is removed in Drupal 8
- Jesse: Form Steps module https://www.drupal.org/project/forms_steps
Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
Recording Drupal Group meetings?
Is it possible to record these meetings for those of us unable to make it at the time?
Maybe?
If we wanted to record meetings, we would need to get everyone's permission to do so, because anything we posted would presumably be open for anyone in the wide world to see. One concern would be that several people in the meeting are willing to share their proprietary information within the confines of our group, but maybe would be less likely to want to share if their thoughts and screen shares would be recorded.
If everyone consented, we would also need to figure out how. I know Hangouts used to have a thing called "Hangouts on Air" that went directly to YouTube, but that has been discontinued. I think it's possible to record from Zoom... maybe not from Hangouts. Not sure...
For now I think the best thing is just to post meeting notes, and then if people who couldn't attend have questions about things in the notes, they could post them and hopefully get answers.
Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
Makes sense
I loved your demo of the new layout builder and would have loved a recording of that. And while I knew it was possible to record from Zoom, I totally agree that if this interferes with individuals sharing info, it would be a deal-breaker. No worries!