Posted by skowyra on March 15, 2010 at 8:09pm
Start:
2010-04-14 06:00 - 08:00 America/New_York Organizers:
Event type:
User group meeting
Thanks to David Hamilton for arranging the room. https://www.amherst.edu/users/H/dhamilton/drupal_meetings
AGENDA ITEMS:
1) The best night for the monthly meeting. (Group)
2) Al Nutile - Mobile Apps - Their impact and use in Drupal
3) Jim Skowyra - Location and GMap - Setting up a proximity search by zipcode
Please comment on any agenda items you can add or would like to see.
Comments
I'm sorry but I can't make
I'm sorry but I can't make this one. They scheduled a School Committee meeting this Wednesday last minute.
April Agenda?
Is this meetup still scheduled for this Wednesday 4/7? I'm new to the group so just curious if you have an agenda for the meeting?
New meeting schedule
Sorry I wasn't able to stay at last month's meeting long enough to chime in on the change of the meeting time to first Wednesdays.
Unfortunately for me the Amherst Community TV (a budding Drupal site) board meetings are also on the first Weds. of the month at 6pm. It's a conflict not only for me but sometimes for group member Craig Sinclair who administers the ACTV site.
Any chance the group might consider another date in the month? Any Wednesday but the first would work for me.
Thanks.
Stand by - I am asking Dave
Stand by - I am asking Dave and Jim if next Wednesday (4/15) would work or not.
DATE CHANGED TO APRIL 15
OK date is changed as a bunch of us couldn't make it. Also there is a Boston group meeting tomorrow night (http://groups.drupal.org/node/39710). (I also notice Dries is coming to Boston on the 15th (http://groups.drupal.org/node/58723) - man hard to schedule around this stuff.)
Please chime in with ideas on what to talk about next week. Issues you are having? Modules you have not tried and wonder about? Theming questions?
Thanks.
14th or 15th - Wednesday or Thursday?
Sorry if I'm being a pain - can you confirm whether this is being rescheduled to Wednesday April 14th or Thursday April 15th?
Being a Drupal novice, I'd be interested in hearing about most any topic. For example - "the top 10-20 contrib modules I like and why", modules to stay away from and why, hosting horror stories, etc. I'm just interested in finding out more and meeting others working with Drupal.
Wednesday April 14th
Sorry, I put the wrong date - it's Wednesday April 14th
Drupal Toolkits
As an agenda item, I'd like to see how people are using some of the tools in Firefox, such as Firebug and javascript tools. Volunteers?
Location and GMap Zipcode Search Followup
I mentioned a Cliff Notes version of the Location and Search Zipcode search, so here we go:
Core Option Modules: Search
Other Modules: Views, Location, GMap
Add Zipcode table to your database. In the Location module, under the database folder, are SQL scripts that will add a zipcode table to your database. Run the script appropriate for your country.
Under Core-Optional, enable Search
Under Location, enable Location, GMap, User Locations, Location Search
Site Configuration -> GMap - You'll need an API key. Follow the link in the Google Map Initialize section. Add that key. Default settings will work, though you might want to set your default center location.
Site Configuration -> Location -> Main Settings - Set Default Country.
Site Configuration -> Location -> Geocoding Options - Make sure Google Maps is selected for your country
User Management -> User Settings - User Locations - Configure to taste.
Views - Here's a great link to fully explain setting up a Location View. http://drupal.org/node/359463
Remember to expose your filter (if you'll pardon the expression).