NCSD-DUG (North County San Diego Drupal Users Group) is re-merging with the original downtown San Diego group, and thus will no longer be meeting at the NAMM Museum Of Making Music.
Come say Farewell to Roberto Montero!
AchieveInternet's and San Diego's very own Roberto Montero is heading off to the Bay Area, and I will miss him lots! You might know him from all the volunteer work he's doing for the user group and SandCamps since 2010, or from just being a generally friendly guy who's always willing to help with your Drupals. In either case, there will be a little beer & grill get-together today to say Farewell until BADCamp :)
Master Chef Lee Regan is providing the venue and the menu, and I'll be bringing a couple of Booty Boxes from Mission Brewery.
Time is 7:00pm
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San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup in Old Town Pasadena on August 23, 2012
Drupal meetups are officially back in the San Gabriel Valley and are now on the 4th Thursday of each month. Following our reboot of the SGV Drupal group with our Reboot and Drupal After Dark at Intelligentsia on May 17th, we're meeting this time at Il Fornaio in Old Town Pasadena on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm. Join us!
Those interested in participating remotely during the featured presentations are welcome to join us via WebEx.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
Drupal Best Practices Training in Downtown Los Angeles on September 4, 2012
Join us on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 for Drupal Best Practices, a full day of Drupal training!
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
In this class, you'll learn about Drupal development best practices, including version control, using the Features module to keep your configuration changes in version control to the industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments.
You'll also have a full day of access to the Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training company located in Los Angeles.
Read moreDowntown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on August 21, 2012
The next general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 and will be at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
Our featured presentation is Drupal at Sea with Princess Cruises, by Nate Craddock (@darthmario). We'll be hearing how how Drupal is used at Princess Cruises and on its new ship, Royal Princess, which is coming in June, 2013.
Meanwhile, Droplabs hosted its third code sprint and barn raising for the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks on August 17 & 18, 2012. We'll have a repeat of the How to Create a Project on Drupal.org presentation from that barn raising and briefly discuss how the code sprint and barn raising went.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles.
We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
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Barn Raising and Code Sprint for the Echo Park and Arroyo S.E.C.O. Time Banks at Droplabs on August 17 & 18, 2012
Join us at Droplabs on Saturday, August 18, 2012, for a Barn Raising and Code Sprint to benefit the Arroyo SECO Network of Time Banks! We are also having an open meeting of the Time Bank Tech Team the evening before on Friday, August 17, 2012 that you are welcome to attend.
There's something for everyone at this event. If you're interested in learning more about Drupal and getting some practical hands-on experience, or if you're a Drupal power user and would like to help mentor others into using Drupal's best practices for site development, this is an excellent opportunity.
The Arroyo SECO Network of Time Banks is a non-profit community collective with a mission to facilitate the cooperative exchange of goods and services among its members. Since September 2011, the Arroyo SECO Network of Time Banks has been using Drupal to manage their community website at http://arroyoseco.timebanks.org and its currency system.
At this barn raising, we'll be improving Community Weaver and creating features. The work we do will be shared with TimeBanks USA, which will directly benefit the 400+ time banks that have their own sites that use the same Drupal distribution.
This is our third barn raising for the time bank. See http://ex.tl/ZTT for more information about our previous barn raising and code sprint.
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs on August 31, 2012
We're happy to take part in yet another Drupal Coworking Friday, a free coworking day at Droplabs, your FREE coworking and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles.
Drupal Coworking Friday is a worldwide event spurred in part by the DrupalEasy Podcast #65, which featured Droplabs.
We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:
- Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot
- Free, metered WiFi
- Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis)
- Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space
- Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved)
- Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved)
- Heat / air conditioning
Droplabs is supported by donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.
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Anyone want to present for next weeks meeting?
Next weeks meeting is Wednesday the 15th.
We are looking for anyone to present.... I of course can present as a backup, (I will be there this time :)
Topics we have not spoken on recently are :
- Design Best Practice/tips and tricks
- Team workflow
- Module development
If you would like to present a topic or a job, Please get in contact with one of the groups listed organizers and we will make sure you receive the allotted time you need.
Sounds like we might have a Pizza Sponsor :)
Read moreFrontend Drupal meetup at Filter Digital and via WebEx on August 28, 2012 in Culver City, CA
We're excited to announce our new Frontend Drupal meetup, which meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month. This month, we're meeting at Filter Digital, a digital solutions agency in Culver City, between 7-9pm on August 28, 2012. This meetup focuses on design, usability, accessibility and theming, and as part of the Design 4 Drupal movement is about inviting the larger design community to become a part of the Drupal community.
This is looking to be a great kickoff for our series of Frontend Drupal meetups! At our inaugural session, we'll have a presentations about the Foundation framework by Ishmael Sanchez, another presentation on Adobe Edge by shaRon and a lightning talk on @fontyourface by joyseeker.
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll also have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks.
We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 9:30pm.
About Design 4 Drupal (D4D)
Translating a design into a Drupal "theme" is often a high barrier and it has been difficult and costly for many designers to have a “design-driven approach” to Drupal. Feedback from the design community has often focused on the difficulties of designing for the Drupal theme system, which combines several programming disciplines and languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.
Design 4 Drupal is an organized movement in the Drupal community to help make Drupal more friendly and approachable to designers, information architects and usability engineers, and in general anyone who is interested in customizing Drupal’s output to the web page.
At its core, Design for Drupal is about inviting the larger design community together to be a part of the Drupal community and enabling designers, usability engineers, developers, information architects and themers to coordinate efforts, come up with creative ideas and work towards making Drupal easier to use and look beautiful.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Light food and refreshments will be served throughout the evening courtesy of our food, drink and venue sponsor, Filter Digital, a digital solutions agency.
Filter Digital's client list spans global brands and Fortune 100 companies to startups and boutique firms. Let us help you create a digital solution that fits your needs!
The projection equipment, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites.
Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
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Drupal drop-in: co-work & collaborate at Pannikin's Del Mar
Join us at a Drupal drop-in, to collaborate, co-work, clarify and share insights, at Pannikin's Del Mar (2670 Via De La Valle, near I-5). What did you learn at DrupalCampLA last week? All experience levels are welcome. (This re-starts our Solana Beach Drupal Meetup series, back by popular demand.)
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Drupal Coming to UCSD Extension!
Douglas Hoffman: Instructor at UCSD Extension
Read moreIntroduction to Drupal Workshop and Fundraiser at Droplabs on August 31, 2012
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats Drupal! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success?
This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
This is the perfect workshop for you if:
- You're new to using Drupal and need a jumpstart in planning a large project
- You're investigating Drupal's viability for your next project
- You're wondering whether to invest time in learning Drupal
- You don't have the time to learn Drupal but will be involved in a Drupal project
Seating is limited. You'll have access to the experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day! Sign up now at http://www.larks.la/training
Read moreSANDcamp 2013 Planning Kickoff Meeting
Hello Everyone!
Can you believe it's time to start planning SANDcamp 2013?! I'd like to know who is willing to help us make this camp the best SD has seen yet. Please comment with your availability and what you've helped accomplish in past camps. Meetings will be taking place on weekdays in Downtown @ Sage Tree office. Once I get enough feedback I'll schedule the kickoff meeting, most likely mid-August.
Thanks!
-Diana
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2012-07-26 North County Drupal User Group meetup
No North County meetup this month. Instead, let's all go to Drupalcamp LA the day after on July 28th and 29th!
Read moreHigh Performance Drupal Meetup at Citrus Studios and via WebEx at the Yahoo! Center on August 7, 2012 in Santa Monica, CA
The High Performance Drupal meetup is meeting once again on the 1st Tuesday of the month. Please join us on August 7, 2012 at Citrus Studios at the Yahoo! Center in Santa Monica. That's right, for the month of August, 2012, this meetup is in Santa Monica and not Downtown Los Angeles.
At this meetup, we're featuring a presentation by Alon Girmonsky of BlazeMeter, who is presenting on the Drupal integration with BlazeMeter, a self-service, load and performance testing cloud that's 100% compatible with Apache JMeter, the popular, open source performance testing framework.
We'll also hear from engineers at Riot Games (developer and publisher of the insanely popular League of Legends multiplayer online battle arena video game) about how and why they are using Drupal to power a number of their systems, from their marketing site and discussion forums to in-game announcements.
For any changes to our agenda, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated. Those who sign up will also receive the FreeConferenceCall and WebEx conferencing information.
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Aug DUG Meeting
The August meeting of the San Diego DUG is happening on Wednesday Aug 8th at 7:00pm at the Hall of Champions in Balboa Park.
As usual, we'll start off with introductions and news items.
Then we will review noteworthy items from DrupalCampLA, 15 minutes max. And Diana Farias will inform us of upcoming planning items for SANDcamp 2013.
For the main course:
On August 1 a complete rework of phoenixcollege.edu was launched on Drupal. Zakiya Khabir, Rich Yumul and Burt Lo from Sage Tree will show interesting and juicy bits from under the hood.
Drupal Best Practices Training on July 27, 2012 - 60% off at DrupalCamp LA!
Join us at DrupalCamp LA in Irvine, CA on Friday, July 27, 2012 for Drupal Best Practices, a full day of Drupal training! This class is being offered at $199 — that's a 60% discount off our normal prices.
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
In this class, you'll learn about Drupal development best practices, including version control, using the Features module to keep your configuration changes in version control to the industry-approved deployment strategies that let you move smoothly through development, testing and live environments.
You'll also have a full day of access to the Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training company located in Los Angeles, and Chapter Three, your Drupal experts in the Bay Area.
Read moreDrupal for Developers Training on July 27, 2012 - 60% off at DrupalCamp LA!
Join us at DrupalCamp LA in Irvine, CA on Friday, July 27, 2012 for Drupal for Developers, a full day of Drupal training! This class is being offered at $199 — that's a 60% discount off our normal prices.
In this class, those with web development experience in languages such as PHP, Java, or .NET will learn about Drupal from a development perspective. You'll also have a full day of access to the Drupal experts at Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, development, consulting and training company located in Los Angeles.
No prior experience of Drupal is required. Sign up today or contact us with any questions.
Read moreHigh Performance Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on July 3, 2012
The High Performance Drupal meetup is meeting once again on the 1st Tuesday of the month. Please join us at Droplabs, your FREE Drupal event and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles, on July 3, 2012.
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, breakout sessions, raffle prizes and full-length presentations.
As always, we'll also have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks. We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 9:00pm.
The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
For any changes to our agenda, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated.
Read moreCreating a node with parameters passed in.
Hey everybody,
Let's say I wanted to create an article (one of the default content types that comes rolled with D7) with a title of "Testing". How could i pass in parameters to the url that would "prefill" the node add form?
I'm imagining something along the lines of:
/node/add/article?title="Testing"
Unfortunately, this does not work. Does anybody do something similar to this or know an equitable solution? Thanks for any help guys.
Kurt
Read moreLocalhost site no longer working - what can I do to restore it?
Hello everybody,
My localhost site that i've been working on no longer works- it gives me a HTTP Error 500 message. I've been committing and pushing to a private repo pretty regularly. Even when I revert to an earlier version, it still gives me the same error.
My site's database is an SQLite db, located in the sistes/default/files directory.
Does anybody have any tips, information, and/or resources I could use to try to restore my site? Any information is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Kurt
