NWDUG meets on the second Tuesday of the month and features expert help, discussions and demonstrations.
Bring your Drupal questions and problems, as well as any projects you'd like to demo.
We meet in MadLab, in Plant Noma in the northern quarter of Manchester.
We usually have a round up of all the Drupal news, one or two talks, followed by any other business before moving on to the pub. Specifics are announced on our Meetup group, https://www.meetup.com/nwdrupal/
We also have our own slack channel, DM @nwdug on Twitter for an invite.
Help required - moving drupal site off server to localhost on Linux laptop
Hi all, I'm a drupal newbie and not super technical. Working as a part-time web assistant in Manchester and the role is requiring more technical knowledge than I have so would really appreciate some help! Basically the organisations current site has been recently migrated to Drupal and is installed on an old server which is unable to cope with the current basic and user-unfriendly site we have, not to mention the additional functionality I want to install with new modules and themes (lots of other stuff living on the server aswell).
Read morehi, drupal NW!
Hi,
I am fairly new to drupal, but I am currently a senior progress open edge analyst programmer.
I am in the process of starting my own company and I'm very interested in drupal. I'm working on A couple of my own projects and also a few small web sites to get started as well as hosting and seo.
Is it worth me coming to one of your meetings? I haven't got any issues as such or anything to contribute, but I would like to get myself into the drupal community.
My aim is to get enough income to run my business full time...but that's besides the point.
Cheers,
Paul.
Read moreDrupal Multisite??? Shared cck fields???
I'm not sure if this is simple question or not, but I'm a little bit confused.
I am planning on developing 4 drupal sites that are essentially pretty much the same in terms of what they do, they will look different but will more or less do exactly the same job as each other with the odd exception. What I'd like to know is if it is possible to feed the sites from the same database and most importantly can the sites share the same cck fields 'if and when' they are required, or do you need to either share all fields or non at all?
Read moreMigrating data to CCK field in D6
Hoping someone might be able to advise. I'm trying to migrate data from an old site across to my drupal site. Ive pulled the data out from Access (dont ask) and now have it sitting in the drupal mysql database. Ive used table wizard to draw the data out and check it via a view which works nicely however when trying to use Migrate Ive now come un-stuck due to the change to Migrate V2 which has no UI (certainly not for drupal 6 anyway). Im just not upto the level of being able to use migrate v2 comfortably and was hoping someone might be able to point me in a new direction?
Read moreWest Midlands November Meetup
Bring your Drupal problem
This month's session is 'Bring your Drupal problem'. We'll try to solve it for you. Bring your laptop!
Location
Lichfield Business Village
The Friary
Lichfield, WS13 6QG
Getting there
NOTE: Stephen's Contact Number: 078666 (Three Four Two Eight Two)
Read moreDrupalScienceCamp Cambridge - 21st and 22nd January 2012
You can signup for this event by going to http://www.drupalsciencecamp.org.uk/ - the fee to attend is £10 - a real bargain!
Note: These dates are now confirmed!
Note: Registration for the event will take place for everyone at 9am on Saturday morning - there will be no early registration on Friday evening
We are planning a DrupalScienceCamp to start 2012 off with a bang - or at least a bump to get you through January!
This camp will take place at the Science Park in Cambridge (hence the title!).
Read moreDrupal 6 for Developers Training Course, 2 days for £499
We have a couple of spare places on a Drupal course we are running in November which we can offer at a discounted price. Please see details here:
Course Title : Drupal 6 for Developers
Course Outline: http://www.nobleprog.co.uk/training/drupal-6-developers
Course Date: 2011-11-14 09:30:00 - 2011-11-15 16:30:00
Course Price: £499+VAT (normally £1490+VAT per person)
Remarks: A complimentary buffet lunch will be provided
Venue: London
Please use the link here to book a place on the course: http://www.nobleprog.co.uk/node/13988/41964
MANCHESTER DRUPAL LUNCH UP - WHO'S IN?
So it seems I am not alone in finding evenings, paricularly Fridays impossible to handle for the North West Drupal user group. Mark Hope [http://twitter.com/markhopetweets] has the same issues.
What if I were to propose a shorter lunch break style casual Drupal meet up in central Manchester? Would anyone be interested? We could elect a cafe and just socialise, talk Drupal and share knowledge, advice. I am pretty sure some of my team would be up for it but what about other Drupalers in Manchester?
Read moreNorth West Drupal Usergroup Meetup July 2011
The only thing on the agenda this week will be a discussion about the Schema module, what it is and how to use it.
Come along and join in the discussion! We usually meet up at 6 and will stay at MadLab for a couple of hours before moving to the pub.
Manchester Venue details and map are available from http://madlab.org.uk/content/north-west-drupal-user-group-15/
Read moreDrush & Drush Make on Mac- How to setup and use 'Drush Make'?
Hi everyone
Another question for anyone out there that understands 'Drush Make'.
I have Drush setup (Mac OSX) and am pretty competent in using it. The issue I now have is that I'm a little unsure as to how to get 'Drush Make' working which I require to save time on Drupal site setups. I've looked for videos etc (this is the way that I managed to get Drush running correctly) but have been unable to find a good example that I understand.
Does anyone know of an absolute idiot proof tutorial or perhaps can post an easy to follow guide?
Any help will be much appreciated
Thank you
Read moreHierachical Location Fields
Hi
I'm new to Drupal and have been pulling my hair out now for quite a few days now trying to configure something that I would have imagined to be a very basic requirement.
All I need to figure out is how to create some kind of hierarchical field select system for locations in this instance. For example I have UK Counties (taxonomy), I would then like for arguments sake to select West Midlands and then a second field should dynamically show all the towns in the West Midland's area to enable the user to select one.
Read moreViewing forum posts in Drupal 6
Hello,
Can anyone help me with a problem I have allowing a certain role to view forum posts.
A user with the correct role can create a forum post and view the node when it is saved. However, when they go into the forum to view the post it does not show!
Looking at the forum overview/activity page, you can see that there is a new post but when you follow the link there is nothing there!
The node definitely exists as I can see it and edit it, in the Content listing page.
Drupal Drop In - London, December 2010
This being the season of giving and receiving the Drupal Drop In for December will focus on how your Drupal site can exchange information and services with other sites.
The London Drupal Community, in association with The Guardian Open Platform and generous sponsorship from Microsoft, invites you to an evening of presentations and discussion exploring the use of third party web services for Drupal sites.
Tickets
This event is free but you must register to receive a ticket.
Read moreNorth West Drupal User Group
We’re at MadLab this month from 7pm (NOT the usual 6pm as there was already another event going on.)
Some of us are planning to meet at the Common Bar (the one just across the road from MadLab) at 6pm as apparently they have really good burgers! It looks like they also do vegetarian food - http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/food
Here's the line-up for this month:
- Welcome and introductions
- Drupal news and upcoming events
Commercial Drupal Support
Hello,
I run a large(ish) Drupal site (Approx 11,000 nodes and 4000 users) and currently have a support contract with Acquia that is about to be renewed. It really pains me to say this but, I think their service could be better!
Given this, I have decided to look at what else is available in terms of support. Can anyone recommend (ideally from their own experience) commercial support? What else is out there?
Also, I would be keen to hear about anyone's thoughts, or experiences regarding Acquia.
Many Thanks.
Read moreNorth West Drupal User Group - Manchester, UK
MadLab, here we come!
LOCATION
MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN
MAP
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36-40+Edge...
Here's the line-up for this month:
- Welcome and introductions
- Drupal news and upcoming events
- Eli's Fantastic Introduction to the Wonderful World of Profiling and Debugging like Real Grown Ups Do
North West Drupal User Group
The north west Drupal user group will be meeting at the wonderful MadLab again this month!
Here’s how it's shaping up this time:
Welcome and introductions
Drupal news and upcoming events
Show and tell - www.thecareerbreaksite.com by Jane Trimmer
H2CM site sprint info by Peter Jones
Backup, update/upgrade, make sandwiches and more with Drush by Ste Mount
Possibly another talk or Q&A
Close and pub
If anyone else would like to do a demo or give a talk let me know beforehand.
Read moreSoftware For Estate Agents
OnlineWD™ has recently finalised it's Estate Agency Database Framework (EADF). Built entirely with Drupal and custom modules, to find out more about OnlineWD™ EADF browse to http://www.onlinewebsitedesign.net/web-based-software-for-estate-agents. This framework is extremely efficient when compared to other solutions and far less expensive, for example a property page acts also as a printable brochure and a window display is automatically created from property pages using rules.
Read moreDrupal Administration Course in Manchester, UK
Now you have your Drupal site, how do you use it?
We'll show you how to administer Drupal: from adding and editing content to managing users and permissions, tagging your content and even setting up a forum.
You'll need to bring a laptop: this is a hands-on course and you'll be building and administering a Drupal site throughout the day.
More information at http://menusandblocks.co.uk/drupal-training/drupal-administration
North West Drupal User Group
Where: MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN
Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=36-40+Edge...
The north west Drupal user group will be meeting at MadLab, thanks to MabLab for your continued support!