Welcome to the Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group. We have an official meetup once every month.
1. Meetings take place every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm-8pm US/Pacific.
Join this group to receive updates. Keep an eye on Slack for information between meetings.
No need to RSVP; meetings are open to all.
Join the online community on Drupal Slack in the #drupal-pdx channel.
You can support our group at OpenCollective.com/portland-drupal.
LinkedIn: Portland Drupal
August presentation?
The Hillsboro High School robotics team builds robots for fun and competition in a semi-sports style as part of the worldwide FTC program. I talked with a few Drupal people after the July meetup who were interested in seeing what the program is all about. We'd like to join you for 5 - 10 minutes at the August 14 meetup to present what we do, answer questions, and bring one or two of our robots to the meeting to demonstrate.
Read moreJuly Brewpal
Just a friendly reminder that, in addition to (or despite) OSCon, we'll be having our regular Brewpal tomorrow, 5pm at the Lucky Lab on Quimby. Come work on projects, ask questions and socialize with other Drupal users.
At 8pm, we may take a walk over to Puppet Labs and crash their OSCon party. :D
Read morePacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2013: Session Submissions!
Dear Drupal Expert,
The 2013 Pacific Northwest (PNW) Drupal Summit will take place October 5-6 in Vancouver, B.C. and we would like to invite you to present at the conference!
Read moreFront-end meetup - July 2013
This month we're talking Git! Chris Bloom will share some basics, then we'll cover some high-level topics with Evan Lovely. If you've ever wonder what this Git thing everybody talks about is, or if you've ever had any process questions, this is the time and place to ask!
Read moreCanceled: Way Out West (July)
The Wed., July 17 Way Out West meetup has been canceled.
Go play games at Metal Toad on Wednesday night instead and/or see you at the Front-End Meetup on Thursday.
Metal Toad Game Night (Wed, July 17, 6pm)
https://groups.drupal.org/node/307848
Front-End Drupal User Group (Thu, July 18, 6pm)
At Squishymedia's office space (116 NE 6th Ave, 3rd floor). If the elevator is locked, take the stairs to the 3rd floor.
Amber
Read moreOSCON Drupal booth - call for volunteers
The Drupal Association has been offered a table at OSCON July 23,24,25th. We unfortunately have a D.A. event next week so are short handed to staff the booth both wed and thur. We can provide all marketing collateral, swag for messaging to help grow the Drupal community. If there is anyone who would like to volunteer for a morning or afternoon shift for wed or thur. Please contact me directly. The pass will provide exhibit hall access (not classes). Thank you ahead of time: Rich@association.drupal.org
Read moreConsultant/Advisor [site builder and/or themer]
I've been working on a Drupal 7 site for Beaverton Foursquare Church. We're looking for a consultant, paid or volunteer, preferably local, to help finish the following tasks.
Entity Reference: Some content types include a field to select users of a particular role. Need some help configuring the views to display the user information to visitors in a useful manner.
Read moreDrupal.org D7 Upgrade Sprint
Drupal.org's webmaster, Neil Drumm, will be in town next Monday, July 22. We've taken this opportunity to organize a sprint and see if Portland can give Drupal.org a push toward D7!
Who: drumm, eliza411, and you
What:
- Lend a hand with remaining development work
- Resolve QA-reported bugs
- Help organize and update Behat tests
See the complete list of issues at http://goo.gl/I3DNQ
Where: The OSU Foundation in the UnionBank Tower at 707 Southwest Washington Street in downtown Portland. http://goo.gl/maps/IIwvZ
When: July 22, 10am - 5pm
Why: We can work face-to-face with the Drupal.org D7 upgrade decision maker and key developer, so the time we spend will be as productive as possible! Also, Drupal.org on D7.
How:
By:
- writing code
- site building
- verifying fixes
- updating tests
Lunch and refreshments will be provided by the Drupal Association. To be sure there's a lunch for you, sign up here by next Thursday, July 18! If you have questions, please contact eliza411: https://drupal.org/user/33570/contact
Read moreMetal Toad Game Night
Come join your fellow Drupalers at Metal Toad Media for a night of competition and camaraderie. We will provide beverages, pizza, and games. Please let us know you're coming by doing the Eventbrite process, but don't sweat it if it's sold out or you forget. The tickets will only be used to gauge the pizza requirements. Visit http://beer.metaltoad.com to see what's on tap.
Read moreOSCON Drupal booth?
Does anybody know whether or not there will be a Drupal booth in the OSCON expo hall (July 23-25)? And, if so, is there a need for volunteers?
Read moreInterview for Research at Oregon State University
Hello,
Researchers at Oregon State University are striving to conduct research to
learn more about the free/open source software community landscape as it
relates to older adults. We’re looking for older adults who are older than
50 and are currently involved with a free/open source software project. You
will be excluded from the study if you are younger than 50, have not
contributed to a free/open source software project, or are not fluent in
English. If you’re interested, we will either do an in-person interview (if
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2013: Registration is Open!
The Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit is back this fall in Vancouver, BC on Oct 5-6. For the past three years the PNWDS has been the premiere regional event for 200+ Drupal pro's from across the Pacific Northwest. Join your fellow intermediate & advanced Drupal developers, themers, & business professionals for an action packed two-day event full of learning and, of course, fun.
Read moreJuly Drupal User Group
This crazy Portland heatwave must be getting to me, because we're totally mixing things up for the July Drupal user group!
- We've got free pizza thanks to the fine folks at Lullabot & Drupalize.me and free beer & drinks thanks to OpenSourcery. So we'll start off the meetup with 30 minutes of socializing and eating (and even some pinballing!). If you or your company would like to sponsor pizza for future DUGs, drop a comment below.
Reminder: 4th Tuesday meetup tonight at Lucky Lab NW
Way out West
Calling all Beginners!
This Wednesday, we will be talking about wireframing and prototyping for responsive design. Included will be a video from DrupalCon and some interesting articles and resources generously suggested by the community. I hope to see you there!
Read morePDX Web & Design Meetup
At last night's PDUG, there was mention of the PDX Web & Design group on meetup.com. Tonight, there is a presentation on Object-Oriented CSS that sounds intriguing.
Here is a link to the group on meetup.com for those interested:
Read moreSlides & Code from my presentation on CTools Style Plugin at last night's PDUG
Here are my slides and code from my presentation on CTools Style Plugins at last night's Portland Drupal User Group meeting.
Slides (PDF):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jrdsgexcr8vveqk/ctools-styles.pdf
Gist:
https://gist.github.com/agentolivia/5745929
Find me on...
Google Plus:
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Twitter: @amberhimes
IRC, d.o: agentolivia
Amber Himes
Senior Development Lead
Serverlogic
Portland Sass and Front-end Meetup
Free Pizza!
Ok, now that I have your attention:
Welcome to the first meetings of the Portland Sass & Front-end Meetup Group! We'll be meeting the 2nd Thursday of every month at Puppet Labs in the Pearl District.
The presentation will start at 6pm and be done a little after 7 giving everyone plenty of time to mingle over pizza and talk about all things Sassy.
Go to event URL to RSVP.
Follow @pdxsass for more info.
Front-end meetup - June 2013
Micah Godbolt will present on "Atomic Prototyping with Angular.js" and show us the really cool stuff he's been working on lately.
We'll meet in Squishymedia's office space again (116 NE 6th Ave, 3rd floor). If you find yourself locked out, there should be a call box outside of the main building doors.
Read moreLooking for volunteer work with drupal theming
I'd like to get more experience for my portfolio and help out an organization or non-profit. I would be willing to work for free or trade. I am not a graphic-designer, I am only interested in front-end dev work.
Thanks.
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