This is a local user group for sharing knowledge about Drupal and networking with other folks in the greater Seattle web/tech community.
SeaDUG meets monthly to talk about Drupal, to plan related events, and to socialize. During SeaDUG meetings we showcase modules and projects, share tips and tricks, and answer nagging questions about Drupal.
We welcome participants from all skill levels and all disciplines related to website building and development - marketers, project managers, developers, designers, writers, devops, user researchers, QA, and more.
Stay in Touch
- Join the SeaDUG Slack workspace to chat regularly with other SeaDUG community members.
- Follow us on LinkedIn for more frequent news and Drupal-related content sharing.
Jobs
PLEASE do not post job offers in this group unless they are local to Seattle, or remote and open to people who live in Seattle. Any job posted to this group that is not in the Seattle/Puget Sound Metropolitan Area or open to its residents will be promptly removed.
Consultants/vendors
Drupal Contractor in the Seattle area
ATTN is looking for Drupal developer in the Seattle area. While Seattle is preferred, we're also receptive to anyone in the Pacific/Eastern timezones. ATTN's engineering team is mostly remote, with the home office based out of L.A. Our software dev methodology is pretty lightweight, agile/kanban organized around a combination of tools: Trello, GitHub, Slack, & Hangouts.
We're looking for a contractor engagement of around 3-6 months. The project is migration of fairly modern D7 project (developed in the last 2-3 years) to D8.
Some details about our Drupal environment:
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Seattle Retirement Savings Plan
Seattle Retirement Savings Plan
http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/retirement-plan
If approved by Council, the Seattle Retirement Savings Plan is expected to begin enrollment on January 1, 2019.
http://tinyurl.com/seatte-retirement
http://mayorburgess.seattle.gov/2017/10/mayor-burgess-delivers-seattle-r...
PNWDS Website SSL Cert In Place
"We've got our SSL cert in place now. Thanks for the patience! Session submissions are officially open until Nov 30th" http://pnwdrupalsummit.org
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October Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, October 26. Note that this is the FOURTH Thursday of the month, not the usual third.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal news
- Drupal Commerce 2.0 - What's in the box?
- Highlights from BADCamp
- Post-meeting food and drinks
Details
The new Drupal 8 version of commerce (2.0) was released on September 20th. We’ll walk through the included features and how to get started.
- Stores
- Products
- Promotions
- Orders
- Taxes
- Payment
- Shipping (contrib)
Got Security?
Drupalcon Vienna
The Future of Internet Security
Chris Tietzel https://events.drupal.org/u/cellar-door
https://events.drupal.org/vienna2017/sessions/future-internet-security
PNWDS Call for Sessions
Tweet it:
Pacific NW #Drupal Summit
Feb 3-4, 2018 #Portland
@DrupalSummit #PNWDS
Registration: $55
CALL FOR SESSIONS
http://pnwdrupalsummit.org/2018/call-sessions
Registration open for PNW Drupal Summit 2018
This fits in a tweety 140 characters:
.@DrupalSummit #PNWDS
Registration Open #Drupal #Portland
Tickets: $55 Rooms: start at $79
http://pnwdrupalsummit.org
http://pnwdrupalsummit.org/2018/university-place-hotel
Official CiviCRM support for Backdrop CMS
Poking the Drupal 8 bear:
"If you've been holding back from using Backdrop because your site requires the popular and powerful CiviCRM, hold back no longer. You can now easily install CiviCRM on Backdrop, or migrate it from your Drupal 7/CiviCRM setup."
https://backdropcms.org/news/official-civicrm-support-backdrop-cms
August Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, August 24. Note that this is the FOURTH Thursday of the month, not the usual third.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal news
- Discussion: Drupal Terminology
- Post-meeting food and drinks
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2018
Announcing Dates and Venue for the 2018 PNWDS Summit in Portland!
The 2018 Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit will take place February 3-4, 2018 at the University Place Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The 2-day Summit will aim to help Drupal developers and site builders "level-up" their Drupal 8 knowledge and ability to:
- Build awesome Drupal 8 sites
- Contribute to Drupal 8 core and contributed module or theme development
- Better understand how Drupal 8 works "under the hood"
- Connect with people in the Drupal community
Save the dates and stay tuned for more details!
Read moreJuly Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, July 20.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal news
- Presentation: Updating and migrating a website from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8
- Presentation: Using Angular with Drupal 8
- Post-meeting food and drinks
June Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, June 15.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal news
- Presentation: Building flexible pages with the Paragraphs module and user-configurable settings
- Mini-Demos: Small module, big impact
- Post-meeting food and drinks
May Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, May 18.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal News
- Discussion: Media management (images, video, tweets, audio, etc.) in Drupal 8, including the state of the Media Initiative, existing contributed solutions, and the plans for media handling in Drupal core
- Post-meeting food and drinks
Part-time Web Designer at University of Washington
The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences is hiring a part-time (60%) web visual designer. All of the College's sites are developed with Drupal.
This position is responsible for the creative concepts, layout, and UI design on a variety of communications projects in web and digital formats and will collaborate closely with web developers, marketing communications specialists, faculty, and administrative staff. Complete posting here:
https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCatego...
April Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, April 20.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal News
- Presentations
- Five Ways to Pass Arguments to Views: Methods of passing field context from a content type to a view, and when and why you should (or shouldn't) use each one.
- Asset Libraries in Drupal 8: Loading CSS and JavaScript in modules and themes the Drupal 8 way.
- Post-meeting food and drinks
Part-time Job for Seattle Developer
WatchGuard Technologies is looking for a part-time, experienced developer to improve our Drupal 7 website.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Ability to architect high-end Drupal solutions including data, display, and information architecture.
Advanced site-building experience including strong understanding of Drupal modules such as CTools.
Provide technical leadership, documentation and code-review to teammates.
Build reusable code for future use.
Optimize website for maximum scalability.
Write functional requirement documents, specifications and best practices.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Read moreMarch Seattle Drupal User Group Meeting
We will meet at 6 pm on Thursday, March 16th.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Announcements
- Drupal News
- Presentations
- Configure patterns for URL aliases
- Define a library to use CSS and JS in a theme
- Use custom site settings for local development
- Post-meeting food and drinks
Planning underway for 2018 PNW Drupal Summit in Portland
In case you missed it, the 2018 Pacific NW Drupal Summit will take place in Portland, Oregon. We will aim for February 2018, but dates and venue will be the amongst first order of planning.
Your Portland Summit planning committee:
Amber Matz (Project Manager)
Jakob Perry
Emilie Nouveau
Jesse Hofmann-Smith
Greg Boggs
If you are interested in the early planning activities, please contact a committee member for more information.
More information including vision, website, dates, and venue to come.
Read moreFront-end Drupal Developer at DSHS in Olympia
Hi Everyone,
I was contacted by a former client who is now at the DSHS in Olympia. They are looking for a front-end Drupal developer for a 6 month contract. I am just passing this along and don't know much more than this.
Ideally they would to hire someone as opposed to sign a contract with a vendor and are open to freelancers. He said the person wouldn’t have to be in the office in Olympia 100% of the time, but would like to see someone down there 1-3x a week.
Here’s a description of the position.
Front-end Drupal Developer (ITS/AS6)
- 6 month contract (start ASAP)
