DrupalCorn Meeting

Because a good number people will be attending Maundy Thursday services and other conflicts this month, there will be no meeting this month.

We hope to see you May 11!

 
Feature Presentation: Code is magic
Arcane passages of strange symbols seem to create magic when combined in just the right ways. Prestidigitation, transfiguration, divination, healing, creation and destruction are all made possible with secret magical languages: code is magic.

With all the chaos around this time of year, we don't really have a topic for this month. So, instead, we are going to cancel the formal presentation and meet at Brick City Grill starting around 7pm. We can do our normal bring your questions or ideas to share, but instead it will be with beverage and appetizers instead of laptops and projectors.

Location

Due to rampant illness, the November CIDUG meeting is cancelled.

We hope to see you December 8th.

 
Feature Presentation: Maps
ISU Extension and Outreach have recently put maps on some web sites. Bonnie Le Page and Kristi Elmore will talk about the two different ways we did this.

On the www.visitiowafarms.org website, we used a Drupal Module called OpenLayers. The other method uses geojson files and GitHub to embed the maps, see http://netctech.org/current-board/

Location

Website accessibility is starting to gain interest among web communities by becoming an important component of website development. Resources and guidelines are becoming more relevant and available than ever before. We will take a walk through the WCAG quick guide and some online tools to assist with testing your site for compliance.
We will cover the following:

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Backdrop is a fork of Drupal 7 intended as an easy upgrade path for small to medium sized organizations and websites. This meeting is going to show off some of Backdrop's improvements, including its new configuration management system, drag-and-drop layouts, and site migration.

Thursday, August 11, 7pm to 9pm followed by beverages at a local watering hole.

Location

Having a development environment that is as similar to the production environment as possible is essential for developing code that will work the first time when deployed. Unfortunately, being focused on development, you don't necessarily have the time to become a Linux systems administrator who can whip up a Linux virtual machine on a whim. ... Or do you?

<img src="https://groups.drupal.org/files/tb14679948424_0c48861269_z.jpg" width="620" alt="Launch of the cargo ship Houston City" title="Launch of the cargo ship Houston City"

Meeting for this month has been canceled. Most members are attending DrupalCon in New Orleans.
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Our next meeting will be June 9, 2016. A new event with a topic will be posted in the coming weeks.