Welcome to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Drupal Group -- the place to get involved with the Twin Cities Drupal community whether you're new, a core contributor to the Drupal project or somewhere in between. Register for the group to get posting privileges and to be notified of what's going on.
Looking to connect with other local friendly Drupal people? Check out the Events tab for a rundown of our regular meetups and other upcoming Drupal-related events.
You can also join your Drupal peers and mentors in a couple of places:
- Slack tends to be more active these days. Join https://tcdrupal.slack.com. If you need an invite go here to get an automatic invite to the Slack team
- IRC -- #drupal-twin-cities on irc.freenode.net -- to ask questions, propose ideas, socialize. Check out Drupal.org for more info about IRC and Drupal including how to create a new account and connect. Or come to the next local meetup and someone will help you get started.
Twin Cities Drupal Open House
TC Drupal Open House - 2014
Please join us on March 1st, 2014 for a day of conversation and collaboration as we celebrate Drupal and the Drupal community.
When: Sat. March 1, 2014 | 9:00am - 5:00pm
Arrive between 8:30 - 9:00am for coffee and conversation
Where: Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408
We have run of the whole place including the theater and galleries. All we need is you!
Who: EVERYONE!
- This is for anyone who has a hankering for Drupal
Help us name our "unconference" event
Tomorrow, we're hoping to officially announce and open registration for our midwinter "unconference" event. However, we'll still not very united on what to call it.
Ideally, we're looking for a name that:
1) potentially convey the "openness" of the event
2) avoids confusion with TC Drupal Camp
3) Is a little fun.... :-)
Original ideas:
- TC Drupal Midwinter Unconference (not sure that everyone knows what an "unconference" is)
- TC Drupal Midwinter Camp (Don't want to confuse this event with TC Drupal Camp)
Midwest PHP 2014
MidwestPHP is back in Minneapolis again for its second year, March 15th-16th, boasting 2 days filled with sessions about Zend Framework 2, PHPUnit, RabbitMQ, Vagrant, Application development, Security, and more. And if you're new to PHP, there's something for you too- php|architect will be hosting a training day to cover the basics of PHP on the 14th.
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DrupalCamp Twin Cities
Twin Cities Drupal Camp will be held on Thursday, August 7 through Sunday, August 10, 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. We'll kick start camp with a day of classes on Thursday, followed by two days of workshops, and end with a sprint on Sunday. Save the date and plan to join the fun!
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February Coder Meetup - New Day!
The coder meetup is back for February! Due to no clear consensus on a day I've picked the third Wednesday of the month. This month the coder meetup will be on Wednesday the 19th @ 6:00 PM. For more info on the coder meetup see below.
Location
Tightrope Media Systems
Suite 1B
800 Transfer Rd
St. Paul, MN 55114
What is a Coder Meetup?
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D6 Calendar – Event Times Wrong!!
Hello,
I have a client who is still running a D6 site and somehow all of their event times are off by 6 hours. They were fine yesterday.
I checked the time zone setting under site configuration and it's correct.
I believe it has to do with the Calendar Views and the Date and Time (field_event_date) - From date.
I added a new event and it's working fine with the correct time.
However, all the events already created are still wrong.
I'm wondering if any of you would know how to override of fix all the times universally.
Link:
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SEO meetup
Hi Everyone!
We all know that SEO is a VERY important function of creating websites for our clients -- and I mentioned at our last commerce meeting that I joined an SEO meetup group -- I wanted to share this with you -- an upcoming workshop this month - all are invited - look forward to seeing you there.
click on the link below to learn more
http://www.meetup.com/theSEOs/events/158485732/
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Be Nice! February Drupal Happy Hour
Be Nice!
Come join us at the monthly Drupal happy hour and learn to play nice with others. We're a friendly bunch that won't ask to show us your code on the first night.
Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 338-3000
It's warm inside and nobody will ask you to shovel. Promise!
Read moreTC Drupal Quarterly Coordinating Committee - Winter 2014
In November we decided to hold a quarterly coordinating committee meeting (until we come up with a better name). With that schedule in mind, we're due for a meeting in February prior to the Happy Hour. NOTE: We're trying to schedule this early enough that it does NOT take over the scheduled Happy Hour.
TC Drupal Coordinating Committee Meeting
February 6th, 2014
5:00 - 5:45pm (Immediately preceding Happy Hour)
Blue Nile
2027 E Franklin Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612) 338-3000
Proposed agenda: http://tinyurl.com/lylhskw
Read moreSEO and Ecommerce followup
I had stated in our January 2014 ecommerce meeting that I would share this video from a Minnesota SEOs Network meeting I attended a last week - if interested, join the group -- Randy shared his thoughts on the future of SEO and google
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMQ1I_yBwb8
Enjoy!
maryann king
www.emkayandco.com
Getting more involved with Drupal
I’m really excited about the global sprint weekend for Drupal this weekend, so I wanted to share how I started to get more involved with Drupal, as well as some great resources that I’ve found helpful.
I started working with Drupal over five years ago now. At the time, I preferred to hand-code HTML and CSS for sites that I built, although I wrote some custom backend code with PHP and, yes, ColdFusion. I’m a team of one in my organization, so front end, back end, UX, information architecture, content strategy, those are all on my plate.
Read moreHow does Drupal sync data across multiple datacenters and other questions?
I have a few questions on Drupal. i am evaluating it for my company and I keep getting stuck on 3 things.
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How does drupal replicate content across multiple datacenters? If I have my authoring server in one location, how does the content and metadata stay in sync?
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I need to use a single sign on solution. How would this work if none of the webservers are shared?
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If I have content that is the same, can I share it between sites?
Thanks for your time.
Chris
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DrupalCorn Camp 2014 in Ankeny, Iowa on July 17-20
We are proud to announce DrupalCorn Camp 2014, to be held at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa on July 17-20, 2014. If you are an open source enthusiast, Drupal designer, Drupal developer, UI expert, IT manager, or you just want to find out what this Drupal thing is, this conference is for you!
Organized by the Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa Drupal Users Groups.
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Post-Training Happy Hour @ The Blue Nile
After the Enjoy Drupal: Site Building Basics class, we're heading over to Franklin for the Blue Nile happy hour (http://www.bluenilempls.com), where I will be buying a round of drinks for all sponsors and volunteers. Would you like a free drink too? It's not too late to sign up as a volunteer mentor: http://enjoy-drupal.eventbrite.com
Drupal = free as in beer that you have to work for. AMIRITE?
Read moreJanuary 2014 TC Drupal Commerce meeting
Happy New Year!!
It's time for our first TC Drupal Commerce meeting for 2014 -- it will take place right before the regular TC Drupal User Group meeting.
Meeting logistics:
Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 6-7pm
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Agenda:
It's one thing to build the site -- but will they come? Commerce and SEO will be our topic -- I've joined some SEO groups as well as taken a couple of courses since we last met and I have some things to share with you.
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TC Drupal January Meetup -- Theming for Sitebuilders
The New Year is here and the polar vortex is (hopefully) behind us so it’s time for all interested in Drupal to get together. Join us for the January 2014 TC Drupal meetup on Wednesday January 22nd from 7-9PM at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. Our good friend David Needham has volunteered to present this month on the topic of Theming for Site Builders, a presentation he test-drove at this past Fall’s BadCamp. See details below. We’ll also preview the upcoming TC
Global Sprint Weekend sprint activities scheduled for January 26th (and 25th?).
January 2014 Community Lab Hours
Join us and your local Drupal community peers for an open Community Lab Hours session, conveniently on the same evening before our monthly TCDrupal meetup — Wednesday January 22nd, 5-7PM. Community Lab Hours is a great place to ask questions, share ideas or to just get something done.
Participation is free but space is limited. Please let us know you're coming by describing what you plan to work on our Community Lab Pad -- http://lb.cm/january-community-lab.
Community Lab Hours
Wednesday January 22nd 5-7PM
Advantage Labs @ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55408
TC Drupal Global Sprint Weekend
Twin Cities All Day Sprint as part of - Drupal Sprint Weekend 2014 (https://groups.drupal.org/node/332998)
MAIN SPRINT:
Sunday - January 26th, 2014
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The Nerdery
9401 James Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55431
ALTERNATIVE SPRINT:
Saturday - January 25th, 2014
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
TEN7
718 Washington Ave. N - Suite 301
Minneapolis, MN 55401
See attachment for parking info. Apparently, you can park on 2nd Street for free on weekends.
Read moreGlobal sprint weekend in Twin Cities?
Is anybody thinking of hosting a global sprint weekend event Jan. 25 and 26? I'd be interested in getting together with others do some fun core contribution!
The sprint page lists details forthcoming for Minneapolis, but I don't remember seeing anything about this, so I thought I'd ask.
https://groups.drupal.org/node/332998
Read moreDrupalcon Austin Preparations
Drupalcon Austin is in 5 months and I'd like to get some preparations out of the way before all of the good deals for hotels and whatnot disappear. Some people have suggested sharing hotel rooms, others have suggested renting a party bus with wifi for the trip down. What are some other ideas?
Getting there. I don't know anything about the party bus or if I'd be able to join in for that, but that sounds awesome. Does anyone know how that would work or how much it would cost per person?
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