The University of Minnesota Drupal User Group works to share knowledge and resources, find solutions to shared challenges, and enable effective use of Drupal at University of Minnesota campuses across Minnesota. Staff, students, and faculty are all welcome here.
We will strive to be a bridge, not a silo, and encourage participation and sharing with others in our communities, be they geographical (Twin Cities at g.d.o) or professional (Higher Education).
November Happy Hour at Flat Earth
It's another month of Drupal Happy Hour at Flat Earth!
November 12th 5:30pm - 8:00pm+
Flat Earth Taproom
688 Minnehaha Ave E
St Paul, MN 55106
http://flatearthbrewing.com/
Last week Tim wrangled a pizza order for us, so there will be some kind of food option again.
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Drupal 8 Release Party - Discussion
As many of you know, we now have an official release date for Drupal 8. It's currently scheduled for November 19th and folks (all over the world) are getting ready to party!
https://groups.drupal.org/node/487993
Some folks in the Twin Cities (especially Chris Weber) are anxious to plan our own Twin Cities Drupal 8 release party - and preliminary preparations are already underway. But, we'd like to hear from the community:
1) How big should we make this? Will you be coming? Is this something that you might want to invite friends and/or clients to?
Read moreDrupal 8 Play Date (Nov. 7th)
Our first Drupal 8 Play Date went so well, we've scheduled another (and are considering even more, if there is sufficient interest).
November 7th will mark the one-month anniversary of the first official Release Candidate for Drupal 8.
It's time to start experimenting with Drupal 8, porting modules, and finding bugs that need to be fixed before the official release.
This will be a great opportunity for beginners and advanced coders alike to get an introduction to Drupal 8 and start setting up a site of their own.
Read moreOctober Lab Hours and User Group
Fall is here and it's time for the Drupal! Please join us for October User Group!
Community Lab Hours and TC Drupal Usergroup are hosted by Advantage Labs and take place at Intermedia Arts.
Community Lab Hours | 5pm - 7pm
Right before the monthly TCDUG meetup, join your local Drupal community peers for an open Lab Hours session. Bring your questions and provide some answers!
Twin Cities Drupal User Group meetup | 7pm - 9pm
This is our regularly scheduled User Group meeting.
Presentation: Paragraphs Module Enters the Battle for the Body Field
Les Lim and Chris Weber will tag team about Paragraphs module, a relatively new tool for structuring body content that will change the way you look at the WYSIWYG editor forever, or something.
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October 21 | 6-9pm
NEW LOCATION for October!
TEN7
718 Washington Ave. N - Suite 301
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Dial 3-0-1 on the outdoor call box to ring us and we'll buzz you in!
Come on out and get your code on! Bring a laptop and a project and let's do some coding. We ask questions, answer questions, plan events, discuss technology, build Drupal websites, have fun!
Read moreSeptember User Group and Lab Hours
The show goes on! Please join us for September User Group!
Community Lab Hours and TC Drupal Usergroup are hosted by Advantage Labs and take place at Intermedia Arts.
Community Lab Hours | 5pm - 7pm
Right before the monthly TCDUG meetup, join your local Drupal community peers for an open Lab Hours session. Bring your questions and provide some answers!
Twin Cities Drupal User Group meetup | 7pm - 9pm
This is our regularly scheduled User Group meeting.
Read moreSeptember Drupal Jam!
Come on out and get your code on! Bring a laptop and a project and let's do some coding.
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric or NOT Coder JAM! We get together and make the code - or whatever, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
We ask questions, answer questions, plan events, discuss technology, build Drupal websites, have fun!
Read moreSeptember Happy Hour at Flat Earth
This fall we are moving happy hour to St Paul, putting 'Twin Cities' back into our user group name.
Sept 10th 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Flat Earth Taproom
688 Minnehaha Ave E
St Paul, MN 55106
http://flatearthbrewing.com/
Plenty to talk about, come be part of the Drupal Scene! Taproom closes at 8pm, so get there on time!
Don't sign up, show up!
Read moreDrupal 8 Play Date (Sept 26)
Drupal 8 is almost ready! For a few moments (last week), we were down to only 3 critical issues. Since then the number has bumped back up into the teens. But with DrupalCon Barcelona coming next week, the chances are very good that we'll see some significant movement - with a release candidate in the very near future!
Let's celebrate by having a hands-on PLAY DATE with DRUPAL EIGHT.
This will be a great opportunity for beginners and advanced coders alike to get an introduction to Drupal 8 and start setting up a site of their own.
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Pantheon is Hiring!
Pantheon is hiring in the Twin Cities (and elsewhere)!
We have several positions open here, including Customer Success Engineer - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/25291#.VcywsBNVhBc, Web Developer (working on Pantheon sites - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/37695#.VcywsRNVhBc) and a newly created role Agency and Community Outreach Engineer - https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon/jobs/80784#.VcywshNVhBc.
The full list of open positions is at https://boards.greenhouse.io/pantheon#.VcywfhNVhBe.
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September UMN Drupal Users Meeting
Our next UMN Drupal Users meeting will take place on Thursday, September 24th, from noon to 1:00pm.
101 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
This month's topic will be Site Factory, a new Drupal-based service under development by OIT. John Starr will present.
Read moreAugust User Group and Lab Hours
Wow, we have not had a user-group meeting since MAY! Let's get it together in August, who has a topic for us?
Community Lab Hours and TC Drupal Usergroup are hosted by Advantage Labs and take place at Intermedia Arts.
Community Lab Hours | 5pm - 7pm
Right before the monthly TCDUG meetup, join your local Drupal community peers for an open Lab Hours session. Bring your questions and provide some answers!
Twin Cities Drupal User Group meetup | 7pm - 9pm
This is our regularly scheduled User Group meeting.
Read moreAugust Drupal Jam! (In September)
NOTE: We changed the date this month! The new date for our August JAM is in September
:-)
Come on out and get your code on! Bring a laptop and a project and let's do some coding.
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric or NOT Coder JAM! We get together and make the code - or whatever, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
We ask questions, answer questions, plan events, discuss technology, build Drupal websites, have fun!
Read moreAugust Happy Hour at Rail Station
The rail station is back up and running so let's give it one more try for Happy Hour!
Please join us, everyone is welcome so bring a friend. We are a friendly bunch, and if you are new to Drupal - this is the event for you.
We'll discuss the location of upcoming Happy Hours, so bring your ideas!
There is no sign-up, just show-up!
Rail Station
3675 Minnehaha Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612.729.3663
Drupal Jam
Come on out and get your code on! Bring a laptop and a project and let's do some coding.
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric or NOT Coder JAM! We get together and make the code - or whatever, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
We ask questions, answer questions, plan events, discuss technology, build DRUPAL websites, have fun!
Read moreHistory of Twin Cities Drupal Community
Someone just asked about the history of our local Drupal camp. How many have there been?
I did a little digging and this is what I found.
According this this list, we're about to have our 5th official Drupal Camp. What am I missing?
2008 - Drupal Daze
https://groups.drupal.org/node/12909
https://github.com/zzolo/drupaldaze.com
1st Usability Testing at University of MN
https://www.drupal.org/node/1166648
2010 - Drupal 7 Release Party
https://groups.drupal.org/node/114219
2010 - Minnebar
https://groups.drupal.org/node/63488
Drupal Jam
Sorry for the really late notice! We are meeting tomorrow!
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric or NOT Coder JAM! We get together and make the code - or whatever, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
We ask questions, answer questions, plan events, discuss technology, build DRUPAL websites, have fun!
Read moreTwin Cities Drupal Camp - Just 2 Weeks away
Only two weeks left to register, don't wait until the last minute: http://2015.tcdrupal.org
I think it's time to update everyone on the progress of Drupal Camp preparation. Many people (many of them on the planning committee) are suggesting that this MIGHT be the best Drupal Camp ever. Why you ask?
1) Two Great Keynotes:
Read more"Building a Ravenously Passionate Community"
Angie Byron (webchick)
Director, Community Development at Acquia"Creating a Culture of Empowerment"
Todd Nienkirk (todd-nienkerk)
Digital Strategist and Partner at Four Kitchens
Twin Cities Drupal Camp - Early Bird Registration and Session Submission Deadlines tomorrow!
If you haven't already, it's time to register for Twin Cities Drupal Camp, June 25-28, 2015. A phenomenal event at an amazing price, it's well worth your attention.
Early bird registration is only $35 and ends tomorrow. The deadline for submitting session proposals is also tomorrow! So if you have an idea for a session, submit your proposal at the Camp website:
http://2015.tcdrupal.org/sessions/proposed
You'll need to create an account. (Note too that accounts from previous years were not migrated over.)
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