A group for Drupal users in southern Ontario, mainly from Kitchener, Waterloo, as well as Cambridge, Guelph and surrounding areas.
Who
All Drupal enthusiasts are welcome to join us for discussion and demonstration of topics for beginners and beyond.
What
Topics range from implementation examples and demonstrations to tutorials and workshops to round-tables, question and answers and panel discussions.
When
Meetings are held monthly, except for July, August and December. Attendance is free. We meet on the third Thursday of each month, from 19:00 to 21:00.
Why
Learn about different aspects of working with Drupal, including development, site building, design, and more. Coming to a meetup is also a great opportunity to network with others who work with Drupal.
Where
Our new meeting location will be at the University of Waterloo, Hagey Hall room 119. Campus map
How
Hagey Hall (HH) is near the south-west corner inside the ring road (the road that goes in a loop around the main campus). Convenient parking is right across the road in H lot ($5 payable by credit card on exit). There are many transit stops near campus, including an LRT stop on the east side of ring road. View transit stops on Google maps
If approaching from H parking lot, look for the yellow/light wood doors in the big brown/red brick building:
If approaching from the north side, you'll be looking for a new glass entrance that looks like this.
Inside the door there may be a map of the building. Room 119 is towards the west side.
To get there, walk through the building until you come to an open, modern space. It looks like this:
The doorway to get to Room 119 is to the left (right if you came in the north entrance). Look for "Drupal meetup" signs.
Join
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Monthly Meeting: General Discussions
For our monthly meeting, we will have general discussions on all things Drupal.
As a fun exercise, let us try to name as much web sites from in and near the Waterloo Region that are built with Drupal, outside the ones we already know (e.g. University of Waterloo, The Working Centre).
Come reaedy to name a few ...
Read moreDrupalCamp Debriefing
For our May meeting, those who attended DrupalCamp Toronto we will discuss the sessions they attended, and will catch up on sessions they missed.
So, whether you did go to the camp or not, you will sure find it interesting ...
If you did attend, please join us and share info about what sessions you attended ...
Read moreDrupal Camp Toronto May 2nd, 3rd
Anyone going from Kitchener/Waterloo for Drupal Camp Toronto 2014?
We can car pool. I am confirmed for Friday and will be driving there in a van. Have place for 3 or 4 people.
Contact me if you are interested.
Read moreApril meeting
Our April meeting will be similar to last month's meeting: we will have a free discussion on any topic that is Drupal or web development related.
If you have questions, hints, tips, news to share, then please come over ...
Read moreMarch meeting: informal discussion on anything Drupal
For our March meeting, we will have informal discussions on anything Drupal.
Come over, share your experiences, and learn from others ...
Read more
Introduction to Drupal - Training in Toronto on May 5th
The course will cover the fundamentals of Drupal. Whether you're a developer using Drupal for the first time, an editor looking for an introduction to Drupal content administration, or a site builder wanting to know how to structure a Drupal website, this course will get you started on the right foot.
You'll learn how to manage content, configure content types, manage taxonomy, users, and views. You'll also learn how to extend Drupal with modules and themes.
FAQ
What's provided? Lunch is provided. We also provide a training manual for each course.
Read moreDrupal Panels Configuration - Training in Toronto on May 6th
Panels is a popular Drupal module used to create individual pages with complex layouts of your content (3 column vs 2 column layout, with or without a top header or footer, etc). We’ll show you how to use Panels to take over existing pages such as the node creation page, and cover how to use Panels in conjunction with Views to create context-specific displays of your data. We'll explain how to embed views within Panels, create custom block sections, create custom node displays, and create custom administration pages.
FAQ
Read more
DrupalCamp Toronto 2014 - May 2-4 - Humber College Lakeshore Campus
Our 8th annual DrupalCamp Toronto 2014 conference is happening on May 2-4 at the Humber College Lakeshore campus!
We've moved the conference back to our traditional Spring season time slot and have expanded it to 3 days! We'll have 2 days of sessions and keynotes, followed by a code sprint day.
Read moreTalks/ideas for Thursday meeting?
Does anyone in the group have a talk that they can give this Thursday?
It could be demoing a recent site that you worked on, or a cool feature that you discovered, or even disappointments with certain things so we can all avoid them?
It does not have to be the full 2 hours. One hour of talk and questions/discussions is enough.
Meet, greet, and exchange tips, tricks, and secrets ...
For our February meeting, we are trying out a new format:
It is a combination of a social "meet and greet" in order for the community to know each other better, plus, we will be sharing anything Drupal or web site building related, such as:
- What tricks have you learned lately ...
- What secret modules/tools/techniques do you use most ...
- What have you discovered recently ...
You can also share news about upcoming events, or happenings in the Drupal world ...
The meeting is infromal, not in a "speaker + presentation" format, so there is no stress or pressure on anyone who is shy ...
Come over, have fun, and learn ...
Read moreAnyone has presentations to offer?
We don't have a talk topic nor speaker for February.
Anyone has talks to offer? Adventures? Mishaps? Lessons?
Post a comment below ...
Read moreFebruary Meetup: A Visit from Pantheon's Matt Cheney and Jeff Pflueger
Join us for our next Toronto Drupal User Group meetup on Tuesday, February 18th. The meetup with take place at CSI Spadina, located at 215 Spadina Avenue (Suite 120), starting at 7:00pm.
Pantheon's co-founder Matt Cheney and account manager Jeff Pflueger are coming up to Toronto to present about Pantheon's Drupal hosting services.
Read moreGlobal Drupal 8 sprint in Toronto
The Toronto Drupal Users Group is hosting an event as part of the Global Drupal 8 Sprint.
Details are here https://groups.drupal.org/node/400153
So, you have the choice of participating in Toronto, or in London, as posted earlier.
Read moreDrupal 8 Global Sprint - January 25, 2014
Join us on Saturday, January 25th for the worldwide Drupal 8 Global Sprint!
The sprint is happening on Saturday at the Centre for Social Innovation Annex at 720 Bathurst Street. We'll be meeting on the 3rd floor in Meeting Room #3.
Read moreLondon, Ontario Drupal Global Sprint Weekend January 25, 2014 and January 26, 2014
Hello all Drupallers in Southern Ontario ...
As part of the Drupal Global Sprint Weekend, the London, Ontario Drupal Users Group is participating!
If you feel like meeting other Drupallers, and working on Drupal 8 core issues, please participate ...
Here is London, ON event with details.
Lunch is provided by Digital Echidna ...
Read moreBrainstorming Session: Making a Large Complex Site Responsive
The main site for the Working Centre is a content-heavy Drupal 6 site with a deep and complicated menu structure.
At some point the site will need to be migrated to Drupal 7 or 8. Is it possible to make such a site mobile-friendly while retaining the complicated hierarchies? If so, what would have to change?
We can use this case study as a launching point for a larger discussion on making websites more responsive. If you have some examples to share (of sites that work well or of sites you would like to convert) then please bring the URLs so we can discuss them together.
Read moreOntario Public Service wants four senior Drupal developers
Cross posting this job post to Toronto, Waterloo and London groups.
Please cascade to other Ontario groups that may have an interested audience.
https://groups.drupal.org/node/394268
Employment type: Full time
Telecommute: Allowed
Senior Developers
• four permanent
Are you interested in being at the centre of cutting edge web solutions that support the delivery of the government's online communications to Ontarians?
Read moreNo DUG Waterloo Region meeting for December 2013
During the last meeting we collectively agreed that the 19th of December is too close to the holidays, and that there will be no meeting for December.
See you in January, where we plan a group exercise for a web site.
Read moreToronto Tech Wrap-Up Party 2013 (Charity Event Supported by DUGTO)
Toronto Drupal User Group is participating in the big #TOTechWrap charity event on December 3rd.
Please join us in helping to raise money for the Daily Bread Food Bank! Details below are copied from their event page:
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Read moreUpcoming Toronto Drupal Events
We've got several events on the schedule, leading up to the end of the year. Check them out on Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/dug-to/
Toronto Tech Wrap-Up Party 2013 (Charity Event Supported by DUGTO)
December 3rd
https://groups.drupal.org/node/377558
December Meetup: Case Studies
December 16th
http://www.meetup.com/dug-to/events/148966502/
