A "chautauqua" for developing a Drupal application that tracks employee time off
I am developing my first module and decided that the application I'm building would make a good case study for learning a lot of aspects of Drupal (including cck, workflow and actions), and so I'm putting it here, with an eye towards posting how I've accomplished the various functionalities, soliciting input for how to approach certain aspects of the application (a few of which are stumping me), and finishing up with a demo and/or webcast of the finished product. I will contribute the module, too, once I figure out how to do that :-). Bottom line - we need learners AND experts in this "chautauqua" to make it a real learning experience. So please jump in and follow along, comment, ask questions, and provide expert opinion!
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The Taxonomy hierarchy depth Judo Throw
Hi,
This bit applies to drupal 6, but possibly to later drupals as well,
More than once, clients have been upset at me, that clicking on a parent term for a taxonomy hierarchy wouldn't search it's children. See it's always the developer's fault, never the client's expectations.
Well the Hierarchy I'm working with for our current client is a Province / Canton / Township hierarchy. And boy do they want to be able to search the entire Province via the Taxonomy.
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Drupal Dojo sessions: Fserver demonstration
Going to demo Development Seed's Feature Server, existing features and potential new features. Come if you want to learn what can be done, why you should be doing it, how it can help you in the long run, and what the new features for tomorrow will probably be.
How to Attend?
Register here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/822441680
Read moreDrupal Dojo CoffeeTalk
Title: Drupal Dojo CoffeeTalk
Frequency: Weekly
Status: Commence production April 2010
Format: Short Audio/Video podcast
Producers: Open Learning Labs
Starring: Doug Vann, Gus Austin, and a rotating cast of Drupal community members.
Description: A roundtable discussion covering news, events, projects, and initiatives important to the community.
Topics
Please add your suggestions!
- Google Summer of Code
- Drupal.org redesign
- Drupal 7
Drupal Dojo sessions: Drupal 7 Fundamentals
Title: Drupal 7 Fundamentals
Status: Commencing April 2010
Format: Weekly webcasts mixed with ongoing workshops, tutorials, and documentation.
Producers: Open Learning Labs
Organizers: Doug Vann (dougvann), Gus Austin (gusaus), Stacy Wray (stacywray), and a rotating cast of community mentors.
Description: An introductory track that covers the ins and outs of Drupal 7. The course will cover everything from creating new content types, adding images, creating custom user profiles, managing users, and more..
When: TBD
Drupal Dojo Session: Demo Module -- Unleash The Power
Description
If you haven't heard of the DEMO module, you're not alone. It's a well kept secrets. With the Demo module you can create database backups THROUGH THE DRUPAL GUI then if you need to later, restore the backup THROUGH THE DRUPAL GUI!
You can also add the Demo_Profile to the mix and create an Install Profile from the database backup you created with the Demo module! We'll cover this one some other day.
How to Attend
Click the following link at the time of the session -
Read moreDrupal Dojo Session: Contextual Administration
Description
Contextual Administration is a page_manager based administrative solution that allows you to add new menu items as needed. By default context admin provides a signification portion of core drupal functionality as administrative plugins. These plugins allow you to contextualize various types of administration as needed. A short example can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_RT33ViPRU
We'll discuss the ins/outs of these various administrative utilities and how to get the biggest bang for your buck.
To Attend
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Drupal Dojo Session: Knowledge management in Open Atrium
Description
Open Atrium is shaping up to be the Drupal community's first choice as a home built project management system. In the past half a year we've been working on a series of features that expand Open Atrium's abilities in terms of on the job knowledge management. Recently we launched a first alpha release of this knowledge management package. You can download it from our website.
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Beginner Developer Class: "Hot & Dirty Drupal Developer Summer Garden Project" - Application Deadline
This summer, I am offering/organizing a hands-on open source developer class, for beginning developers.
Seeking
* student participants
* mentors
* additional project coordinators in other cities, if there is interest
Students
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