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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Integrating MERCI and Ubercart
For our November meeting, we have a speaker from our host, The Working Centre.
Devin Howard will be talking about a mostly-finished website The Working Centre is using internally to manage equipment rentals for the Multicultural Cinema Club. The site uses the MERCI and Ubercart modules to manage the bookings and the payments respectively.
Devin will talk about why he opted for a strategy of a custom module for integrating the two systems.
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Sidebar on some pages that will hold blocks but not on all pages
I'm trying to have a sidebar on some pages and full width content on other pages. I tried to create a sub theme of my current default and select it on the page I'm trying to provide the sidebar region but it didn't go through (it was a view page and the advanced->theme link is labeled "information" and whenever I try to change theme it is my default theme when I go back.)
My primary theme is an Omega subtheme with a full width content region. My second lists my primary as the base theme so that I can draw in all style work I've already done.
Am I using the wrong approach?
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Migrating and Importing data with the Migrate module for Drupal 7
This month we're going to be having a group training session, courtesy of Drupalize.Me. Each video in a series is typically 10 minutes long, so we'll have lots of opportunities to ask questions and discuss with the group.
The question is, what topics do we want to go over? Between these comments and a few emails, it sounds like there's quite a bit of interest in migrations! So, we'll be going through:
Should be an interesting topic, and a great opportunity to tell any "war stories" from previous CMS migrations.
Read moreDrupal Association Board elections: Voting ends on the 19th
Cross posted from Holly Ross' post detailing it all.
Voting ends in 2 days. Do it now.
Cast your vote for the 2013 Association Board elections
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Drupal 7 Views Configuration Training in Toronto: October 22
Learn how to use Views to effectively take control of how content is organized throughout your website. Views is a query builder used to select, sort and display content in various ways. Whether you're creating lists of related content or building a complex events calendar, Views is an essential tool when building any Drupal website. In this training, you'll see how powerful Views is and how you can take advantage of its advanced features to make your website more dynamic and engaging.
Read moreDrupal 7 in a Day Training in Toronto: October 21
Get a solid introduction to Drupal 7 in one day. Learn about the most essential features and concepts of Drupal through hands on activities. By the end of this day you will be familiar with Drupal terminology and be able to identify how many Drupal sites are constructed. You will know how to identify and choose modules to get the functionality you need.
Because this class will be an overview and not an in-depth course, it is perfect for people who are on the fence about using Drupal or who are looking for a hands-on introduction.
Read moreGroup exercise: redoing three sites, single sign on, Drupal commerce
After a summer hiatus, the Drupal Users Group for Waterloo Region is back ...
For September, we have a group exercises, where group members will provide input to someone who wants to use Drupal to create a site.
The first site is for a local charity that has three drupal online communities. They want to decide if they should keep the communities in Drupal and do a refresh or if they should re-build in a easier/simpler/ better platform.
Some other areas they like to discuss:
- Single sign on to the three communities - is this possible?
Drupal commerce set-up help
Hi there,
I am looking for some expert guidance on how to set-up products in drupal commerce. I've been waiting for a meeting but thinking this might be a better approach.
I'm just learning Drupal and have not found the online tutorials very helpful as my developers have let me know custom development will be involved for what I am looking for. I was wondering if there is going to be a meeting in Sept or if one of you experts would be available to give me a run down and your opinion on approach.
Thanks,
Carla
No meeting for August
There seems to be little interest in a meeting tonight.
So, there will be no meeting for August.
Enjoy the summer ...
Read moreAugust meeting?
Any thoughts towards an August meeting? If anyone has something they'd like to present feel free to say so.
Read moreNo meeting for July
Hello All
We did not have any sessions proposed for July.
I think we should take a summer break, unless enough people think otherwise?
Read moreAnyone else headed up to Drupal Camp Toronto this weekend?
Register for DrupalCamp Toronto!
The next DrupalCamp Toronto is happening next month and registrations are coming in fast! Be sure to register now to reserve your spot at this year's event!
http://2013.drupalcamptoronto.org/user/register
Read moreFive years of Drupal meetings in the Waterloo Region
It has been more than five years since the Waterloo Region Drupal Users Group started.
Special thanks to:
- Richard Weait who co-started the group, and kept hounding me for it, so that we don't commute to Toronto (gas was cheaper then!)
- Charles McColm and Paul Nijjar for making a venue available all these years without missing a beat, opening early and closing after we all leave ...
- All past speakers and long time members.
So, what did you like about the group? What memories do you have? What ideas do you have to make it better?
Post below any thoughts you have ...
Read moreDrupalCon Debriefing: share what you have observed and learned
For our June session, we have several members of the group who have attended DrupalCon Portland 2013, which is due to start on May 20th.
If you are attending, take some notes about anything you find interesting: new announcements, new products, new technologies, trends, hot topics, ...etc.
Then prepare a few slides and share them with the group on our June meeting.
Read moreSymfony2 Framework: what is it, how and why it is included in Drupal 8
Drupal's move to using Symfony2 components for version 8 will introduce many changes for Drupal developers as well as a steep learning curve.
This talk will aim to give you a head start on that process. Jeremy Cook will introduce the Symfony2 framework by taking a look at its goals and architecture. He will then take a look at the lifecycle of a request and how it is converted into a response in a Symfony2 app.
Read moreWestern New York Drupal Minicamp April 27, 2013
There is a mini Drupal camp in Western New York, not too far from here. A day trip actually.
Here is more information and signup.
Some Toronto folk are discussing car pooling from the GTA.
Read moreGroup exercise: How do I build a Drupal site that does ...?
For April's meeting we are having something new ...
Our guest wants to build a site for a specific audience and wants to know the following:
- Is Drupal a good fit? Or other technologies are better/simpler/easier?
- What modules to use?
- What information architecture to base the site on?
- and many other details on how to build a site using Drupal.
The person who wants the site built will do a brief 15 minute presentation, and then the rest of the evening is will be using the "wisdom of the crowd" to ask questions, propose answers, have discussions, and find solutions ...
Read moreA Workflow for Release Management
By the time you've installed and set up your first Drupal site, you're probably quite aware of the mystical connection between Drupal and Lego*. Create the content types, build the views, pull in additional functionality through the thousands of contributed modules, and BAM! Site done! Just like building an awesome spaceport with Lego.
Except! Maintaining and updating a live site presents a new set of challenges compared to building a site before launch.
Read moreDrupal 7 Module Development Training in Toronto
Drupal is a modular, open source web content management framework that ships with basic functionality in the form of core modules. For the most part, you add new functionality with third party modules (known as contributed modules) that can be downloaded from Drupal.org. At some point you may find limitations. You may want to modify functionality in a contributed module or core. You may want to move your configuration to code, or access an external data source.
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