Geographic scope
The West Midlands Region is a large area of the United Kingdom that encompasses the cities of: Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Wolverhampton (among others).
Our aims
To provide a forum for communication, organising events and encouraging Drupal loveliness. Seriously though, we'll hold regular meet-ups to discuss site building, actually do some site building and maybe have a drink or two.
Recent posts
Is it possible to hide parts of a returning URL from the users address bar?
I'm not sure if I'm asking the impossible here but is it possible to hide part of a returning URL from a User's address bar to a Drupal site.
The reason I am asking is that I am firing a Rule on a user returning to a particular URL (which they will have been automatically redirected to from another non-Drupal website) which assigns them user points. Obviously I don't want people to cotton onto this URL that is firing the points Rule, otherwise they might tell other users to visit the pages to receive points hence the original question, is there a way to hide part of this URL?
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West Midlands March Drupal Meetup - Presentations
Presentation afternoon
This month we'll be having a presentation and discussion afternoon.
We'll have around 40 minutes for presentations, after which we'll break
down into more informal discussion.
If you would like to present something for 15 minutes then just let me know.
Location
International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (IIPSI), The
University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL.
Getting there
IIPSI is marked as Building Number 27 on the campus map here:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting/maps/campusmap/. Car Parks 8 and
A daytime meetup?
Hello!
It's no secret that we're long overdue a Drupal meetup in the West Midlands, I really want to be able to find a suitable, stable venue, if nothing else than to remove the pressure from me having to do much month-to-month organisation.
I'm busy, you're busy, we're all busy, so I want some feedback on an idea: Having meetups in 'work hours', rather than evenings.
Read moreWhat would be your preferred meetup time be?
Urgh, ignore this poll!
Is it possible to pre-populate an empty field (of any type) with data?
I've been stuck on this issue all day now. Is there a way to pre-populate an 'empty' field of any type with data?
I've tried Rules, specifically 'Set a data value' but it does not appear to allow data values to be set on empty fields and usually reports back (in 'Recent Log Messages') 'The variable or parameter entity is empty'.
The reason I need this is that I have a 'profile type' (using Profile2) with various fields. These fields are updated - when required - using VBO (Views Bulk Operations) and unfortunately they can only be updated by VBO if the fields have existing content.
Read moreHow can I easily and frequently distribute links to URL's so only selected users can view the link?
I have a site where I need to frequently send URL links to select users at any given time. These links are to surveys, so essentially the survey link at the time can only be passed to users that fit/screen to the requirement.
At the moment I have a View where I can easily screen the users using exposed filters but cannot work out how to send these users the specific URL link? Additionally, after any given time the URL link will become redundant so I then need to be able to remove the link for their View when this happens (I don't want them to see expired links).
Read moreHelp finding a freelance drupal dev
Hi Guys,
Not sure if this is the best place to post, however I'm trying to find a freelance Drupal Developer to extend an existing site's capabilities for a friend of mine. This ecommerce site has been up and running for approx 5 years and uses Ubercart 2 as the ecommerce platform and Drupal 6 for product management. Ideally he would like someone base in the S-on-T/Staffs area.
This is not really a defined job as such (yet) more an opportunity, hence not posting in the Jobs section, but again sorry if this is the wrong place to post.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
Views - is it possible to pull in user's passwords?
Hi
Is it possible to pull Users password's into a Drupal View?
I've checked the 'User' fields in the Views but cannot seem to see anywhere that mentions passwords?
I just need it for an overall administration view.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Stephen
Read moreViews - Aggregate Sum - Help!
Hi
I have a very simple view to test the 'SUM' aggregation type but I cannot get it to work. All I am trying to do is sum the values of two content types decimal fields.
I have one column with content title and one column with value.
Please note I have 'aggregate' on, I have no sort criteria and no relationships or contexts to make things easier, the title column is on aggregation type 'group results together' and the value aggregation type 'SUM' with Group Column 'Value'.
No matter what I do I cannot get the column to sum?
Please note COUNT works.
Read moreViews - how to pull a 'Node References' associated fields & data whilst it sits in a 'Field Collection'?
Hi
If anyone can advise it would be most appreciated as I've been stuck on this for over 48 hours.
I can pull fields and their associated data into a View from two content types using a 'node reference' field type and specifying a 'relationship' within the View but for some reason I cannot appear to do this when the 'node reference field' is contained within a Field Collection. In this instance all it will do is bring back the field titles but without the data.
So to be clear, I have the following:
- a 'Client Information' content type (ct);
- a 'Job' ct;
Sudden and random loss of CSS Styles on local dev - MAMP 2.1.1
Not sure if anyone can help me but having some very strange css rendering problems on my new mac setup using MAMP 2.1.1.
I'm not sure what's going on but most of my local sites (drupal and lime survey) are unable to render the css styles attached to them. Even more oddly, a recent site that had been rendering all styles has suddenly stopped rendering some styles?
Similarly Lime Survey Version 1 is not rendering styles but Lime Survey 2 is???
Read moreHow to share, synchronise and update/edit a field across content types?
Hi
I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious in Drupal 7 but is there a way to share, synchronise and update/edit a field within a content type?
I have two content types that require the same field which relates to 'project status' (this would include statuses such as 'provision', 'live', 'cancelled' etc but in fact around 20+ statuses). Each content types must have the same status and thus be synchronised so any change in one must be reflected in the other.
Is there a way of doing this.
Read moreHow to show a view in the 'edit' page of a content type?
Does anyone know of a way to show a 'view' in the edit page of a content type (I can show it in the usual view page i.e. not edit)?
Basically when the user is editing the content type he needs to see the view (by somehow adding it as a field type?).
Any help would be most appreciated.
Thank you
Stephen
Read moreMAMP - PHP Version - 5.4.4 causing a lot of problems
Hi everyone
Just thought I'd make a quick post for any fellow newbies out there just incase they're experiencing any similar problems.
Read moreCANCELLED: West Midlands December Drupal Meetup - Social
Cancelled
Sorry, but due to low numbers of signups, this meetup has been cancelled.
Social
This month we're meeting up and having a meal together!
If you've thought about coming along to meet us before and haven't, this month's meetup would be a perfect time to do so!
Location
Shimla Spice, 2 Copthall House, Station Square, Coventry, CV1 2FZ
Getting there
Shimla Spice is right next to Coventry train station, so follow directions to that (or get the train) and then Shimla Spice is opposite the train station on a corner.
Read moreWest Midlands November Drupal Meetup - Presentations
Presentations
This month we'll be having a presentation and discussion evening.
After each presentation will be a nice amount of time for discussion and general chit-chat.
Please note that we have a new venue for this month and going forward!
We are meeting at the offices and meeting rooms of a local church, Starley house.
Location
New Venue: Starley House, Eaton Road, Coventry, CV1 2FJ
Getting there
Read moreCannot upload file through contact form on D7 - Help for File Upload on 10.04 LTS
Hi everyone
I cannot appear to get the file upload to work on the following link:
http://www.cerebraluk.com/contact_us
I upload the file and get:
Notice: Undefined index: #field_name in file_managed_file_save_upload() (line 637 of /srv/www/domain.com/public_html/modules/file/file.module).
The file could not be uploaded.
It doesn't appear to be anything to with roles/permissions as even when I'm logged in as admin it still won't upload and I still get the same message.
Read moreD7, Bartik - how to swap logo and main header colour depending on URL or path?
Hi all
Does anyone know if there's an easy way (or even just a way!) of changing the logo and main header colour depending on the URL/path (I'm using the Bartik theme for D7)? For example on http://www.cerebraluk.com/ I would like it for instance to change to a different logo and green main header when I click on 'market research services'. Similarly, it would change to other different logos/colour headings when clicking on other main navigation areas.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Stephen
Read moreLive site navigation not working - http://www.cerebraluk.com/
Hi all
I've just uploaded a D7 site to my Ubuntu LTS server and even though the home page comes up none of the navigation links work. I had a similar problem over a year ago but for the life of me can't remember how I fixed it?
See http://www.cerebraluk.com/ for the problem site in question and try and navigation tab.
I have other D7 sites running on this server with no issues so cannot work out what I may have done differently??
Any help or advice would be most appreciated.
Thank you
Stephen
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