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
Views (Table Format) - how to show ONLY those fields that have been filtered as opposed to all fields?
I have a view showing a table with say about 20 fields attached to it and exposed filters for all these fields. My question is assuming I am only filtering on 5 fields how can I ensure the table only shows these 5 fields that I have filtered as opposed to bringing back the results but still showing all the other fields as well?
Read moreDrupal 7 Fields - how to associate fields to each other?
Is there a way in which to associate fields in Drupal 7?
For example I have two content types (1) is a client information form that has the client's business name and all the details of all the relevant persons we deal with from that company (there could be up to 40+ people) i.e their tel numbers, email addresses, etc and (2) is a client job form which details a specific job (we could do 100's of separate jobs just for the one company).
Read moreGeneral Discussion - Different User Registrations (Create new accounts) - The best methods/best practices?
Hi everyone
I just thought I'd try and get a discussion going regarding 'user registration/creating a new account' and what people think the best methods/best practices are for this?
The discussion springs from my own current requirements and a general confusion in terms of the best way to go. Standard D7 user registration vs Profile2 vs Any other known system of combination?
Read moreUser registration date on Profile2 - how to record and pull into a view?
Hi
I've been picking my brains and am trying to something which I feel should be simple but can't get my head around it.
All I want to do is record user registration date and time and bring them through on a view i.e. I can see user profiles and particularly the date and time they joined.
I am using Profile2 so I'm not sure if this has any bearing on this?
I'm assuming Drupal automatically records this info but can't think where to pull it from?
Thank you
Stephen
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West Midlands July Drupal Meetup - Problem solved!
Problem Solved!
This month's meetup is your chance to: 'Bring your Drupal problem' and get it solved!
All you need to do is turn up and be able to describe your problem and someone else from the group will help you solve it. Whether it's getting to grips with theming, arranging blocks the way you want or finding and organising Drupal events, we're here to help.
If you problem relates to a specific Drupal site that you're working on then it's really useful if you could bring it along on a laptop if possible so we can take a look and fix the issue there and then.
Location
Read moreDirect authenticated users to 'Edit' tab as apposed to the 'View' tab.
Hi
Does anyone know of a way to get a link in Drupal to go direct to the 'Edit' tab/page as opposed the usual 'View' tab/page?
To be clear I am using Profile2 and have a link to a profile page from the user menu. At the moment when they click this they are taken to the 'View' page where they then have to click the 'Edit' tab to make changes to their profile. I'm not too confident of all users working this out so would prefer them to go straight the 'Edit' page.
I'm using the standard D7 Bartik theme should this be relevant.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Read moreWest Midlands April 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.
Location
Computerminds Coventry
8 Edison Buildings
Electric Wharf
Coventry
CV1 4JA
Getting there
The entrance is a bit hard to find, there's a visitors car park on site, and we're right next to the main pedestrian entrance to Electric Wharf, which you will see as you come into the estate.
Street view of the entrance: http://g.co/maps/e49wz
When
2012 April 17, 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Read moreMain/front page look and feel on other pages?
I've hit a wall and hoping someone may be able to advise. I feel it is something simple but I just can't figure it out/get it to work!
Read moreMarch West Midlands Meetup
Sorry everyone I've been very poorly organised, and not scheduled a meetup for March, so I've decided that I've probably left it too late, and so we're not going to have one in March.
I'll pop the event for the April meetup up in a few of days when a couple of details have been finalised.
Sorry, see you in April!
Read moreLocal to Live site - Live sites Login does nothing?
Hi
Have just uploaded a site to www.divinesolarpanels.com. The issue is that the local site works perfectly as does the live site with the exception that the login does not appear to work. You can type in the details etc but when you click the login button it just stays on /user and does nothing. Can anyone advise only I've been pulling my hair out on this for over 4 hours!
Thank you
Stephen
Read moreUS hosting vs UK hosting
Similar to last post I'd also like to hear what people have to say about using US based hosts for serving mostly UK targeted sites? Is there anything to consider (with the exception of obvious time delays for support)?
Thank you
Stephen
Read moreAWS - Amazon Web Services - Accessing servers on a mac using SSH and public/private keys
Hi everyone
I've been using AWS (Amazon Web Services) and their EC2/Cloud Formation services for the past week and have been testing the instant Drupal sites via the Cloud Formation. After much trial and error I have everything working with the exception that I am unable to upload/download files to the server as it requires SFTP utilising public/private key pairs. I've done everything possible and have viewed umpteen articles in relation to this but still cannot find any answers on how to do this via my mac.
Read moreThe resources section
This is mostly aimed at group organisers, but I've written up what we basically do in the resources section of our group. Hopefully it will help us take some of the tedium out of creating events in calendars etc.
Feel free to edit the pages and templates as needed.
The resources section is here btw.
Read moreEvent templates
Last updated by Steven Jones on Thu, 2012-04-12 08:40
This page lists the various templates for the different event sites we use. Find a template, and plug in the values from the right places and you're good to go. There is a page of pre-written event descriptions.
The Event notification guidelines should be used to help you announce events to the wider public.
Event sites
We advertise on the following event sites:
groups.drupal.org
Read moreTypes of events
Last updated by Steven Jones on Sat, 2012-01-28 16:54
The group holds regular monthly meetups. These are relaxed, informal get-togethers that are the primary outworking of our stated group aims:
To provide a forum for communication, organising events and encouraging Drupal loveliness.
Types of monthly meetup
It was decided by Steven Jones that each monthly meetup of the group should have some kind of theme or topic. No one had any serious objections, or were just too polite to raise them, so that is now how we roll.
The types are currently:
Read moreEvent notification guidelines
Last updated by james.williams on Mon, 2012-01-30 09:12
When creating a new event, please use the following page and the templates to ensure that we give a consistent message, and so that things are not forgotten etc.
Title
The title should be in the format:
West Midlands MMM Drupal Meetup - SSSWhere MMM is the month of the meetup as a full word, e.g. February. And SSS is a 'short name' of the type of event being help. Types of events can be found on the types of events page, along with their corresponding 'short names'.
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West Midlands February Meetup - Problem Solved!
Bring your Drupal problem
This month's session is 'Bring your Drupal problem'. We'll try to solve it for you. Bring your laptop!
Location
Aroq Ltd
Seneca House
Buntsford Park Road
Bromsgrove
Worcs
B60 3DX
Getting there
Seneca House, Buntsford Park Road, Bromsgrove, B60 3DX. Check out the Google maps or stick the postcode in your satnav! There is ample parking.
Read moreWest Midlands January Meetup - Social
This month we meet in a pub and have a chat, doesn't have to be about Drupal, but I would imagine that some of it will.
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!
We're going to meet in a pub in the centre of Birmingham a short distance from Birmingham New Street station, so hopefully easy to get to for everyone. Feel free to come along for as long as you want and don't feel obliged to come at 7pm exactly!
Venue:
Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre
Read moreEye Tracking / Usability - Tobii
Hi Everyone
I'm currently looking into the possibility of organising a Tobii eye tracking usability full day training session. (See http://www.tobii.com/en/eye-tracking-research/global/ for information in regard to Tobii and eye tracking in general for those of you that may not be aware of the system).
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