Twin Cities Drupal

The first Thursday of the month has come up, so it's time to drink (or not drink) and talk Drupal at the Bedlam!

5:30PM at Bedlam on July 2, 2009.

1501 S. 6th St.
on the WEST BANK, MINNEAPOLIS
http://www.bedlamtheatre.org/
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1501+S.+6th+...

Also, if anyone wants to prose a different day or place, please let me know. It's nice to have consistency, but I like variety too. I am partial to Thursdays, but we can change it up.

Hi there!

I've mentioned this before - and had some responders and after a discussion at last nights TCDrupal Group meeting - I am going to just start this group -- Sharing all our experiences and knowledge has to be the best way to learn.

I'm looking at the 3rd Wednesday of the month, starting in July 22 -- 7pm-9pm, and Advantage Labs is very graciously said they would host it at their offices -

Does this time work for most? Let me know and we can make plans and move forward -- Thanks!

It's about time the local drupalchix got together.

We'll be eating chocolate cake.

I'm proposing meeting at the Seward Pizza Luce because I think their cake is particularly great. Also, they have tiramisu. What more do you need? (Oh, right, wireless. I'm not sure about that.)

Anyways, besides chocolate cake - the few few few women who do Drupal in the Twin Cities should get together. Aside from just getting together to learn more about ourselves professionally, it might be nice to talk about doing things that would support ourselves as women who work in open source.

Hi Everybody,

I was hoping to have a meetup sometime over the summer in the St Cloud area. I know a few people using Drupal, but it would be cool to meet and share stories and strategies.

Post to this discussion if you are interested and we can figure something out.

-Karl

My client Is seeking a Minnesota-based Drupal programmer to join the team.
2 years + Exp with Drupal Ideal.

They work with the biggest names in the music industry, with major label artists, management and marketing firms.

Candidate needs to be very well versed in Drupal to assist our team in the build of strict Drupal-driven websites.

Our clients range from businesses such as Norman Mitchel International Real Estate Auctioneers to The Red Carpet Nightclub to Shiboleth Law Firm in NYC among others. Our clients in the music industry have ranged from Billy Idol to members of Kelly Clarkson & Shania Twain's bands to Zakk Wylde of Ozzy Osbourne and many more.

Candidate can be based anywhere in MN.
Telecommute optional.

6 month contract to hire/

Jade Zavatkay
Jade@rapiddeploy.com
Rapid Application Deployment
952-253-9445
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jadezavatkay

This Saturday, June 20, 2009 is the Twin Cities Documentation Sprint from 10AM to 5PM at Advantage Labs. Come when you like. Tell your friends. We hope to see you there.

Our monthly user group is June 24th, 2009 at Advantage Labs.

Since it is Geo June, I think we will be focusing on gis-related things in Drupal. I can give a short presentation/demo on OpenLayers module, given I can get it presentable. Advantage Labs talked about possibly demoing Geo module.

I'm looking for someone to sit with me (I will pay) to answer questions/train, fix some problems, etc. that I am trying to work through on an unbercart site I am working on. My timeframe would be within the next week (15th through 19th). My site has been created and I'm trying to get some items changed and hit a wall. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, anyone thought of starting ubercart user group meetings?

Mxapp, LLC. is young and fast growing company located in Minneapolis, MN. We provide online and mobile ordering to the restaurant industry. We're looking for a senior developer to work on our backend systems. Good knowledge of PHP5 and Drupal 6 programming is a must. Knowledge of Apache, Solr, Mobile Programming and Linux is a definite plus.

If you're interested in working with Mxapp, LLC. or would like further information please call (612)326-4707 or contact me through my g.d.o contact form.

As part of the Geo June activity, we've started a website to aggregate the work being done: http://www.geojune.org. We're aiming to provide documentation, demos of the developing modules, tutorials, etc.

To get the ball rolling on more formal documentation of all things geospatial in Drupal, we've started some Drupal books on geojune.org: http://www.geojune.org/documentation. The idea is to collaboratively work on documentation of not only the geo related contrib modules, but also deeper info about GIS and Drupal in general. The module documentation will be adapted to be included as d.o documentation pages; the deeper documentation, demos, examples will remain or be moved for potential permanent status for future development and reference.

Right now there are two upper-level books: One a getting started guide to mapping, the other a guide to geocoding Drupal data and storing geospatial data in Drupal. This division is loosely meant to divide the two types of contrib modules: display/mapping and geocoding/storage related to GIS work in Drupal. It is a suggested division at this point, open for discussion or further subdivision.

The mapping guide is empty right now. We'd love those involved in mapping modules (Openlayers, etc.) to start putting some pages here. The geocoding guide has some placeholder documentation related to the Geo and Geocode module as lifted from the documentation wiki page started here in the Location Mapping group by ultimike. We've started to break out that info into sub pages.

It's all rough right now. We need as many interested people as possible to weigh in and start documenting. Go to the site, get yourself a login, and contribute! Head into the #drupal-geo IRC channel for guidance or to ask maintainers/documenters for potential documentation assignments. We also hope to get a group from the Twin Cities Drupal Users Group Documentation Sprint on June 20 to take parts of this on as a project.

Thanks,

Barry Madore
Advantage Labs
(on behalf of the GeoJune #drupal-geo IRC participants)

Drupal Happy Hour is schedule for this Thursday.

5:30PM at Bedlam on May 7, 2009.

1501 S. 6th St.
on the WEST BANK, MINNEAPOLIS
http://www.bedlamtheatre.org/
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1501+S.+6th+...

Admittedly, I will be absence as I am making my way down to Drupal Camp Wisconsin (in Madison): http://drupalcampwi.com/

Come help us kickoff Geo June with a barbecue. Partake in grilled goods aplenty and talk about all things Geo June.

Location:
Advantage Labs
2104 Stevens Ave South
Minneapolis, MN, 55404

If you've been to the Twin Cities Users Group meetings, this is the same location. We'll be out back.

We'll provide some meat items, some veggie alt items, some beverages. Bring anything special you'd like to consume or share if you wish.

We are looking for a short term contractor to help with a Drupal deployment. We have very tight deadlines and just need some help with the look and feel. We need someone to come in who has experience in creating a website that can look somewhat like: http://www.mnmeetingsmag.com/. Our need is very urgent so the faster you can work the better. Any knowledge with multiple websites, performance monitoring, and tuning would be a nice to have. If you have knowledge on how to tie a website into the google tools it would be good as well (google ads, maps, and analytics). Also some knowledge hand off would be preferred, so if you know how to train or have training experience it would be a plus. The more that you know about Drupal and modules would be a plus, these websites could really push the limits of Drupal.

Jonathan.Powell@tigeroak.com

We're looking for a Drupal expert that can not only build a site from provided mockups but also provide few hours of on or off-site training.

Our initial site VillaLandscapes.com is the smallest of our 4 sites and the one that we're currently would like to focus on. Basically the site will be redesigned and a PSD layout provided to you. There will be 3 different PSD mockups provided: home, secondary page and a gallery page. The new site will not be much different in architecture than the current one www.villalandscapes.com except more content will be added additional gallery sections created. Gallery will either be built in flash or AJAX/Javascript. This will be provided.

We've obtained a Linux based Virtual Dedicated Server hosting and will have the basic version of Drupal installed.

We're looking for someone to take our design, apply the theme and configure Drupal to allow for additional sites in the future. Please allow for few hours of on-site training (if possible) of Drupal and collaboration with our designer and IT guy. For this proposal, Villa Landscapes will most likely use "out of the box" modules so no custom features needed for this site.

Please let me know if you need anything else answered before sending us an estimate.

Knowledge of integrating shopping cart within Drupal a plus! We have another site that we'd eventually would like to move to Drupal and integrate a cart as well. Few months from now.

Thank you.
mpekala@versa-lok.com

Hi everyone!

At DrupalCON DC, we demoed some of the work we've been doing on Geo and related modules. We'd like to get these modules to a stable and dependable state so that other mapping solutions, such as GMAP and Openlayers can also be stable and well-supported.

All together, these solutions can make Drupal a true GeoCMS: Not only can you import and mash up freely-available data, you can participate in the dialog by collecting, filtering and publishing geospatial results and feeds of your own. Since Geo is friendly with Views and CCK, there's almost no limit to what you can do with it!

Developing an API that is flexible enough for a variety of solutions is more costly and time-consuming than building a one-off solution, but a lot more powerful and sustainable in the long run. Advantage Labs has provided the majority of support and development, but we're looking for help on the last mile, and thought we'd find a creative way to kickstart development that leverages small and large contributions of all kinds.

Throughout the month of June, we're hosting a series of fun online and offline events, and we're devoting as much time and resources as we can sustainably devote. By the end of the month, we hope to release 1.0 versions of Geo and Geocode.

We're seeking participation on all levels from anyone who's interested! Please check out our Official announcement or help get things started on the Use case Wiki

Theming forms seems to be a persistent challenge and ubiquitous need. We'll explore some form theming techniques by tricking out a Drupal User Registration Page. Come with questions, tips, tricks (and/or treats). As always, we'll also make sure there's plenty-o-time for networking, socializing, announcing and pizza eating.

Join us for this introductory workshop which will provide an overview of the interface and functionality of Drupal's essential Views 2 module. Get an introduction to new features and leave with a head start toward understanding how to recreate and extend the Views you built in Drupal 5. For those without prior Views experience, this workshop will be valuable if you will be soon working with a Drupal 6 website.

Info and registration
Limit: 15 attendees
Location:
Advantage Labs, Inc
2104 Stevens Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Cost:$60 ($45 for Advantage Labs hosting clients)

People have spoken on when they can do a sprint and Advantage Labs has so graciously reserved us the conference room in the IATP building, so the Documentation Sprint is on June 20, 2009 from 10:00AM to 5:00PM!

• Place: 2104 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404
• Day: June 20, 2009
• Time: 10AM to 5PM, feel free to come and go as you please. There is no reason you have to be there the whole time though it is encouraged.
• Who: Everyone! There is no skill level required. You just have to have a good attitude.

Our original discussion outlines some ideas. We don't necessarily need concrete goals, but some idea of larger tasks we want to accomplish would be great. Please comment on this post any ideas you have.

It would be very helpful if people who can RSVP do, as we can start to gauge how many people and what kind of skill level we will have. This is an event type and there should be some sort of attend button on this page.

It would be really great if we can find someone or a company to sponsor lunch or maybe even drinks afterward. Let me know if you or some you know is able to.

I made a new look for our Twin Cities Drupal User Group at groups.drupal.org. It is now utilizing the og_panels module. This is a very helpful screencast here on how it all works.

Let me know what you think.