The Fox Valley Drupal Meetup Group

Meet with others in your local area interested in building and strengthening the Drupal Community. Discuss new and exciting Drupal-related news - or just socialize with like-minded people!

Our Meetups are open to anyone interested in developing and operating sustainable websites and applications. Our focus will be to offer opportunities for our group members grow their understanding and appreciation of the Drupal framework and create a cooperative community in the far western suburbs of Chicago.

We will focus on: *Site Presentations and Special Guests *Hands-On Coaching on Modules, Theme, and API uses *Questions and Answers

Typically we will try to meet on the fourth Thursday of the Month at McNally's Traditional Irish Pub! (schedule dependent)

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Past events

  • Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

    Fri, 27 May 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Geneva, United States

    Building sites the "right" way is what we all strive for.  This means picking the right approach for the project, picking the "right" mix of modules and techniques and preparing the site so that it can be enhanced and maintained after your work is done.7pm Quick Hello & Lightning talksSite ShowcaseIntroductionsBreakFeatured DiscussionMore details to follow but here are some things we will discuss:* Lessons learned by doing things the wrong way

  • Got my Wireframe, now what?

    Fri, 29 Apr 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Geneva, United States

    Once you have an ideas what your site will look like it's time to start putting some of those rough wireframe layouts into something more concrete. Sometimes that means moving into a prototyping phase sometimes into more elaborate design, whatever the process this session will talk about finalizing design and early site building.7pm Quick Hello & Lightning talksSite ShowcaseIntroductionsBreakFeatured Discussion *Development planning based on early wireframes

  • DrupalCon Chicago 2011 Wrap

    Fri, 25 Mar 2011, 00:00 - 02:00 in Geneva, United States

    A whole bunch of us were lucky to be able to attend DrupalCon Chicago, it was a great time during sessions and birds of a feather discussions and after hours. Come here what made it special for everyone!7:00pm: Quick Hello & Lightning talks(5 minute presentations by up to 4 individuals, if you are using slides package them up and get them to Bob Snodgrass) *David Stagowski-setting up a Drupal site using local development, git, codebase and push to VPS.net

  • Learn to use Git.

    Wed, 2 Mar 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Geneva, United States

    This special meetup will cover the basics of Git.We will learn how to initialize a repository, commiting code and viewing the log.Then we will learn branching and merging and reverting to a previous versionIf there is enough time, we will also cover cloning an existing repository then pushing and pulling to a public repository like GitHub or Gitorious.Note: you should have Git installed on you laptop before this meeting as this will be more like a workshop then a lecture.

  • Welcome Matt Butcher, Special Drupal Guest -Two Year Anniversary Program

    Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 01:00 - 03:00 in Geneva, United States

    Our 2 year Anniversary Meet-up will be our best ever! You won't want to miss this one!Chicago's own Matt Butcher will be introducing us to the depths of Drupal 7, talking about upgrading to Drupal 7 and What you'll loath and love about Drupal 7.Matt is the primary author of Drupal 7 Module Development as well as a number of other titles (Drupal 6 Module Development)

  • Fox Valley Drupal Large Group Meetup

    Fri, 28 May 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Geneva, United States

    TBD *Quick Lessons - *Site Showcases *Fun Times !!People start arriving for dinner and drinks around 6pm. The real deal Meetup starts at 7pm. Come as early as you like and stay as late as you like. Support our Hosts by buying dinner and/or Drinks.

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 28 Apr 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Open house style, starts when you get there and someone usually stays until 4 or 5pm.Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Get something to eat or drink, research or just tackle a new approach.

  • Fox Valley Drupal Large Group Meetup

    Fri, 23 Apr 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in Geneva, United States

    TBD *Quick Lessons - *Site Showcases *Fun Times !!People start arriving for dinner and drinks around 6pm. The real deal Meetup starts at 7pm. Come as early as you like and stay as late as you like. Support our Hosts by buying dinner and/or Drinks. (Oh and it's Ladies night and Boxty's are half price!

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Open house style, starts when you get there and someone usually stays until 4 or 5pm.Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Get something to eat or drink, research or just tackle a new approach.

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 14 Apr 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Open house style, starts when you get there and someone usually stays until 4 or 5pm.Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Get something to eat or drink, research or just tackle a new approach.

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 7 Apr 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Open house style, starts when you get there and someone usually stays until 4 or 5pm.Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Get something to eat or drink, research or just tackle a new approach.

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Open house style, starts when you get there and someone usually stays until 4 or 5pm.Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Get something to eat or drink, research or just tackle a new approach.

  • Fox Valley Drupal Site Build - Beginner to Advanced

    Fri, 26 Mar 2010, 00:00 - 02:00 in St Charles, United States

    This Month we will build a site from start to finish showing a range of basic as well as advanced topics, modules and concepts.Votes are closed you can see the results here poll results We might pick one of the top three to meet our goal of teaching basic to advanced skills.This will be a good one even if you have never built a Drupal site before!People start arriving for dinner and drinks around 6pm. The real deal Meetup starts at 7pm.

  • Drupal Saint Patrick's Day Hang-out

    Wed, 17 Mar 2010, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Although today will probably be less work and more play... see McNally's St. Patricks Day Festivities Open house style...It's St. Patrick's day so I doubt we will get much work done past 3 or 3:30 at this one! Don't forget the green!Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience.

  • Fox Valley Drupal Large Group Meetup

    Fri, 26 Feb 2010, 01:00 - 03:00 in St Charles, United States

    TBD *Quick Lessons - *Site Showcases *Fun Times !!People start arriving for dinner and drinks around 6pm. The real deal Meetup starts at 7pm. Come as early as you like and stay as late as you like. Support our Hosts by buying dinner and/or Drinks. (Oh and it's Ladies night and Boxty's are half price!

  • Site Showcase??

    Fri, 29 Jan 2010, 01:00 - 03:00 in St Charles, United States

    TBD *Quick Lesson - *Site ShowcasePeople start arriving for dinner and drinks around 6pm. The real deal Meetup starts at 7pm. Come as early as you like and stay as late as you like. Support our Hosts by buying dinner and/or Drinks. (Oh and it's Ladies night and Boxty's are half price!

  • Organizers Meeting

    Sat, 23 Jan 2010, 20:00 - 22:00 in St Charles, United States

    We are going to hold an organizers meeting this Saturday afternoon. Probably in the upstairs room.Any assistant organizers are encouraged to attend. Or anyone who is interested as well.We will try to make it a short meeting but there are some urgent issues we need to talk over and get some planning going for the next few Months.

  • Drupal Camp Chicago

    Sat, 12 Dec 2009, 14:00 - 16:00 in Evanston, United States

    Drupalcamp Chicago is an annual conference organized by The Chicago Drupal Meetup Group (CDMUG) and the Chicagoland Drupal community. This yearÂ’s Drupalcamp is being held at the Hotel Orrington in Evanston, IL on December 12 and 13, 2009. Let's get a big group to show up!!! Should be a great time. You have to register at Drupalcamp Chicago!

  • Drupal Holiday Recipes (using OG)

    Fri, 4 Dec 2009, 01:00 - 03:00 in St Charles, United States

    Ever try to make a new recipe? Even if it went well, chances are the next time you make it, everyone will like it much better. Thanksgiving is past but we will probably all still be feasting on leftovers so bring your Turkey day and Holiday stories and recipes to share. [list]*Quick Lesson - Jason Bell on Views Arguments and Views Attach*Quick Lesson - Kevin Thull on FileField Paths to hash the sites/default/files folder using node tokens*Organic Group Overview and discussion

  • Drupal Hang-out #2 for DRN4C

    Thu, 19 Nov 2009, 00:30 - 02:30 in St Charles, United States

    Small group meeting to do some more work on Dupage Residents Network for Change. We are picking a corner in the back room downstairs to bang some things out.

  • Best Practices for Development, Deployment & Maintenance for Drupal Sites.

    Sat, 24 Oct 2009, 17:30 - 19:30 in St Charles, United States

    This is a special advanced "Workshop" on Best Practices for Development and Deployment and Maintenance for Drupal Sites. (recommended for more advanced Drupalers only, we will share the results at a regular drupal meetup) Participants will show and tell of some "practices" currently being used and a discussion about tools and strategies which could provide improvements. As we identify possible improvements and try them on sandbox implementations.

  • WKIWWSI - Site Building

    Fri, 23 Oct 2009, 00:00 - 02:00 in St Charles, United States

    Ready to try out something entirely different?!? We aren't exactly sure what this is yet... but the plan is to work on a site building project using the We'll Know it When We See It (WKIWWSI) Project Management Approach. Dividing up into teams for different sections of a site, we will see what kind of a site we can build in an hour or so. Taking applications for a site to build so post your suggestions. [list]*Quick Lesson - Jason Bell on Views Arguments and Views Attach

  • Drupal Hang-out

    Wed, 14 Oct 2009, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Our Focus is on getting things done on our Drupal Projects, but also sharing our experience. Open house style, get something to eat or drink, research or just do some focused work.

  • Drupal Work-out

    Wed, 30 Sep 2009, 18:30 - 20:30 in St Charles, United States

    There's no program or agenda, just a gathering where you can come and work on your Drupal projects. Obviously any conversations would probably revolve around questions and answers about Drupal site work. Focus is on getting things done, but also sharing our experience. Open house style, get something to eat or drink, research or just do some focused work.

  • Drupal Favorites II

    Fri, 25 Sep 2009, 00:00 - 02:00 in St Charles, United States

    Since we ran out of time on our Drupal Favorites we will spend some more time on that ...show off your favorite module/s. Sign up and post your preferences today! [list]*Drupal Favorites - Offer up your favorite Module and show why you like it*Site show and tell - If you have a Drupal site you want to show off here's your chance

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