Drupal CMS Academy Session #9

Drupal CMS Academy Session #9
November 13, 2006
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In this session, we discussion are plans for building the Book of Drupal, forming Special Task Teams, and Alex discusses his experience using Drupal for a Conference website.


 Alex in Nashville  http://www.nycist.net/d/
 JL  https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=60097
 Alex in Nashville  http://www.nycist.net/d/?q=node/31
 erichoffer  is this the right room for the drupal call
 JL  yes
 erichoffer  thanks - and what are people looking at?
 JL  Eric, I will unmute you - unmute yourself whenever you want to chime in
 JL  http://www.nycist.net/d/
 hoagir  Drupal Rocks
 RedPill  HI, glptechradio / Redpill here in Skypecast also
 JL  Welcome
 JL  Let me know if you'd like to chime in
 RedPill  Just found out about this from Skypecast listing, I use drupal for many sites
 JL  great
 JL  we are all relatively novice users
 RedPill  Also use Asterisk for VOIP conferencing, me too
 Doug  here's an update from D'Arcy re the "provisionator"
 Doug  need to learn more about it
 Doug  http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/11/13/provisionator-on-drupal-cvs
 Alex in Nashville  Hi Eric -- I'm usually in New Jersey.
 erichoffer  Oh - Where in NJ?
 Alex in Nashville  South Orange.
 Doug  ya
 Doug  yay
 RedPill  Curious how you all simulcasting the different audio streams
 erichoffer  Alex - I'm in Maplewood! Maybe when you're back we could connect for a brief "overview". I'm totally new to this and am struggling to get a general sense of what I can do and the basics to do so. I've got something in the sandbox.
 Alex in Nashville  Eric -- too funny. What do you do?
 Alex in Nashville  Heppy to help with anything I can help with, but I'm a pretty newbe kind of person as well.
 Alex in Nashville  Happy, that is.
 erichoffer  If that nycist is what you did, I'd say you're well along the way. Got the "happy". How to connect?
 Alex in Nashville  My email is alex.ragone@gmail.com
 Alex in Nashville  Jeff --- Should I add a comment to that book of drupal post? Or do you want me to edit the specific node: http://www.cmsacademy.net/drupal/node/176
 Doug  been too busy in Second Life this week ;)
 Doug  to do my Drupal stuff
 Doug  still need to know more about templates and themes
 Alex in Nashville  What have you been building... I don't let myself go there because I know I would never come out.
 Doug  I'
 Doug  ve been exploring
 Alex in Nashville  Bill suggested a basic theme with a easy css...
 erichoffer  Alex - mine is erichoffer@yahoo.com - we can connect and I can fill you in on what i'm trying to do.
 JenM  http://drupal.org/project/cocomment
 Bob Bishop  I am in
 Bob Bishop  :D
 RedPill  is webcast academy linked on this site?
 Bob Bishop  I have a question
 Doug  http://webcastacademy.net
 RedPill  Thanx
 Bob Bishop  I have a question
 JL  what's your skype ID bob
 RedPill  WOW, you guys have been busy!
 RedPill  I will be a frequent visitor!
 Bob Bishop  i steel have a question...
 erichoffer  alex - did an email get to you?
 Alex in Nashville  got it -- eric.
 Alex in Nashville  Thanks.
 RedPill  one of my sites I use Drupal and Skype: http://911blog.org/?q=taxonomy/term/61
 RedPill  Thanks
 RedPill  Will try to be here on time next time!
 RedPill  << in Philly
 Alex in Nashville  Go Philly!
 RedPill  on shoutcast delay :)
 Alex in Nashville  Nice.
 Alex in Nashville  Look forward to it.
 Alex in Nashville  http://nycist.net/d/?q=node/36
 lee  What is the webhuddle address?
 Alex in Nashville  No webhuddle this week...
 lee  ahh
 JL  Manheim, Pennsylvania
 lee  Hey, I am from Pa!
 lee  That is my hometown
 lee  There is a teacher from there in our Worldbridges community
 lee  I remember seeing him but can not remember which show...he was probably the one who got others to listen in
 RedPill  Is this chat program a module?
 lee  It is a trip!
 lee  Yes, Sharon is going to start on Wednesday's at 2:30 ..Paul and his 1oth graders and our 8th graders
 lee  sharon peters form montreal
 JL  Hey Ya'll
 JL  just noticed you here
 Alex in Nashville  see ya!
 lee  Hey!
 JL  need to sign off
 lee  ok
 Alex in Nashville  You hometown???
 Alex in Nashville  That's pretty cool.
 JL  RedPil - this is addonchat.com
 lee  yep
 Alex in Nashville  Lee.
 lee  yes
 Alex in Nashville  You created a jump in our listening.
 RedPill  oh ok, thanx
 Alex in Nashville  THanks!
 JL  we used the chatroom module before - good but used a lot of server resources when busy
 RedPill  ah ok
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Comments

Book of Drupal

I am reading alex's post about how he set up his drupal for the conference. I am going to a conference this week and will be spending any free time at the hotel at night working on Drupal. I wish i had my skill set up to date so i could set up a drupal to do my presentation there! As it is, I am trying out the new iWork app for mac called Keynote.

Having spoken to Bill Fitzgerald in length about "what if we were using the Drupal as a personal learning space" instead of elgg (just interested in comparing funtionality)....and "what if we used drupal to upload and grade my comptech8 papers on line and how good are the grading modules", I am getting crazy about wanting to get the newmediaguides drupal and the musicbridges drupal running well. As always, i encountered a block right off the bat as started on the new media guides again. Stopped dead in my tracks. I uploaded a flicr module to the server but can not figure out how to make it visible on the modules option in admin...

I am still wearing training wheels.. i can get on the bike but cant peddle far without trying to topple over. Maybe by next week at this time i will be ready to be on one of the special task teams... :) I am glad to have some recordings to learn. Anyone remember what software program puts audio into text? I may gather audio of note from the shows and change it into text and edit it for use in the book of drupal.

5.0 Modules - not ready for primetime

Hi Lee,

I believe this is a 5.0 limitation. I don't think the flickr module has been ported yet. You can find a list on module conversion status to 5.0 at:
http://drupal.org/node/82257

Yes, Flicr is not 5.0

After further reading, I see Gallery is 5.0 but not Flicr. I got Gallery to show up just fine in my Modules. I have to read further about getting Gallery 2.0 on my computer to work before I can upload content to the Drupal Gallery. Now, back to the "Read Me!"

Lee