LA Drupal river of news

At a recent LA Drupal coffee meeting, I proposed that interested LA Drupal participants join forces to form what I uncreatively called Ninja Squads with the mission of taking on modules that are this >< far from being releasable or stable, and getting them over the hump. This would be unofficial, and would not involve actually taking over modules, although that might be an option for individual participants.

This would be a phenomenal contribution that wouldn't require an unreasonable commitment on the part of any single member. It would be open to folks at every skill level, and would provide an excellent experience in learning by doing.

This idea can also be part of into the August Pre-Lock Code Sprint inasmuch as folks who participate in this before the sprint will be better prepared to contribute and folks who participate in the sprint will be prime recruitment candidates for this.

Bear in mind that nothing builds your Drupal credibility like contributing.

This is open to everyone.

If you are interested, please comment.

Looking for a drupal guru who are well versed in module development in handling REST, XMLRPC calls to external api's. If you are familiar with facebook api, myspace api, or twitter api, it is a plus.

Work start in early July. Drupal version 6,

Hello -

We had a post earlier. Found 2 great local developers - thank you group!

Could use some more good talent. If you're out there and living in Los Angeles - and know the ins and outs of Drupal - please contact us!

$30-60 an hour.

Thanks!

Multi-product online catalog support for established apparel company (no-ecommerce)

Must work with our CSS designer in ensuring that final site matches design comps amap

Must provide support for data exported from client's AS400 database

Custom member area must be developed

In-house preferred. $45 - $60 per hour, based on experience

Please provide samples and references -- samples should include any custom deliverables such as member areas and support for exported client data, as related to this project
Project timeframe - now until August 14
Detailed scope of work available

A brief project to integrate MindBodyOnline.com with Drupal 6

1) Consume Web Service: Query courses data from MindBodyOnline.com’s web service via API (http://www.mindbodyonline.com/en/api).

2) Format and Display Data in various designed views on Drupal.

3) If applicable, utilize Drupal's Service module to create dynamic pages based off fields from course information. For example, for our “Courses Page” layout, we’ll want to show all courses categorized for parents and then include corresponding content for parents.

All Drupal pros,

Looking for website developer team for a new "turnkey" website, combination of vertical e-marketplace and e-commerce with email communication feature. Please feel free to review this site, us.zilok.com. The new similar website needs to have better CMS and site layouts. Please email me your rate or proposal with portfolio list. We will return emails that we see match our needs only. Thank you.

My location: Baldwin park, CA

I need to build a content (in my case video) contest site site where people can register, embed a YouTube or Google video (others supported by the Video module), and allow contestants to selected one of 6 categories (entered as taxonomies).

This project will probably be in the form of a new module that uses the Voting API, allows one (or ultimately for contribution back to the community, a definable number of votes) per user. Contest results should be viewable as reports section, listed in hightest to lowest number of vote, and viewable by taxonomy (from what I understand this is probably done with a custom exported View code but I could be wrong). It will need to have views customizable so that random entries are show in taxonomy views, but this can probably be done with a custom View or Contemplate. For maximum flexibility, administrators of the contest module should be able to choose between: 1) number of votes allowed per user sitewide or 2)number of votes allowed per user per category for the contributed version, but for my project I need to allow one vote per user per category/taxonomy. I need to have registered users to vote for one video per taxonomy. For voting I tried using the Voting API and Plus 1 but there is a little more functionality I need. Users should not be able to register multiple accounts from the same IP address to vote mote than once (that might be built into Voting API already?).

The site is already built/installed, the theme is already done. It is in Drupal 6. I am using the Video and CCK modules for users to submit content, and have it working fine.

Please contact me with an estimate. I would like the work to be done by June 29th, 2009, 10am Pacific Time.

Nick Dynice
Heavybag Media

The third article in my Drupal series for Adobe.com is out now. This article covers Drupal Zen Sub-Themes, including Dreamweaver tip(s) when working with Drupal themes.

"When asked why I would recommend the Zen theme versus a core theme such as Garland, I answer, Zen was built to be a seed for your tree—you plant the seed, water it, and watch it grow! Garland looks nice, but is not documented well and has custom page template code that should not appear elsewhere. In short, Garland is just not right as the basis for a theme; the Zen theme is."

Read the article now at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_zen_subthemes.ht...

Previous articles in the series:
Building a Drupal site in 10 steps, is at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_site_in_10_steps...

Using Drupal themes with Dreamweaver CS4, is at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/drupal_themes_with_dwcs...

Curious. I was a community sponsor last year.

Thanks,

Daniel Banales
Web hosting by www.Inhost.com

Drupal Camp LA 2009 will be taking place from August 8-9th. Our annual two day event features training, sessions, an install fest, and networking opportunities with hundreds of Drupal users!

New this year is our DrupalCampLA 2009 Shirt Design Contest! You design a shirt and the winner will receive a printed shirt with their design or a Drupal book (provided by book sponsors). Each prize option valued over $25.00!

Rules: Entries must be submitted before Monday July 13, 2009. Designs can be in color. Multiple entries per person is allowed. Usage of the Drupal logo is not required, but helps. One or more of the following phrases should appear in your design(s):
* Drupal Camp LA
* 2009
* Los Angeles
* www.drupalcamp.com (or just drupalcamp.com)
* www.ladrupal.org (or just ladrupal.org)

FAQ
Can I turn in my design that Monday? No. We cannot accept entries for the contest on the day of 7/13. We encourage people to design their own shirts, or buy our camp shirts when available and wear them to the camp event.

How will entries need to be submitted? We will allow shirt designs to be uploaded on our camp site in the near future. If you have a design, show it off here first by commenting with a link to your design. We're watching. :)

How will the winning design be picked? We will decide at a future date how the winning design will be chosen. We've got a lot to do for our entire camp, so just put up with us on this one. :P

Buzzr.com, a partnership with Lullabot, is now hiring full-time or part-time Drupal Ninjas as freelancers. For more about Buzzr, please read Jeff Robin's post at: http://www.lullabot.com/articles/buzzr-demo-video-making-drupal-usable For advance praise of Buzzr's new user interface that sits on top of Drupal, please see: http://bit.ly/Egled Front and back end developers. Rock stars/ninjas only. Submit resumes to Ed@lullabot.com

We're having coffee and talking Drupal on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Coffee Connection (also known as The Vineyard Cafe). Afterwards, we might go out to dinner or go looking for something stronger than the Coffee Connection's espresso. You're invited!

We're meeting at Coffee Connection on the corner of Venice Blvd. and S. Centinela Ave. It's a sweet place right around the corner from the Venice Grind, where Drupal Cafe has been in the past. It has plenty of tables and parking, ample wi-fi and a really nice courtyard. Yelp has two separate listings for it:

  http://knurl.us/url/byhj16a
  http://knurl.us/url/z0csiy8

Usually there aren't any predetermined topics, but for part of the meeting we'll be talking about DrupalCamp LA 2009.

Sign up by logging in and clicking the "Sign up" button below. Knowing how many people are interested in attending can help us better select good locations in the future. People who sign up will also have last minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

I've run into the problem of letting authenicated users access /sites/default/files/folder1/folder2 and see a full directory listing. Typically I solve this with htaccess (Options Indexes, IndexOptions +ScanHTMLTitles -IconsAreLinks FancyIndexing and other values). However, I see that Drupal's webroot/.htaccess does not play nicely.

I've tried all sorts of htaccess solutions found via search (401.shtml, ErrorDocument 401 "Unauthorized", DirectoryIndex index.php index.html, Options FollowSymLinks +Indexes). The apache 2.x error log now just has "...Attempt to serve directory: /.../sites/default/files/folder1" offering no clues.

So, I got a web folder directory listing script index.php at http://www.evoluted.net/community/code/directorylisting.php
and it worked for folder1/ but not for folder1/folder2/.

So, my question is for Drupal 6.10 to 6.12, what is the solution? I'd like a .htaccess method, but I'd be happy to get by this bottleneck. Also, the user will be uploading DBF and CSV files into these folders.

I'm open to a Drupal File Manager solution, but I've now come across so many of them. Any recommendations? I imagine that both the directory listing and uploading might be solved by one FM? WebFM seems good, but I have yet to go fully into the learning curve of it.

We are seeking a mid-senior level Drupal developer in the Los Angeles area able to assist us in developing our flagship online community. This position is on-site, contract to full-time. This is an opportunity to get involved with a unique application of Drupal in the creation of a virtual world, details of which can be found here: http://drupal.org/node/430222

As a Drupal developer, the successful applicant would be experienced with the following: PHP, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, AMFPHP, in addition to the qualifications listed below.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years working with drupal 5 and above.
• Expert knowledge of Drupal 5 and 6 installation, configuration and module creation. Provide module examples.
• Working knowledge of CCK, Services, Views, and other popular drupal modules.
• Experience building PHP 5 Drupal modules that use MySQL.
• Experience with Drupal Flash integration using Services, AMFPHP.
• Ability to translate site maps and wire frames into appropriate Drupal themes, content types, views, and custom modules following our shop's best practices.
• Expert knowledge in setting up appropriate user administration and permission sets.
• Ability to work with designers to theme interface design.
• Ability to create necessary PHP template files, with valid xHTML and CSS.
• Expert in cross-browser issues and work-arounds, as well as W3 web standards.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Good documentation skills.
• Self-motivated and directed. Inspired to learn and add value to our shop's services.
• Strong interest in participating in Open Source communities, especially Drupal.
• Experience with git source code management.
• Experience with mysql administration(phpAdmin or otherwise) and memcached.
• Willingness to use Unfuddle for ticket, task, time, and bug tracking.
• Must be available to work in our Los Angeles, CA office as necessary.
• Available from 9AM-5PM PST to communicate and work with other members of the team.

It is truly an innovative project - I would fill the position myself, but I am required elsewhere!

BTW, if anyone wants to chat about the project I would love to get to know you and chat.

I apologize in advance for the dumb question, but for the life of me I can't seem to find the setting to address this.

I am using Taxonomy menu in conjunction with my taxonomy vocabulary and terms to create the menus for our newspaper site. Everything works great when I click on the sub-items (terms) beneath each individual menu items/vocabulary (News, Sports, Lifestyle, Opinion, etc...). So for example, when I click on the sub-menu beneath "News": "Local News", "Local Business", "High Schools", etc... the page opens fine without issue.

But, when I click on the main vocabulary "News", the page opens first displaying all of the terms in bold (Local News, Local Business, High Schools, etc...) and then the news entries. I don't want our readers to see all the terms listed out, especially in BOLD.

How do set it so the TERMS in the Vocabulary DO NOT SHOW when the main menu is clicked?

I am not able to provide a link to the site because I am setting it up locally on my computer.

Thanks,
Joe

An entertainment client located in Mid-Wilshire Los Angeles is seeking a Drupal Administrator. This person will be updating content on company websites using Drupal. Any experience with PHP development will be helpful.

I just upgraded a client's site to 6.12 and I'm a newbie at all this. So I followed the instructions, backed up the DB (and since it's a new site....there's practically no data) backed up the files and then deleted everything from the server and uploaded 6.12. Hit update.php and did the upgrade. Now i get redirected to the install.php page no matter what I do. Fix?