Blogs

In three days, participants will build from scratch a rock solid, commercially supported, aesthetically pleasing community website with an online store, without writing a single line of custom code. Book now !

Course Objectives:
The course project will be to create a community and e-commerce website for a band based on Acquia Drupal and Ubercart that includes the following features:

Blogs
Audio and video content
Tour dates and event calendar
Fan forums
Ubercart store:
t-shirts and other apparel
music downloads

http://techcocktail.com/home/2009/01/21/tech-cocktail-chicago-10-coming-at-ya/

Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Place: John Barleycorn’s - 3524 N Clark (where it always is)
Cost: $0 (per usual)

RSVP @ http://techcocktail-chicago-10.eventbrite.com/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/20/50-extremely-useful-php-tools/

PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.

CDMUG is now an official member of the O'Reilly User Group Program :)

CDMUG members receive a 35% discount on O'Reilly, No Starch, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin products purchased directly from O'Reilly. Members are also entitled to a discount on O'Reilly conferences and tutorials.
Other special discount offers may also be forwarded to your group from time to time. Contact Matthew for discount codes and additional information.

January 22-23, 2009
Illinois Technology Association, 200 S Wacker Dr
$25/day, $45 both days

Register @ http://www.eventbrite.com/event/233700003

January 22: Beginner Sessions
8:00 Registration Opens
8:30 - 9:20 Overview of Flex and the Flash Platform for Newcomers and the Non-Technical: Michael Epstein
9:30 - 10:20 Keynote: Ben Forta
10:30 - 11:20 TBA
11:30 - 12:20 Integrating Flex with Java and PHP: Shashank Tiwari
12:20 - 1:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30 - 2:20 Flex and ColdFusion 101: Mike Nimer
2:30 - 3:20 Getting Started with Adobe AIR: Elad Elrom

The Drupal CMS has a strong security team with simple goals . If you are a Drupal developer, please read the handbook section on Writing Secure Code . Also my favorite is this Drupal RSS feed it will provide a list of all security advisories issued by the security team. Keeping aware of critical system events as they occur on your website is vital.

Free Geek Chicago needs your support please donate your individual or companies discarded computer components . When you give to Free Geek they will refurbish and recycle your components back into the local Chicago community.

DrupalCon DC is a few months away, so now is the time to VOTE for what you want the next DrupalCon to be. With almost 200 sessions proposed you have a lot to choose from! Here is a list of CDMUG member session proposals.

1. Advanced Drupal 6 Theming
ABSTRACT:

Grabbed this from the Chicago graphic Design group.....

Slides from a high level comparison of the various CMS tools, and a bunch of additional resource links. You can get them all here: http://surprisehighway.com/cmsresources/

-Jason Siffring
jason@cdmug.org

A good part of the videos has been posted online. Enjoy.
http://blip.tv/search?q=drupal+chicago&x=0&y=0
http://www.ustream.tv/charliecheney

The most photos from the event have been tagged Drupal Camp Chicago on Flickr. Please tag your photos or let us know where we can find more
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/drupalcampchicago/