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CDMUG is set to jet @ the upcoming HostingCon conference at Navy Pier. The Drupal CMS Open Source Project will be represented by your local Chicago Drupal MUG members from exhibitor booth #820. The purpose of the event is to promote offering Drupal to all hosting providers as a default install; As well as help users find the best Drupal hosting companies. The Hostingcon Show Guide is now available.

This group is dedicated to solutions and approaches for high traffic, high performing Drupal sites. As such, it will deal with a lot of information around the rest of a typical Drupal "stack" -- the operating system, web server, database, and PHP tweaks that combine to support the Drupal application.

I found this group while researching for tips about Drupal and Cloud Computing.

Successfully, I spent the last day trying to enable Clean URL's on a Drupal 5.7 remote server (media temple (dedicated virtual). I want to thank all CDMUG members who pulled together with me to investigate this by phone, email, and IM. Im walking away from this with a new appreciation for linux guru's and the ssh command line. With that said - Im going to provide a 5 step hack to enable Clean URL's. I'd only try this hack as a last resort; I put a few links below that have more tips on the subject.

Step 1. Download this x.htaccess file

Flourish Conference 2008 starts tomorrow! Flourish 2008 will run from Friday, April 4th till Saturday, April 5th. Everything seems to be coming together and everyone on the Flourish Team believes they are about to put on a great conference for you. They have 16 speakers, 6 special events and activities and currently over 325 registered attendees. If you know someone who has yet to register for Flourish 2008 who would like to take advantage of the free online registration, that person should sign up by 8:30 PM today!

It’s not about money; it’s about freedom. If you want to check out the Community Participation Platform, in progress its called activity stream.

If you attended Drupalcon Boston 2008 you can now take the feedback survey put together by the Drupal Association. Your feedback and suggestions for improvements will help improve the next Drupalcon.

Drupalcon 2008 at the Boston Convention and Expo Center is officially sold out. It's no surprise to me though, I saw 180 tickets at $200 a piece sell over this last weekend. This twice-yearly gathering of Drupalers discussing and advancing Drupal while networking with each other is a can't miss. It would be great to know the home locations from all attendees - I imagine every corner of the world will be represented in Boston! The last conference was in Barcelona - I wonder if that sold out?

They’ve selected the first 14 of 16 sessions for the Marketing and Business Tracks at Drupalcon Boston 2008.

• 1-2-3: A Step-By-Step Guide to the PROFITABLE Web Development Process by Neil Giarratana

The lineup for DrupalCon Boston's Design and User Experience track has been released:

Announceing the Site Building Conference Tracks of DrupalCON Boston. 54 strong proposals for only 16 conference slots. Decisions were made carefully