Dedicated to providing hands-on learning opportunities for Computing Professionals in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.

We are a hands-on learning group that meets monthly to cover many different technologies and tactics in this computer world, from application development, marketing/SEO, programming, systems and networks.

We have been developing applications in PHP and MySQL, AJAX, and others.  (Example  www.industrialcontact.com) Recent monthly programs have included presentations on Drupal and Joomla content management systems, search engine optimization, using XML with PHP among others. We also discuss the practical side of providing for business needs as computing professionals.

Our group is open to anyone with an interest in improving computing technology use in your business and organization.  Check our meetup page for more information and schedules.

SEO 101 - Revisited

Fri, 11/14/2008 - 14:59 — eric
12/08/2008 - 18:00
12/08/2008 - 21:00
Etc/GMT-6

The SEO 101 you have all heard about is back, and bigger than ever!

For those that missed the first, or need a refresher, this is it. A comprehensive overview of Search Engine Optimization, the basics.  This is for new sites, old sites, red sites and blue sites. Basic tips and tools to help build and maintain traffic.

NoOil.tv Rapid Development Presented Monday November 10th

Wed, 11/12/2008 - 08:28 — Bob Snodgrass

Successful night.  Not too bad for filling in a program, a bit disorganized, but I think we all learned things.  www.NoOil.tv is built and active.  It's not what it could be yet, but I've seen lots of worse sites out there!

There were lots of blog postings that were promoted to the front page in preparation for this... I've taken them off the front page now but you can see them on Member Blogs.

So here's a thought... Eric is planning on SEO101 next month (there will probably be a post shortly about that).  What does everyone think about building some content and promoting traffic for nooil.tv in the meantime? Could that be folded into the presentation?  Rapid Development followed by Rapid Promotion?

Comments please! 

Drupal Cheat Sheet

Wed, 11/12/2008 - 07:35 — Bob Snodgrass

Greetings, there seem to be a number of people considering getting started on developing your first drupal sites, I thought I would share the following that I have just added to my list of drupal links at www.net2community.com.

CURL pt. 2

Tue, 11/11/2008 - 14:11 — eric

Hey everybody,

Great night last night...thanks!

Here is that CURL code I talked about:

PHP Zip Code Locator / Zip Code database

Thu, 10/23/2008 - 14:52 — rpringle

I was talking with some people at the PHP meetup and mentioned using a 3rd party zip code locator and zip code database. for a freelance project some time ago.

Non-Profit Tech Resources

Thu, 10/23/2008 - 07:38 — rpringle

While searching for something completely different, I stumbled across a few sites I thought would be useful to the non-profit oriented members of FVCP. So without further ado:

Check your site against multiple browsers on multiple platforms... for free!

Thu, 10/16/2008 - 15:01 — rpringle

There have been plenty of fee-based browser preview sites, but I recently came across a free one that works better than most any other I've tested.

Magento and Swift Mailer

Fri, 09/26/2008 - 15:22 — rpringle

Typically on Fridays, when I have time, I try to do a bit of online research and perusal to see what's new out there in Web/PHP land. I discovered two new (well, to me anyhow) items that I found interesting.

September Meetup - Sugar CRM and JQuery

Tue, 08/26/2008 - 07:15 — Bob Snodgrass
09/08/2008 - 17:00
09/08/2008 - 19:00
Etc/GMT-6

Walter will be showing us the Sugar Customer Relationship Management System - More Open Source!  Chris Calip will also be demonstrating how to use jquery for forms and server-side validation.

We are attempting to move to a new location: RSVP and Updates at internetpro.meetup.com/19/calendar/8524918/

Cheap Pre-Conference Sessions in St. Charles

Mon, 08/18/2008 - 13:04 — rpringle

Hi all, I thought I would pass along some information about the upcoming National Association of Government Webmasters (NAGW) conference. It is being held in September at Pheasant Run Resort and Spa.

This year we've decided to let people register for pre-conference sessions without registering for the rest of the conference. The pre-conference sessions are $75 each and run for a half day. They cover a wide range of topics and I thought a few of them might interest some of you. Below is a list of the session titles:

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