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05 May 2007
Showcase: Smartson goes Community Server
So, again I managed to keep quite for almost 2 months. Sometimes the energy for writing is just not there. No writing doesn't mean that nothing has happened though. The content of this article was meant to be published on the 18th of April. So here I'll quote myself on an article that never was... Read More...
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12 March 2007
How to add new users to different roles on the fly
Sometimes there might be a need to add your users to different roles, depending on certain invitations, at registration time. Is that possible in Community Server (CS)? Well, in this case CSModules can be your friend as in many other situations. The other day there was a request for this functionality... Read More...
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07 March 2007
Using Localizable E-mail Templates
Wouldn't it be great to be able to standardize how mails sent from your Community Server site looks, and to be able to change them on demand without having to re-compile anything? As you might know Community Server (CS) already has a built-in system for this. This localizable template system is used... Read More...
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20 February 2007
Correction of one of my old posts
Previously on J-O Erikssons blog: A long, long time ago. At least in Internet Time. At J-O Eriksson's old blog there was an article about a solution to handle sending Newsletters to your Community Server users with the help of CS Roles . As time went by, new articles was written, other areas of Community... Read More...
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12 February 2007
The forgotten notifications (a new CSModule)
Do you have any forums posts that have been caught by a spam rule? Or do you have any forums posts that haven't been approved for other reasons? It's not easy to know unless you frequently visit your Control Panel -> Forums to Moderate . I have had sites where I discovered posts that were several... Read More...
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11 December 2006
Set your Reader Posts to expire automatically
If you're using the Reader application in Community Server , did you know that the posts never expire and will over time add to the size of your database? Last Friday I wrote an article about how you can create a CSJob that lets you run a SQL Stored Procedure on your CS Database on a scheduled basis... Read More...
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29 November 2006
Do you have problems with Community Server Database size?
If you have your Community Server web site at a hoster, have you been confronted with the issue of a growing CS Database? In a conversation with Keyvan the other day, he pointed me to a forum thread at communityserver.org, and hinted that this might be a good idea for a CSJob. In that thread a user wants... Read More...
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29 November 2006
Do you have problems with Community Server Database size?
If you have your Community Server web site at a hoster, have you been confronted with the issue of a growing CS Database? In a conversation with Keyvan the other day, he pointed me to a forum thread at communityserver.org, and hinted that this might be a good idea for a CSJob. In that thread a user wants... Read More...
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27 November 2006
A less painful way to upgrade to a Service Pack
Have you not yet upgraded your Community Server sites to Community Server 2.1 SP 1, because it seems to be to much work, and you don't want it to go wrong and just haven't got the time right now to do I properly? Service Packs are an important way to get security fixes, bug fixes, and more into an existing... Read More...
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22 November 2006
How to learn where your users click
Implementing a more clear menu, like I did the other day, and do other changes to you blog, might be of no meaning at all if you're not aware of how/if they are used. Assuming your blog is for you readers, and not just a personal journal for yourself, you'd want to know if the features you add to you... Read More...
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06 November 2006
How to create a WeblogThemedControl
Want to create a Community Server control that adapts to your blog's theme/skin? Community Server (CS) contains a class named WeblogThemedControl, which is used for many of the built in blog controls in CS. One of the features of the WeblogThemedControl is that it has a corresponding .ASCX file usually... Read More...
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02 November 2006
Popular Topics - Follow up
After I posted the article about the Popular Topics yesterday, Thomas Freudenberg asked me: "Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't AggregatePostList supposed to do this?" He also pointed me to an article from May this year , posted by Jaxon Rice. And, of course, Thomas is correct! The AggregatePostList control... Read More...
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30 October 2006
The Secrets of CSModules
Whether you are a developer, or a Community Server admin that haven't got much experience of .NET Development, I believe you should benefit from this article. This article gives you an overview of what CSModules are, how can you benefit from them, and also a collection of resources to find out more,... Read More...
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27 October 2006
Wikipedia Link Module
Just installed Ben Tiedt's Wikipedia Link Module . A CSModule that lets you add highlighted, clickable words to your posts, that when clicked shows a little pop-up with an excerpt on that word from Wikipedia. I have played with this module before, but had forgotten that it existed. . A great and useful... Read More...
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25 October 2006
Adding more buttons to TinyMCE in CS
Community Server 2.1 uses TinyMCE as the build-in editor for posting in forums, blogs etc. You can choose in your profile if you want to run the Standard or Enhanced implementation of TinyMCE in CS. Figure 1: Content Editor Options in your profile Even though I always use the Enhanced version myself... Read More...
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