April, 2008

Common requests for new users of Community Server are "how do I edit the navigation bar?", "how do I add a second level of navigation items?", and "how do I add drop-down menus to the navigation items?" In all of these cases...

In Community Server 2007 and earlier versions, the many file-related features (post attachments, site files, blog files, avatars, role icons, etc) all implemented their own file management logic and supported (a) storing files in the database (b) storing...

File viewers are the unsung heroes that make Community Server 2008 media-friendly. They implement the support for viewing and resizing images, viewing uploaded and remote video files, viewing video from online video services, and playing uploaded and...

The updates to the official documentation sites are still a little way out, so, in the meantime, I've gotten permission to post the new, improved Chameleon control documentation on this site. Here it is: CS2008 Chameleon Documentation The new Chameleon...

After adding support for widgets in custom themes , it may be useful to create a few custom widgets. Widgets in Community Server 2008 (internally identified as content fragments) are server-side .net classes implementing the CommunityServer.Components...

After updating a custom theme for CS2008 , support for widgets can be added. Community Server 2008 provides built-in support for extending Dynamic Theme Configuration to support selecting custom widgets to be displayed within a theme. CS2008 includes...

My last article outlined the changes made to Chameleon and Theming between CS2007 and CS2008 and could be used as a guide for an in-depth, manual upgrade of a CS2007 theme to CS2008. In this article, however, I'll provide my suggested approach to...

In this post, I'll outline the changes to the Chameleon theming engine (and themes in general) between Community Server 2007 and Community Server 2008. If you're interested in the changes to themes between an earlier version of Community Server...

As announced earlier today , Community Server 2008 is now available ! CS2008 includes many exciting new features: embedded video and audio, real friend support, widgets, mini-communities a.k.a. groups, improved messaging, and more. To help everyone...

I love this touch of personality... especially considering this tool is made for something that's traditionally boring... ...read more

I’ve been thinking about the differences between developing social and traditional applications. What’s the difference, for example, between developing Word and Facebook? The obvious difference is that one is social and one isn’t. But what does that really...