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• Some Notes about Community Server 2007 SP3

  I've just added descriptions and notes to docs.communityserver.org regarding some of the changes in SP3 I was involved with: Tags: Is there a way to hide TagClouds when they have no tags to display? Introduction to Chameleon: New TruncationEllipsisTemplate... Posted Aug 28 2007, 04:00 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Extending User Registration using Sub-Forms

  A common Community Server customization involves adding fields to the registration form (CreateUserForm control) and performing custom actions based on these fields. Chameleon provides an easy way to extend the CreateUserForm control by using Sub-Forms... Posted Jun 15 2007, 02:27 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• CS2007 Chameleon Base Classes

  For those of you diving into the Community Server 2007 SDK and learning about the inner workings of Chameleon to create custom controls , I thought it would be helpful to outline the base control classes available to Chameleon control developers. The... Posted May 17 2007, 01:27 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Adding New Themed Pages in CS2007

  To add a new page to a theme in CS2007, Add the page to SiteUrls_Override.config The SiteUrls.config file defines all of the rewritten URLs within Community Server. The SiteUrls_Override.config file within the root of the Community Server installation... Posted May 14 2007, 11:30 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Updates to Creating New Themes in CS2007

  I just wanted to point out that I made a few changes to the Creating New Themes in CS2007 post to highlight some common changes that will need to be made when copying the out-of-the-box site themes. The changes include notes to update the name and preview... Posted May 02 2007, 10:29 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• New Custom Code Condition and Action Chameleon Controls

  To more easily support custom code in Chameleon-based themes, two new controls were added: CustomCondition and CustomAction. From the updated Introduction to Chameleon: Condition Controls post... CustomCondition (<CSControl:CustomCondition />) CustomCondition... Posted Mar 15 2007, 12:44 AM by Ben Tiedt&#39;s Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Chameleon Pager Controls

  One topic that could have been covered more in my Introduction to Chameleon posts is pager controls. Pager controls in Community Server 2007 are now completely customizable, interchangeable, groupable, and support some cool new features. As I mentioned... Posted Mar 09 2007, 03:08 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• New Utility Control: ConditionalContent

  Jose messaged me this evening and suggested adding IF-ELSE style logic to Chameleon in Community Server 2007. While IF-ELSE logic could be implemented using standard Chameleon controls using duplicated/negated DisplayConditions, such duplication can result... Posted Mar 07 2007, 11:51 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Changes to Chameleon List Controls (after CS2007 Beta-1)

  My post introducing list controls has already been updated, but to draw attention to the change, I thought I would post a separate update notification. All Chameleon list controls have been updated to support the following template in addition to the... Posted Mar 05 2007, 10:29 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Changes to Chameleon Condition Controls (after CS2007 Beta-1)

  I've already updated my post introducing condition controls in CS2007/Chameleon , but I wanted to add a separate post to draw attention to the changes... To better support date comparisons, all property and value comparison condition controls now... Posted Feb 23 2007, 05:54 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon

• Creating New Themes in CS2007

  I just received a request via email to provide the quick steps to getting started with a new Chameleon-based theme in CS2007--so, here it is. To setup a new custom site theme, Copy an existing Chameleon theme I strongly suggest not overwriting the default... Posted Feb 15 2007, 11:16 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Skinning, Chameleon