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• What is a Good Online Video Service for Screencasts?

  I'd like to start posting more video-based demonstrations and walk-throughs of theming and customizing Community Server, but I don't really want to store the videos on my shared web host (and pay for storage and bandwidth). What is a good online... Posted May 08 2008, 10:59 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Theming, Reviews

• Community Server 2008 - Implementing Custom File Viewers

  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... Posted Apr 23 2008, 10:13 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Theming

• Community Server 2008 - How to Implement Custom Widgets

  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... Posted Apr 21 2008, 02:38 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming, Dynamic Configuration

• Community Server 2008 - Changes to Chameleon

  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... Posted Apr 16 2008, 05:22 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming

• Watch Theming Community Server from CSDC'07 (Part 1)

  Part one of Wyatt and my talk about theming Community Server from CSDC '07 is now available on the Telligent web site. This video provides an overview of Community Server theming, URL rewriting, and the Chameleon theming language. Go watch it now... Posted Feb 14 2008, 06:02 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Telligent, Theming, Dynamic Configuration

• Dynamic Configuration in Graffiti CMS

  As was mentioned at the CSDC'07 back in October, Dynamic Configuration support is being used in more places. Today, it was announced that Graffiti CMS (a new product by Telligent ) now supports global variables. This feature is implemented using the... Posted Jan 17 2008, 03:04 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Telligent, Theming, Dynamic Configuration, Graffiti

• "Professional Community Server Themes" Now Available!

  It appears that online booksellers such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble now report " Professional Community Server Themes " as being "In Stock!" I'm very excited that this book is finally available! This book covers most everything... Posted Nov 01 2007, 12:12 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming, Dynamic Configuration

• What Would You Like to Know about Chameleon?

  I've been working on adding content and documentation to the Themes topic on docs.communityserver.org . Please check out the new information and see what you think. Now, after you've looked around, what's missing? What would you like to know... Posted Sep 19 2007, 07:58 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming

• Chameleon Property Documentation

  I just wanted to point out a recent update to the docs.communityserver.org site that should help theme developers using Chameleon . Documentation for single value and condition controls which access objects within the Community Server API has been added... Posted Sep 11 2007, 11:10 AM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming

• Some Notes about Community Server 2007.1

  I've just added descriptions and notes to docs.communityserver.org regarding some of the changes in CS2007.1 (previously known as SP3 ) I was involved with: Tags: Is there a way to hide TagClouds when they have no tags to display? Introduction to... Posted Aug 28 2007, 04:00 PM by Ben Tiedt's Blog Filed under: Community Server, Software Development, Chameleon, Theming