May 2008 - Posts

• How To: Change the Default Color for the Graffiti Skittlish Theme

  For some reason I was scratching my head on this and even asked this of the Telligent Tip Master. I guess this is partly due to the fact that I am still learning my way around Graffiti and mostly to do with the fact that I am more of a hacker then a dev. This is how easy it is to do and I hope it helps someone because I really love this theme! Navigate to \wwwroot\files\themes\Skittlish\ and open up the app.js file. Locate line 75 in the app.js file (in bold) change it to one of the other predefined colors for example I changed mine to cookie = 'fixed blue' I found the color names in the base.css file in the same folder. The choices are blue, cyan, green, orange, pink, red and violet. /* el customizer */ function loadPreferences() {   var cookie = getCookie('skittlish');   if (cookie == '') {    cookie = 'fixed orange';   } I also want to point out that this could all be done using just the site itself no FTP required. Just go to the ControlPanel -> Site Options -> Utilities -> File Browser then navigate to the path above and click on the app.js this will open up another page with an Edit button. Technorati Tags: GraffitiCMS Posted to Technology Similar Posts Multiple Blogs at the Root Xcopy Deployment Method Community Server 2007 - RELEASED Posted May 29 2008, 01:20 AM by Rick Reszler Filed under: Technology

• Xcopy Deployment Method

  This is one of the greatest and most simplest tools\tips for upgrading or deploying site code which I use almost everyday. Basically you are creating a new folder on the server and copying all the existing files and folders for your site to the new folder and the best part is this includes the permissions. Then all you do is re-point your site or virtual directory to the new folder and since the home directory path was set to new folder there is no need for an application pool recycle and you will never suffer the dreaded dll lock. Another great thing about this is you can roll back in a jiffy if needed which is really nice for that unexpected oops when deploying to production. What I do is use the date for naming the folders which also makes it easy to remember when the site was last updated. So for example I  would use 052808 for updating a site today. Create a batch file called newfolder.bat with the following command: just edit the path to fit your needs. xcopy C:\Sites\mywebsite\050808 C:\Sites\mywebsite\052808  /o /e /y /c /i After running the batch file then deploy your updated site files to the new folder replacing any existing files and folders with the same name. More info can be found here in this kb. Posted to Technology Similar Posts Single Blog Only - Community Server 2.1 Community Server 2.1 SP1 Released! Configuring Permissions on Windows Server 2003 - ASP.NET and CommunityServer Posted May 28 2008, 11:09 PM by Rick Reszler Filed under: Technology

• Manage Multiple Servers and PC's with Royal TS

  If you manage several machines on a network or even remotely through the Internet you have to check out Royal TS! Besides being able to connect and tab between active connections my favorite is the session info you can get on a machine. You just click get session information on a selected machine and it shows you any active or disconnected sessions and allows you to reset or send them a message. Now I ask you how many times have you tried to connect to a machine and were denied because of the maximum number of connections. There are many more great features and the current build runs stable even on Vista so check it out and let me know what you think.   Posted to Technology Posted May 28 2008, 08:00 PM by Rick Reszler Filed under: Technology