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Community Server 2008 Hack-a-thon

One of the fun benefits of working for Telligent is the ability to participate in regular "hack-a-thon" contests. These contests usually involve working with a new feature or product and result in great prizes! Last week, while the Community Server team was in Dallas, we had a hack-a-thon to...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-09-2008
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 video service for screencasts? Blip.tv ? Vimeo...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-08-2008
Community Server 2008 - Centralized File System (CFS) Overview

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 files in the file system or (c) configurable options...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-24-2008
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 remote audio clips. Without file viewers, the media...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-23-2008
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.IContentFragment interface. Community Server will...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-21-2008
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 (before 2007) and the 2008 version, I suggest reading...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-16-2008
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 to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-14-2008
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 same Dynamic Configuration support used in Community...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 01-17-2008
"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 about themes -- understanding how URL rewriting...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-01-2007
Talking about Community Server Theming at the CSDC

This past weekend at the CSDC , Wyatt Lyon Preul and I presented a two-part talk about implementing themes in Community Server -- both what is available in CS2007 as well as what we're adding in CS2008. We had an excellent turn-out and a lot of great questions (both during the presentation and one...

Posted to Ben Tiedt (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-22-2007

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