July 2006 - Posts

28 July 2006
Screencast: Batch import photos into a gallery
In today's screencast I want to show you another, in the line of, what I call "hidden" features of Community Server . Namely the import function in a photo gallery. IMO it's not located in a place where you might expect it to be. You will find it under the 'Advanced Photo Settings'... Read More...
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26 July 2006
Create a new CS skin in 5 minutes
Yes, you can do that! Provided that you only want to change the color schema and one or 2 pictures referenced in the CSS files. I did a few skins last week, one of them cause I wanted it for a site of mine, the others just because I could, and wanted to test out if it really was as easy as I thought... Read More...
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25 July 2006
My blog is moving on 1st of August
I am planning to move from weblogs.asp.net to my own domain - joeriksson.com - on the first of august. Not because I am in any way dissatisfied with having been here at weblogs.asp.net. It has been a really good home. But it's more because I want to be able to use more features and add-ons that currently... Read More...
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24 July 2006
Views statistics of your blog
Did you ever wonder what the statistics of views for your blog posts really mean? Well, I did, and I posted a question about it in the forums of CS.org. After a while, I got a good explanation from Kevin Harder (Community Server Team Member). He explained it liked this: "Generally speaking, "Views"... Read More...
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21 July 2006
Fun with snippets: Quote blocks in your blog posts
Friday and screencast time again! This time on a feature some have talked about before. Dave Burke has some excellent tips for using them here , Adonis Bitar talks about how he uses them . I am talking about Text Parts, or as they seems to be called now, "Snippets". If I would give a quick... Read More...
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19 July 2006
Nytt innehåll i min blogg
Om du undrar varför det plötsligt dykt upp en massa artiklar på engelska här på min blogg, så är det för jag har använt mirror funktionen i CS 2.1 och speglat in min blog från weblogs.asp.net/joeriksson hit. Det betyder inte att jag kommer sluta skriva... Read More...
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19 July 2006
CS2: Skinning: Change the title image of your blog without access to the CSS file
I'd never have thought I'd write an article about skinning. I am not very good at CSS. But sometimes you learn when you have to, although what I'll talk about in this article is in no way anything complicated. In Community Server you know you can change the skin of your blog to a skin that's... Read More...
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18 July 2006
Moving your blog to Community Server 2.1
How do you move your blog to Community Server 2.1? Well, of course it depends on what blog you're on today. When I started thinking about this I stumbeled on a BlogML project of Keyvan which he mentiones in this post . His own words about the tool from the readme: "This control helps you to... Read More...
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17 July 2006
CS2: Modifying José Lemas modifications of videos.aspx
In June I talked about having a videogallery in Community Server . I referenced an article by José Lema where he talks about the videos.aspx and how to modify that file to get a more Google-like videgallery. Today I implemented a videolibrary on my Community Server Sweden site . But since the... Read More...
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16 July 2006
CS2: Modifying José Lemas modifications of videos.aspx
In June I talked about having a videogallery in Community Server . I referenced an article by José Lema where he talks about the videos.aspx and how to modify that file to get a more Google-like videgallery. Today I implemented a videolibrary on my Community Server Sweden site . But since the... Read More...
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15 July 2006
Mediabibliotek tillagt på sajten
Har precis lagt till ett mediabibliotek på sajten. Ni kan nå det via "Media"-knappen i toppmenyn. Där visas alla videos som är inbäddade i forumsposter. Just nu visas där alla screencasts jag gjort hittils kring Community Server. Sidan är grundad på... Read More...
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15 July 2006
CS2: Community Server 2.1 Beta 1 is released!
I guess most of you already know, but I thought it was worth mentioning again. After have been eagerly waiting, like children at christmas waiting for their christmas gifts, Community Server 2.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. Check Rob's announcement! Some of the new features can be found... Read More...
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15 July 2006
Uppgraderat till CS 2.1 Beta 1
Har precis lyckats uppgradera CS Sverige till CS 2.1 Beta 1 som ni kanske ser. Det gick utan några större problem. Bara att köra ett SQL-skript, och kopiera över de nya filerna. Nåt som jag lärt mig efter många uppgraderingar är att först göra kopior... Read More...
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14 July 2006
CS2: Screencast: Thread Status Tracking in Forums
In todays screencast I show you how to enable Thread Status Tracking in Community Server , and also enable it for a particular forum. Thread Status Tracking (TST) could be useful for i.e. a support forum where you want to be able to rapidly see which questions/issues are not yet solved and take action... Read More...
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13 July 2006
CS2: CSModules: Qgyen.Lightbox v2.0.60712 released!!
The CSModule I talked about yesterday is available for download from Ken's blog! I am downloading and installing as I write. [8-|] Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Read More...
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