Community Server on my mind

Showcase: Smartson goes Community Server

So, again I managed to keep quite for almost 2 months. Sometimes the energy for writing is just not there. No writing doesn't mean that nothing has happened though. The content of this article was meant to be published on the 18th of April. So here I'll Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

How to add new users to different roles on the fly

Sometimes there might be a need to add your users to different roles, depending on certain invitations, at registration time. Is that possible in Community Server (CS)? Well, in this case CSModules can be your friend as in many other situations. The other Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Using Localizable E-mail Templates

Wouldn't it be great to be able to standardize how mails sent from your Community Server site looks, and to be able to change them on demand without having to re-compile anything? As you might know Community Server (CS) already has a built-in system for Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Correction of one of my old posts

Previously on J-O Erikssons blog: A long, long time ago. At least in Internet Time. At J-O Eriksson's old blog there was an article about a solution to handle sending Newsletters to your Community Server users with the help of CS Roles . As time went Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

The forgotten notifications (a new CSModule)

Do you have any forums posts that have been caught by a spam rule? Or do you have any forums posts that haven't been approved for other reasons? It's not easy to know unless you frequently visit your Control Panel -> Forums to Moderate . I have had Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Set your Reader Posts to expire automatically

If you're using the Reader application in Community Server , did you know that the posts never expire and will over time add to the size of your database? Last Friday I wrote an article about how you can create a CSJob that lets you run a SQL Stored Procedure Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Do you have problems with Community Server Database size?

If you have your Community Server web site at a hoster, have you been confronted with the issue of a growing CS Database? In a conversation with Keyvan the other day, he pointed me to a forum thread at communityserver.org, and hinted that this might be Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

A less painful way to upgrade to a Service Pack

Have you not yet upgraded your Community Server sites to Community Server 2.1 SP 1, because it seems to be to much work, and you don't want it to go wrong and just haven't got the time right now to do I properly? Service Packs are an important way to Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

How to learn where your users click

Implementing a more clear menu, like I did the other day, and do other changes to you blog, might be of no meaning at all if you're not aware of how/if they are used. Assuming your blog is for you readers, and not just a personal journal for yourself, Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

How to create a WeblogThemedControl

Want to create a Community Server control that adapts to your blog's theme/skin? Community Server (CS) contains a class named WeblogThemedControl, which is used for many of the built in blog controls in CS. One of the features of the WeblogThemedControl Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Popular Topics - Follow up

After I posted the article about the Popular Topics yesterday, Thomas Freudenberg asked me: "Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't AggregatePostList supposed to do this?" He also pointed me to an article from May this year , posted by Jaxon Rice. And, of course, Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Show them your most popular posts in 3 steps

Listen to this article Have you ever wondered how you could bring up the absolutely most popular topics of your blog, and put them in a list on your blog home page? I hadn't really, until I saw some other blogs (non-CS) that had a list of those on their Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

The Secrets of CSModules

Listen to this article Whether you are a developer, or a Community Server admin that haven't got much experience of .NET Development, I believe you should benefit from this article. This article gives you an overview of what CSModules are, how can you Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Wikipedia Link Module

Just installed Ben Tiedt's Wikipedia Link Module . A CSModule that lets you add highlighted, clickable words to your posts, that when clicked shows a little pop-up with an excerpt on that word from Wikipedia. I have played with this module before, but Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!

Adding more buttons to TinyMCE in CS

Community Server 2.1 uses TinyMCE as the build-in editor for posting in forums, blogs etc. You can choose in your profile if you want to run the Standard or Enhanced implementation of TinyMCE in CS. Figure 1: Content Editor Options in your profile Even Read More... If you enjoyed this post Subscribe to my feed via RSS or e-mail!