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Quick and Dirty ad rotation in Community Server 2007

I needed to setup ad rotation for a client in Community Server 2007. The goal was to rotate through a pool of ads for internal events and content. There was no need for tracking impressions and click through rates. So something like adMentor seemed like over kill. After consulting Google I found an old...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 01-03-2008
Heading to the CSDC

I am heading to the Community Server Developers Conference at the end of the week. I am totally unprepared! I was hoping to have played a lot more with Community Server 2007 and learned more about Chameleon, but the paying customers have been keeping me busy. Oh, well I am sure it will still be an interesting...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 10-16-2007
CS 2007.1 Released - and worth the install!

Telligent has just released Community Server 2007.1. The is a point release to Community Server 2007 . I have installed it and then fired up Live Writer to see if I could find any differences. In Live Writer I went to Weblogs/ Edit weblog settings. Then choose Editing and pressed Update Editing Style...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 09-19-2007
Community Server blogs and code inclusion

So now that I am back to blogging on a more regular basis, I wanted to find an easy way to include formatted code in my blog entries. I think I could the solution for me. It is a plug in for Windows Live Writer called Code Insert . There is also a web based interface for those of you who don't want...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 09-14-2007
Chameleon - A practical experience

As I have blogged before how about I am teaching myself how to use Community Server 2007 theme engine, Chameleon. I will continue my series on build my first theme . However today I decided I wanted to tweak a couple things on the NOAH community site. The site is using the the Lean and Green theme and...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 09-13-2007
Chameleon Control Documentation

Community Server Documentation Chameleon Control Documentation -This documentation was posted today! Timing is everything life. I was looking for this last night while start my first theme, and was getting very frustrated!. Thanks Telligent please keeps the docs coming. I do RTFM .

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 09-11-2007
First CS 2007 Theme - First Impressions

I have started working on my first Community Server 2007 theme. So this my first exposure to actually developing with Chameleon. Here where my steps: download the documentation . Download the updated basic theme . Install the theme with these steps . Note this article assumes you are copying the default...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 09-11-2007
Community Server Developers Conference

Community Server is holding their first developers conference on October 20 th and 21 st. I trying to clear up some scheduling issues so I can attend. I am sure it will be an interesting event. The roadmap for 2008 seems aggressive, but exciting. Would love to get see a sneak preview. The API sounds...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 08-13-2007
Community Server 2008 - Roadmap

The Telligent team has announced their roadmap for Community Server 2008. Looks way cool! The social networking and profile enhancements should be a great addition. The user photo uploading and other media look interesting. Of course that comes with it's own set of complications from a resources...

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 07-26-2007
Finally upgraded to CS 2007

I finally did it, I have upgraded this site to Community Server 2007 . Over all, went pretty well. I have some clean up to do on the blog side bar. I had some other items there that I have to decide if I want them back. Oh well, I am off to play with the bubble wrap.

Posted to Tim Laughlin's Everything VB.NET Blog (Weblog) by tlaughlin on 06-20-2007

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