April 2007 - Blog Watch - openSourceC.org

Chameleon Tip: Prevent Duplicate Postbacks

If you are an ASP.Net web developer, how often have you seen users accidentally repost a form by using a refresh? This was a very common thing in early versions of Community Server. Users would post a blog comment and while eager to see it show up would press refresh a couple of times until the cache expired on the content. We added code in previous versions of Community Server to handle this case in blogs, but unfortunately this required you to add code just about every form. Boring! Chameleon introduces...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 08:32 PM by Community Server

Filed under: chameleon, tips, chameleon tips

CodeBetter.com and CAPTCHA

I am still not the biggest fan when it comes to CAPTCHA . I believe that the site should do the work to protect itself from spam and not place the burden on end users. However, until it is a very effective way to decrease spam and as long as you are writing interesting content and keep the CAPTCHA simple, users will have no problem using it. Speaking of simple, CodeBetter.com founder Brendan Tompkins has made adding CAPTCHA to your Community Server 2007 very easy . In what seems like a very nice...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 07:53 PM by Community Server

Filed under: sites, spam, captcha

Your Own Job Blog via JobBurner

We wanted to make it very easy for developers on CommunityServer.org to find open Community Server development positions. Using Community Server 2007[1] and JobBurner.com you can add a blog to your site with jobs relevant to your visitors in less than a minute. Here are the steps: Go to Jobburner.com, enter a search criteria , and while viewing your results click on the RSS icon. Create a new blog. We were clever and called ours Jobs. Find your new blog in the admin view and select mirrors Click...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 07:42 PM by Community Server

Filed under: jobs, mirrors, rss

Who is your competition?

I hear this from potential investors, potential customers and friends/family. Everyone has a burning desire to know "who are you up against". It's a difficult question to answer, but usually I answer "the last version of our product". This isn't arrogance about ourselves or a view that our competitors are irrelevant, but rather the way we think about our business. Let me explain: I'm a huge fan of Toyota's internal company motto "Run scared", which I've...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 07:34 PM by Telligent Blog

Who is your competition?

I hear this from potential investors, potential customers and friends/family. Everyone has a burning desire to know "who are you up against". It's a difficult question to answer, but usually I answer "the last version of our product". This isn't arrogance about ourselves or a view that our competitors are irrelevant, but rather the way we think about our business. Let me explain: I'm a huge fan of Toyota's internal company motto "Run scared", which I've...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 07:34 PM by Telligent Blog

How to use Google Analytics in Community Server

This video shows you how to add Google Analytics (free web site statistics) into a Community Server 2007 site. Watch the video Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 30 2007 11:52 AM by Community Server

CS MVP Thomas Freudenberg re-releases his CoComment CS2007 Control

CS MVP Thomas Freudenberg re-releases his CoComment CS2007 Control --thanks to the advice of ScottW--as a Control Adapter. Thomas includes a ScottGu link for more information about Control Adapters if you're interested. Very cool stuff! Read More...