Sample Weblog

Blog is now on CS 3.0

admin — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:16:00 GMT

Just a test to see how the blog is handling the new 3.0 interface from www.communityserver.org.

We've also added a new logo to represent Community and especially about Leadership....

And now that the blog is on .NET 2.0

admin — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:59:00 GMT

"Your version: 2.1.61025.2"

The version of the blog indicates that as well....

And another upgrade

admin — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:22:00 GMT

Well since we were in upgrade mood tonight... we just kicked this side of the blog server up to .NET 2.0 and added the Akismet blog spam engine to see if that would help the cause.

http://communityserver.org/files/folders/community_spam_rules/entry546536.aspx

Spam has noticably gotten worse the last couple of weeks and already I adjusted the spam rules to see if that would help and just added the Akismet filter.

Site settings for marking comments as moderated: 2
Site settings for deleting comments suspected as spam: 4
Enable spam score auditing

Those numbers were 5 and 10, I've now made it what I did on msmvps.com, 2 and 4.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tzink/archive/2006/11/09/are-some-days-of-the-week-spammier-than-others.aspx

As someone said the other day... spammers are hiring better coders....

Post CS 2.1 sp1 test post

admin — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:18:00 GMT

Your version: 2.1.61025.1

And we are now on CS 2.1 sp1

Changes between Community Server 2.1 RTM and Service Pack 1
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http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/10/30/community-server-2-1-service-pack-1-now-available.aspx

User Experience Improvements

4514 - If a gallery is in tag mode, the next/prev and album highlight image are shown when viewing a photo but don’t do anything.
4515 - Subscribing to a gallery photo uses a process which is not back button or refresh safe.
4604 - Inline Tag Editor text area too small when first opened in IE7.
4612 - Notify All Owners option always hidden on blog create new post screen. Also add default setting for this to the Default Options blog setting screen.
4647 - Blog control panel Post List screen should use User Time (adjusted to user time zone) instead of server published time.
4646 - Weblog number of moderated comments includes ones rated as definite spam. Change behavior to ignore spam comments in the moderation count.
4679 - CSS fixes and improvements for blog skins
4678 - Updated blog post auto-naming to remove extended characters and convert all text to lower-case.
4682 - Blog comment form does not remember name/url when "remember me" is checked. Cookie expiration should be set to +1 year.
4685 - Telligent store web service update.
4696 - Trackback subjects are not properly parsed from HTML documents

Help text clean-up and Improvements

4236 - Enable comments now says "enable comments to your blog" when editing a photo (text change).
4255 - Help text for "Enable Download Disclaimer" is incorrect (text change).

Security Improvements

4260 – Address potential cross-site scripting issue
4356 - Weblog post IP address property not populated.
4625 - Added additional Control Panel web.config authorization

Performance Improvements

4285 - TinyMCE editor is slow when editing long posts due to HTML validation.
4626 - Aggregate blog caching and performance improvements. Changed default cache time to 1 min from 15 mins, removed double permission checking in GetWeblogs, weblog cache cleared immediately when updating or adding a blog.
4657 - DiskUsage field not returned by cs_weblog_Weblogs_Get sproc. Degrades performance by causing handled exceptions when retrieving a list of weblogs.
4684 - Very long trackback names can cause the form options to stretch off of the blog Comment Manager screen.

Feature Enhancements and Bug Fixes

4173 - ContentParts with default content duplicate the ContentPart control javascript.
4228 - Moderate.GetForumsByForumGroupID() could cause a null reference.
4241 - Content duplication bug in TinyMCE when using IE.
4256 - When using an external blog feed (FeedBurner), category/tag feeds are also redirected.
4283 - In Forum Admin TreeView, creating a subforum of a deleted forum is some times possible and causes an exception.
4517 - Gallery web service does not save tags/categories when creating a photo.
4579 - All elements in the blog sidebar for all core blog skins should be wrapped in a div tag with a unique ID. This makes it easier to customize the blog appearence with the CSS Override field.
4516 - When subscribed to a gallery photo, the gallery fails to send emails.
4608 - Every other row on the Blog Tags and Snippets pages in the Control Panel are missing the delete confirmation dialog and will automatically remove the tag or snippet when clicked.
4658 - When you toggle a blog comment's properties in the Blog CP Comments creen, the comment body gets stripped of its formatting.
4681 - Save additional data to the deleted post archive to allow us to better investigate why posts were auto-deleted and improve the spam engine. We now collect SpamScore, PostStatus, and PropertyNames/Values.

Welcome to Community Server Blogs!

admin — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:12:57 GMT

A weblog (blog) is an online journal you can use to share thoughts, ideas, gripes, project status, or anything else you want. Blogs allow you to be a contributor rather than just a bystander.

Postings are arranged chronologically and can be categorized depending upon how the administrator has configured the system. You can view a post by clicking on the title from the home page where all users' posts are collectively shown. Once viewing a blog you can read other posts by that person or provide comments on postings.

Creating new posts is quick and easy. If you have the ability to post you should see a link (usually on the left) on your weblog's home page: new post. Clicking on this link takes you into your blogs administration pages for creating new posts.

If you don't have the ability to post, contact the site administrator and ask for your own blog.

Happy Blogging!