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I was fascinated a while back to find the use of the Expression class to build general purpose lambda expressions while researching the use the Repository pattern and the Entity Framework. I didn’t look into it much at the time, but have recently had...
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As acknowledged by MS in the readme file, the SharePoint workflow project templates for sequential and state machine workflows do not work on an x64 machine. The error is blunt and unhelpful: “A 32-bit version of SharePoint Server is not installed. Please...
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I'll briefly announce that I've created another CodePlex project related to Community Server, or in this case Telligent Community 5.0. This module essentially allows you as a Community Server developer to create ASCX controls for widgets that...
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One thing I really try to avoid when writing tests is testing things that just aren’t going to break; or at least are of no concern to the application code I wrote. Database IO certainly fits this description, and yet I have found myself testing it by...
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I've just created a CodePlex project for the Community Server Video Preview module. I've made several updates to the module, including support for YouTube video thumbnails and background processing. I've also spent quite a bit of time refactoring...
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On my current project we are using Linq to Sql, and as it is a web application are working with the DataContext in limited scope only during data operations. This means that objects generally need to be attached to the context in order for all operations...
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With the recent release of Community Server 2008.5 SP2 , I've heard a lot of questions about how best to upgrade a customized Community Server site to the latest service pack. Therefore, I hope to spell out the method that we at ATGi use when upgrading...
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I recently ran into an issue while converting a site to use the managed pipeline in IIS 7 that took a while to fix but turned out to be one single attribute in web.config. This also turned out to be the answer to something we had simply hacked around...
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I'm very pleased to announce that I'll be one of the instructors of the "Mastering Community Server" class, being held here in Columbus, OH on April 27-29. I've been furiously writing lecture materials and lab content, trying to...
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I haven't been into writing much content here lately as I have been focusing on class materials and labs for our upcoming Community Server training class. I am really excited about this, and even more so today as we finally announce the date and costs...
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I have published a project on code plex with a set of tools and controls for working with Bright Cove video inside Community Server . It includes A Bright Cove video File Viewer A Bright Cove video Content Fragment List, data, and image Chameleon controls...
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Community Server 2008.5 SP1 contains a bug in its creation of sitemaps. This bug has been brought up quite a bit on the Community Server forums and Telligent is aware of it. They have fixed this issue internally, but (last I heard) the fix will only be...
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I am not an SEO expert but have been working with one to optimize Community Server urls and pages for a client's install. I recently read this post on CS forums and it deals directly with many of the same issues surfaced by the expert we have been...
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I just posted our Community Server Video Preview Module to the downloads area of Hydrus Software . The module automatically generates thumbnail preview images for videos uploaded to media galleries and as attachments to other posts. The module executes...
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I have encountered a bug in Community Server 2008.5 and have a hotfix that I thought I would share with the community. The bug is described in this post , and involves the fact that group (hub) pages do not display properly when the accessing user is...