PacktLib: Community Server Quickly

Community Server Quickly

Credits

Foreword

About the Author

Acknowledgements

About the Reviewers

Preface

Introducing Community Server

What is Community Server?

The Evolution

A Comparison with DotNetNuke (DNN)

Editions and Licensing

What's New in Community Server 3.0 (or Calypso)?

Summary

Getting Started with Community Server

Prerequisites

Downloading Community Server

Installing Community Server

Configuring Community Server

Launching Community Server

Installing Community Server Using the Web Installer

Navigating the Control Panel Dashboard

Summary

Working with Blogs

Understanding Blogs

Blog Groups

Creating a Blog

Managing a Blog

Working with Global Settings

Rating Blog Posts

Managing Blogs Globally

Configuring Blogs for Members

Summary

Working with Forums

A Brief History of Forums

Getting Started: A Sample Forum

Introduction to Creating Forums

Viewing Sample Forums

Posting a Thread as an Administrator

Posting the Message to the Forum

Threads versus Posts

Moderating Posts

Managing Forum Settings Globally

Working with Ranks

Analyzing the Forums Home Page of an Administrator

Analyzing the Forums Home Page of a User

Personalizing the Home Page

Summary

Working with Galleries

About Galleries

Building a Photo Gallery

Building a File Gallery

Viewing the Download Report

Summary

Working with Reader and Roller

Overview

Working with Reader

Aggregating Feeds

Working with Roller

Managing Settings

Summary

Managing your Community's Users

The Community's Members

Getting Started

Searching

Browsing All Members

Creating a New Account

Managing Roles

Managing Registration Settings

Managing Account Profile Settings

Member List Settings

Managing Cookie and Anonymous Settings

Managing Avatar Settings

Summary

Customizing Community Server

Customizing the Home Page

Modifying the Theme of your Site

Modifying the Theme of your Blog

Modifying Themes

Working with Add-ons

Using FreeTextBoxWrapper Control

Working with Modules

Creating Custom Links

Summary

Working with Settings

Overview

Managing General Site Settings

Managing Site Content

Applications

Managing Contact Information

Managing RSS Settings

Managing Post Settings

Managing Date and Time Settings

Managing Email Settings

Tracking the IP Address

Summary

Working with Reports

Overview

Working with the Exceptions Report

Filtering the Exceptions Report

Working with the Jobs Report

Reporting with Community Server

Working with SQL Jobs

Summary

Working with System Tools

Getting Started

Working with Ads

Working with Disallowed Names

Working with Censorship

Working with Smilies

Working with Articles

Working with Spam Blocker

Working with the Member Points System

Working with Licenses

Working with URL Redirects

Handling Mass Emails

Banning an IP Address

Working with Event Log Viewer

Summary

Deploying Community Server

Deploying Community Server

Deploying Community Server

Deploying Community Server