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Community Server 2.1, Beta 1 Available

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rhoward Posted: Fri, Jul 14 2006 2:20 PM

We’re excited to announce the immediate availability of Community Server version 2.1, Beta 1:

Windows Installer
Download for ASP.NET 1.1

Web Installer (and for upgrades from version 2.0)
Download for ASP.NET 1.1
Download for ASP.NET 2.0

Below are a few of the new capabilities found in Community Server version 2.1, Beta 1:

  • Tags – Tags are supported through-out all areas and provide an easy way to categorize content.
  • Blog Mirrors – Blog mirroring enables the creation of a blog that mirrors (through RSS) the content from any RSS source.
  • Usability – A lot of work has been done to simplify the overall usability of Community Server.
  • Anti-Spam Tools – Thanks to all the great feedback we’ve made a number of changes and improvements to Community Server’s rule-based anti-SPAM tools.
  • Bug Fixes and more...

While not included in this beta, the final 2.1 version will also include 5 new blog skins with 20 unique variations. Reports are also not included in this beta.

The next version, Community Server version 2.2, will focus exclusively on a much simplified theme system. Version 3.0 will introduce, amongst other capabilities, a full ASMX/REST Web Services stack, very basic content management capabilities, and a few new surprises.

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ajmaonline replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 2:33 PM

Awesome work. I've been eager to get a chance to place with 2.1.

 Any approximate timeframe for 2.2 and 3.0?

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omcantu replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 3:05 PM
Awesome! Any time frame for the final version and the SDK?
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Scott Watermasysk replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 3:12 PM

We only expect the beta to period to last a couple of weeks. We are planning on updating the Roadmap for 22 & 3.0 next week.

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Dave Stokes replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 3:27 PM

Excellent - well done to all.

 

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Keyvan Nayyeri replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 4:40 PM

Great Smile

The most important thing is medium trust issue in .NET 2.0 which is solved now.

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steveso replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 4:57 PM

Shoot! There goes my weekend! Seriously, great work and looking forward to playing with it.

I just have one question - is it merely a coincidence that the beta is released and Dave promptly announces he's taking a vacation? Big Smile 

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shnar replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 5:26 PM

No mention of a Calendar system. Saw some threads a while back about possibilities of a calendar in 2.x, is that still on the table or has it been dropped?

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Scott Watermasysk replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 5:37 PM

There is no calendar planned for CS 2.x.

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Gabriel Lozano-Morán replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 6:37 PM
What a pain in the ass the upgrade, while running the update SQL script I run out of space on my SQL Database which is limited to 30MB by my hosting provider and I am having serious issues now trying to fix this even after getting 100MB space for SQL Database.
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Keyvan Nayyeri replied on Fri, Jul 14 2006 6:42 PM
The best solution I can suggest is to ask your hoster to restore your database back up (hope it exists) then you reinstall CS 2.1.

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bwg replied on Sun, Jul 16 2006 3:24 PM
Delivered on time, and easy to get up and running, so well done. Big Smile Also seems as though the pages are lighter which is obviously VERY welcome. Big Smile

One immediate question I have concerns registering users. If the membership is set up to require approval, is there a way for an admin to do batch / bulk approvals, or is it still necessary to approve awaiting members one by one?

Brian

PS: If this site is running 2.1 (which it appears to be), then I've got to say the process of posting a message is VERY slow. [+o(] After pressing the post button the delay now seems longer than it was before.
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starlordz replied on Mon, Jul 17 2006 12:26 PM

Doing a clean instlal I get the error msg

Error talking to IIS   input string not in correct format.

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Marc Mezzacca replied on Mon, Jul 17 2006 3:29 PM
Cool, I'll be looking forward to seeing the roadmap for CS... Will check back next week.

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bwg replied on Mon, Jul 17 2006 4:53 PM
The performance of this site seems slower than it was a couple of weeks ago, and I also received a 'We are currently unable to serve your request' message just a few moments ago when trying to view this thread. [+o(]

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