Eric Duncan

With the previous release of The MiXX Collection, it was updated to work with CS 2007.  Well there is a bug in CS 2007's CSModule that no longer allows updating the ExtendedAttributes after a post is created.  In other words, the bug in the PostIcon that was introduced with 1.0 release caused a 0.jpg PostIcon to be saved at ...

Product: MiXX AddOns for Community Server 2007 (Source Code)Version: v1.1 About=================This project is a collection of CSModules, Server Controls, andWeb files that enhance and existing Community Server install. Currently this project is bound to CS 3.0.  I can not guarantee,nor will I support, any other ...

This past weekend, someone gave me a swift kick in the butt to get my MiXX Collection updated for CS 2007.  I didn't realize it was under such high demand.  Nice.  Anyhoot during this upgrade I went ahead and refactored the source to match my other code I've been working with for other clients which lays the groundwork for me to ...

  Barbie, here's a website for you.  Soapinions is a community site for discussion with the latest soap operas on daytime television.  Like what the Sex of Chad's Lover is!  OMG!  It can't be! They were looking for more of a ''visual'' appeal.  Well, they got now.  ...

Today a fellow co-worker, David Penton, ran into an interesting issue about a background ASP.NET thread using ASP.NET 2.0, instead of ASP.NET 1.1 when the individual website was set to run under 1.1. First a little background.  The internal staging server is Windows 2003 R2.  In the past Windows 2003 would throw an ...

 +  +  = Telligent announces another great site we've done for Microsoft - Windows Ultimate Edition. http://windowsultimate.com/ What's even cooler about this site?  It uses my The MiXX Collection's PostIcon package (woot!).  Dan Bartels was the developer for that portion of the project, and he slightly ...

You can download The MiXX Collection that includes the updated PostIcon AddOn from these urls: (install only)http://eduncan911.com/files/folders/2611/download.aspx (source code-must compile)http://eduncan911.com/files/folders/5894/download.aspx Change Log: 2006-12-16 (v0.9.3.25764) - Changed from throwing exceptions to just ...

Today I package up my MiXX tools into a collection of addons for Community Server.  Right now, it only includes the PostIcon addon.  At the end of this weekend, it should include a new MiXXVideoModule that is a major overhaul of the existing CS VideoModule. (install only)http://eduncan911.com/files/folders/2611/download.aspx (source ...

Product: MiXX AddOns for Community Server 2007Version: v1.1 About=================This project is a collection of CSModules, Server Controls, andWeb files that enhance and existing Community Server install. Currently this project is bound to CS 3.0.  I can not guarantee,nor will I support, any other version. Included in this ...

EDIT 6/05/2007: Changed links to CS 3.0 version.  Subscribe to here for updates: http://eduncan911.com/archive/tags/The+MiXX+Collection/default.aspx   Some of you might have noticed my new homepage over the last month.  Those of you using an RSS reader to read this, go check out my homepage for the new PostIcon module I'm talking ...

Telligent and IMG World joined forces to develop I think one of the best designed Community Server sites to date. Today IMG launches the Insultatorium - Laugh Factory's Community site.  Their welcome message says it all: "An uncensored place to share videos, photos, and jokes with comedy enthusiasts around the ...

Can someone tell me?  It's suppose to be a secret, but a small easter egg is somewhere.  It's killing me. Published with blogmailr

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The Windows Vista Team launched a makeover to their blog site, now using Community Server.  They partnered with Telligent to overhaul the the Windows Vista Team Blog, and I'm quite impressed with the layout. Jim Allchin talks about their updated launch here. WindowsVistaBlog.comUsing some nice ...

What's interesting here is the team will be forcing IE7 installs out through normal Automatic Updates - overwriting your IE6 overnight. That's both impressive, and a bit scary at the same time. You can read more about the IE Team's launch here at their blog. I for one am all for this!   I've been using IE7 since Beta 2 ...

This Duncan Nugget is in reference to 404 errors you may get after successfully installing Community Server on a new server.  New, as you haven't had any other ASP.NET websites that use Url Rewriting installed that would show the issue with Url Rewriting INOP. Issue After installing Community Server on a new server you go ...

I'm going to start posting a lot of my old Duncan Nuggets (as Dave Burke likes to call them) here for others to start reading.  This is the first of a lot to come. How to move a file from one FileGallery to another  NOTE: This script was written for Community Server 2.1 RTM.  This method uses a stored procedure to move a ...

Dell and Telligent has recently launched a new blogging site for Dell's engineers to interact with the public - announcing new designs, thoughts behind techniques, and more.  It's heavy in video blogging and is staged to have great interaction with end-users one2one.dell.com After reviewing the initial site after launch, ...