SharePoint Config

About two months ago we released the first version of the Community Kit for SharePoint Enhanced Blog Edition (CKS:EBE). Although this was recommended for evaluation purposes only, it is great to see that several people have successfully managed to create their own themes and are using this on their production blogs. Continue reading Enhanced Blog Edition Update »

I’ve been busy over the last few weeks working on the Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS) 2.0 Enhanced Blog Edition. We have now released the first version on CodePlex which contains many enhancements for SharePoint blogs. These enhancements include friendly URLs (i.e. archive/2007/06/19/enhanced-blog-edition-beta-1.aspx vs. Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=26), tag cloud support, post trimming, Akismet integration for spam prevention and custom RSS URLS. The most significant feature in my opinion, however, is the ‘Modular Theme Framework’ (MTF). Continue reading Enhanced Blog Edition Beta 1 »

This post shows how you can update the RSS feed for your SharePoint blog. This is useful if you want to take advantage of services such as feedburner that provide statistics on the number and type of subscribers a blog has. Continue reading Changing the RSS feed for a SharePoint Blog »

If you are using the out of the box SharePoint blog site and want to change the look and feel away from the ‘boxy’ SharePoint look this post is for you. Continue reading Custom Blog Site Template »

I’m pleased to report that the project to develop an enhanced blog edition for SharePoint is now underway. We had our first meeting this morning and it looks like this will be a great project to be involved in. On the feature list are items such as tag clouds, trackbacks, pingbacks, CAPTCHA integration, and some great looking master pages. Continue reading Enhanced SharePoint Blog Edition »