Professional Community Server Themes (Paperback)

• URL Rewriting
• Modifying SiteUrls.config through Overrides
• Understanding Chameleon
• Implementing Blog Themes
• Interaction with ASP.NET AJAX
• Dynamic Configuration Options
• Content Scrubbing
• Creating Custom Chameleon Controls

and more.

The simplicity and flexibility of Community Server has made it one of the most popular web site packages available, enabling communities to be easily created and allowing them to continuously grow and thrive. This is the must-have book on creating custom themes for Community Server so that you can effortlessly turn your Community Server site into one that meets your specific requirements.

Wyatt Preul and Ben Tiedt share their invaluable experience using Community Server and introduce you to the various files and concepts that form custom themes. They equip you with knowledge of the new controls that are available with the 2007 version of Community Server. Generously enhanced with fully implemented examples, this hands-on guide covers a wide range of topics to get you started with customizing your Community Server site quickly.

What you will learn from this book

• How URL rewriting takes place in Community Server so that you can add new pages to a site and modify paths to existing pages

• Ways to control the content of themes using Chameleon controls

• Tips for implementing blog themes

• How to interact with ASP.NET Ajax

• Various topics such as content scrubbing, dynamic configuration options, custom editors, and custom controls

Who this book is for
This book is for web developers who are interested in customizing the presentation of a Community Server site. Experience with ASP.NET is helpful but not necessary.

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