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 CommunityServer.org home page |
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| Developer | Telligent Systems |
| Latest release | Community Server 2007.1 / September 18 2007 |
| Platform | ASP.NET / Microsoft SQL Server |
| Genre | CMS, Blog software, Forum Software, Photo Gallery |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | http://communityserver.org |
Community Server is a community collaboration platform that consists of a core blog, forums, photo gallery, and file sharing system. It has additional add-ons that add support for news server access (NNTP), email server, virtualized file system, and single sign-on modules. Community Server is developed by Telligent Systems and built with ASP.NET, C#, and Microsoft SQL Server. It is available as downloadable software that can be installed on a web server or via a hosting provider such as CommunityServer.com. The most recent stable version is Community Server 2007.1.[1]
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History
Community Server was created in 2004 from the merger of three widely-used open source ASP.NET projects: the .Text blog engine, the nGallery photo gallery, and the ASP.NET Forums.[2] The people behind those projects (Scott Watermasysk, Jason Alexander, and Rob Howard) joined together as Telligent Systems and along with several other developers created Community Server. As of 2007 Community Server is the platform behind many large community sites on the internet, including the MySpace forums.[3] The first annual Community Server Developers Conference was held on October 20-21, 2007 in Frisco, Texas[4]. It was attended by over 100 developers.[5]
Releases
- Community Server 1.0 - February 20, 2005[6]
- Community Server 1.1 - June 16, 2005[7]
- Community Server 2.0 - February 20, 2006[8]
- Community Server 2.0 SP1 - May 26, 2006[9]
- Community Server 2.1 - August 9, 2006[10]
- Community Server 2.1 SP1 - October 30, 2006[11]
- Community Server 2.1 SP2 - December 5, 2006[12]
- Community Server 2007 - April 16, 2007[13]
- Community Server 2007 SP1 - May 11, 2007[14]
- Community Server 2007 SP2 - June 12, 2007[15]
- Community Server 2007.1 - September 18, 2007[16]
Next Stable Release:
- Community Server 2008 - Q1 2008
Features
- Forums system which can integrate with email discussion lists and news servers
- Publishing system that manages single and multi-user blogs
- File and photo sharing integrated with forums and blogs
- Content mirroring to enable content syndication and republishing
- Integrated search across blogs, forums, photos, and files in one consistent UI
- Integrated tagging support throughout all applications
- Search engine-friendly permalink structure
- Extensible with support for plug-in modules, scheduled jobs, and spam rules
- Automatic TrackBacks and Pingback
- WYSIWYG HTML editing
- Control panel with consistent tools for community management
- Single sign-on authentication modules available for forms authentication, cookies, Active Directory, and Windows Live ID
- Source code for all core components available in the free SDK download
- ...more features
Criticism
- The licensing terms for Community Server have changed for the current 2007 version. The Personal and Business licenses are no longer available. Only the free express, professional, and enterprise licenses remain, along with a hosted edition. However the free express edition's limits were increased to 15 Blogs, 15 Forums, 10 Photo Galleries, and 250 Shared Files.[17]
Further reading
- Preul, Wyatt L [1]; Keyvan Nayyeri[2], José Lema[3], and Jim Martin (2007). Professional Community Server. Wrox Press. ISBN 0-47010-828-2.
- Preul, Wyatt L [4]; Benjamin Tiedt [5] (2007). Professional Community Server Themes. Wrox Press. ISBN 0-47018-208-3.
- Narayanaswamy, Anand (2006). Community Server Quickly: A Concise and Practical Guide to Installation, Administration, and Customization. Packt. ISBN 1-84719-087-1.
- Press Release for Community Server Hosted Edition Beta
See also
External links
- CommunityServer.org - Official Community Server homepage
- Community Server Documentation
- Community Server Developer Wiki
- Community Server MVP community site
References
- ^ http://get.communityserver.org/download/
- ^ http://weblogs.asp.net/rhoward/archive/2004/07/15/184620.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/showcase/
- ^ http://csdc.communityserver.org/
- ^ http://weblogs.asp.net/rhoward/archive/2007/10/19/2007-community-server-developer-conference.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/forums/t/459193.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/forums/t/462973.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/02/20/516100.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/05/26/Community-Server---Critical-Security-Patch.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/08/09/Community-Server-2.1-Now-Available.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/10/30/community-server-2-1-service-pack-1-now-available.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2006/12/05/community-server-2-1-service-pack-2.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/04/16/community-server-2007-released.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/05/11/cs2007-sp1.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/06/12/community-server-2007-sp2.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/09/18/community-server-2007-1.aspx
- ^ http://communityserver.org/blogs/announcements/archive/2007/11/02/customer-support-announcement.aspx
