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  • CS2007 Chameleon Base Classes

    For those of you diving into the Community Server 2007 SDK and learning about the inner workings of Chameleon to create custom controls , I thought it would be helpful to outline the base control classes available to Chameleon control developers. The list below outlines the base controls existing within...
    Published May 17, 2007

  • Adding New Themed Pages in CS2007

    To add a new page to a theme in CS2007, Add the page to SiteUrls_Override.config The SiteUrls.config file defines all of the rewritten URLs within Community Server. The SiteUrls_Override.config file within the root of the Community Server installation can be used to customize the base SiteUrls.config...
    Published May 14, 2007

  • CS2007 Theme Contest

    This is just a friendly reminder to be sure to submit one or more themes to the CS2007 Theming Extravaganza contest. You can enter a full theme or a theme configuration (an export from the theme configuration page in the control panel). Prizes include MacBooks , XBOX 360 Elites , and Amazon gift cards...
    Published May 9, 2007

  • Updates to Creating New Themes in CS2007

    I just wanted to point out that I made a few changes to the Creating New Themes in CS2007 post to highlight some common changes that will need to be made when copying the out-of-the-box site themes. The changes include notes to update the name and preview information of newly created themes and instructions...
    Published May 2, 2007

  • Introduction to Chameleon - In Chinese

    Deerchao has translated the Introduction to Chameleon blog series into Chinese. If you read Chinese, can read this, and would like to get started using the new theming engine in Community Server 2007, go read Deerchao's Introduction to Chameleon in Chinese .
    Published May 2, 2007

  • New Custom Code Condition and Action Chameleon Controls

    To more easily support custom code in Chameleon-based themes, two new controls were added: CustomCondition and CustomAction. From the updated Introduction to Chameleon: Condition Controls post... CustomCondition (<CSControl:CustomCondition />) CustomCondition adds support for code-based conditions...
    Published March 14, 2007

  • Chameleon Pager Controls

    One topic that could have been covered more in my Introduction to Chameleon posts is pager controls. Pager controls in Community Server 2007 are now completely customizable, interchangeable, groupable, and support some cool new features. As I mentioned when introducing list controls , most list controls...
    Published March 9, 2007

  • New Utility Control: ConditionalContent

    Jose messaged me this evening and suggested adding IF-ELSE style logic to Chameleon in Community Server 2007. While IF-ELSE logic could be implemented using standard Chameleon controls using duplicated/negated DisplayConditions, such duplication can result in mark-up that is difficult to read. To support...
    Published March 7, 2007

  • Changes to Chameleon List Controls (after CS2007 Beta-1)

    My post introducing list controls has already been updated, but to draw attention to the change, I thought I would post a separate update notification. All Chameleon list controls have been updated to support the following template in addition to the standard set of templates: RowSeparatorTemplate RowSeparatorTemplate...
    Published March 5, 2007

  • Changes to Chameleon Condition Controls (after CS2007 Beta-1)

    I've already updated my post introducing condition controls in CS2007/Chameleon , but I wanted to add a separate post to draw attention to the changes... To better support date comparisons, all property and value comparison condition controls now support specifying "today" and "now"...
    Published February 23, 2007
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