Create a simple signup page to attract customers leading up to launch. I’ve been pinged by more than a few people about this today, but I can officially say that SP1 for Community Server 2008 is now available! On the download page you’ll find updated install packages as well as an upgrade package for existing sites. The more notable items include these enhancements: New users have display [...]
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Archive for June, 2008
Community Server 2008 introduced the concept of Social Networking to our platform. Users can register for your community, become friends with other members, and get status updates from their friends, but it’s lonely when you start out with no friends in a community. A bunch of sites have the concept that new users are “friended” [...]
06/23/2008
George Carlin passed away yesterday and, in honor of him I’m posting a list of 7 things you can’t say on the Internet. Standard “this post does not reflect product direction or the views of my employer” disclaimers apply. Content Production is NOT for everyone. Not all of your customers need a blog or want [...]
My last tip showed you how to get some attention on polls in your user community by using the featured post widget. If you thought that was neat and you like collecting data then this tip is for you. I’m here to tell you that you can download detailed poll results to Excel. 1. Create [...]
So you like polling people huh? But you want some more attention for polls so you can collect more user data? This tip will teach you how to publish a featured poll to the front page of the forums in CS 2008 using the forum post widget. 1. Create a new poll in the forum [...]
Today’s tip will teach you how to customize the e-mail templates that are used in Community Server or Graffiti. As I mentioned earlier today, the voice of your product or community is something that should be seriously considered. You should have control over what your members see in automated e-mails that are sent on [...]
06/16/2008
Something that’s never really discussed in the visual age is the voice of your product or Community. Words are just as important as important as the visual design and layout. The language of your product educates, informs, and sets the tone of the environment for the user. If your software sounds angry it might have [...]
