If you read us through our website, you’ve probably noticed that we launched our new homepage yesterday. Community Server
didn’t have exactly the controls I needed to create the new homepage,
so I had to create new controls that did what I wanted.
Fortunately, CS did gave me the building blocks I needed to
quickly assemble the new page. I wanted to post here the source
files, in case anyone wants to create a similar page with Community
Server. I created three new controls. Here’s what they look like
on the home page.
Control 1: FeaturedArticle
Purpose: This control shows one featured article, along with the excerpt and the author’s avatar.
Files Needed : FeaturedArticle.cs, Skin-FeaturedArticle.ascx
Control 2: AggregateCompactPostList
Purpose: Shows a configurable number of latest and most popular posts.
Files Needed : AggregateCompactPostList.cs, Skin-AggregateCompactPostList.ascx, AggregatePostList.cs, AggregatePostList.ascx
Control 3: AggregateCompactArticleList
Purpose: Displays an article’s category title, excerpt, and published articles.
Files
Needed : AggregateCompactArticleList.cs,
Skin-AggregateCompactArticleList.ascx, AggregatePostList.cs,
AggregatePostList.ascx
You’ll also need some css styles added to CommunityServer’s style sheet (via default.aspx in the Themes/default/style directory)
All CS files go in the CommunityServerBlogs project in the Controls/AggregateBlogControls directory, and all ascx files go in the CommunityServerWeb project in the Themes/Default/Skins/Blogs directory.
You can download the source files here. Shoot me an email if you need help implementing this, or if I left anything out.
-Brendan