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Another gripe I have with CS2008 is the new user list page. The page is very unbalanced - there is a huge waste of space at the top of the page, next to the search form, and then the user list (the useful element of the page) is crammed into that small space at the bottom. The new layout also loses detail...

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The CS2008 logged in home page.  A wonderful page, just not in the right place.  I don't like the idea of having the homepage significantly different for logged in and anonymous users - I can see the calls from users asking where's the homepage.  However, it's too good a page to lose. 

Now's a time to crack open the theme files and make some modifications.

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I've finally got around to updating my CS Addon Package .  I've fixed one bug, improved one module (introducing a breaking change), and added one control and one CSModule. The breaking change was introduced by moving the resources out of resources.xml and into another resources file, which will...

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UPDATE: Fixed a few bugs in RegistrationPM and QuickReply, download the updated version from http://askcrome.co.uk/AlexCrome.CS-1.3.1.zip Today I'm updating my package to include one additional CSModule, and one additional Control. This package now contains the following addons, with new additions highlighted...

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I really don't know what I was thinking when I published my list of Addons for Community Server .  How on earth did I manage to forget the addons I WROTE MYSELF!!  (please don't respond to that ;) ) Anyway, I have amended the original article to include them, and have posted an article going...

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This package has been built for and tested on CS 2007.1. Whilst they have been tested I accept no responsibility for anything that may occur as a result of installing any part of this package. This package contains the following addons: Registration PM - Sends a private message to each user when they...

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I've let my blog die over the last few months, and didn't set aside enough time to update it.  As repentance for my sins, I'm going to publish a list I've been keeping of addons for Community Server2007.  Unfortunately with Community Server, there isn't a single place where addons / csmodues...

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