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Everyman on Community Engagement, Location Layers, Paying for Everything, Designing for Touch

Engage!  Daily Bloggr with tips on how to increase community engagement, a central ingredient for building successful online communities. Engagement requires stickiness through exclusivity, a points system or some other approach to get users
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tags: everyman links
Jul 21 2010 09:11 PM
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All New Sueetie Content Part Control

I rewrote the Sueetie Content Part Control from the ground up over the weekend, something I wanted to do for a long time.  Some of us on the Sueetie Forums have been talking CMS and I knew that the first step in forming some sort of CMS
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tags: sueetie
Jul 20 2010 11:25 AM
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Sueetie Going Mobile Series: ScrewTurn Wiki

This is the fifth and final Sueetie Going Mobile Series post and the fourth on a Sueetie Application. We covered BlogEngine.NET, Gallery Server Pro, YetAnotherForum.NET, and will close out the series here on the world’s first mobile version of ScrewTurn
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tags: sueetie screwturn wiki
Jul 16 2010 03:32 PM
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Sueetie Going Mobile Series: YetAnotherForum.NET

This is the fourth Sueetie Going Mobile Series post and the third on a Sueetie Application. We covered BlogEngine.NET and Gallery Server Pro. Here we'll look at how a mobile YetAnotherForum.NET came into being. The Sueetie Wiki document from which this
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tags: sueetie yetanotherforum.net
Jul 16 2010 01:28 PM
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Sueetie Going Mobile Series: Gallery Server Pro

This is the third Sueetie Going Mobile Series post and the second on a Sueetie Application. We covered BlogEngine.NET last time. Here we'll look at how I modified Gallery Server Pro to serve up web content to mobile devices. The Sueetie Wiki document
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tags: sueetie gallery server pro
Jul 16 2010 11:24 AM
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Sueetie Going Mobile Series: BlogEngine.NET

This is the second post in the Sueetie Going Mobile Series describing how it was possible to create a mobile version of the Sueetie Online Community and its applications. This post focuses on BlogEngine.NET, whose developers led the way with a mobile
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tags: sueetie blogengine.net
Jul 15 2010 10:30 AM
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Sueetie Going Mobile Series: the Sueetie Framework

This is the first in a series of posts on the Sueetie Mobile Architecture, starting here with how the framework itself accommodates mobile devices. The series will continue by examining the mobile architecture of each of the applications in Sueetie:
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tags: sueetie
Jul 14 2010 10:26 AM
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Sueetie: The World’s First Mobile Online Community

I don’t actually know if Sueetie is the world’s first mobile online community or not, but it makes for a good headline.  If you know of other online community applications that are fully mobile-enabled like Sueetie now is, please tell me what they
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tags: sueetie
Jul 12 2010 10:17 AM
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Everyman on Your Own Race, Tell Me A Story, Content Anticipation, MenuPad

Your Own Race. An Illuminated Mind post on lessons learned from one year of self employment. “Effectiveness is the name of the game when you’re self employed.” I couldn’t agree more. Quality is a given, but productivity is Job #1.  There’s too much
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tags: everyman links
Jul 06 2010 12:57 AM
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Gus

It’s been over a year since I lost Murphy and while I still think about him almost every day it’s time to move on. Welcome Gus, a goofy puppy who started life in a Kentucky Kill Shelter and found his way to Burlington, Vermont.  We adopted him
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tags: everyday
Jul 05 2010 04:57 PM
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DBVT.COM has gone mobile! (with a little help from Sueetie)

DBVT.COM is now mobile-enabled. The home page, the blog, the photo gallery, the whole damn thing…with a little help from the Sueetie Framework. I knew Sueetie needed to have mobile support—to what extent I don’t yet know, but I decided to begin the
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tags: sueetie
Jul 02 2010 07:21 PM
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Everyman on Asking Why Not, Sucky Content Club, a Manifesto, Worth Paying For

Asking “Why Not?” In this Design Shack post titled Why Your Great Ideas Will Fail we’re advised to look at the negative to enjoy success when developing a product. Rather than locking-in on what’s unique and great about our product, we should look at its
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tags: everyman links
Jun 27 2010 03:57 AM
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Fresh Sueetie Version 1.3 Bits in the Sueetie Marketplace

Gummy Bear 1.3 has been updated in the Sueetie Marketplace with fresh bits to fix the issue of not automatically redirecting to the Install Page on the first site load.  The SQL setup scripts should now also be fully SQL2005 compliant. The Gummy
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tags: sueetie
Jun 24 2010 08:41 PM
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Sueetie Has Arrived: Introducing Atomo for Developers

It’s been a year-and-a-half in the making, but Sueetie has finally arrived to where I envisioned it to be from the beginning. Introducing Atomo for Developers 1.3, a single Visual Studio Solution containing all framework source code for customizing
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tags: sueetie
Jun 24 2010 05:54 AM
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June 20th, 2010: The Day Gummy Bear 1.3 was Released

Gummy Bear 1.3 is now available in the new Sueetie Marketplace. Released a little over 3 months since version 1.2, Gummy Bear 1.3 adds many major architectural enhancements. Localization, Background Tasks, Multi-Blog support, Event Logging and Exception
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tags: sueetie
Jun 21 2010 05:37 AM
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Sueetie Marketplace: Out with the Old, In with the New

I don’t know if you’ve been to the Sueetie.com Marketplace recently, but it’s undergone a major upgrade to have more of the look and functionality of a real marketplace with real products.  In fact, it’s the new home of all Sueetie distributions
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tags: sueetie
Jun 20 2010 11:29 PM
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One-Click Install On Tap for Gummy Bear 1.3

Gummy Bear 1.3 is almost here, so it’s time to tell you about the new and improved installation process. In previous versions we clicked a button to execute the framework SQL setup scripts, then we walked through the YetAnotherForum.NET Setup Wizard,
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tags: sueetie
Jun 19 2010 06:51 PM
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Everyman on Simple to Share, Free Shipping, Pleasing the Wrong Person

Simple to Share. After Hugh MacLeod’s book Ignore Everybody became one of my all-time favorite reads, I pay much more attention to what Hugh has to say, like in a recent CopyBlogger guest post on growing his business. According to MacLeod, nothing moved
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tags: everyman links
Jun 19 2010 05:34 AM
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Everyman on Website Do-overs, Two-Second Rule, Every Company a Media Company

Website Do-overs. Excellent MarketingProfs article on things to consider on your next website, but also worth considering for existing websites that should be thinking “do-over.” Points to consider include looking at your customers’ needs more than what
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tags: everyman links
Jun 12 2010 10:03 PM
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New Gallery Server Pro Original Image Display Feature Coming

If I had more room in the subject line it would say "New Gallery Server Pro Original Image Display Feature Coming…With a Little Help from Sueetie."  What’s the new image display feature?  Coming in Gummy Bear v1.3 you'll be able to
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tags: sueetie gallery server pro
Jun 10 2010 06:17 AM
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All New Lollipop Theme Coming in Gummy Bear v1.3

I'm happy to report that Version 1.3 of Gummy Bear will no longer be, um, ugly. You can see it online at sueetie.com. If you don't believe me that it's an improvement, here is a copy of the current Lollipop home page at http://gummybear.sueetie.com next
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tags: sueetie
Jun 09 2010 04:00 AM
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Everyman on Navigation Rethink, Cloned Goals, Cap’n Crunch, The Blink Test

Navigation Rethink. A new Landing Page Makeover clinic from CopyBlogger with the issue jumping out from the page being rethink your navigational scheme. The site had an image-based menu that was madeover with a menu representing the core points that the
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tags: everyman links
Jun 06 2010 07:12 AM
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Sueetie now featuring YetAnotherForum 1.9.4 RC2

Announcing YetAnotherForum 1.9.4 RC2 on Sueetie is something I’ve been looking forward to doing for a long time. I started playing with 1.9.4 since Beta 2, then Beta 3, then RC1. I was close to deploying several times but thought it best to wait. Now
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tags: sueetie yetanotherforum.net
Jun 06 2010 01:29 AM
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Everyman on Software Product Checklists, Application Hearts and Minds, Every Site a Mobile Site

Software Product Development Checklist Supreme. SecretGeek with a checklist of 124 to-do’s in creating, selling and sustaining a successful software product. In this case the product is a standalone .EXE, but valuable for a web-based application as well.
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tags: everyman links
May 31 2010 03:41 AM
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Registration Requirement to Comment at DBVT.COM is Dead

I know it’s been a long time coming and I apologize to everyone who bumped up against a “Please login” link when wanting to add a comment at DBVT.COM, but I am happy to announce that the requirement to create a site account to comment on my blog is now
Dave Burke
 
tags: sueetie
May 22 2010 05:02 AM
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Using the Power of the Sueetie API for Good (Fighting Blog Spam)

There was a flood of pingback spam hitting .NET-based blogs over the last 24 hours as you may or may not know. In discussing it on Twitter someone tweeted about modifying the Comment Email Extension to do IP filtering which is when it dawned on me that
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tags: blogengine.net sueetie
May 21 2010 10:00 PM
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Stylin: Jacob Lee

Jacob Lee demonstrates that it’s not how many colors you choose, but which ones. Link to Jacob Lee | View all Stylin Sites
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tags: stylin
May 18 2010 07:18 AM
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Stylin: Infinitum

This site was featured in most of the CSS Showcase sites. Interesting slightly-noisy background and rich use of images in a well-balanced layout. The designer took a risk butting the top-left logo against the page margin with no spacing, but it works.
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tags: stylin
May 18 2010 07:14 AM
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Stylin: Run Addicts

The slightly grungy background, stark color contrast and predominant fire-engine red makes this content rich site appear as a hip magazine all the addicted runners will want to read. Link to Run Addicts | View all Stylin Sites
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tags: stylin
May 18 2010 07:06 AM
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Stylin: wtfjeans

The site theme does an excellent job reflecting the product, which is obviously blue jeans. I also like the banner-center circular message promoting the company’s iphone app. Link to wtfjeans | View all Stylin Sites
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tags: stylin
May 18 2010 07:01 AM
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Everyman on Micro Magazines, Cornerstone Pages, Predictive Horizons

Micro magazines for a fast and specific world. Seth Godin discusses the allure of micro magazines, describing weeklies like Time and Newsweek as being slow and general, while in contrast the world is fast and specific. Godin lists why micro magazines
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tags: everyman links
May 18 2010 06:16 AM
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Saturday Afternoon Sueetie Newsletter Subscription Module Update

I blogged about the new Sueetie Newsletter Subscription User Profile property earlier today and said that I wouldn’t feel good releasing Gummy Bear v1.3 without some sort of reporting capability. I took a few minutes and threw something together to serve
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 11:41 PM
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Use it Just for Fun, the New Sueetie UserAvatar Control

The new Sueetie UserAvatar Control was a feature I made sure got into Gummy v1.3, not because users were clamoring for it but because I wanted one.  It’s one of those controls that’s fun to use in some weird geeky sort of way.  You know, drop
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 08:22 PM
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It’s Time for Sueetie Time Zones

Someone in the Sueetie Community correctly pointed out that users could not modify their forum time zone setting since the Sueetie User Profile is used globally and links to the YetAnotherForum.NET User Profile are hidden.  My bad. This is now fixed
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 06:37 PM
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The Inception of Sueetie Newsletter Subscriptions

I’ve been reading Online Marketers I respect who advocate Community Newsletters and thought, “Yeah, we should do that in Sueetie.”  So I took the first steps for Gummy Bear v1.3 and added a Newsletter Subscription Profile Property.  Here you
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 03:39 AM
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User IP Geolocation Lookup for the Obsessive Sueetie Community Administrator

You may recall that the first feature I added in Gummy Bear v1.3 was IP Banning.  It now has a bonus one-click User IP Geolocation lookup feature. Here's a screenshot of the administrative user profile page. It’s funny how I keep learning about
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 02:50 AM
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Sueetie User Activity Report Updates

A new User Activity Administrative Report is coming in Gummy Bear v1.3.  It displays all Activity unfiltered by display and syndication flags, plus it gives you the ability to delete individual items if someone were to post spam in your forums, for
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tags: sueetie
May 15 2010 01:46 AM
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Facebook: To Serve Man

I deleted my Facebook account today and I feel fine. As for why I left, I couldn’t help thinking I was in a Twilight Zone Episode titled “To Serve Man.”  Facebook was the master alien race and I was heading up the stairway into the spacecraft. If
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tags: everyday
May 13 2010 05:30 AM
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Using the Sueetie Cross-Application Footer Menu Control

I upgraded dbvt.com to the latest Sueetie bits, which consisted primarily of converting it from a Website to a WebApplication project and apply the consolidated theming structure. While I was at it I did some design cleanup across the applications, which
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tags: sueetie
May 12 2010 01:55 AM
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The Sueetie Event Log of Fun

I want to tell you about the new Sueetie Event Log coming in Gummy Bear 1.3. It’s only an Event Log, but I’m doing my due diligence in blogging about it. Besides, it’s not your ordinary Event Log. Here’s a screenshot. We can filter by primary category
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tags: sueetie
Mar 26 2010 07:27 AM