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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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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
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
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
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
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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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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Jul 12 2010 10:17 AM
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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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Jul 02 2010 07:21 PM
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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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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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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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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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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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Jun 19 2010 06:51 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
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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Jun 09 2010 04:00 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
Jun 06 2010 01:29 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
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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
May 21 2010 10:00 PM
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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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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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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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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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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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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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May 15 2010 01:46 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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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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Mar 26 2010 07:27 AM
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Background Tasks in Purr Mode at Sueetie.com

I’m excited to announce that the Sueetie Online Community Framework now includes a Background Tasks architecture for system processes and custom task development. A background tasks architecture was something I knew Sueetie needed to support
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Mar 23 2010 12:44 AM
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Site Activity Feed Now in the Sueetie Syndication Lineup

The Sueetie Site Activity Log is now syndication-enabled! Here’s the Activity Log on the Sueetie.com home page to provide some context and show you the new Syndication link. The feed is available in both RSS and Atom formats selectable in the address bar
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Mar 13 2010 02:27 AM
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Sueetie Aggregate Blog Post List Now Supports RSS

Sueetie.com welcomes all RSS Subscribers to have a happy helping of its new Aggregate Blog Recent Post List Feed.  Recent posts from all Sueetie.com blogs are now available in a single feed. The blog names prefix the post title so you’ll know which
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Mar 12 2010 07:19 AM
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Multiple Blog Support Now on Display at Sueetie.com

If I didn’t want to over-use the exclamation point I would have added it to the post title, cause this is pretty big. Sueetie now natively supports multiple blogs and all that that implies behind the scenes. We know Sueetie can support multiple blogs,
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Mar 11 2010 08:26 AM
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It’s Official. IP Banning is the First New Feature of Gummy Bear 1.3

Now that we’ve released Gummy Bear 1.2 it’s time to get cracking on Gummy Bear 1.3, with IP Banning its first new feature now online at Sueetie.com and Sueetie-driven dbvt.com. IP Banning is one of the ingredients that together with hidden Captcha,
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Mar 07 2010 04:40 AM
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Now Serving Gummy Bear 1.2

I'm back from Disney World and happy to announce the availability of Gummy Bear 1.2 in the Sueetie Media Gallery. If you are a registered Sueetie.com member you will see the Gummy Bear Download Folder which contains the full Version 1.2 Gummy Bear Web
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Mar 02 2010 11:04 PM
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Gummy Bear 1.2 is Fully Baked!

Gummy Bear 1.2 is fully baked. The toothpick comes up clean. Both the complete 1.2 web package and update ZIPs are prepared, their readme.txt files are written. We are ready to ship. Yet I’m going to let it sit on the window sill and cool for another
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Feb 20 2010 08:54 AM
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Please say yousa! to my new Business of Community Blog

I launched a new blog on Sueetie.com called The Business of Community.  I hope you consider visiting.  The focus of the new blog is on growing, managing and marketing online communities. I’ve been debating how to repurpose Everyman Links
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Feb 18 2010 08:58 AM
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A New Global Site Menu for Gummy Bear

The final new feature for Gummy Bear v1.2 that I wanted to add is complete, a Global Site Menu! The Global Site Menu is made possible by the SueetieApplications Model, allowing us to control page processing based on current application type, application
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Feb 16 2010 11:00 AM
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Sueetie.com Now Serving Up ScrewTurn Wiki 3.0.2!

Happiness doubles-up, first with the upgrade of Sueetie.com to BlogEngine.NET 1.6 earlier this week and now ScrewTurn Wiki 3.0.2.  The latest version of ScrewTurn Wiki just feels good, and it seems wicked fast to me. It is fully integrated into t
Feb 13 2010 08:48 AM
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Sueetie Groups Groundwork Goodness

One of the major goals for Sueetie is for a Community to support groups—10, 20, hundreds of ‘em! I first released Sueetie.com with 3 groups but since reduced that to a single Public Demo Group for proof of concept while I worked through architectural and
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Feb 12 2010 07:06 AM
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DBVT.COM now running the latest Sueetie v1.2 Bits

A new Gummy Bear version 1.2 should be available in the next few weeks, so I decided to take the opportunity to upgrade DBVT.COM to get a feel for the details and work out the kinks. There were two other motivations for upgrading DBVT.COM, 1) I hate
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Feb 08 2010 02:10 AM
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Sueetie Application Administration Surfaces

We talked about using the SueetieApplications model to obtain context information anywhere in a Sueetie Community. We demonstrated how to obtain a SueetieApplication object with SueetieApplications.Current to learn the current application’s type, its
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Feb 06 2010 10:53 AM
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Sueetie email now coming at you asynchronously

I realize this isn’t much of an announcement, but it’s all part of the Community Framework Master Plan of Sueetness. Up to this point when I needed email services to send forgotten passwords or for the registration email verification function I wanted to
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Feb 05 2010 09:43 AM