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Wrox Professional Community Server Book Now Shipping

Submitted by Chris on Tuesday, 03/13/07One Comment

Congratulations to Wyatt Preul, Jose Lema, Jim Martin, and Keyvan Nayyeri - their excellent guide to Telligent’s Community Server is now shipping from Amazon.com.

From the back cover:

Built on the .NET 2.0 platform, Telligent’s Community Server allows web developers to implement a robust community site where users can share, discuss, and interact in very powerful ways. With its open API and available source code, Community Server is customizable using available 3rd party modules, or you can write your own code to extend Community Server’s functionality.

Inside this book, our Community Server experts guide you through the product’s implementation and customization and will get you started with your first community site quickly. You’ll learn methods for UI modification and enhancement, how to add new functionality through modules, and how to write your own custom module code. You’ll also get tried-and-true advice for administering your Community Server site, creating reports, implementing security, building localized installations, and more.

What you will learn from this book

  • Techniques for troubleshooting installation issues
  • How to understand and customize Community Server’s ASP.NET config files
  • Tips for installing and configuring modules on your site
  • Methods for enhancing your implementation with themes, modules, and add-ons
  • How to write modules and modify Community Server code
  • All about implementing skins, changing the look of custom controls, working with master pages, and more

Who this book is for

This book is for both experienced developers and general enthusiasts who are interested in building their site using Community Server. You should have prior experience in web server management and configuration.

Readers who wish to extend and customize Community Server should have previous experience with ASP.NET and related .NET technologies.

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