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marzo 2006 - Posts

Alpha 3.1 Released | Membership on the way

As promised, I have released a new Alpha 3.1 version which is a version that was given to me after the syncing of Novell. It seems that we were releasing Alpha 3 right during the migration of novell and something went wierd. In this release, I have disabled compression by default but you may turn it on just by uncommenting lines. I organized readmes and made a new robots.txt. 3.1 is also 500k smaller too. Read More...
Posted giovedì 30 marzo 2006 5.46 by ramseur | 6 Comments

2.0 Yaf inside of Alpha 2 screen shot

A user has been in contact with me for getting a new 2.0 version of yaf into rainbow. He has already had success of creating a user control entry point for the web app and runs it like a normal module. He informs me that he is cleaning up the known bugs he found and will be submitting it to me soon. Read More...
Posted martedì 21 marzo 2006 2.03 by ramseur | 2 Comments
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Rainbow Portal 1.1 Revision 1364 @ Novell

n efforts to bring the two projects together, I have taken the latest revision of the 1.1 code and packaged it. It is now avail at novell and can be downloaded by anyone. Read More...
Posted domenica 19 marzo 2006 4.55 by ramseur | 0 Comments

Alpha 3.0 Developer Preview also @ Novell

I have finish QA testing the Developer preview of Alpha 3 which includes the complete source to Rainbow. Developers should use this version as the latest version to begin work on extending and improving rainbow. Rainbow future users and current customers should use this build to find issues to be submitted on the forums. Please ignore the date on the release as it says 3-15-2005 and should be 2006. Read More...
Posted mercoledì 15 marzo 2006 1.11 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Rainbow 2.0 Alpha 3.0 Released ( Pre-Compiled)

Well we've worked hard to bring you a standards compliant portal with 2.0 features. This is the pre-compiled version of Alpha 3.0 that is really easy to install and does not require VS 2005. Just change your connection string in web.config and configure IIS then youre set. Please go get this from novell and test. Read More...
Posted martedì 14 marzo 2006 10.02 by ramseur | 2 Comments

(Today) Expect 2 releases for Alpha 3 : Pre-Compiled | Developer Preview

I am done with my QA testing and ready to release this thing. I am still of course doing minor changes to things and making sure things are XHTML. Some html and a few aspx's might be html and not xhtml but all the modules and default pages are. The site compiles and works with clean install on my boxes. Read More...
Posted martedì 14 marzo 2006 8.56 by ramseur | 1 Comments

.NET 2.0 Rainbow Alpha hits 1000 downloads on the eve of Alpha 3

I just checked novell and we have cleared the 1000 download mark. Alpha 2 really fueld us to the thousand with 175 downloads this month. This comes at the perfect time as we plan [ keep fingers cross] to release Alpha 3.0 tomorrow if it passes our [my] QA testing. I wont be harsh :). However, it will give the new developers Read More...
Posted martedì 14 marzo 2006 0.23 by ramseur | 2 Comments

.NET 2.0 FCK Version on Component Module

Here is a .NET 2.0 converted version of the populare FCK editor. The asp.net 1.1 example was outdated so I converted it to 2.0 and used it inside the Component Module. The have an XHTML option and I am still testing to find out its uses. Read More...
Posted domenica 12 marzo 2006 15.03 by ramseur | 0 Comments
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YAF 2.0 with Ajax!!!

Ive decided I really like this forum. The creator has done a nice job and has been real responsive in my discussions on his forum. The community is also nice in helping. The creator is making progress of his port however the last version wouldnt allow me to get past the new auth scheme he has for 2.0. I keep getting a object not set to a reference. So, I made my own version of his final 1.1 code. Read More...
Posted domenica 12 marzo 2006 3.08 by ramseur | 2 Comments
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YAF .NET 2.0 Screen Shot | ForumModule .NET 2.0 Ready

I grabbed the latest svn of YAF [ a very nice forum I might add ] and converted it to 2.0. After so more searching on the yaf forums, I found that he made another port of yaf [ with different options] and made some improvements. Yaf is really easy to install and I installed it stand alone in about 5 minutes. I also converted Keith Wells' forum module which is used to mount yaf into rainbow portal. My next test is to install the 2.0 forum into a 2.0 rainbow. Below are some screen shots: Read More...
Posted sabato 11 marzo 2006 0.37 by ramseur | 4 Comments
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Today's Work : The Forum Module

I remembered today that I forgot to convert the forum module. I remembered this because I finished the other modules and this was the only one that actually is a web site within a module. This means that I have to apply Guthrie's web app type which for now is a 10+ step process. I cant wait till they release the type for VWD and all VS 2005 so I can do this with clicks. My plan for the forum module includes : Read More...
Posted venerdì 10 marzo 2006 21.09 by ramseur | 1 Comments
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Rainbow Portal 2.0 Phases

I wanted to explain our current naming conventions for releases. Jon and I have pretty much started at Alpha 1.0 and kept counting up. We will soon be at Alpha 3 in our iterative cycle. The cycle will continue until the code is deemed beta [ 85 percent functional at least] and then release level. The phases are a different story in that they concentrate on core features. Read More...
Posted venerdì 10 marzo 2006 20.55 by ramseur | 0 Comments

Revision 133 Commit of XHTML Modules to Novell

With revision 133 I committed all my XHTML changes. We can now merge my module with jons code and clean some other stuff up. Of course the modules will need testing but we still have made a lot of progress. Read More...
Posted giovedì 9 marzo 2006 23.36 by ramseur | 0 Comments

XHTML Conversion nearing completion

I have converted all but two modules to XHTML compliant Traditional 1.0. Some modules have also be converted to WSAG and Section 508 compliancy. The most recurring errors were: Read More...
Posted giovedì 9 marzo 2006 22.52 by ramseur | 6 Comments

Free XHTML Strict Starter kits for professional Design

In continuing in my new found love of XHTML, I stumbled on to a great article by microsoft that gives away a couple XHTML strict templates. All of the sites show the robust seperation of presentation layer from the application through CSS styles. All these sites are also Section 508 compliant and render crisp validated XHTML. Read More...
Posted mercoledì 8 marzo 2006 0.02 by ramseur | 4 Comments

XHTML Traditional 1.0 in Alpha 3.0

Alpha 3.0 passes my normal QA test for a release however I am adding XHTML compliancy to modules before I make a formal release. Anyone, however may go download Alpha 3.0 through anon SVN access over at novell. I have been doing a lot of studying on the internet and even asked Scott Guthrie on good html to XHTML tips. Read More...
Posted martedì 7 marzo 2006 19.57 by ramseur | 5 Comments

More thoughts on Future Rainbow 2.0 Versions

There has been a lot of talk and discussion on Rainbow versions such as Rainbow 2.0 Lite. I want to form a simple outline if you will of what I think should go in each version and its target audience. Read More...
Posted martedì 7 marzo 2006 7.45 by ramseur | 4 Comments

Rainbow Portal 2.0 Alpha 3.0 brewing

Developers as well as myself are now testing Alpha 3.0 with a release due in a few days. The link above gives the current features that will be illustrated. A precompiled and developer [ including source] will be released when this alpha is finalized. Read More...
Posted martedì 7 marzo 2006 4.24 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Simplify your Life - Rainbow 2.0 Pre-installed

I am making final test on a pre-installed rainbow 2.0. The cool thing is that the team can configure rainbow for certian sets and then distribute that set in tact for user customization. This comes in handy for rainbow lite as we can give most options preconfigured and all the user has to worry about is managing their portal. Read More...
Posted sabato 4 marzo 2006 19.30 by ramseur | 2 Comments

New Features for Rainbow 2.0

I finally got a test to pass that allows for rainbow to come pre-installed. All the server need have is ASP.NET 2.0 and a SQL Server 2005 engine. Please note that the SQL Server Express engine is free and can work with Rainbow 2.0 and attached files. Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 21.56 by ramseur | 0 Comments

MSDN Article of ASP.NET 2.0 Web part Portal Integration

This is a good article explaining the richness of Web parts in portal systems. We will 100 percent be adding a web part option [ and I say option as we will not give up on the user control] which will enhance extension of Rainbow 2.0 portal. If you are wondering our roadmap to this feature, please read this article as a sketch. Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 2.26 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Rainbow 2.0 gains small popularity

I would just like to inform everyone of our numbers that are located here : [link] . Particularly check the monthly totals which were at the time of this blog entry were : Monthly Totals * 3/2006 - 59 2/2006 - 648 1/2006 - 63 Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 2.16 by ramseur | 0 Comments

ASP.NET 2.0 Health Monitoring in Rainbow 2.0

I decided to try this out and sure enough within 15 minutes Rainbow 2.0 has health monitoring. Health monitoring is a built in ASP.NET 2.0 feature that provides log4net features plus more features that help quickly find errors. It can record errors in SQL Server [ without any programming] and also post custom events. Read More...
Posted giovedì 2 marzo 2006 9.38 by ramseur | 2 Comments

Rainbow Portal Alpha 2.0 Developer Preview ( Precompiled ). Released

After testing this latest Release from Jonathan Minond [ spelled right?], I decided to make a Rainbow Portal Alpha 2.0 Developer Preview ( Precompiled ). [ Hope its not to Microsofty]. The instructions are pretty easy. To configure: Read More...
Posted giovedì 2 marzo 2006 5.01 by ramseur | 3 Comments

Rainbow 2.0 VS 2005 organization

With our latest Alpha, all solution/VS 2005 extensions point to relative paths. This allows for quick deployment and development. Read More...
Posted giovedì 2 marzo 2006 0.46 by ramseur | 0 Comments