Change is in the Air

I had previously stated that I wasn’t going to upgrade to Community Server 1.1…well, I changed my mind after seeing the new Iroha skin being offered for the new version…what a great skin!  So I took the plunge a couple of hours ago and upgraded; it was actually pretty painless due to Ken’s single blog configuration file generator…just plug in the url names you want and his tool will automagically generate the correct SiteUrls.config file, it’s then just a matter of dropping that in your CS web directory (and depending on the url’s you choose creating a directory or two).  Rss readers click here to see the changes.  Unfortunately 1.1 still retains some of 1.0’s blog quirkiness (mainly Rss stuff), but I was able to port all of my previous mods over in less than an hour (I really need to create a seperate mod project for this, thankfully the CS API will be stable as of 1.2, so I’ll probably wait until that release).  You will also need to download the new MetaBlogAPI for 1.1 (very easy to configure, just drop in a couple of assemblies and an ashx file).  The main improvement I’ve noticed for the blog piece is that ViewState has been tweaked drastically; my main blog feed weighs in at a moderate 117.56 KB (nearly half the size of 1.0).  The gallery section has also been redone aesthetically, though some tweaking is definitely in order.

I personally don’t like some of the css aspects of the new Iroha skin; if you like the changes I’ve made (mainly link colors), ping me and I’ll send you my css overrides.

Kudos to Telligent for this new release!  Here’s hoping for a quick 1.2 release.