Community (Advanced) Starter Kit (C# .NET) w/ AJAX

Community (Advanced) Starter Kit 2.0 (AKA CASK) enables an individual or an ISP to quickly create a community Web site such as a user group site, a developer resource site, or a news site. It has seven standard content modules: Articles, Links, Downloads, Photo Gallery, Events and Books. In addition it supports multiple community configurations, quotas, newsletters, voting polls, RSS news feeds and XML web services.

The Community Starter Kit 2.0 is an updated version of the Microsoft Community Starter Kit (CSK) 1.1 that includes new functionality, ASP.NET 2.0 security and bug fixes contributed by the CSK developer community. CASK utilizes the CSK 1.1 data tables, stored procedures and functions with minimal modification to support a clean upgrade path from CSK 1.1 to CASK. Although dubbed a starter kit this application utilizes advanced features of ASP.NET

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2008.08.24 Update - Limitations of MOSS 2007 moves CASK release closer to the front burner - blogged about HERE

2008.08.11 - The CASK application has taken back burner to higher priorities (more at http://www.codeplex.com/SDMS). However, it is still a priority and a release with all of the new completed features is long overdue. As I build the new framework for SDMS I will be meeting requirements for the next CASK release (kill two birds with one stone); please bear with me...

• MSDN Article on Community Starter Kit 1.1 CSK 1.1 Support Forum
• Global Webnet, LLC Client sites based on CASK follow:
• Sincerely Ichabod http://www.SincerelyIChabod.com (my son's band - leader singer)
• Lone Star Ballet http://www.Lonestarballet.org
• Big Brothers Big Sisters http://amabbbs.global-webnet.net
• Osborn Orthodontics http://www.OsbornOrthodontics.com
• Amarillo College Lamplight Youth Theatre http://www.ACLamplight.com
• Sing Like the King (Elvis Impersonator) http://www.SingLikeTheKing.com
• Global Webnet, LLC http://www.Global-Webnet.com
• Site used for HOWTO Flash Series Admin Login: CASKUser PWD: CASKUser Security
• Training Series within the context of a development team site (see 2008.02.24 comments below for more details)
• HOWTO: Setup a new Community Site and add an Articles section
• HOWTO: Add a new role for the Team site so it can be secured
• HOWTO: Team Site Setup (sections created)
• HOWTO: Input data in new Team site sections (first draft - needs editing/cleanup)
• HOWTO: Add RSS FeedPage - SharePoint template (other templates have feed on right panel)
• HOWTO: Move a section - moves section to Public site.
• HOWTO: A Flash Demo showing the new Calendar Module (AJAX) in use.
• HOWTO: A Flash Demo showing an Html Section being added to www.SingLikeTheKing.com using CSK I then add a flash video clip to it (all within a couple of minutes):

A refactored version of the CASK can be found at the following link:
http://www.codeplex.com/DotCommunities. Ed, the Coordinator for DotCommunities, has brought many new features to this beta release. His countless hours of development time and commitment to the community is deeply appreciated.

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