Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS)

8/13/2019 Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS)

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http://www.mannsoftware.com/mailto:[email protected]://www.yvonne.harryman.com/mailto:[email protected]


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Who is the CKS team

Show me what you got

What is currently under development Future direction


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Team: Microsoft

Microsoft Partners

MVPs SharePoint enthusiast from around the world!!!

Vision: a community-driven project that existsalongside the official product releases from

Microsoft, exploring and extending thefunctionality of the product while at the sametime providing a set of sample applications,best practices, and reusable modules thatextend and support SharePoint.


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Enhanced Wiki Edition (EWE)

Enhanced Blog Edition (EBE)

User Group Edition (UGE) Intranet/Extranet Edition (IEE)

External Collaboration Toolkit for

SharePoint (ECTS)


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Wiki DiscussionsThe Wiki Discussions feature extendsMOSS 2007 Wiki sites to include integrated discussions. Foreach Wiki Page, a SharePoint Discussion Board pageallows you to maintain a threaded discussion on the topic.These are fully integrated so that the discussion threadsimply appears as another facet of the wiki page; deletingand renaming are automatically synchronized

Frequently Asked Questions/Table of Contentsthroughthe introduction of some custom markup, this allows forthe wiki-based construction of a Table of Contentscontaining links to tagged content on the current page.

Enhanced Wiki Markupthrough the use of customtokens, textual formatting (bold, italics, underline, etc) canbe introduced using standard wiki markup.


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Theming Modular Theme Framework (MTF) - no need to wrestle with the default blog master page - start from the HTML you

want and simply insert the blog content via XSL.

Friendly URL's - blog post URL's that look like /archive/2007/08/25/sharepoint-chart-tool.aspx instead of/Lists/Posts/ViewPost.aspx?ID=37

5 very cool themes to use as-is

Linkbacks (aka Trackbacks) Send linkbacks to other blog posts you are linking to in your EBE blog post (these show up as trackbacks on the other

blog) Receive linkbacks from other blogs who are posting about your blog post (these show up as trackbacks on your EBE

blog)

Spam control Akismet integration to detect comment spam

CAPTCHA to help block comment spam at the source

Option to automatically delete spam to recycle bin

Option to automatically approve spam-free comments

RSS Custom RSS link (e.g. http://feeds.feedburner.com/myblog)

Post trimming (only a portion of post is sent via RSS)

Specify RSS feed item count Category specific feeds (e.g. /rss.xml?cat=coolstuff)

Validates W3C: This is the W3C Feed Validation Service, a free service that checks the syntax of Atom or RSS feeds.

Miscellaneous Securing of system pages (e.g. so anonymous users can't browse your lists and libraries using SharePoint UI)

Metaweblog API to support Windows Live Writer and migration tools.

Client Date/Time - displays date/time in time zone of user instead of server


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If you are Microsoft, you can go get it atsharepoint.microsoft.com

If you are not, I am aware of 1 companybut there are others

RackSpace the contact would be JeffDeverter


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The Community Kit for SharePoint: User Group Edition (orCKS:UGE) 1.0 is a site admin template (.STP file) designedfor user group websites. The default settings and contentof a SharePoint site that's been created with this templatecan be used with minimal modification by any Microsoftproduct oriented user group.

You can access the CKS:UGE (English) demo site athttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge.The French demo site is athttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-fr.

The German demo site is athttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-de.The Simplified Chinese demo site is athttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cn.
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/ugehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/ugehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-frhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-frhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-dehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-dehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cnhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cnhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cnhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cnhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-cnhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-dehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-dehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-dehttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-frhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-frhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge-frhttp://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge


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Web Parts

Membership request

Login

Recover Password Change Password

Easy Configuration

Place on multiple pages

Registration CAPTCHA

Self-registration through custom web parts


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Microsoft Solution Accelerator: Free toolsand guidance from Microsoft.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspx

Capabilities and Features

Provision New Site Collections

Provision New Users
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/default.aspx


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Create Site Collection. This Web Part allowsan approved user either to create a newsite collection (if workflow is not enabled),

or request that a new site be created. Site Collection Manager. This Web Part

shows an internal user all of the sites thatthey currently own. The user can navigateto one of the sites listed or delete the site.

Site Collection Approval (optional). ThisWeb Part gives an administrator the optionto approve or deny site collection creationrequests.


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Add External User. This Web page allows an approved user to create anew external user account (if it does not already exist) or give an existingaccount access to the site collection. This page is analogous to theSharePoint New User page.

External User Manager. This Web Part allows administrators to view allexternal users within the SharePoint environment and to performcommon management operations on external users who have beencreated in ADAM. These operations include to:

Delete. Removes the external user from ADAM. Disable/Enable. Toggles the account disabled attribute in ADAM, which

prevents the external user from logging on to the SharePoint site. Reset Password. Resets the external users password in ADAM.

Modify Profile Information. Allows the administrator to change attributesof the users profile. External User Approval (optional). This Web Part gives an administrator

the option to approve or deny external user account creation requests.


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Configuration Utility. This Web Part allows administrators tomodify how the software works. Settings that can bechanged include the SMTP host, mail sender account,workflow for site creation and user creation, and so forth.

Update My Account Information. Provides self serviceprofile update functionality.

Forgotten password reset. Provides functionality to helpexternal users who have forgotten their passwords.

Forms-based authentication. Lets external usersauthenticate using a logon form.

Gather profile information at first logon. Directs externalusers to a Web page to input profile information.


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Virtual-Earth Maps

World Clock and Weather

Chatterbox Tag Cloud

Taxonomy-Tagging Starter Kit

Windows Live Authentication

Group Email


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VE Map Web part

Custom PushPin DB

Developed by MS IT

Full source available


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Specify multiple locations

Full Source

Calling web services

Custom Editor


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Based on ASP.NET Persistent chat functionality of the previous version Color coded chat entries and presence detection.
http://ajax.asp.net/http://ajax.asp.net/


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Tag Cloud web partdisplaying tags inweighted format. The more popular a

tag is, the bigger its shown.


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Allow users to tag content and set preferences for content they wouldlike to see and save it to their profile


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Here's a screenshot of the customized CQWP that shows a single"Interesting Page" link compared with a default CQWP that shows thesame link plus an "Not Interesting Page" link.


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Community Kit for SharePoint


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Some of the 2.5 Features **Coming Soon** Issue Fixes

Ability to export post to PDF

Localization (FR & ES)

Ability to theme wiki pages

Ability to show your Tweets in a web part on thehome page

Ability to theme Wiki pages Technoroti Tags

Ability to bookmark post with Delicious, Digg,Technorati, facebook, Twitter, Reddit


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Consider it the Facebook for communities viaSharePoint

Features

Interest: Members will have the ability to maintain alist of skills, roles, capabilities and interest

Associates: Members can create associations "FriendRequest"

Communities: Members will be able to create andjoin different communities/projects of interest

Activity Log: track and show activities about yourassociates in the different communities/projects withthe ability to comment

2 Versions: One for WSS and another for MOSS whichwill integrate with youre My Site


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Community Kit for SharePoint


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Structure & Support

Standards

Extend and Enhance Marketing

Focal Point


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Overall ownershipof CKS will be by asteering committee that consists of: One Microsoft sponsor: Dave Pae.

One Microsoft project owner: YvonneHarryman.

One community project owner: David Mann.

The steering committee is responsible forthe overall direction of CKS as a wholeand keeping all CKS projects movingforward.


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Project Manager

Tech Lead

Team Members Developers

Testers

Documentation Writers Designers


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Point system

Contributor of the Quarter

Swag and mention on CKS websites


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Channel 9

Conferences

User Groups SharePoint Team Blog


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Four main focus areas: Editions: standalone projects that provide

significant functionality on their own.

Components: Components are granularelements that provide very specificfunctionality that are used to build theEditions

Documentation: Material that will help userslearn or continue to learn SharePoint

Tools: Used in the development ormaintenance of the CKS project elements


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Recommendationsnot requirements

Try to keep projects moving forward

Beta 1 within 3 months of project initiation Beta releases every three months

1.0 RTW within 9 months of initial beta (12months from project initiation)

Additional releases at least every 6 months inorder to remain active, unless project isflagged as a final release.


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www.communitykitforsharepoint.org hosted on WSS. It will include:

information about the project as a whole

marketing information links to related resources

descriptive information about each project

information about team members

information about CKS processes, standards, etc

Any output from the Documentation project

links to each child site

privatecommunications between team members

Links to demos of the editions
http://www.communitykitforsharepoint.org/http://www.communitykitforsharepoint.org/


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Each project will have its own Codeplexsite, addressable as

www.codeplex.com/cks . Used for public information, source

control, bug tracking and publicdiscussions about each specific project.

Common homepage layout


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Goals:

Support standards

Recognize effort Provide assurances

Not guarantees

Reference implementation

Encourage governance


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Support existing standards

P&P

Other Codify existing best practices and show

how they can/should be supported


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White Beltbasic requirements to even get listed asbeing part of CKS Clean installation and uninstallation Follow CKS namespace/class naming guidelines

Documentation Pass SPDisposeCheck

Red BeltFully documented plus some code analysisfor basic SharePoint practices/requirements

Blue Belthighest level of code analysis for

SharePoint practices/requirements Black Belt: Load Testing, FxCop, StyleCop

(Details TBD draft by 7/24/09)


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Projects will be reviewed for adherenceto BPOS guidelines and tagged

appropriately: Platinum Service (Dedicated Hardware) Gold Service (Shared Hardware/Dedicated

Web Applications)

Silver Service (Utility Hosting/Shared WebApplications)


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By putting your knowledge to the test in thecommunity you learn develop from the expertsthemselves

Access to a network of other community leaders

Recognition by peers as an expert in the technologyyou choose to evangelize

Role model for others aspiring to learn in your field Boost your career development Community involvement is a step in the right direction

for awards such as the Microsoft Valued Professional(MVP)


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Documents

Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS)