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Monday, December 22, 2008
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.15 - Location Search
By Rodney Joyce @ 3:55 AM :: 2041 Views :: 0 Comments ::

This version introduces a new beta feature called Location Search which you can see in action on PokerDIY. Users can drill down by Country, Region and finally City (user data-driven) and search for users at each level. The Smart-Thinker Groups module, Event module and any other location-based module will be able to take advantage of this. For example, you might drill down to a particular city and the results page will show all users, groups, events etc for that location.

 

All UserProfile List views now have clickable Location data to search for other entities for that location. For example, on the Poker Player directory you can click on the country flag, city or region name. The same is true for each user profile, group members, event guests etc.

 

Enhancements
    BETA feature - LocationSearch View - Drill down on your users by location
        - New Tokens - [COUNTRYFLAG.SEARCHLINK], [LOCATION.CITYREGIONCOUNTRY], [LOCATION.CITYREGIONCOUNTRY.NEWLINE], [LOCATION.CITYREGION], [LOCATION.CITYREGION.NEWLINE] (Location values such as Region and city link to Location Search Results on profile views
    BETA feature - RSS/Searching on Public Storyfeeds (note, only use this on Storyfeeds that show all info. Set Display Syndicate to true in Module Settings).
        - Please give your feedback on these 2 features so they can be refined in the next version. It is not recommend that you go live with these features and they are not activated by default
   
    [WEBSITE] token now adds rel="nofollow" (as per Google Guidelines)
    Increased size of allowed profile image file to 4 digits
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/6235/scope/posts/Default.aspx

    UserProfile StoryFeed
    Support for Ventrian PropertyAgent Integration - Requires PA version 1.7.17+
        - Add Property
        - Comment on Property
        - Rate Property
    Support for DigNuke Contest StoryFeeds Integration - Requires DigNuke Contest version 2.0+
        - Contest - Won Contest
    Support for ZLDNN DNNArticle 6.1+, MyArticle 2.0+, MultiMediaGalleryPro 7.0+, MyMediaGallery 2.0+
        - DNNArticle - Add Article
        - DNNArticle - Add Comment
        - DNNArticle - Add Rating
        - MyArticle - Add Article
        - MyArticle - Add Comment
        - MyArticle - Add Rating       
        - MultiMediaGalleryPro - Add Album
        - MultiMediaGalleryPro - Add Media
        - MultiMediaGalleryPro - Add Comment
        - MyMediaGallery - Add Album
        - MyMediaGallery - Add Media
        - MyMediaGallery - Add Comment
    Exposed DeleteStory(ActionID) as a Web Service Method in case the calling module wants to erase all actions for a related ID by type


BugFixes
    Time since Story - bug fixed - When you viewed a storyfeed item using the [Story:ActionTimeAndDate] token it would show "0 hours" on the 60th minute
    Ifinity Sitemap no longer outputs users with an invalid LastActivity date (this caused errors in Google WebMaster Tools)
    Moved Wall StoryFeed actions into UserProfile module for consistency

 

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums. We also want to hear your opinion on how to improve the Smart-Thinker products quicker - please see our discussion on Crowdsourcing DotNetNuke Development.

 

Contact us if you would like to publish your module events to the profile feed and let your favourite module developer know you would like to see their modules integrate with the Smart-Thinker Social-Networking Product Suite!

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Friday, November 07, 2008
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.14 - News Article StoryFeeds & Ifinity Sitemap Integration
By Rodney Joyce @ 11:48 PM :: 2742 Views :: 0 Comments ::

This version integrates with Ventrian News Article to allow you to publish News Article events to your profile feed and to output your public profiles to your Google Sitemap for indexing via Ifinity. See an example on this poker player profile or this blog article. The story event shows up on the homepage and on the profile feed.

 

You can see the PokerDIY site map in action here (http://www.pokerdiy.com/GoogleSiteMap.axd - note- please do not link to this or hit it too frequently as it places load on the server). This will allow your profiles to be indexed by Google more efficiently, especially if you have orphaned URLs.

 

Enhancements in 4.3.14

  •     Support for StoryFeeds Integration - Requires Ventrian News Article version 00.07.17+

        - News Article - Add Article
        - News Article - Add Comment
        - News Article - Add Rating

  • Support for DigNuke Contest StoryFeeds Integration - Requires DigNuke Contest version 2.0+

        - Contest - Add Contest
        - Contest - Add Contest Vote
        - Contest - Add Contest    Comment   

  •     New StoryFeed token [Story:ActionTimeAndDate] (changed default template) - formats the story time as "updated x minutes ago" up until 1 day ago then displays time and short date
  •     2 New Tokens for handling if DOB has not been selected - [BIRTHDAYCOUNTDOWN] and [DOBDAYMONTHNULL] (Display language strings if not set)
  •     New token [WEBSITE] - formats [*C*Website] token correctly (works regardless of http:// and does not show if blank). Replaces old "<a target="_blank" href="[*C*Website]">[*C*Website]</a>". It is highly recommended that you change your templates to reduce missing links (changed default template)
  •     Performance Enhancement - Setting a UserProfile to a preset userID now uses a UserName textbox and not a ddl (better performance on large numbers of users). This applies to the following pages:

        - Friend Requests
        - Friends
        - Edit Profile
        - Profile Module Settings

  •     Exposed DeleteStory(ActionID) as a Web Service Method in case the calling module wants to erase an old story

BugFixes in 4.3.14

  •     Fix multiple ProfileStatus/ProfileStatusNoEdit issue

        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/32/threadid/5754/scope/posts/Default.aspx

 

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums. We also want to hear your opinion on how to improve the Smart-Thinker products quicker - please see our discussion on Crowdsourcing DotNetNuke Development.

 

StoryFeed integrations coming soon...

  • Bizmodule UVG/UMG integration (Mark uploaded new pics, Harry rated this video)
  • DigNuke integration (Sofia created a new contest, Lee voted for this contest)
  • More Ventrian modules...

 

Contact us if you would like to publish your module events to the profile feed and let your favourite module developer know you would like to see their modules integrate with the Smart-Thinker Social-Networking Product Suite!

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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.13 Released - Private Profiles - DNN 4.6.2+
By Rodney Joyce @ 9:18 PM :: 2621 Views :: 1 Comments ::

This version allows a user to set their profile to be visible to Friends-Only. For example, try to view this user who has set their profile to private. Have a look at this demo poker player profile to see the StoryFeed in action.

 

The following modules currently support StoryFeed actions:

  • ST UserProfile (4.3.13) - Edit Profile Pic, Update Profile Status, Add Friend, New Profile
  • ST UserGroup (4.3.7) - Create Group, Join Group, Leave Group
  • ST Wall (4.3.3) - Post on UserProfile/Event/Group/Custom Wall

Coming soon... Ventrian News Article integration (Create new Article, New comment etc.)

 

The possiblities are endless, for example, with Bizmodules.net UVG and UMG you could have Uploaded new Video and Add new Picure actions. Please contact us If you are a Module Developer and would like to publish feeds to the StoryFeed view. It is a few lines of code and greatly enhances the user experience - perfect for DotNetNuke Social Networks!

 

Important: If you use the Groups module you must upgrade to the 4.3.7 version after you have installed the UP 4.3.13 version.

 

Enhancements in 4.3.13

  •     *Sponsored Enhancement*   -  Friend Profile Viewing Only preference (user can chose who can view their profile - redirects to a set tab if not allowed)

                         - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/threadid/5651/scope/posts/Default.aspx

  •     Added AddIfNotExists action to StoryFeed WebService

BugFixes in 4.3.13

  •     NewUser Story is only published if the user is approved and the base user was created in the last day
  •     Renamed incorrect Setting language string
  •     Fixed issue with missing Twitter preference property
  •     Fixed SQL scripts (Date Insertion issue)

 

Enhancements in 4.3.12

    New Facebook-style StoryFeed view - see what your friends are doing. Integrates with ST Events, Groups, Wall module and exposes API for 3rd Party modules.
        - For example: Mark updated their status to xyz, Harry joined Group x, Berty and Mark are friends, Berty wrote on Harry's Wall, Merk set up an Event
    Added Facebook-style Profile Status updates - uses can update their status using an AJAX editbox
        There are 3 new tokens to use on a profile detail view - [PROFILESTATUS], [PROFILESTATUSNOEDIT] and [PROFILESTATUSLASTUPDATED]
        This also integrates with Twitter so users can update their status on Twitter at the same time
        - Many thanks to Yedda for their Twitter API wrapper - http://devblog.yedda.com/index.php/twitter-c-library/
        - Setup Guide - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/-1/postid/5639/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Profile Browser Title settings now has optional paramater for user's City for SEO and visual effect    
    AutoFriend Creation (like Tom on MySpace) - ability to assign a single user to be all new user's friend when their profile is first viewed
    UsersOnline Enhancements - Module can now be used as a templated Who's Online module
    UsersOnline Enhancements - Module can now be used as a templated Who's Viewing this Page module.
    Removed redundant database columns - TitleID, MiddleName, Nickname, Gender, AboutMe, PublicProfile    
    Refactored UP caching code from Wall module into UserProfileUtils class
    Refactored UserControl setting template code into Utils
    Invalid UserID exception now only thrown if the Request is made by a non-search engine. Spiders were crawling invalid UserIDs and this was filling up the error logs with lots of useless errors
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/mid/546/threadid/2154/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Search DDL in UserList view has been made narrower

 

BugFixes in 4.3.12

    Core CSS "subhead" style changed to "SubHead" for XHTML compliancy
    UsersOnline Filter now works correctly (also works in conjunction with the other filters/searches)
    DropDownLists of User-Type now show DisplayName and not Full Name
    Initial Template load now works correctly on the first time
    Fixed minor potential bug in caching code
        - http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/-1/threadid/249246/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Fixed bug in Latest UserList view when users were in multiple roles
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/5624/scope/posts/Default.aspx

 

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums.

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Monday, September 15, 2008
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.12 Released - StoryFeed - DNN 4.6.2+
By Rodney Joyce @ 6:13 AM :: 2423 Views :: 1 Comments ::

This version introduces the Facebook-style StoryFeed view which this and other modules can publish module actions to. Have a look at this demo poker player profile to see the StoryFeed in action.

 

The following modules currently support StoryFeed actions:

  • ST UserProfile (4.3.12) - Edit Profile Pic, Update Profile Status, Add Friend, New Profile
  • ST UserGroup (4.3.7) - Create Group, Join Group, Leave Group
  • ST Wall (4.3.3) - Post on UserProfile/Event/Group/Custom Wall

Coming soon... Ventrian News Article integration (Create new Article, New comment etc.)

 

The possiblities are endless, for example, with Bizmodules.net UVG and UMG you could have Uploaded new Video and Add new Picure actions. Please contact us If you are a Module Developer and would like to publish feeds to the StoryFeed view. It is a few lines of code and greatly enhances the user experience - perfect for DotNetNuke Social Networks!

 

Important: If you use the Groups module you must upgrade to the 4.3.7 version after you have installed the UP 4.3.12 version.

 

Enhancements

    New Facebook-style StoryFeed view - see what your friends are doing. Integrates with ST Events, Groups, Wall module and exposes API for 3rd Party modules.
        - For example: Mark updated their status to xyz, Harry joined Group x, Berty and Mark are friends, Berty wrote on Harry's Wall, Merk set up an Event
    Added Facebook-style Profile Status updates - uses can update their status using an AJAX editbox
        There are 3 new tokens to use on a profile detail view - [PROFILESTATUS], [PROFILESTATUSNOEDIT] and [PROFILESTATUSLASTUPDATED]
        This also integrates with Twitter so users can update their status on Twitter at the same time
        - Many thanks to Yedda for their Twitter API wrapper - http://devblog.yedda.com/index.php/twitter-c-library/
        - Setup Guide - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/-1/postid/5639/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Profile Browser Title settings now has optional paramater for user's City for SEO and visual effect    
    AutoFriend Creation (like Tom on MySpace) - ability to assign a single user to be all new user's friend when their profile is first viewed
    UsersOnline Enhancements - Module can now be used as a templated Who's Online module
    UsersOnline Enhancements - Module can now be used as a templated Who's Viewing this Page module.
    Removed redundant database columns - TitleID, MiddleName, Nickname, Gender, AboutMe, PublicProfile    
    Refactored UP caching code from Wall module into UserProfileUtils class
    Refactored UserControl setting template code into Utils
    Invalid UserID exception now only thrown if the Request is made by a non-search engine. Spiders were crawling invalid UserIDs and this was filling up the error logs with lots of useless errors
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/mid/546/threadid/2154/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Search DDL in UserList view has been made narrower

 

BugFixes

    Core CSS "subhead" style changed to "SubHead" for XHTML compliancy
    UsersOnline Filter now works correctly (also works in conjunction with the other filters/searches)
    DropDownLists of User-Type now show DisplayName and not Full Name
    Initial Template load now works correctly on the first time
    Fixed minor potential bug in caching code
        - http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/-1/threadid/249246/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Fixed bug in Latest UserList view when users were in multiple roles
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/5624/scope/posts/Default.aspx

 

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums.

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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.10 Released
By Rodney Joyce @ 6:43 PM :: 2817 Views :: 0 Comments ::

The new version of the UserProfile module has a single token improvement (ISINROLE) to display data based on a user's role. and a few small bug fixes. You can see it in action on PokerDIY (feel free to set up an account to test) or you can download a trial version here.


Enhancements

   Sponsored Enhancement: Add ISINROLE Token ([ISINROLE|RoleName|OutputIfTrue]) - this will be ported to each module as it is released
        - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/4124/scope/posts/Default.aspx
    Removed references to redundant Smart-Thinker HomePage module    
BugFixes
    Localised missing Settings - "Future Birthdays", "Past Birthdays" and "All Birthdays".
    Fixed problem with install order and constraints on SmartThinker_UserProfileFriend table (if the latest Groups/Events module was installed before the UserProfile module there was a problem)
    Removed redundant ModuleHelp.Text strings

 

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums.

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.8 Released
By Rodney Joyce @ 9:48 AM :: 3611 Views :: 0 Comments ::

The latest version of the UserProfile module has improved, with the main feature being an "Add to Groups token". You can see it in action on PokerDIY (feel free to set up an account to test) or you can download a trial version here.

Enhancements

  •     New Token for Add To Group (Implemented in Smart-Thinker Groups 4.3.4) and Invite to Event (Not Implemented - next Events version)
  •     New Token for a smaller "NoPhoto" image - Looks better at 50*50 - only need to use it if not using default image size (see PokerDIY Latest Users for example)

                       -http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/2995/scope/posts/Default.aspx

  •     Refactored Private Messages integration code for better performance - has new PageID setting so point at any page
  •     Changed BirthdayView to use DisplayName instead of FullName (see ST Forum post below if you wish to use FullName)

                        -http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/11/postid/2956/scope/posts/Default.aspx

  •     Improved caching on Smart-Thinker UserProfile to descrease database traffic

 BugFixes

  •     None

Please raise any queries on the Smart-Thinker Forums.

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Thursday, March 01, 2007
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.5 Released
By Rodney Joyce @ 4:27 PM :: 3841 Views :: 0 Comments ::
The latest version comes with MySpace-like MyFriends capabilities - see PokerDIY for an example (feel free to set up an account to test) or you can download a trial version here.

Enhancements
  •     Added MySpace-type "MyFriends" functionality with templated emails
  •     Added "20" records to UserSearch Control Settings
  •     Added ModuleID and TabID to Template Parameters
  •     UserSearch control enhanced to have default mode selection and more control over what is shown
  •     Updated "Send Message" and "Add Friend" to standard UI
  •     If a core user record is viewed that does not have a ST associated record this is now created on the fly so the ViewCounter is more accurate
  •     Improved error-handling around token replacement params   
  •     New View: Latest Users (4.3.4)
  •     New Settings on UserSearch views (4.3.4)
BugFixes
  •     Removed Gender token from default template in case the site did not have it configured
  •     Change PM Integration to use pmtype and not type
  •         - http://www.ventrian.com/Support/ProductForums/tabid/118/forumid/5/tpage/2/view/topic/postid/12829/Default.aspx
  •     Fixed Show Search Text Setting persistance problem
  •     UserSearch now trims search text so "Rodney " is effectively "Rodney"
  •     Gender error trapping enhanced for different configs
  •     Fixed issue with dropdownlist user selection on edit profile
  •     Fixed bug with EditProfile token
  •     Fixed bug in GetRandom userID stored proc - checks User table too now for orphaned records  
  •     Fixed Licensing Issue with Trial License (4.3.4)
  •     Fixed PrivateMessaging integration (no longer has settings - Template-based)
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Smart-Thinker UserProfile 4.3.1 Released
Please note that this version is for DotNetNuke 4.3.4+ only. This is mainly a "Stablization" release which fixes a number of backend bugs. A lot of work was done to make the module easier to configure and use.

A new UI feature is the ability to display UserProfile photos in the Directory Search. This is also the first version of the UserProfile module with a free Trial version. Try it now to see if it meets your requirements.

Enhancements

  •     Updated to work with DNN 4.3.4+  (e.g. Changed old reference to new MS Access Data Block.dll etc.)
  •     Source converted to 2005 WAP project (C# and ASP.NET 2.0) inc. refactor
  •     Introduction of LicenseKey for free trial version and performs LicenseValidation on portal limit
  •     Module Settings now displays current License and Portal Limit
  •     Photos can now be shown in Directory Search
  •     Split Module into more manageable components to make it easier to use
  •     Replaced deprecated User/Role methods (retrieving roles/users and displayname etc.)
  •     Localized missing language strings (eg. "AKA" on profile page, "No Results" on Directory page)
  •     Added Module Help text to point to online help
  •     Removed dependency on Smart-Thinker HomePage.dll to prevent Uninstall errors
  •     Formatted ModuleConfig now online
  •     Removed Roadmap.txt from installed Documentation - available online
  •     Better error handling if Ventrian Private Messages module not installed
  •     Better XHTML standards - lowercase HTML, Quoted Attributes etc
  •     Adheres to DNN core document "Secure Module Development" (XSS, SQL Injections etc.)
  •     Adheres to DNN core document "DotNetNuke Module Developers Guide"
  •     Updated EULA to reflect new License Agreement and Portal Limitations
BugFixes
  •     Fixed bug - Changed 1.0.0 Sql script to change "PK_UserProfile" to "PK_{objectQualifier}SmartThinker_UserProfile" to prevent clashes for new installs
  •     Fixed bug - Changed 1.0.0 Sql script to change "FK_SmartThinker_UserProfile_Users" to "FK_{objectQualifier}SmartThinker_UserProfile_Users" to prevent clashes for new installs
  •     Fixed bug - Changed 1.0.0 Sql script to change "FK_SmartThinker_UserProfile_Portals" to "FK_{objectQualifier}SmartThinker_UserProfile_Portals" to prevent clashes for new installs
  •     Fixed bug - Performed above SQL changes in Upgrade SQL for existing modules
  •     Fixed bug - Changed 1.0.1 Sql script - removed table creation SQL (no affect on user, just redundant)
  •     Fixed bug - Now retrieves modules by ModuleName and not FriendlyName - (inc. Ventrian Private Messages integration)
  •     Fixed bug - Profiles now work across all portals (Caching of UserProfile page at PortalLevel)
Notes:
Due to a line of code in the core SendMail method, this module will not work on DNN 4.3.3. It works on 4.3.4+
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 1.0.4 Released

Subscribers can download the PA and full source.

BugFixes
    Birthday email now localized correctly
    Fixed Dynamic Title/Container bug   
    Fixed HomePage integration bug

Latest major updates include:

  • User Directory with Advanced and Simple Search
  • Display Birthdays in Calendar View
  • FTB Editor support
  • Photo Uploading
  • Full Localization support
  • Birthday Email Template
  • Public/Private Profiles
  • Core Search implementation
  • Integration with Smart-Thinker HomePage
  • Profile now links to Core UserInfo
Smart-Thinker UserProfile 1.0.1 Released
Subscribers can download the PA and full source.
Latest major updates include:
  • Fully commented source
  • Converted all grid views to use Smart-Thinker DataGrid
  • Fixed Redirection bug in Child Portals
  • Fixed Calendar Bug on edit page - Jscript error on PostBack and error message not showing
  • Fixed Administrator instead of Host-only bug
  • Users Online Modification to link to UserProfile
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