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   

• Integration with the free Ifinity SiteMap Provider version 1.2.14+. Optionally output x profile pages into your Google Sitemap for faster indexing. The Ifinitity Sitemap Provider needs to be installed before switching on in web.config). See the Smart-Thinker DNN Blog for configuration instructions.
• StoryFeed view can now be set to All to show all activity on a site to any user (see homepage of http://www.pokerdiy.com as an example)

•     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!

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.

The Smart-Thinker Wall module allows you to attach a Facebook-style Wall to a Group, Event, UserProfile or other entity. This allows users to collaborate, discuss or simply leave comments (It is not designed to replace the Forums module).This was a sponsored enhancement/project and is based loosely on the Facebook Wall design and is fully templatable/localisable so you can change the look and feel to match your site.

To see this module in action, have a look at my PokerDIY profile, this poker group, this poker event, or this custom entity, a live poker league. Feel free to log in and test the wall, but please bear in mind this is a live, working site, so leave sensible comments (the Wall is usually at the very bottom, under the other entity).

This module uses templates and tokens to display the Wall Posts, so you can define what content is shown as well as the layout. It integrates with the other Smart-Thinker modules (Groups/Events/UserProfile) so that you can define the security rights around who can see or post on a Wall. For example, if you add it to a UserProfile then you could chose to only allow your Friends to be able to post. If you add it against a Group then you could only allow Group Members to post on the Wall. On PokerDIY the Wall is actually quite simple and allows everyone to see and post (this is by design). You can also allow users to search on posts, as well as have a "threaded" conversation (where the top-level Wall Posts/Topics have replies. We wanted a simple Facebook-looking Wall on PokerDIY so we turned these off in the Module Settings. You can read the Module Config Guide here.

Please raise any queries on our Wall Forum. You can download a free trial version for your own site here. NOTE: This module requires DNN 4.6.0 as it uses the core token replacement functionality. If you are using friend integration for Wall security it requries The Smart-Thinker UserProfile module version 4.3.11.

Enhancements

•     *Sponsored Enhancement* Facebook-Style Textbox at top of wall for quick posting on Topic Item view (log in on PokerDIY to see it)
•     Smart-Thinker StoryFeed module integration (publish Wall stories to feed)
•     Header/Footer Template for Topic Item (Supports any HTML and the [WRITEONWALL] Token)
•         - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/32/threadid/4416/scope/posts/Default.aspx
•     Implemented IHydratable on Info Onjects for performance gains
•     Generated token images (Online/CountryFlag) now populate alt text
•     Refactored Group methods into Group module
•     "Post on X's Wall" does now not appear if you are viewing Profile X.

Bugs

•     Core CSS "subhead" style changed to "SubHead" for XHTML compliancy
•     Fixed bug with editing a post as the Wall Owner that you did not create
•     Fixed bug when not using FriendlyURLs
•         - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/32/postid/5402/scope/posts/Default.aspx
•     Fixed minor potential bug in caching code
•         - http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/-1/threadid/249246/scope/posts/Default.aspx

 Please raise any questions or queries on the Wall Forum.

This module allows users to create private or public groups of users. Groups can be public and joinable or closed to new membership, and the group owner can decide if new members require approval or not. Users can search groups by Category, Country or freetext tags. If the group allows new members then they can join the group. The group owner can send Private Messages to the group or invite groups to Events. This module was based loosely on the MySpace and Facebook Groups implementation.

 See the Poker Groups on PokerDIY for an example of an implementation. Have a look at this demo poker group to see the StoryFeed Integration in action (you can see the corresponding action feed on the demo player's profile).

You can download a free trial version for your own site.

 Enhancements

•     StoryFeed Integration - Join Group/Leave Group/Create Group
•     Groups are now cached for 2 minutes to reduce database load
•     Implemented IHydratable on Info Onjects for performance gains
•     Removed redundant reference to Smart-Thinker HomePage module
•     Search DDL in UserList view has been made narrower

Bug Fixes

•     Core CSS "SubHead" style changed to "SubHead" for XHTML compliancy
      GroupMember changes now invalidate Wall and StoryFeed cache correctly

Note that a UserGroup is a logical, user-defined grouping, and does not affect security or access rights. Please raise any queries about this module on the UserGroup Forum here.

After upgrading you will need to edit the module settings to take advantage of the new features. It is highly suggested that you localise the email templates to punch directly into the Group view (for group invites) - see PokerDIY for an example. This highly increases usablity (feel free to play around on PokerDIY and request to join our DotNetNuke Poker Group if you want to see the emails that are sent).

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.