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(Note: With this post I'm going to tag any similar, future rants as "angry coder". Although they will be few, I'm doing this just in case you want to take a pass on any of these kinds of entries.) I love Google , but with their recent...
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In the last few blog posts I've made, I've included code samples with the "Insert Code..." plugin for LiveWriter. However, instead of coming out formatted with syntax highlighting, the stlyesheet is actually being printed to the page...
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Today, I had the privilege of using generics for the first time. (that is, creating a method with Generics, I've used prebuilt generic classes and methods many times before) Originally, I was going to write something along the lines of: protected bool...
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I recently discovered that Silverlight is not dependant on the .NET framework for hosting. This means that it's not dependant on any particular version of the .NET framework, either. Therefore, I thought that I might be able to host it inside Arena,...
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I dig the latest version of Arena ChMS and the new Document Types feature is great. In a nutshell it allows you to attach documents (pdf, images, .doc, etc.) to a person, tag or group. It's the feature that enables you to move to a paperless office...
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A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of introducing Dallon's Developer in Beta to the blogosphere, and now I get share the news of Jason Hamrock's new blog. Jason is the Communications Director at CCCEV and his team is one of my team's...
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If you're not familiar with a UAT environment, it's the place where your users can perform either formal testing or just simply kick the tires of the latest version of your system/application (depending on how formal your "testing" really...
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Is the expression "you are what you read" true? I think it is to some degree. Not only does it give you knowledge but it also says something about you. My most innovative friends are heavy blog, book and magazine readers, and I believe there...
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If you were at the Fall 07 Arena Community Developer Rountable you heard me mention Dallon as the youngest Arena Community Developer, but now I'd like to introduce him via his new blog -- Developer in Beta . Dallon is a remarkable developer who's...
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As I am a servant minister (volunteer), I do most of my work from home. However, installing Visual Studio, IIS, and especially SQL Server, was very taxing on my system, and it would often become bogged down by my development tools, even when I wasn't...
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My pestering has paid off. I just got word on Friday that Derek Mangrum , our Network and Systems Administrator, has begun blogging IT specific posts over at Grinding-IT-Out and he's doing it at a furious, daily pace (compared to my 1-2 per month)....
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With the current release of Arena (2007.2.x) there is no "E-Ticket" feature, which means if you enable it for one of your online registrations it will attempt to link to a page/file that does not exist (~/eticket.aspx). Luckily, this also means...
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I yearn for and typically choose only elegant solutions, but in times of desperation it's not beyond me to use a hack to accomplish something. I'm not proud of it, but I do see it as sign of my practical side. I also don't enjoy javascript,...
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I've been working on an Arena "search connector" control that talks with our Microsoft Search Server 2008 (SS) in order to provide a seamless search integration with our Arena powered website. Ultimately, I think we're probably going...
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It's been a busy past couple of months. Besides the typical vacation/holiday time spent on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, we also did a few other things before the year ended. We switched our small group ministry off GroupFinder and onto...
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One of the things I think we'll need to address within our Arena ChMS Community is the ability to have (manage) multiple developer custom projects. While its possible to do this without a tool, its terribly inefficient and not recommended. SharpForge...
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Lately I've been getting lots of questions about my experience with Arena......
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Following the Arena community developer roundtable, CCV, CCCEV and Arena had another day to discuss several meta issues regarding the developer community and Arena in general. Although some of that discussion focused on internal matters, there were other...
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At last weeks Arena Developer Roundtable , I gave a live demo and announced the impending beta release of the Podcast Module I’ve been working on off-and-on** over the summer. As of today this new Podcast Module is available to other Arena Developers...
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Day 2 brought us out to the beautiful CCV campus in Peoria. David started off the day by showing us: the completely professional contribution statements CCV created for Arena a new sync tool that lets you sync Arena tagged people to Outlook for easy offline...
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I wish you were here! Today we hosted day #1 of the developer roundtable which was a blast as much as it was inspiring. With Alfred's opening speech and Mark 'state of the union' address, I once again realized this ship is on the right course....
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Registration is now open for the next Arena Developer Roundtable taking place in sunny AZ this October 16th and 17th. This time the roundtable is also open for prospective Arena Community Developers to participate and understand the benefits of joining...
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It's nothing short of insane around here these past few days. About week ago we received the 'keys' for our new 155+ acre campus in Gilbert and we've been trying to get everything ready for our soft opening this weekend. There are so many...
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Last year we started designing our "MyCentral" portal ( see blog entry ) but stopped when received word that CCV's Solomon framework was being bought by a company and would soon be a purchasable product called Arena ChMS . At the time it...
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How to you solve a problem which requires massive amounts of human, critical thinking, brain power? You make it a game. Check out the Google Image Labeler . It's just another example of why Google has gotten into the position they are currently in...
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