In my earlier post on adding an abbreviated post list display I said I would add the display of post titles only. This is part one describing how I added a 100 Recent Posts display. I will be extending the control to display posts by category and month as well, so the mod will be available then.
What was required was the addition of a new blog page (titles.aspx), a new view control (View-Titles.ascx), and two skins which I patterned after the EntryList: Skin-TitleList.ascx and Skin-TitleListContainer.ascx skins. I used the EntryList/EntryListContainer classes as the basis for the new TitleList controls. Finally, I added a 100 Recent Posts link to the sidebar skin in the "Links and Services" areas, which I will be expanding on over time to include other display options. The 100 Recent Post Titles display is shown here.
An interesting aspect of this mod was adding a new page to CSBlogs. I want to discuss that process separately to follow.