Dave Burke : Online Community and Social Business Specialist

What’s a Sueetie Miniature? You might compare it to a service pack, though lighter and sweeter. You see, with every Sueetie Release (like Version 2.0 earlier this week) there are a few items that slip through which the Sueetie Miniature makes right. The idea is to make a small ZIP of Sueetie items available to replace or supplement the existing Gummy...

This is one of those enjoyable posts for me where I get to step through the architecture of a mod created with one of the great applications in Sueetie.  Today the application is YetAnotherForum.NET and the mod is Forum Answers, where individual discussion messages can be designated as an Answer.  Here's a screenshot of a discussion contain...

Forum Answers is the latest Fun Feature in the Sueetie Addon Pack coming in Version 3.2.  Forum Answers gives you the ability to mark a Forums Post as a Sueetie Answer.   I’ll write about the Addon’s technical construction soon, as it was a great opportunity to work with YetAnotherForum.NET. Here is what a Forum Post marked as an answ...

A new feature to display thumbnail images on blog post lists is coming in the Sueetie v3.2 Addon Pack.  The Blog Post Thumbnail Addon is online at http://sueetie.com/blog.  As you can see from the screenshot below, the Blog Post Thumbnail Addon displays a unique thumbnail with each blog post based on various criteria. What we're seeing belo...

Another Fun Feature has been added to the Sueetie Addon Pack. Calendar Event Types!  Calendar Event Types give Sueetie Communities the ability to assign an Event Type to Calendar Events. Not only that, but event types can be styled and calendars filtered by type. Event Types can be seen in action on the Sueetie.com Community Calendar. Each com...

A new feature coming in Sueetie v3.3 is Site Activity Popup Notifications.  This keeps everyone informed of the action without having to reload the page to monitor the Site Activity log.  Here's an example of a Notification Popup. Everything was jake with the Notification Popups on Sueetie.com until I noticed that a jQuery Media Set app...

The Upcoming Sueetie v3.2 AddonPack includes a Blog Post Thumbnail Addon which displays post thumbnails by several criteria.  Options are Post Category, Random Image from a Gallery Server Pro Media Album, Post Attachment, Author Avatar, or the first image found in the post content. Here’s a screenshot of Post Thumbnails on the Sueetie Blog using...

Before we start thinking about adding new Friend-enhanced features or add Friends functionality to existing features, it’s important to understand the definition of a Friend in Sueetie.  A Friend in Sueetie is defined by two members mutually agreeing to Friend the other, or to mutually "follow" one another. The key point here is the re...

We’re excited to announce that Sueetie Gamification Features are complete and release-ready for Version 4.1.  The gamification goals for v4.1 we posted on the Sueetie Roadmap upon v4.0’s release are now complete. Leaderboards, Points and Badges - Analytics will get a lot of attention for Version 4.1 with new Member Leaderboards and the supporti...

Sueetie Blog Post List View Controls Now Include Thumbnails!   With the addition of the Sueetie Blog Post Thumbnail Addon adding thumbnails to Blog Post List Views seemed a logical bonus. Below is a screenshot of Blog Post List View Thumbnails in action on the Sueetie.com footer.  As with all Sueetie List View Controls, the Blog Post L...

We've introduced the Client Access Control module in the Sueetie Addon Pack and how we can block entire country access to our community site based on client IP address. Any Client Access Control system worth its salt would also give you the ability to block bots and crawlers as well, which is the latest addition to the Addon Pack and now online at Su...

One of the new features in the Sueetie v3.2 Addon Pack is Blog Post Thumbnails, where you can display thumbnails of different types on BlogEngine.NET post lists.  The different types of thumbnails supported is author avatar, image based on the post’s category, the first image contained in the post, post attachment, a default image per blog, and...

The Sueetie v3.2 Release included a Blog Post Thumbnail Addon.  BlogEngine.NET Post Thumbnails generated from Gallery Server Pro, or author avatar, by blog category, a thumbnail of the first image in the post, and a couple of other options.  Pretty fun, and I quickly installed it on my blog.   I went with a seasonal display of m...

Sueetie Addon Pack Media Sets is the last feature planned for Version 3.2, and I think it's going to be very popular.  I know I’m going to be using it! Sueetie Media Sets give you the ability to display Gallery Server Pro media outside of GSP on any Sueetie page, of any images you wish, and using your choice of jQuery plugin and effects.  A...