If you thought Community Server 2008 had some cool features, you haven't seen nothin' yet. In the new 2008.5 release, not only did we make enhancements to the forums module but we were able to squeeze in Wikis, an entire new component to the Community Server platform. That being said, this is not your traditional point release. The demand was too high to let this one slip into Q1 2009.

Before I dive into feature highlights, I would like to say thanks to all community members and Telligent employees for all their feedback during the beta phase. It's amazing what a community can do to improve a product launch. Oh, and I can't forget about the Telligent Community Server Product Team for their hard work and making this happen -- and ON TIME!

Ok let's get to it. What you'll notice right away are the enhancements to the Forums/Discussions and the addition of the Wiki.

Forums

• A new forum can be enabled for question and answer or for a general discussion.
• New workflow:  User A asks a question, users B & C suggest answers, and user A marks one of both of the suggest answers as the "verified" answer. Once an answer is verified it is always shown at the top (in green) of the thread under the question.
• New design: The theme icons and visuals have been updated to clearly reflect the three post/thread states (Unanswered, Suggested Answer, and Verified Answer)
• Supports points system for contributions.

 

Wikis

• WYSYWIG editable pages with revision history's, tags, comments, and ratings.
• Multiple Wikis per site and one Wiki per group.
• Roles for Wiki Administrators and Moderators.
• The ability to create a Table of Contents.
• Supports attachments and points system for contributions.

 

 

In addition to the Forums and Wikis we made much needed enhancements to Enterprise Mail Gateway, Content Manager, Spam Filtering, and improved System Performance.

 

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#1 Tore on 9.16.2008 at 4:00 PM

Thanks a lot! Will deploy as soon as possible.

I just love love love how wiki got in!

#2 NorthlandSticks on 9.17.2008 at 1:19 PM

Sounds great. I wish there had been improvements to the registration process.

#3 Burt Barnes on 9.17.2008 at 1:26 PM

thanks NorthlandSticks, can you please elaborate more? I do know we are performing a profile refresh for a Q1 09 launch which may address your concern.

#4 AllCammedUp on 9.17.2008 at 1:52 PM

All of these features are great, but when will the media gallery be overhauled 'back' to the CS2007-style format for photo galleries?

This is one area where CS 2008 really pales in comparison to 2007 for photo hosting.

#5 Burt Barnes on 9.18.2008 at 1:53 PM

not at this time. we are looking at enhancing the media gallery component in the future.

#6 Juraj Kremnican on 9.22.2008 at 9:45 AM

So I did receive a nice mail about 2008.5 launching and all that, but where can I download the 2008.5? It doesn't seem to be available anywhere.

#7 Burt Barnes on 9.22.2008 at 2:21 PM

Juraj, sorry about that...here you go: get.communityserver.com/.../download

#8 mjol on 10.28.2008 at 6:03 AM

Where do I find the "Content Manager" in CS 2008.5 ?

#9 Burt Barnes on 10.30.2008 at 9:43 AM

mjol, i suggest joining our community to get access to all info you need.

Join now: dev.communityserver.com/.../login.aspx

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