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Written by Unknown   
Sunday, 17 May 2009 13:38

Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'   He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!  

Have a blessed, garbage-free
day!
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Last Updated on Sunday, 17 May 2009 13:47
 
Community Builder 1.2 Team Releases Updated PDF Print E-mail
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Website Design - General Website Design
Written by Rapunzl   
Tuesday, 14 April 2009 00:00
To make things easier for you and myself, I've sifted through previous announcements, forum posts and articles to provide you with thissmcblogo list of CB 1.2 features and add-on extensions. I hope to keep this up to date as new functionality is introduced and plugins or modules are released. Keep in mind, this is only a listing of "Team Releases" and "Documentation Subscriber Releases". Maybe after this is up-to-date, we can begin a third-party listing.

Community Builder 1.2 Stable has finally been released! All known bugs have been fixed and numerous functions have been added since CB 1.0, CB 1.1 and even the inception of CB 1.2. Special credit goes to Beat. You'll notice he's not credited with any one of the extensions listed below. That's because he's contributing to all of them!
  • Works natively with Joomla 1.0.X, Joomla 1.5.X and Mambo 4.5.X and 4.6.X (note: if using any older plugins or modules, you will still need to enable the legacy plugin)
  • Core fields are now treated as CB fields (name, avatar, email, username, etc.)
  • Advanced searching configurable in List Management and Field Management
  • New field types (decimal integers and uploaded images)
  • Dynamic user lists that show content in relation to the user's own Profile (same city, same age, opposite gender, same interests, etc.)
  • Custom field input validation
  • New CB Tool to check on fix integrity of user database
  • More extensive layout facilities and substitutions (allows easier template control and customization)
  • Last-minute much-requested addition of Login and Logout menu items
The API documentation has not been released as of yet, but many developers will be able to create additional plugins and modules for use with CB and GJ much easier than before. In the meantime, the code is commented for ease of use. Also, new plugins will *soon* be released that will increase ease of use, both for developers and end users.
  1. GroupJive Component by Micha aka Stiggi
    • GroupJive has been ported onto the NEW Community Builder 1.2 RC3+ framework
    • The CB framework allows GroupJive to work with Joomla 1.0 and Joomla 1.5 natively (Mambo has not yet been tested but should also work)
    • CB Plugin System is now used for GroupJive extensions and integrations, which means third-party developers can use their current knowledge of CB plugin creation instead of learning a new API
    • The CB GJ Plugin creates a GroupJive tab in your CB profile listing the groups you are a member of
    • A reworked Hemi template
    • The English language file has been revamped for the new release
    • Updated Largest Groups module
    • Updated Latest Bulletins module
    • Updated My Groups module
    • Updated Newest Groups module
    • Fireboard Integration plugin (tested with FB 1.0.4+)
    • Kunena Integration plugin (Aaron modified the FB plugin)
    • JomComment Integration plugin
    • Third party templates now provided on the website
  2. Kunena Integration Plugin - WIP
  3. Paid Subscription Plugin
    • a commercial plugin available for purchase
      • per-site
      • based on number of users on site
      • includes one year of maintenace, upgradeable before expiration in yearly increments, or purchase lifetime maintenance
      • license is upgradable as site membership grows by paying the difference
    • paid and/or timed subscriptions
      • Subscription (controls downloads, content, tabs, fields, components, modules, plugins, groups, folders, etc.)
      • Purchase Merchandise (Digital or Physical)
      • Donation (for all your hard work!)
    • members can subscribe to multiple plans with various priveledges
    • Integrated extended ACL without core hacks!
    • Currently supports PayPal, Authorize.net, YellowPay (SwissPost) and dummy and will support 2checkOut
    • Integration with other components
      • CB Fields Integration Plugin
        • assign a plan name to a CB text field
        • enable a feature for a user based on CB field
        • keep track of how much or how many times a user has donated or number of merchanise items the user purchased
      • CB Field/Tab Protect Integration Plugin - ability to hide or show CB fields and/or Tabs based on subscription plan
      • DOCman Integration Plugin - provision download privileges for members when they subscribe to a plan (can be a subscription plan, a donation plan or a merchandise plan) and remove privileges when plan period expires
      • Remository Integration Plugin - provision download privileges for members when they subscribe to a plan (can be a subscription plan, a donation plan or a merchandise plan) and remove privileges when plan period expires
      • IDevAffiliate Integration Plugin - automatically pass specific CB field user profile data to your iDevAffiliate system based on a CBSubs™ plan
      • PAP (Post Affiliate Pro) Integration Plugin - see the Post Affiliates Pro website
        • automatically handle affiliates commissions tracking of sales done, with possibility to track per product, per campaign or per channels
        • transfer specific CB field user data to your PAP system for commissioning purposes
        • set specific commissions on a per CBSubs™ plan.
      • Google Analytics Integration Plugin - automatically places your GoogleAnalytics tracking code on a CBSubs™ plan
      • jAwards Integration Plugin - automatically give CBSubs™ plan subscribers one or more jAwards and take awards back when CBSubsTM plan expires
      • Virtuemart Integration Plugin - provision seller privileges for members when they subscribe to a plan and put members back to buyer status when plan period expires
      • GroupJive Integration Plugin
        • add/remove member to a specific GroupJive group based on plan subscription (activation/expiration)
        • automatically create a new GroupJive group when a member subscribes to a plan. The group name can be based on the unique username (or some other unique CB field)
      • CB Plan Image Integration Plugin - display an appropriate image in a CB plan image field to indicate which CBSubs™ subscription plan a user is subscribed to
      • Folder Protect Integration Plugin -
        • provide controlled access to repository folder
        • restrict part of your site (or even a subdomain) for priviledged members.
      • Email Integration Plugin Email messages can be sent based on the following plan related events:
        • activation
        • renewal
        • expiration
        • deactivation
      • Content Integration Plugin
        • READ: BY Content Section - allows you to protect all articles of one or more Joomla content sections from being read (viewed) based on a CBSubs™ plan to specify that a section (and all its categories and articles) is only viewable if the viewer is subscribed to a specific CBSubs™ plan.
        • READ: By Content Category - protect an entire content category based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • READ: By Content - protect individual articles from being viewed by members if they are not subscribed to a specific CBSubs™ plan
        • Author:By Content Section - limit authoring to specific section content based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Author:By Content Category - limit authoring to specific category content based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Author: By Content - limit authoring down to individual articles based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Editor: By Content Section - limit editor to a specific content section based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Editor: By Content Category - limit editor to a specific content category based on a CBSubs™ planEditor: By Content - limit editor to a specific content article based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Publisher: By Content Section - limit publisher to a specific content section based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Publisher: By Content Category - limit publisher to a specific content category based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • Publisher: By Content - limit publisher to a specific content article based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • By Menu - protect access to specific menu items based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • By Component - protect access to individual (installed) components on your website based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • By Module - limit the appearance of (installed) modules on your website based on a CBSubs™ plan
        • By URL Parts - limit access to specific URL parts of your site based on a CBSubs™ plan to protect specific functionality of this component
      • SQL Integration Plugin - ability to trigger and execute specific dynamic SQL statements based on subscription plan activation/expiration
      • AlphaUserPoints Integration - WIP
      • more currently being developed for the near future!
  4. Privacy 1.0 RC Plugin (new! - first time release)
    • offered only to CB Documentation Subscribers as a thank you gift
    • allows website administrators to specify if a field can be edited from front-end or not by the user or by a CB moderator
    • allows Administrator and Members to turn on privacy settings on a fields basis or tabs basis
    • Administrator chooses which tabs and fields Members can control and whether settings can be overrode by Members
    • Members choose private, view by public, view by members or view by connections
  5. CB Rating Fieldtype 1.0 RC Plugin by JoomlaJoe aka MamboJoe
    • currently available to Documentation Subscribers but will be available to the public
    • offered to CB Documentation Subscribers only, as a thank you
    • adds 2 new field types to available CB fields
      • Stars My Rating
      • Stars Your Rating
    • Select the number of rating stars to show
    • Select how the total rating is displayed (options are: Whole(1), Half(1/2), thirds(1/3), quarters(1/4))
    • Specify rating audience of the field (Profile Visitor or Profile Owner)
    • Specify if anonymous voting is allowed, if logging is enabled
    • Choose whether to allow multiple votes or not
    • AJAX powered fields permit users to submit their rating on specific topics
    • AJAX powered fields permit profile owners to express his/her opinion (in rate form)
  6. CB Captcha 2.2 RC4 for CB 1.2 by nant
    • Available only to documentation subscribers as a thank you.
    • fixes all previous known issues
    • Lightweight, compact design
    • Visual and audio Captcha generation
    • Audio Captcha generation uses dynamic stitching technique of light weight MP3 Nato phonetic files
    • Audio Captcha playback via nice popup media playback window
    • Extensive set of configurable backend parameters including Image dimensions, Image text, background and noise color, Number of security characters to be generated in Captcha image, Configurable character set to be used in Captcha image, Ability to decide if audio and visual Captcha should be generated or visual onlyBackend test generation based on current parameters (thus allowing website administrators to see what current parameter settings will generate in front-end)
    • Backend prerequisite checklist (for GD library and Freetype)
    • Plugin now generates image from separate php file, thus IMAGE and SOUND generation is unaffected by header garbage introduced in template or language files
    • Captcha security settings can be enforced in one or more (Captcha plugin backend configurable) of the following CB related processes: CB registration process, CB lost password process, CB profile emailing process, CB contact component process (CB contact 1.1 component), CB login form process (with new CB login module not yet released)
    • Captcha plugin events added for further integration with other (future) CB plugins
    • adds even more anti-spam controls to captcha generation and control to discourage spam bot registrations
  7. CB ProfileBook 1.2 RC2 for CB 1.2 stable by JoomlaJoe aka MamboJoe (plugin and new module) 
    • currently available to Documentation Subscribers but will be available to the public
    • Joomla 1.0/1.5 & Mambo native
    • fixes issues identified in previous release
    • plugin now has 3 associated tabs
      • existing ProfileBook tab gives your profile owner a guestbook/rating functionality
      • new ProfileBlog tab that adds blogging to your profile without requiring extra components
      • new ProfileWall tab allows members and visitors to post messages on the same wall in a CB tab
    • each tab can be published by the admin and enabled/disabled by the profile owner
    • captcha support has been integrated for visitors
    • management of a "NEW" status with CB login module integration.
    (You can see all of this in action on the Joomlapolis MyCommunity template demo sites).
  8. CB Profile Gallery 1.2 RC2 for CB 1.2 stable by nant (plugin, module and documentation!)
    • currently available to Documentation Subscribers but will be available to the public
    • Joomla 1.0/1.5 & Mambo native
    • improves the user interface
    • all identified issues have been fixed
    • CB jQuery lightbox is used to avoid javascript template conflicts (you can see this in action on the Joomlapolis MyCommunity template demo sites)
    • includes 31 pages of documentation!
  9. CB LastVisitors by trail
    • On a profile without hits since installation of RC2, no lastviews tab is shown.
    • in a profile with less than set listlimit hits since installation of RC2, lastviews tab with actual current hitcount will be shown.
    • CB users with avatar will have avatar shown, users without will have tnnophoto in your own language shown, if this fails, default english tnnophoto is shown.
    • Total count can be shown to admins and moderators. This moderator group can be selected.
    • Total count CAN be shown to profile owners if you set this option in backend. (not recommended)
    • Total count CAN be shown to all users, if you set this option in backend. (not recommended)
    • If you happily use this KarmaWare plugin and do not give me JP karma here, you get universal negative karma which will result in the fact that your server's harddrive will be deleted by mysterious universal forces. For Joomla 1.5 native but works with CB 1.2 with legacy plugin enabled
  10. CB AutoWelcome 1.2 RC for CB 1.2 by nant
    • currently available to Documentation Subscribers but will be available to the public
    • Sends a welcome email or private message to newly registered members
    • Allows automatic connection request to new members
  11. CB Authorbot by JoomlaJoe aka MamboJoe
    • Link to article-writers' profiles
    • Will be updated for Joomla 1.5 native but works with CB 1.2 with legacy plugin enabled
  12. CB Activities Plugin (WIP-not yet released)
    • Allows users to see what their connections have been doing
    • Can be contingent on Privacy Plugin Administrator and/or Member choices
  13. CB AJAX Text Fieldtype 1.0 RC Plugin for CB 1.2
    • currently available to Documentation Subscribers but will be available to the public
    • adds a new AJAX text field type to available CB fields
    • resulting fields can be quickly edited from front-end and are refreshed immediately
    • add as many "what's my status" type fields as you want in your profile
    • many configuration settings possible
  14. MyCommunity Joomla and CB Templates by Jacob Hodara
    • a commercial release (20 €)
    • light, lean, tableless design
    • super efficient in terms of loading time, size and cleanness
    • validates XHTML 1.0 trans and CSS 2.1
    • contains Joomla 1.0 template (demo), a Joomla 1.5.9 template (demo), Mambo 4.5.X / Mambo 4.6.5 template, a CB 1.2 Template Plugin (demo), the new CB Content module, detailed documentation (25 pages) for Joomla 1.0 and (25 pages) for Joomla 1.5 environments and the license file
  15. CB Content module 1.2 RC
    • currently offered with Joomlapolis' MyCommunity package and is now offered for documentation subscribers
    • will be publically released for free along with rest of CB Team plugins when stability is reached
    • The module allows you to place the CB user menu items in a CMS module ( demo ) template demo sites
  16. File Type Plugin
    • Work in Progress
    • Allows file uploads of specific file types.
  17. Facebook Connect Plugin
    • Work in Progress
    • Will be released first to CB Documentation subscribers and publically once it becomes stable.
    • Demo will be available very soon.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 June 2009 12:55
 
Kunena integration with Community Builder 1.2 PDF Print E-mail
Website Design - General Website Design
Step by Step instructions to integrate Community Builder with Kunena (formerly Fireboard / Simpleboard / Joomlaboard) Forums:-

  • Install CB 1.2 stable

  • Publish the System-Legacy plugin (Extensions->Plugin Manager)

  • Install Kunena 1.0.8

  • Publish the plugin (no need to download or install anythign it's part of CB ) Admin-> Components -> Community Builder -> Plugins -> Fireboard Forum

  • Publish the Forum tab in the CB user profile - Components -> Community Builder -> Tab Management -> Forum

  • Edit the two plugin files cb.simpleboardtab.php and cb.simpleboardtab.xml. Simply search for "fireboard" or "Fireboard" and replace with "kunena" or "Kunena". Path is Joomla / components / com_comprofiler / plugin / user / plug_cbsimpleboardtab

  • Edit cb.simpleboardtab.php to fix the formatting problem on the CB Forum tab which is caused by the fact that the </div> tag following the <div class="sectiontableheader"> tags incorrectly appears after the following <table></table> sections rather than before them. To make this easier I've attached a sample file which has both the fireboard / kunena substitution and the necessary php changes to fix the formatting issue. Please note that although this works for me on my site, and renders correctly in both IE7 and Firefox 3, this is the first PHP file I've ever editted so I cannot warrant that what I've done is entirely correct and bug free. All changes are commented with "// TW change". Download file and rename to cb.simpleboardtab.php. Then save into the Joomla / components / com_comprofiler / plugin / user / plug_cbsimpleboardtab folder.

  • Configure Kunena (Components -> Kunena Forum -> Kunena configuration). Go down to the Integration sections near the bottom and change Avatar Integration and Profile Settings to "Community Builder"

I hope the above is useful for other newbies like me who want to integrate CB with Kunena. 
Best wishes, 
Tony Woodhouse
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A Friend in Heaven PDF Print E-mail
Motorcycles - Motorcycle News and Information
Written by Rapunzl   
Thursday, 31 July 2008 00:00

Click riding with Hamsters into Deadwood
A good friend of ours, Click Baldwin, died Tuesday in Missoula, Montana while on his way to Sturgis, South Dakota at the tender age of 54. Click was a long-time member of the famous custom bike club, Hamster's USA and was riding with 15 of his Hamster buddies when the accident occurred.

When I heard the news, all I could think of was Click's smile and the fact that only the good die young. I don't think I ever saw him without a smile, and he seemed to immerse himself in the comradery he felt for his fellow riders. He will be greatly missed by people across the nation.

Click was owner of Carolina Harley-Davidson Buell dealership in Gastonia, South Carolina and is survived by his wife, Diane, and his daughter, Chelsea. He was surrounded by friends and family when he passed and will carry that love with him to the everafter.

We will miss you, Click, and I know you got right back on to ride through those pearly gates.

More information at KPAX News in Montana.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 09:32
 
Nailed It! PDF Print E-mail
Motorcycles - Motorcycle News and Information
Written by Rapunzl   
Sunday, 15 June 2008 00:00

Custom Softail Springer built by Jamie Beckwith
When I was in Sturgis back in August, I was lucky enough to meet up with American Iron Editor Chris Maida. He took the time, at my request, to look at the bike I finished and registered just the day before starting the trip to South Dakota.

He was already late for a meeting but liked the bike enough to set me up with Photographer Pam Proctor. She left the meeting after speaking with Chris and me to set up the details. After talking for a little while, we found we were both from Michigan. Her trip had been exhausting with all the photoshoots during Bike Week, so we set up the shoot after we both got home.

For once, the weather in Michigan cooperated. Pam was good enough to work around my work schedule, which isn't easy. She drove to my town, rode around for a while, and chose a spot for my photoshoot.

When Pam asked if I wanted to wear a helmet, I of course said no. What's Rapunzl without hair flying in the wind? American Iron won't usually accept non-helmet photos, but we were on private property.Luckily, that made a difference.

When we wrapped up the shoot, Pam told me to expect a call from the magazine. I waited a few weeks and had just given up, thinking maybe they forgot about me, when I got a call from Alex Scott. I was so nervous and excited. He asked me questions about the build and the bike itself. It was obvious that I was nervous, but Alex got the information he needed and told me to call if I thought of anything else I wanted to add.

A few months later, Ted, my boyfriend, called me at work with great news! He is a subscriber to American Iron and received it weeks before it hit the stands. My bike and me are in the May 2008 issue. Pam and Alex did in outstanding job. The photos were great, and the article was better than I dreamed.

Pam sent me a CD with my photos on it, and I can now look back at an accomplishment I will always be proud of. I want to thank Chris Maida, Pam Proctor and Alex Scott for everything. They are all great people that are outstanding in their professions.

Most of all, I want to thank Ted Polichron for giving me the courage, support and technical guidance to take on the project. I couldn't have done it without him.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 January 2009 09:31
 
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