Town Halls
In this week's Totally Random, Franzs talks transparency and Andrew discusses internationalization and the roadmap for third-party authentication.
Ask any question you want of the core team in this weeks live video show.
Franz and Andrew talk about news, answer questions and review a slew of new additions to the concrete5 Marketplace.
Featured this time around: concrete5 Japan makes Yahoo! News, a brief update on internationalization progress, plus an overview of Clevyr Nav, Gallerybox Social Image Sharing, Designer Portfolio and Designer Content 2.0.
Back from our hiatus last week, come with some questions!
Hot day.
Cool eCommerce 2.0 features.
Tune in at 10am Pacific and you might win some swag and a copy of the Packt Publishing Beginner's Guide to concrete5. You can also ask any question you'd like of the core team, and of course learn about what news has happened in the community.
We're back from our hiatus last week. Andy and Franz will host the weekly news and Q&A in a live video show this Friday morning at 10am Pacific.
Totally Random Episode 8 from concrete5 on Vimeo.
This Weeks News
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Launched some Add-ons:
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I released two new how-tos:
- We talk about Gencos Intranet, a great showcase of what concrete5 can do for the Enterprise.
- We mention sixRevisions, vandelayDesign, and DesignM.ag
- We asked you to help us with more reviews atopenSourceCMS.com
Totally Random Episode 6 from concrete5 on Vimeo.
Hey! Andrew again, and I'm going to recap the news.
This Week's News
- Launched some Add-ons:
- Featured showcase Lars Reese Photography and Saelstrom Marketing
- I released two new how-to's:
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- How to integrate google searchby melat0nin.
- How to add sitemap and file manger link to tool barby jedspurg
- Some traffic came from DesignTutorials4You and Osalt
How we assign your karma raffle numbers
We have three databases - one for each type of contribution (Promotion, Helping People, and Developing). For each Karma point a user has in a silo they get a number of tickets assigned to their name so we end up with 1,000,000 total tickets. Then to build random numbers from toys in the Kidd's Toy Museum.
TheWinners, and What They Got
Watch the video to see who won what.
Totally Random Episode 5 from concrete5 on Vimeo.
Hey!Andrewagain, and I'm going to recap the news.
This Week's News
- Lots-a-Add-ons launched:
- New home page, developers tour, owners tour, and philosophy pages.
- We mention some traffic fromSomethingAwfulandArtistech.
- I released two new how-to's:
- How to make a private client area by DojoDesign.
- How to show a file type icon by lastoctoberday.com
- Meetings in Poland, Portland, and Minnesota.
How we assign your karma raffle numbers
We have three databases - one for each type of contribution (Promotion, Helping People, and Developing). For each Karma point a user has in a silo they get a number of tickets assigned to their name so we end up with 1,000,000 total tickets. Then to build random numbers from license plates in our parking lot.
TheWinners, and What They Got
Watch the video to see who won what.
totally random episode 4 from concrete5 on Vimeo.
Hey!Andrewagain, and I'm going to recap the news.
This Week's News
- Some new stuff is in the works for the home page and about area. We also added drop downs to the documentation tab. Big deal, huh?
- I released a new how-to detailing how to setup a demo site that resets itself ever hour.It can also be read and commented on atandrewembler.com.
- We mention some traffic from Webdesign Ledger, Reddit, and 1stWebDesigner. Be a chum and comment there for us.
How we assign your karma raffle numbers
With three awesome prizes to give away, we decided to have three databases - one for each type of contribution (Promotion, Helping People, and Developing). For each Karma point a user has in a silo they get a number of tickets assigned to their name so we end up with 1,000,000 total tickets. Then to build random numbers we randomly picked knives out of a display case at Benchmade and used their model numbers.
TheWinners, and What They Got
Awesome Prizes:
- A Benchmade Knife and concrete5 T-Shirt
- $155 in site credit here and a Benchmade hoodie
- A WHOLE YEAR of free hosting on a Commercial grade account with us, and a Benchmade hoodie.
Watch the video to see who won what.