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Using Community Server to track email newsletter campaigns
I've been sending out email newsletters for around 8 months now - I find them highly effective at keeping uk-mkivs members in touch with the latest news and developments from the world of VW and uk-mkivs. Without them I couldn't pass information on like a conventional forum based service would allow. When I began drawing up plans to generate mass mailing campaigns I was faced with a problem - what...
Upgrade to Community Server 2007 and new blog theme
Spent a few hours on Wednesday evening upgrading Tabsy.net to Community Server 2007 (CS 2007). The upgrade was hassle free and to give myself a challenge I decided to install the previous add ons before testing the site for the first time. A bit risky I know but I was confident they would all work! First up I added the Alabaster CSMVP's module - haven't actually activated any of the features yet but...
Wierd Al - White and Nerdy
Just enabled emdeding of Google Video following the steps in this post over on CS.org. It's quite easy to enable but does require the Google code be placed into the HTML editor when posting. Still, with the content growing on Google video it's a good hack to have in place. I do wonder what will happen to Google video though, seeing as they've recently taken over Youtube... hmmm.... Anyway, another...
Google Analytics - adding a profile to Community Server
Recently in the past few weeks I've setup an account with Google Analytics . It's a free service that provides stats and information for website traffic analysis. You just simply place some code into each page you would like tracking and voila! you have access to reports from the data collected. To add the tracking code to Community Server simply paste the code into your Raw Header section, found under...
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