Information

CDN for Assets

AtomSite supports content delivery networks for improving the performance of asset downloads. A CDN allows you to spread the assets your site needs across multiple servers. Web browsers can download the site faster because it can make multiple calls when assets are separate domains.

Adding New CDN Locations in AtomSite

You can add CDN locations in AtomSite by adding a <cdn> element in the service.config <service> element. For example:

<svc:cdn>

   <svc:asset name="jquery.tools-1.1.1.min.js"
url="http://cdn.jquerytools.org/1.1.1/tiny/jquery.tools.min.js"/>

 </svc:cdn>

If there are multiple locations for the same asset, AtomSite will always use the first location.

Default CDN Locations

The default CDN locations in AtomSite (for version 1.3) are shown below.

<cdn xmlns="http://atomsite.net/info/Service">

   <!-- These are the default CDN asset locations, when
multiple, always uses first one -->

   <!-- These locations can be overridden in the <service>
element of the service.config -->

   <asset name="reset-fonts-grids-2.7.0.css"
url="http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.7.0/build/reset-fonts-grids/reset-fonts-grids.css"/>

   <asset name="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"
url="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"/>

   <asset name="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"
url="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"/>

   <asset name="jquery.tools-1.1.1.min.js"
url="http://cdn.jquerytools.org/1.1.1/tiny/jquery.tools.min.js"/>

 </cdn>

Posted by JarrettV on September 21 at 1:06 PM

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Overview

AtomSite has full featured support for annotations (also known as comments). Annotations can be turned on/off at the collection level or individual entry level. You can require annotations to be approved before they are visible. AtomSite is built to support paging and threading of annotations. AtomSite supports annotations in accordance with Atom Threading Extension.

Control

AtomSite supports multiple methods for controlling if an entry supports annotations. The first method is by modifying the configuration setting called annotationsOn on the collection.

annotationsOn: true = annotations are on; false = annotations are off

You can gain granular control over who is allowed to annotate by changing the role matrix at either the service, workspace or collection level. As shown below, the default role matrix allows anyone to annotate.

<svc:roleAction name='Annotate' admin='True' author='True' contrib='True' user='True' anon='True'/>

You can also control annotations at the entry level by the allowAnnotate setting on each entry.

Finally, annotations can be controlled by an expiration date set by the annotateDaysOpen setting.* Annotations on an entry will appear closed after X number of days past the published date.

Approvals

When an annotation is created, the annotation may be automatically approved depending on their role. As seen below in the default role matrix, users and anonymous users comments must be approved by an administrator, author, or contributor.

<svc:roleAction name='ApproveAnnotation' admin='True' author='True' contrib='True' user='False' anon='False'/>

Annotations that have not been approved will only show to authorized users. The unapproved annotations will show up as red. When the annotation is successfully approved, it fades to green (via jQuery). The website supports approving individual annotations or all annotations at the same time.

Paging

AtomSite was designed to support paging comments. This is valuable when an entry has too many annotations that may slow the page down. The backend and service layer already support paging. In the future, a theme will be available that supports this paging on the front-end.

Threading

As mentioned earlier, annotations are created by posting an entry to any existing entry. Since every annotation is an entry, this allows you to thread the entries. In the blogosphere, this is known as nested comments.

The backend does support threading comments. However, there is not yet first class support for this on the front-end. It is scheduled for a future release.

Technical

AtomSite supports new annotations by posting an entry to the address of any existing entry. The user's browser talks directly to the service using an ajax request.

POST /blog/2008/08/24/BlogSvcNowSupportsComments.atom HTTP/1.1
x-requested-with: XMLHttpRequest
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://atomsite.net/blog/2008/08/24/BlogSvcNowSupportsComments.xhtml
Accept: application/xml, text/xml, */*
Content-Type: application/atom+xml;type=entry
UA-CPU: AMD64
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Win64; x64;
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; SLCC1; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.5.30428; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Host: blogsvc.net
Content-Length: 196
Connection: Keep-Alive
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: ASP.NET_SessionId=fr1fix55vfyqiivzypp05b55

<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
  <title>Comment</title>
  <author>
    <name>Test</name>
    <email>test@test.com</email>
    <uri>http://test.com</uri>
  </author>
  <content type='html'>Test</content>
</entry>

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/plain
Location: http://atomsite.net/blog/2008/08/24/BlogSvcNowSupportsComments/Comment.atom
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:47:19 GMT
Content-Length: 67

..snip..

The response will now contain a cookie to remember anonymous user details. If the request is from an AJAX call it will return the html to add the web page, otherwise it will return the Atom entry.

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: "<%= AnnotationHref %>",
  data: "<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
      <title>Comment</title>
      <author>
        <name>" + parse($('#txtName').val()) + "</name>
        <email>" + encodeURI($('#txtEmail').val()) + "</email>
        <uri>" + encodeURI($('#txtWebsite').val()) + "</uri>
      </author>
      <content type='html'>" + parse($('#txtComment').val()) + "</content>
    </entry>",
  contentType: "application/atom+xml;type=entry",
  dataType: "xml",
  complete: function(req) {
    if (req.status == 201) {
      reset();
      $.ajax({
        url: "/blog/<some entry>.atom" + req.responseText,
        success: function(html) {
          $(html).hide().appendTo("#annotations").addClass("annotationSelf").fadeIn("slow");
        }
      });
    } else {
      alert('Failed to post comment: ' + req.statusText);
    }
  }
});

*This feature will be available in future version.

Posted by JarrettV on March 21 at 3:46 PM

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AtomSite Overview

AtomSite is built with extensible web standards that unleash your social website and blog

AtomSite is search engine optimized and performance optimized for quick page loads

Start a blog, manage a website, and publish your great content online. With extensibility built in, the possibilities are endless.

What's New in AtomSite 1.4?

Manage Widgets. The new widget management page allows you to add, edit, and configure widgets.
Inline Widgets. Add a widget (poll, contact form, etc) into the content of an entry.
Manage Users. In AtomSite Manager, users can be filtered, added, or updated.
Medium Trust. You can now run AtomSite on more shared hosting providers.

AtomSite has the features you expect from a modern day content management system.

First rate blogging with support for

Multiple-authors and contributors
SEO and performance optimizations
Drafts, approvals, and scheduled publishing
Trackback and Pingback support
Anti-spam features
Comments with Gravatar and OpenID
XHTML compliance even with rich html comments
Fully theme-able
FTP deploy on IIS7
Setup wizard
Full AtomPub based management
Familiar AtomSite Manager administration dashboard
Full extensibility with plugins, widgets, macros

More About AtomSite »

Posted by JarrettV on March 17 at 11:31 PM

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Ratings

BlogSvc supports rating entries. Rating count, rating sum, and raters data is stored as extension elements on each entry.

Ratings can be turned on/off via the ratingsOn setting on the collection. The default value is on (true).

The website uses jQuery Rater Plugin to supply a great front-end experience. The website will automatically update the rating via Ajax once a user has rated the entry. Note: it also supports tracking who rated an entry by IP to reduce the possibility of users rating an entry multiple times.

Posted by JarrettV on September 02 at 4:04 PM

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Features

AtomPub		Extensions
Service Document	WSSE Authentication	Atom Threading Extension	Setup Wizard
Multiple Workspaces	Multiple Collections	Multipart Media Creation	Simple/Full Themes
Internal Categories	External Categories	Comment Approval	XHTML Compliance
Collection Feed	Media Support	Ratings	Extended Entries
Etags	Draft Control	Authorization	OpenID

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Information - Browsing Features

CDN for Assets

Adding New CDN Locations in AtomSite

Default CDN Locations

Annotations and Comments

Overview

Control

Approvals

Paging

Threading

Technical

AtomSite Overview

AtomSite is built with extensible web standards that unleash your social website and blog

AtomSite is search engine optimized and performance optimized for quick page loads

What's New in AtomSite 1.4?

First rate blogging with support for

Ratings

Features

Table of Contents

Overview

Getting Started

Content

Themes

Plug-ins

Widgets

Troubleshooting