Project DescriptionThe Community Kit for SharePoint is a set of best practices, templates, Web Parts, tools, and source code that enables practically anyone to create a community website based on SharePoint technology for practically any group of people with a common interest.
Vision / ScopeThe latest version of the Vision/Scope document, click
here,
IMPORTANT: Please note that the Community Kit for SharePoint is not officially maintained or supported by Microsoft!
Support is provided only via the discussion forum in this project space.CKS FBA - Forms Based Authentication Beta 1.00 releasedThis solution is our first beta release that provides a Forms Based Authentication feature.
Fresh install only, WSP will not upgrade an existing October 2007 release. Also, this is an authentication provider feature and is unrelated to CKS editions such as User Group etc. Any internet facing sharepoint site requiring Forms Based Authentication may use this feature.Community Kit for SharePoint: User Group Edition (or CKS:UGE) 1.0The CKS:UGE 1.0 is a site admin template (.STP file) designed for user group websites. The default settings and content of a SharePoint site that's been created with this template can be used with minimal modification by any Microsoft product oriented user group. Nevertheless, a user group of any product will find this template to be a compelling option with which to create a SharePoint site for its members. The CKS:UGE demo site is at
http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/sharepoint/cks/uge.
Community Kit 2.0 for SharePointThe CKS 2.0 will include several different editions that consist of custom Master Pages, web parts, and Features. Go
here for current list of editions and features being considered. The CKS 2.0 project was officially announced on the
SharePoint Team Blog on March 27, 2007. The
pre-release announcement was posted on June 18th. Here are the CKS 2.0 editions currently being actively worked on by the CKS team.
EBE 3.0 ReleaseEnhanced Blog Edition 3.0Blogosphere Buzz about the CKSClick
here to see what the buzz is about.
CKS Naming Conventions and Branding StandardsClick
here.
CKS FAQs and Some AnswersClick
here.