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CommonSpot Upgrade Scheduled for August
The web team is now in the testing phase for the latest version of CommonSpot. So, here’s the plan–barring unforeseen circumstances– July 1, 2012 The testing server opens to all contributors. We’ll be...
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Download the Appropriate Firefox for CommonSpot (ESR)
In the last post listing the supported authoring browsers for the CommonSpot upgrade, I mentioned that the appropriate Firefox version is called, “ESR.” So, what is the ESR version and where do users...
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Missing Flash Element after Upgrade
We have had a couple of reports of missing Flash elements post-upgrade. There is a relatively easy fix you can try that has fixed all the examples that we have seen so far. Select the Flash option...
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Missing Editing Controls in IE
If you are using IE, you might encounter a problem that has come up a few times. In author mode, the links for adding new elements appear, but the links for editing existing content (the gear icons) do...
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More on Missing Editing Controls in IE
As an update the to previous post, here is a permanent solution to the missing control problem that makes changing the URL of the page unnecessary. Open up Internet Options Pick the Security tab Pick...
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Firefox and CommonSpot
As Belinda noted, the new version of CommonSpot only supports Firefox up to the version 10 ESR release. I have noticed that if I try to use FF14, that many of the editing controls do not respond...
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Only a Few Pages Showing in a Search
While in the Winter 2012 intro session this morning, I finally figured out the difference between “My Pages” and “Page Finder” in Winder 2012. Remember that “My Pages” is a listing of all the pages...
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Simple Image Editors on the Web
Because of a conflict with the progressive design stylesheet we’re using, which adjusts the size of your web page to the visitor’s screen size, the ability to scale a photo within the CommonSpot image...
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CommonSpot Update
Good afternoon, It has been about a month since the CommonSpot upgrade. We made it! This was a huge upgrade for both the backend administration and the contributor interface. There have been many...
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Form Permissions are Different in Winter 2012
So, you are going to update your CommonSpot simple form, but there is no Edit Fields option. Huh?!? No worries, this is a new security feature in CommonSpot Winter 2012, and permissions are easily...
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