Hi, I was just wondering if there are newer alternatives to CSK. Seeing that there are less and less people supporting it, other than those posted at the CSK FAQ thread, which among the ASP.net 2.0 starter kits can I use as an alternative to CSK.

 I'm looking for something light. Something that I can take apart and add its modules/functions to my existing asp.net website.

 I'm having trouble taking some of the modules from the CSK, especially with the discuss module.
 

Depends on what you are after.

This site is run on Community Server, it's quite configurable.

DotNetNuke is out there too.

Both are fairly "large" though....

 Thanks curt.

If it's not too much of a trouble could you guide me on how to take the discuss and events module of CSK and transfer it to another website that doesn't follow the framework that CSK uses?

The website I'm trying to build simply runs on IIS without using Virtual Directories and all of my other web pages are not generated from the database and I'm using the built-in sql membership for login with all my files and folders including the database(App_Code, App_Data, etc...) inside one folder in the wwwroot folder.

I can't seem to find a way to integrate what I've already done with CSK. I've tried moving my website and all its files to the installation path of CSK (C:\Program Files\ASP.NET Starter Kits\ASP.NET Community Starter Kit (VBVS)\CommunityStarterKit) and I can't even login using the login page that I built.

Thanks again in advance

zytsef
 

Sorry I cant really help... I dont use that kit (and haven't looked at it in a long time).

It's often difficult to strip out parts from another kit simply because they are often very integrated. Base pages, classes, etc all come into play.

The only way I'd be able to help you would be to do it, and alas that's WAY beyond the time I donate to the forums.

 It's alright thanks anyway...

just another question... so would you say it would have been probably better if I started out with the CSK and built the other functions/modules that I would need on top of it? 

typically, if you are going to use a 3rd party kit, you're best off starting with that as your base. Get it working, figure it out and then add your new/extra functionality. When you write your side first you have to really force it in. The existing setup will often handle a lot of the little things for you too..

Either that or write the whole thing yourself (this is my usual approach). :}

Little boy raving here...

After 7 hours, 1.5 liters of coke and a pack of cigarettes into the early hours of the morning I've managed to work around the CSK framework and somehow "attached" the discuss module and successfully attached the login mechanism of CSK to my login.

mwahahahaha
 

awesome....

If your code enhancements are something you want to share/distribute you can always post them. I run www.StarterKits.org (it's a new site/venture) and it can always use more content.

 Hi again would you have a solution to this warning

Access of shared member, constant member, enum member or nested type through an instance; qualifying expression will not be evaluated.

I'm trying to access the LoginUser method from the CSK userutility class which login users
 

Dim userutil1 As New ASPNET.StarterKit.Communities.UserUtility
      
        userutil1.LoginUser(userused, passused) <---- here's where i get the warning

The LoginUser method is implemented as:

Public Shared Function LoginUser(username As String, password As String) As Integer

can't seem to understand why this is happening.

hope you can help thanks
 

LoginUser is a FUNCTION....it has a return.
You are calling it as a SUB, with no return.