- // Posted on May 21, 2009 by
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Almost two years ago I began blogging on Google's Blogger about all sorts of topics - my life, technology, movies, humor, etc. I even blogged about my top 5 favorite game show hosts. And who can forget the greatest dancing banana of all time. Then in late 2007 I learned about BlogEngine.NET and I promptly switched to that more flexible, customized blogging solution. I was determined to take a more technology-focused approach to my blogging at that point and I began blogging about ASP.NET related topics and extensions I built for BlogEngine.NET. I was having a GREAT time playing with my new toy blog.
- // Posted on Oct 23, 2008 by
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Greetings readers, remember me? I'm that guy that used to blog pretty frequently, but have seriously slacked in recent months. I really want to get back into blogging and I think PDC is just the thing to get me going. Troy Goode and myself will be venturing to LA with a few co-workers to participate in this exciting event. This is my very first Microsoft conference so I am stoked! I'll be staying at the very sweet-looking Hotel Figueroa near the LA Convention Center. Feel free to email me if you are going to be at the conference and want to meet up for post-session drinks and some geek talk.
- // Posted on Jul 16, 2008 by
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Tag, I'm it. Ryan Lanciaux called me out on a recent post to continue the chain of developers writing a blog post on how they got started in development. Michael Eaton kicked this all of with this post. So here goes nothing...
- // Posted on Jul 15, 2008 by
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My apologies for the delay, but I have (finally) put together the release of my Flickr Gallery for BlogEngine.NET, or any other website for that matter. BlogEngine.NET users should understand this is not a typical "extension" where you drop a .cs file into the App_Code directory. It is a stand-alone section that can be dropped into your BlogEngine.NET instance. You can see an example implementation live on my blog at http://DannyDouglass.com/Photos/.
My previous post goes into more detail about this code plug-in. I would highly recommend reading that before installing Flickr Gallery on your website/blog. Here's a quick recap of the feature list:
- Integration with Flickr
- Set (Album) Support
- Title/Description Support
- Flickr Slideshow Integration
- LightView Integration
- Automatic Paging (Configurable)
- Utilizes Flickr's Bandwidth for image loading
- and more!
I've also installed the generic version of the Flickr Gallery to a default BlogEngine.NET 1.4 instance that can be downloaded... (see full post for installation instructions)
- // Posted on Jun 11, 2008 by
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I have finally followed through with the promise to offer a Flickr-integrated photo gallery that can be easily installed with BlogEngine.NET. If you have spent any time following my blog you know that I have dabbled with a variety of other media extensions (see SlideShow Extension). My previous attempt at a photo gallery required far too much manual work to be usable (hence why it never was updated after the initial release). That is no longer an issue since all you need to do is copy a few files, set a few configuration values, and presto - instant Flickr Gallery on your website/blog!
- // Posted on Jun 9, 2008 by
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Update: Mads responded in the comments below
Let me begin by clearing stating that I think BlogEngine.NET is an
amazing open source application. I'm a strong proponent of this blog
provider and the team behind it. I have found that the platform is
incredibly flexible and easy to use. There is an amazing community
behind the project - something I believe to be one of it's strongest
assets. Overall, Mads and team have provided the community with a
solid ASP.NET blogging tool. However...
I have delayed a number of extensions that came to mind until the release of 1.4 (see my lack of recent blog entries). Mads Kristensen has a great post where he discusses the new features that will be available in BlogEngine.NET 1.4.
- // Posted on May 13, 2008 by
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It has been a few weeks since I last blogged, but I wanted to assure everyone that I have not disappeared. The last month has presented a lot of time consuming projects, tasks, and travel that has left me little time to blog. :/
Currently I am playing with the ASP.NET MVC Framework, jQuery, and a Flickr-integrated viewing gallery implementing FlickrNet. I am nearly finished the prototype and I think it is pretty neat! A lot of you have contacted me in the past regarding my photo gallery solutions for BlogEngine.NET so I intend to work on a solution that will work for BlogEngine.NET users. Heck, maybe I'll even have a little multi-part series on how to create your very own!
- // Posted on Apr 21, 2008 by
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After four days of ASP.NET AJAX training with Stephen Walther I set out to learn more about my options in choosing a solution for a JavaScript/Ajax framework. If I realized days later I would be writing this comprehensive post on 7 of the most popular frameworks, I may have just went with the "Inny-Minny-Miney-Moe" method! I decided to share my research, analysis, links, resources, and personal grade for each of the frameworks compared - jQuery, YUI, Prototype, Dojo, MooTools, Ext JS, and Script.aculo.us. I put together a comparison matrix to illustrate where many of the frameworks differ.
What do you use in your applications, and, more importantly, would you recommend it?
- // Posted on Apr 13, 2008 by
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A fellow BlogEngine.NET user (who's name I do not know unfortunately) alerted me to an issue on my website where you could retrieve my site's user credentials by accessing the JavaScript HttpHandler via a browser and requesting my users.xml file as seen in the following screenshot. Now I would not label myself as a "security expert" by any means, but I think this issue falls under the Crazy Bad category.
I took a look at the code in the BlogEngine.Core project and found out that the issue is with the RetrieveLocalScript() method. Here's the code from BlogEngine.NET Version 1.3:
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- Categories: ASP.NET | Blogging
- // Posted on Apr 7, 2008 by
Danny
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I spent last week in an interactive workshop focused on ASP.NET AJAX and MVC with Stephen Walther from Superexpert Training, and came out of the class very happy with both the material and the instructor. Stephen took the time to offer a customized training agenda that met specific business needs at my current company. His practical examples and personalized training approach really made for a great experience.
AJAX is a long-running interest of mine dating back to Michael Schwartz's Ajax.NET framework (circa 2005). I have dabbled in testing out a variety of Ajax frameworks (hint for my next post), but never spent a significant amount of time learning the principles behind the architecture. Learning the details around client-side and server-side approaches to implementing Ajax was particularly intriguing. I even learned how to build my very own client-side ASP.NET AJAX controls! Neat!!
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- Categories: ASP.NET | Reviews | Ajax