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BlogEngine.NET Backup Manager

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:16:02 GMT

A simple Backup Manager for BlogEngine.NET in order to perform some entire Weblog Backups.

Certificate Generation Made Easy

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:57:47 GMT

Here is a HTA script that automates the generation of a self signed CA and a machine certificate. This helps achieve the advantage of a Root CA without the need to actually build a server to act as a Certificate Authority. Screen shots give you an example of the functionality.

Printer Friendly Posts

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:05:12 GMT

One thing I have noticed with BlogEngine is the absence of a printer friendly view of a post and comments. Since this is a technical blog I sometimes write entries that include code samples and such that would make the print out be exceptionally long if printed within the margins of my theme. So I set out to build a view that would provide a clean printer friendly view of a post.

Blacklist Extension for Author Names

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:04:30 GMT

Getting tired of deleting those darn Busby SEO Test comments on my blog I decided to do something about it. I created a new BlogEngine.NET extension that allows you to generate a blacklist using regular expressions to filter the author names.

Update to FAQ Plugin

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:44:57 GMT

I was looking over my FAQ Plugin and noticed some strange and sloppy code. Even though no one has mentioned any issues I figured it was worth the time to clean it up and post an updated version. If you have already downloaded a copy I would recommend you download the latest version.

Tips for using BlogEngine Pages

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:22:32 GMT

When I switched over to BE my previous experience told me to create separate .aspx pages for stand-alone content. I didn't see the need to use the BlogEngine Pages feature. What I found out when doing things this way was that I couldn't use all of the theme and events that come along with the BE master page. So I reluctantly switched to using BlogEngine BlogEngine Pages instead of adding separate .aspx. After running this way for a while I figured out some things that I thought might help others to know as well.

jQuery Based HTA Template

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:49:47 GMT

In my previous post I talked about using jQuery with Http Applications (HTAs). I mentioned that I would be posting a template that you could use to start building your very own jQuery enabled HTAs. Well here you go.

FAQ jQuery Plugin

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:14:54 GMT

Not finding a nice and simple FAQ Plugin for jQuery I decided to build one from scratch. This plugin will take a simple header and span section and convert it into a collapsable FAQ like format. The plugin also creates an optional index div which links to each individual entry in your FAQ.

TSG and the Default Web Site

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:05:55 GMT

During the installation process the TSG services configure the IIS services to listen on port 443 of the Default Web Site. So in addition to listening for RDP over HTTP(s) connection attempts the TSG server is also listening for regular HTTPS traffic. To see this behavior you simply need to open up your browser and point it to your TSG server. You will see the default web page that is configured for the Default Web Site. Is this a bad thing?

jQuery and HTAs

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:20:15 GMT

The reason using jQuery in HTAs is so interesting to me is that one of the main constraints of using JavaScript in web pages (that being the amount of data that has to be transferred from the server to the client) has been lifted. With your web pages you are always concerned with the amount of data that is being sent to the client causing a slow rendering. With HTAs you don't have this issue. The JavaScript and Plugins can be saved locally and included in a support folder for quick loading into your HTA.

Are you using TS Gateway?

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:16:43 GMT

There has to be a better way. Something better than trying to remember the different port assignments; better than opening up all those ports to the world and allowing anyone to RDP to the server for the casual brute force password attack. Better than something so complex that I couldn't really explain it to co-workers that needed to connect into my lab. It turns out there is a better way. It's called Microsoft Windows 2008 Terminal Services Gateway.

Added Geo Lookup to BlogEngine.NET

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:36:59 GMT

Up till now no one has spent the time to allow this functionality and you had to go to an external resource to obtain the Latitude/Longitude information. But with TinyGeo-coder it couldn't be easier to do this within BlogEngine.NET.

Display SinglePost User Control

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:03:09 GMT

An ASP.NET User Control that displays the most recently published BlogEngine.NET blog post on any of your web pages.

Sample jQuery and External XML Script

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:58:06 GMT

A follow-up to my last post about using a URLRewriter to proxy web requests to external domains ... I explore how difficult it is to create a script to display the contents of a XML feed from last.fm. It turns out it wasn't all that difficult!

URLRewriting for the masses

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:30:52 GMT

Using URLRewriter to control inbound connections to your site, and to proxy external website content for client side dynamic content.

Quote for October

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:01:09 GMT

A quote worth remembering!

DZone Badge Extension for BlogEngine.NET

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:13:26 GMT

Add a DZone badge automatically to your blogengine post based on the post category, or by adding a [dzone] token to the page.

Foldershare as a service

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:55:36 GMT

Run FolderShare as a service on your server. This also works with Windows Home Server!

Client Side ASP.NET ListView Sorting via jQuery TableSorter Plugin Dem

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:01:02 GMT

I was recently asked to provide sorting on a ListView that I knew needed it, but had left off originally because I was having trouble with the way I normally handle sorting ListViews with this particular page. This led me to searching for another way. I think what I came up with may replace the way I have been handling user requested sorting (all server side) up until now. What I found was the jQuery TableSorter plugin plus a few extras. The plugin, like just about all jQuery plugins is really easy to use. You just point it at your table and it does the rest (make sure your table has thead and tbody tags though). Of course there are many options that you can set for your particular situation. Check out the demo.

Local or Remote JavaScripts?

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:14:43 GMT

Using Google's jQuery source or your own local copy?

Effective calling of Google Analytics JavaScript

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:32:40 GMT

Two ways to call the Google Analytics script... Is one better than the other?

last.fm ASP.NET User Control

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:16:03 GMT

If you are using last.fm and ASP.NET then this User Control is for you!

BlogEngine.NET community is growing!

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:46:15 GMT

new contributions to support BlogEngine.NET

Revealing too much information

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:07:27 GMT

Are you revealing too much information with your error messages?

Updated Toolbox UserControl

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:41:50 GMT

Updated Toolbox UserControl produces a unorganized list instead of a table. Also added many options to customize the results.