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New Eco Theme For BlogEngine.NET

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:00:00 GMT

We have released the first of many new themes for BlogEngine.NET 1.5 (SubText version to follow soon) - The n3o Eco theme, it's various tones of green and features some fancy swirly graphics

Get last-modified header from response in ASP.NET

Fri, 22 May 2009 03:58:01 GMT

I've been working lately with some ASP.NET performance optimization automation HTTP modules. In one of them I needed to know if the last-modified header had been set through the Response.Cache.SetLastModified(DateTime) method. For some reason, there is no API available anywhere within the BCL to retrieve the last modified date of a response - you can only set it. Since the module wouldn't work without a way to read the last modified date of the response, I had to use Reflector to figure out how to pull the information out using reflection. The result became a simple little method to retrieve the date

BlogEngine.NET 1.5 final release

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:16:03 GMT

BlogEngine.NET 1.5 final release announcement

Announcing BlogEngine.NET 1.5 Release Candidate

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:31:15 GMT

We are very happy to make available a release candidate for BlogEngine.NET 1.5 today. Version 1.5 has been in the works for a long time and we decided to make a release candidate available before me make the final release this time around.

BlogEngine.NET code formatter extension shows code tag

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:47:26 GMT

Nice community fix for the code formatter in BlogEngine

Using Windows Live Writer with BlogEngine.net

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:31:02 GMT

Using the built-in blog entry tools in BlogEngine.net works just fine, but I have come to like Windows Live Writer better. It just seems to make things just a little bit easier. Here are some very simple instructions on how to get Windows Live Writer working for BlogEngine.net

SociableBE-Extension for BlogEngine.NET

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:46:12 GMT

Social bookmarking sites allow websurfers to save, catalog, and share interesting pages they find online. The SociableBE-Extension appends links for your readers to use those sites to the end of each of your blog's posts, increasing your potential audience. While Sociable is originally developed as a Wordpress-Plugin in PHP, SociableBE is based on the main idea but re-developed for BlogEngine.NET in C# and with a simple copy'n'paste installation.

WebForms or MVC? What about the third option?

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:01:19 GMT

I've read a lot of posts and articles about why and when you should choose WebForms or the MVC framework to build your ASP.NET websites. They are all pretty good, but for some reason they forget or ignore the obvious third option - standard ASP.NET without the WebForm.

Conditional IE CSS Hack

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:14:21 GMT

Great little CSS hack for IE browsers, especially when IE6 browsers are causing problems.

A .NET Open Source Project Retrospective: Json.NET

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:16:18 GMT

A look inside the development of a .NET open source project. What went right and what went wrong and lessons learnt along the way.

Horrible Code Example

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:32:58 GMT

why would someone ever do this. I know I'm not the best coder out there...but really....

Checklist for high quality websites part 2

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:31:02 GMT

The second part of the checklist is about server side code and security

ASP.NET application lockdown on IIS 7

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:31:47 GMT

"With IIS 7 it is now easier than ever to customize the inner workings of ASP.NET applications using only the web.config. It is possible to remove all the features but the ones the specific application uses. In other words, we are able to lock down our applications and only turn on the features we need. The reason to do this is to reduce the attack surface of the application as well as stay in total control all the way from the IIS and into the ASP.NET application."

What Part Of The Process Are Your Tools Optimized For?

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:16:02 GMT

I'm writing this post because I am getting tired and weary of people pointing to "drag and drop tools", "visual designers", and "wizards" as reasons to use a particular tool. Only in Microsoft-land are developers so enamored with "wizards" and "drag and drop" and I think this is because Microsoft is the proverbial "crack dealer" when it comes to providing these tools.

Checklist for high quality websites

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:16:02 GMT

A checklist for things to do that will highten the quality of any website.

Search Engine friendly error handling

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:46:13 GMT

Explains best practices of error handling in ASP.NET web application considering being search engines friendly.

Migrating to Blogengine.net

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:06:42 GMT

One bloggers experience moving to blogengine.net and customizing it to meet his needs.

Akismet Extension Updated for BlogEngine.net 1.4

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:39:20 GMT

comment spam filter for blogengine.net 1.4!!

BlogEngine.NET extension: Detailed Download Counter

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:00 GMT

A detailed download counter extension for BlogEngine.NET 1.4.* that registers all downloads on your blog and shows you detailed information about the downloads itself.

iPhone adapted "Mobile" theme for BlogEngine

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:34 GMT

Just a quick entry for anyone wanting to optimize the "Mobile" theme in BlogEngine.net for the iPhone (or iTouch). Here are some additions I had to make in order to make it all fly.

BlogEngine: Author View Control

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:01:13 GMT

For those who want to be able to utilize the profile section of BlogEngine.net. Here is a handy way to generate an "About Us" page.

DotNetKicks And AddToAny Buttons Extension For BlogEngine

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:20:22 GMT

Here is a very useful Extension for BlogEngine in order to simply Add DotNetKicks Button and also AddToAny Features (Share and Subscribe)

Get the BlogEngine Loading Icon to GO AWAY!!!

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:29:33 GMT

The Loading Icon that appears below the "Comments" area of a post is very annoying to see when it is just sitting there spinning away. There is absolutely no reason for it to be doing so, and it confuses the commentor since they think the page is doing something when it is not. Now I don't know if this is actually the "right" way to remove it, but it works none the less.

Swap out TinyMCE for Telerik RadEditor in BlogEngine.Net (Part 1)

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:13:39 GMT

When I decided I wanted to launch DotNetBlogger, I really wanted to be able to use the Telerik RadEditor in place of the TinyMCE editor that ships with BlogEngine.Net. The reason for this is because A) I wanted to use the code formatter that ships with the editor, and B) I wanted to use the inline spellcheck that ships with the editor. In my search to accomplish this task I posted a question in the CodePlex Discussion Area. My question went unanswered for quite some time, so I had to venture into the "uncharted waters" all on my own. Now as a "disclaimer", I am NOT a C# developer, so wading through all that code is a little more difficult for me than for the seasoned C# dev. That being said, I had to press on and solve this on my own.

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.