Collapsible Widgets Extension

by Chris 7/15/2008 12:15:43 AM

Tonight I was looking at the Widget framework on BlogEngine.NET and decided that it really needed the ability to have collapsible sections. Similar to how my blog is currently configured, sections can be expanded and/or collapsed in order to allow the reader to hide info that is of no intere... [More]

blogengine.net, extension, widget

BlogEngine.NET | Extension | Technology

Update to SyntaxHighlighter Extension

by chris 7/14/2008 4:08:18 PM

After upgrading to BE 1.4.15 I noticed a javascript popped up on my site. Looking futher into the errors it became clear the problem was related to the SyntaxHighlighter extension. I did some digging and the root cause of the problem lies in the Javascript Handler built into BE. I ... [More]

syntaxhighlighter, extension, blogengine.net

BlogEngine.NET | Extension | Technology

Look twice, click once

by chris 7/14/2008 9:27:39 AM

This morning an update screen welcomed me on my computer. Apple was nice enough to let me know that ITunes 7.7 has released and that I should update to this version. That’s very helpful. I was just about to install the update when I focused in on the installer menu. In it i... [More]

safari, apple, dishonest

Technology

Switched to a Hosting Provider

by Chris 7/9/2008 11:40:00 PM

Well the time finally came that I decided to move my blog over to a hosting company. This hasn’t been my choice from the beginning because I don’t like the restrictions (Medium Trust) that most web hosting companies require. I have investigated the cost of a dedicated serve... [More]

hosting, 1and1

Technology

Using IIF in VBScript

by chris 7/2/2008 10:26:34 AM

While writing code in Visual Basic.NET I frequently use the IIF Function. Reading the MSDN definition of IIF tells you that IIF returns one of two objects, depending on the evaluation of an expression. Quite the handy function indeed. Recently I was writing some VBScript code and w... [More]

iif, vbscript

Developer | Technology

The Continued Struggle With Spiders

by chris 6/27/2008 12:37:00 PM

I have been trying to stop spiders from downloading files from my blog. Not pages and such, just the different files that I have made available for anyone interested. I outlined some of this effort in my previous posts regarding the Robots.txt file and such. The problem is that eve... [More]

spiders extension

BlogEngine.NET | Extension | Technology

Fun with Findstr

by chris 6/19/2008 10:26:38 AM

Did you know that reading your IIS logs can be made really simple by using the Findstr.exe command? This handy executable allows you to filter results based on almost anything you could imagine. For filtering you can include multiple strings, specific strings, case sensitive/insensitive ... [More]

findstr

Technology

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