I heard this artists on a local radio station that I listen to.  It's 89.1 The Wood, from Lindenwood University.  It doesn't have commercials and isn't yet streaming.  Weird, I know.

• Daniel Powter - Free Loop
• Regina Spekter - (I don't remember the title, but she played at Lollapalooza '07)
• Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (Acoustic)
• Tegan & Sara - Back in Your Head
• Grace Potter - Ah, Mary
• Two Loons for Tea - Money
• Snow Patrol - Shut Your Eyes
• REM - #9 Dream
• Matchbox 20 - How Far We've Come
• Ret Hot Chili Peppers - We Believe
• Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
• The Kin - Blue on Blue
• David Gray - Tell me something
• Fionn Regan - Be Good or Be Gone

Rather it is more like a remake of a theme from Creative Commons Website.  Let me know what you think.  I am including my changes so you can see what I did.  There can be some improvements in the css for sure.  Any help would be appreciated. 

 I have to finish up the xmlroleprovider and CodeSyntaxHighlighter extension.

thegreenhouse.zip (61.41 kb)

Here are some things that I am working on or have done for the BlogEngine.Net

1. I added an xmlroleprovider (read only version)
2. Added a sitemap for the admin pages with security trimming.  Required rewriting the menu.aspx.cs code. 
3. Updated the Syntax formatting.  It now works.  See the http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=3103 for details.
4. I spoke with Mads about the outstanding issues and the impending release of 1.2.  Oh yeah, we are jamming this one up with lots of goodies.  I think more than we expexted.
5. Revamped the comments with more administrator controls.  Like approving individual comments on a post and approve all the comments on a post.

I am letting everyone get a chance to play with my current changes to see where there can be improvements, enchancements, changes, etc.  Meanwhile, I will be working on the write version of the xmlroleprovider.  The xmlroleprovider will have the following features.

• It will make sure there is a roles.xml file everytime it fires up and make sure there are two roles included; administrators and editors. The names are so the ActiveDirectory can be mapped properly without killing the application because of roles.
• If no existing user is included in the required roles it will add all of the users to the administrators and editors role.  You will be able to remove them later.
• You will be able to add/remove users from roles.
• You will be able to create/delete roles.  You will never be able to delete the administrators and editors roles.  We may be tying that into code security executions.

Did I forget anything?

Micorsoft has added BlogEngine.Net to its ASP.Net website as a starter kit.  This is a big deal to some of us because there are now only a total of eleven (11) starter kits on the site.  I think it is a true testament to Mads and his inititive, as well as, a huge pat on the back to those develpers are committing valuable time to this project.  I would be remise to not mention all of those people who are using the application and making it a success.  Your input, feedback, suggestions, questions, comments, etc. are what help to drive the success of BlogEngine.

 Visit these links:

http://www.dotnetblogengine.net

See BlogEngin.Net on www.asp.net

Download the BlogEngine.NET Web Site

Review the Features

We have been working away on features.  Myself, I have been working on migrating some code to approve comments, code highlighting, and xmlroleprovider.  I have found some on CodePlex and elsewhere.  They are all wrapped around two or three other classes and I have to integrate them.  I have been looking for the smallest, easiest to expand, etc....  Will keep you posted.  I found out that some of the code I have been working on still needs a little tweak here or there.  I will get that done soon.  This is a test run for the Live Writer using my new categories code.  The categories did not show up.  I have to fix that now.  Yeah :(

Want to talk about a great time.  No?  How about a phenomenal time?  That's more like it.  I have no idea where to start.  I tell ya, Chicago downtown was like an absolute dream.  Coming from St. Louis, Chicago is a mecca.  I loved it.  In fact I am going back this Decemeber to holiday.  That doesn't sound to pompous does it?  We are going to go for a few days and hang out.  Maybe this time I will get to see the Sears tower from the SkyBox? 

I went to Nordstrom Racks, Radio Shack (funny but cool story), Miller's pub, Damen stop on the blue line, Flash Taco, Sears Roebuck, Club Quarters, the set of Batman 2007 (Sears tower area), Library, Art Institute of Chicago, Grant's Park, some other park just out side of it. 

Anyway the trip was fantastic and I am still riding the wave of enthusiasm for it.  It is definitely a town to visit, but I don't think I could live there with a family near the downtown.  Do families even live that close?

Oh yeah, shout out to the taxi cab driver who gave us a free ride to Sears Roebuck so we could buy new luggage. 

Here is the code being used as and Extension to render code.

The format is

3:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Web;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using BlogEngine.Core;
using BlogEngine.Core.Web;
using CodeFormatter;