February 10, 2008 14:45 by
AdminIf you are familiar with Wikipedia, you may have seen the random article link which selects a random page from the many thousands. This small extension does something similar.
At the moment this just renders a hyperlink which points to a randomly selected post. I hope to update this soon and turn it into a templated control so you can specify how the control is rendered and instead of using a plain hyperlink, maybe use an image or button, or whatever else you can think of
To install and use the extension, simply upload the file into the app_code\controls folder and insert the following code into your site.master page
<blog:RandomPost ID="RandomPost1" LinkTitle="Random Post" runat="server" />
You can download the file below:
RandomPost1.0.zip (836.00 bytes)
You can see the control in use in the left hand navigation bar just before the file download stats.
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February 10, 2008 14:11 by
AdminHere's another really simple extension for BlogEngine.Net. This one allows you embed your xbox live gamercard into a post by simply typing the following (without the spaces near the [])
[ xboxgamercard:gamertag ] - Replace gamertag with your gamertag
The result looks like this :-
To Install, copy XboxGamercard.cs into the app_code\extensions directory.
You can download the extension below:
XboxGamerCard1.0.zip (868.00 bytes)
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February 10, 2008 00:04 by
AdminIn my short time using BlogEngine.Net, I've been amazed at the number and quality of the extensions and plugins that have been developed by the community. When I originally downloaded the software, I saw the ones listed on the site, a google search turned up a few more, and reading blogs from Mads and Al helped me find more.
I realised that there wasn't a centralised location for all these extensions anywhere, so I decided to make one.
Currently there 60 extensions listed and I'll be adding to these as I find them. If you spot one that isn't on the list, send me a mail, or leave a comment below and I'll add it on.
Last Updated: 25th February 2008
Extensions that allow media files to be embedded/played in a post or page.
Extensions that make navigation around your blog easier
Extensions that allow you to submit blog entries to Social Bookmarking sites
Extensions that enable you to get stats about your blog
Extensions to blog Spam on your blog
Widgets to add to your blog
Extensions which make it easier to link to external sites
Extensions which help you to manage your site
Extensions to convert input into different formats
Other Extensions
Incidentally, I'm using the toolbox extension built by Danny Douglass to automatically build my list. You can find out more about it here
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February 7, 2008 11:22 by
AdminI recently uploaded a BlogEngine.Net Control which made it possible to show a random image on a site theme.
I'm now going to use my other BlogEngine.Net creation, the Gallery User Control, to show all of the different images.
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