A while back I wrote about a Login provider for ASP.NET that uses WebServices. The code is now available at http://freetextbox.com/files/ under “Code Lab.” The direct link is here: SingleContinue readingWebServices Single Sign-On for ASP.NET 2.0

A few weeks ago, I wrote about using SearchAroo as a spider to index a site with DotLucene. I've written a new WebCrawler using SearchAroo as a base and turnedContinue readingWebCrawler Engine in C# (first draft)

Just upgraded the site from ASP.NET Forums 2.0.1 to Community Server 2.0 FreeTextBox 3.1.3 (2006/03/21) BUG: Firefox 1.5.x script timeout problem BUG: ASP.NET 2.0 mutiview problems BUG: Extra quote inContinue readingFreeTextBox 3.1.3 and new site

This week, we added a feature to our online education player that creates small thumbnails of upcoming slides (see sample class video). To do this, I used a new featureContinue readingCross Domain Flash 8 BitmapData

I’m in the middle of implimenting the current Lucene.NET (a port of the original Lucene in Java) on a new site currently under development: http://www05.dts.edu/search. The overall search engine isContinue readingDotLucene (Lucene.NET) + KStemmer + Searcharoo = great!

The hotmail team sent me a beta to their awesome new hotmail beta. The problem is they coded the invite with the worst HTML I’ve ever seen. It’s pretty normalContinue readingHotmail Beta is Great – Sign Up HTML is Horrible!

FreeTextBox 3.1.2 (2006/01/11) BUG: Designer problems now resolved and showing “appropriate” content in 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 BUG: Remove Server name from URLs now supports SSL and ports BUG: PressingContinue readingFreeTextBox 3.1.2 Released

Mobile Phone Text Messages I've been implimenting instant messaging alerts for assignment due dates. I first looked up the addresses for email-to-SMS for phone messages. I found this short pageContinue readingSMS Gateways and Instant Messenger APIs for .NET

Should be released by Friday, January 6th, 2006. Mac FF issues WebResource.axd issue ASP.NET 2.0 Designer problems Remove Server name from URLs (ssl and port numbers don’t work) <TEXTAREA> tagContinue readingFreeTextBox 3.1.2

We’re building a new CMS that tries to do away with any *.aspx ending so that we have prettier URLs that are more “hackable” (Jakob Neilson’s term). In IIS, weContinue readingGetting rid of aspx extension?