John Dyer

Change Log Bug: Infamous “error loading Languages.xml” fixed in all situation (included use in VS.NET 2005) Bug: InsertImage errors on free and pro versions Bug: fixed bug in WordClean <br>Continue readingFreeTextBox 3.1.5 released

Change log FEATURE: link and image URLs (<a href>, <img src>) are now preserved even when IE tries to change them. By default IE changes all links to absolute paths.Continue readingFreeTextBox 3.1.4 released

I just made my first implimentation of Lightbox ("Gone Wild" edition). Lightbox (original, gone wild) is a small JavaScript tool for making accessible modal windows. I've implimented a slighlty tweakedContinue readingLightbox usage for calendar

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