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I’ve added persistence to the “In-Place-Editor” control at .NETOOP   using SQLExpress and the LINQ to Entities. Since the Control itself can be used for ANY text content, the page that contains the control is responsible for population and persistence. Note the code below. The control is populated by the first notice in the notices table (other use may use multiple records.) Of particular interest is the push back to the database. Note that this code is called from the Page_SaveStateComplete event handler. NETOOP_DataEntities ctx = new NETOOP_DataEntities(); protected void Page_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) { // Populate the In-Place Editor Control var result = ctx.NETOOP_AnnouncementSet.Where(p => p.Id == 1); if (!IsPostBack) {...

In-Place editing is a slick feature for managing some of a web sites content. I’ve mocked up a demo of In-Place editing using the new ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit’s Editor control and the ASP.NET Multi-View control. Also, I’m implementing this as a User Control so it can be easily and widely used throughout my project. Here’s how it works. Note the little “Pencil” on the top / right of the content are. If you hover over it you get an edit hint.   When you click on it you enter edit mode. Note the Ajax style behavior accomplished by a combination of using ASP.NET’s MultiView control and ASP.NET Ajax’s UpdatePanel.   Now some rich text entry. Clicking on the Floppy Disk Icon “Saves” the new content (actual persistence is not yet implemented...

Visual identity is important. (Plus, you need something besides the url to put on a tee-shirt.) Cool open source applications all have cool logos. Since this is a collaborative project and since I have NO artistic ability, I thought we could get some artistically capable folks involved in NETOOP by starting a logo contest. (Remember, good applications should be theme-able so were are going to NEED aesthetically creating folks involved after we implement a skinning and teeming strategy.) So, if you have an idea for a log, email me a file (.png, .gif, .jpeg ONLY) . I’ll create a wiki page and we’ll collectively decide which one to use. When you email the file, include whether you want it posted with a URL or email address or not.   Technorati...