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Archives / 2008 / August
  • Threaded Comment System

    I'm currently working on threaded comment systems. Comment threads allow you to reply to a comment. This is a feature that the users are clamoring for on Vloggerheads because it is a popular feature on YouTube .  Even the trolls are wondering when we are going to have this feature. One of the more amusing aspects of this project is the ongoing video commentary from the peanut gallery. It is like having Bill O'Reilly doing vicious news reports about the progress, or lack of progress, of your project.

  • How To Add A New Property To The AJAX Calendar Control

    I've finally gotten around to using something from the AJAX Control Toolkit in an actual project. My client was dissatisfied with the <asp:calendar> control so I offered to AJAX enable the site and replace it with the fancier Calendar control from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. Naturally the client found something he wanted to work a little different. This calendar control was for entering your birth date and he did not want the user to scroll back decades to find that date. He wanted the calendar to show up with the 1990-1999 decade already visible so the user could start from there. Fortunately I remembered that the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit comes with all the source code so you can customize it to suite your needs.

  • Vloggerheads - The Social Networking Revolt

    I'm finally working on a project with the potential to be a really high profile web site. I've offered my services as a volunteer programmer to the http://www.vloggerheads.com web site which is being built on the Ning social networking platform. This site is an attempt by prominent vloggers from YouTube and LiveVideo to take control of their community.