Well that title may be a little misleading, but I fixed several issues with the community twitter tools we have on Geekswithblogs including integrating the Follower counts for each member into a new twitter cloud. The link to the community twitter portal is: http://wblo.gs/?q=twitter I also fixed a few linking errors: Underscores are supported for those who link to … ummmm… D’Arcy is the only one I know who uses underscores so him. @darcy_lussier #Hashtags will not turn into links for search Thanks...
I first need to start this post with a thank you to Lance Robinson for submit all the required work and the idea of a Geekswithblogs.net search provider. Now when you visit the Geekswithblogs.net Homepage, if you drop down your search providers list you will see a “Geekswithblogs” listing as well as a highlighted link to add the Geekswithblogs search provider to your browser. With this, you then can use the Geekswithblogs search for finding answers to the questions you have. Our search is powered...
I just realized that even though other team members have mentioned the new search integration for the Geekswithblogs Community Portal, I have not. I want to thank all those on the Live Search team who have worked with us to be one of the first sites to integrate with the new Search 2.0 API. To gain access to the new search, just go to the homepage of Geekswithblogs.net and enter a search query from the blue cloud in the top right corner. It is just that simple. Next phase of this integration will...
It looks like we have an issue with community-credit.com integration using Third-Party Metablog API tools. For now if you are a hard core CC blogger, try using the old approach of adding the post separately and using WLW or create your post from the admin section of your blog. As we really like the service CC offers, we will get a fix out for this issue in the next round of upgrades...
Well I did get the updates made as promised. These updates include post editing using third-party tools that use the MetaBlog API (such as Windows Live Writer) and a more responsive Main Feed for the site. However, due to the link change in the feed, they will republish in your aggregator. I wish I could do something about that, but there isn't any way around that...
We have two major problems with Geekswithblogs.net, well more but these are short time development problems I can fix quick. Here are the problems I hope to have fixed tomorrow. MainFeed flakes with Pheedo link Casting error when editing using MetaBlog API (Live Writer) These problems should be easy to fix and I should have them ready for tomorrow morning. If you have other site issues, use the Site Problems wiki page to publish your issues. [Update] Edit with MetaBlog API (Live Writer) will work...
Live Writer is another great tool for posting blogs offline. I used to use w.bloggar, but the site is down and who knows what is going on with the writer. Configuring Live Writer is very easy to do, here are the steps you need to take to configure it with Geekswithblogs.net. (Sorry for the long post, but people are asking for this). Start the Installation File: Agree to the terms (or don't install and stop reading): Decide if you want the toolbar, you can see my decision here: Go to Start, Programs,...
Several people have tried out blogging from Word 2007 (as I am now) and are having problems with .Text. This issue is in the CookComputing.XmlRpc.dll and a dateTime error they fixed. This is used in the Post struct which blows up the newPost method. If you update the dll to a later version (http://www.xml-rpc.net) then you should have no problem posting after that using the Metablog API. For Geekswithblogs.net members, the Metablog API service URL is located at http://www.geekswithblogs.n...
During a current project, I needed a tool for generating PDF documents for reporting on pre-printed forms. The majority of reports in the system use this form. I wanted to find a solution that fit my needs and nothing more. Other systems do so much and very well, but for just developer needs, they are a bit much. I found a utility call Siberix PDF Library and it's counterpart Siberix Report Writer. If you need a tool for PDF generation, I highly suggest these products. At the current time, the price...