Category Archives: dasBlog

Send Email Programmatically On GoDaddy

Posted on August 9, 2009 by rcravens

I have had a difficult time getting dasBlog to send emails on my GoDaddy account. I have not been able to figure out the configuration required to get it to work. I also wanted to have a “contact” page that … Continue reading →

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Simple CSS Style Anchors For Your Blog

Posted on July 11, 2009 by rcravens

I have been working on my blog style lately. One feature that I wanted to have was a way to easily convert anchor tags into a styled button to highlight a link. For instance, I often post links to live … Continue reading →

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Updated Blog Theme

Posted on June 27, 2009 by rcravens

I spent some time this weekend updating the theme for the Random Sparks blog. The blogging engine that I am using is dasBlog. The benefit of the dasBlog blogging engine is it is written entirely using the .NET framework and … Continue reading →

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GhostDoc Breaks SyntaxHighlighter

Posted on May 16, 2009 by rcravens

Leveraging tools is a great way to be more productive. Two tools that I regularly use are GhostDoc and SyntaxHighlighter. Sometimes one tool will cause another tools to break. Before getting into why GhostDoc causes SyntaxHighlighter to break, let’s give … Continue reading →

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Add Simple Tracking To dasBlog Entries

Posted on May 16, 2009 by rcravens

I was looking for a built in method to display the number of times a particular blog entry had been viewed in dasBlog. After spending some time looking at the API on-line and combing through the source code I did … Continue reading →

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Creating a Side Bar Widget for dasBlog

Posted on January 19, 2009 by rcravens

I have been messing around with the dasBlog code. Going through code that others have written is a great learning experience. I wanted to extend my dasBlog site by creating a custom side bar widget and at the same time … Continue reading →

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Posting Blog Content

Posted on January 17, 2009 by rcravens

You can always use the web interface for you blogging engine. However, there are easier ways. I am currently using the following tools. These tools work with the dasBlog blogging engine that I am using. Windows Live Writer (WLW) – … Continue reading →

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Creating Your Blog Layout and Style

Posted on January 10, 2009 by rcravens

Most blogging engines (I am using dasBlog) provide a number of standard themes for you to use. Generally, the theme can be changed in the admin panel of your blogging engine. Using a standard theme is easy and for those … Continue reading →

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Setup dasBlog on GoDaddy Account

Posted on January 4, 2009 by rcravens

This should not have been that difficult. The hard thing is that you don’t have access or control over the IIS7 and ASP.NET machine.config. There were many postings on the internet that were somewhat helpful, but none of them outlined … Continue reading →

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