YouTube extension for BlogEngine.net – Updated

by | May 11, 2010 | BlogEngine | 2 comments

This is an update to the work done by Al Bshara and Dobin Fernandes.

I have updated the extension to avoid related videos listing at the end of each video.

You can download this 1.2.1 version from here.

Quiz Widget for BlogEngine

by | Mar 21, 2010 | BlogEngine | 0 comments

Thanks Fatih Sever for his excellent work in building a widget for Poll. I took his code base to build another layer on top of it to build a Quiz widget for BlogEngine.

This widget works with the latest version of BlogEngine. I have added couple of new files to enhance the widget. To use the widget please follow the following instructions:

 

  • Copy “Poll.cs” file to “App_Code/Controls” folder which is in BlogEngine main directory.
  • Copy “Quiz Mania” folder to “widgets” folder which is in your blog’s main directory.
  • Quiz Widget only works with XML files, so no configuration needed!
  • Copy “poll.css” to your Theme’s folder.
  • Copy “progress.gif” and “Quiz2010_widget_bg_big.jpg” files to images folder under your Themes folder.
  • Open “site.master” file in your text editor and add the following code just above the </head> tag.   
    <link href=”poll.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />
  • If you want to use polls archive, copy “archivepoll.aspx” and “archivepoll.aspx.cs” files in “Archive” folder to BlogEngine main directory. Use some link like that to access archive: http://www.yourblog.com/archivepoll.aspx

You can add new Question and multiple answers against it. There should be one correct answer. Quiz will automatically expire on the last date you assinged and will automatically select a winner and publish it on QuizArchive page.

Try it and give your valuable feedback.

Here is the code: http://www.firozozman.com/downloads/QuizMania.zip