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The Photo Gallery addition for BlogEngine.NET is moving forward. We are in the final stages of wrapping up the first release and hope to release it in early January 2008. Here is our list of remaining items:

1. Move all photo settings to the Photo Gallery Control Panel.

2. Write web interface for the Photo Effect extensions.

3. Add option to delete a photo album.

4. Document the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

5. Add photo gallery web pages to the themes that ship with BlogEngine.NET.

6. Create new theme to highlight the features of the Photo Gallery.

7. Invalid the photo cache when Photo Effects are added or changed.

8. And finally, find and fix any remaining bugs.

If you wish to help out, download the latest source code from CodePlex and try it out. The more developers and testers that participate, the better the release will be.

This is one of my favorite little video clips.

Did you know this video clip was commissioned by Microsoft? Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla wrote via e-mail, "It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced RE: packaging and to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding."

"While MS did not release the video, it's natural to share funny things with friends. So while we didn't publicly share the video, it was shared with appropriate teams internally. We're happy to see others enjoy the laugh as well."

So enjoy the video at Microsoft's expense!

I wrote a small SnapShots extension for BlogEngine.NET 1.3.

To install it, download and copy the SnapShots.cs file to the App_Code\Extensions directory.

To set your SnapShots Key, go into the Extension section of the Control Panel and click the edit hyperlink for the SnapShots extension. Enter SnapShot Key on the next page.

You can download the extension from the link below.  

Download: SnapShots.cs (2.00 kb) Updated 12/25/07

Update: There are two bugs in the BlogEngine 1.3 release related to Scalar Values in Extensions. I have submitted the patches to the BlogEngine.NET team. In the mean time, you can download the fixed files below:

Download: ExtensionParameter.cs (2.97 kb)
Download: Settings.ascx.cs (10.76 kb)

This is an upgrade to the Odiogo Extension by Mads Kistensen that uses the new ExtensionManager in the BlogEngine.NET 1.3 release. You can download it by clicking the link below.

Odiogo is a service that reads your RSS feed and creates an mp3 file for each of your blogs. This extension adds the Odigo's Listen now icon to the top of your blog posts.

For more information see Mad's Make your blog talk post.

Download: Odiogo.cs (2.89 kb) Updated 12/25/07

Update: There are two bugs in the BlogEngine 1.3 release related to Scalar Values in Extensions. I have submitted the patches to the BlogEngine.NET team. In the mean time, you can download the fixed files below:

Download: ExtensionParameter.cs (2.97 kb)
Download: Settings.ascx.cs (10.76 kb)

The fourth version of BlogEngine.NET has just been released. You can download it here.