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New Setup Wizard
The next release will make setting up BlogSvc.net very simple. You won't even need to manually edit the config files as they are done as part of the wizard.
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The wizard currently has 3 steps:
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New Global Date and Time Support
With .Net 3.5 there is great new support for working with dates across time zones. Check out Dan Rigsby's blog for some great posts about the new classes.
Working with Dates and Times in .Net 3.5 Series:
Part 1: DateTime vs. DateTimeOffset in .Net
Part 2: TimeZone vs. TimeZoneInfo in .NetBlogSvc directly benefits from these enhancements in two ways:
- Configure all dates to show in preferred timezone
- Show time relative to the user (via jQuery)
Two new configuration settings allow you to control which timezone your website uses. The TimeZoneInfoId sets the timezone based on the timezones loaded on the server. The TimeZoneDisplay sets a shorthand value that can be shown next to the times on your site.
BlogSvc utilizes the <abbr> to allow a concise view of the date. By hovering over the date you can see an unambiguous view of the time. BlogSvc also uses the jQuery Time Ago plugin to show relative times that make sense to viewers.
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BlogSvc Now Supports Comments
The WCF annotation support in BlogSvc has been updated with the standardized Atom Threading Extensions. The website has also been updated with a very unique method of creating new comments. Lets just say, classic forms + jquery + ajax + rest = awesome. Most of the new code is in the Annotate.ascx. And most of that code is javascript/jquery code.
Currently, BlogSvc only supports anonymous comments. I do plan to support OpenID. In the meantime, all commentators are required to supply an email and website. Commentators can use html in their comments. I am using some anti-xss code to sanitize the html.
Thanks to jquery there is some pretty validation going on. I must say, I really like jquery. However, there are some quarks when working with jquery and calling a service that returns xml with a custom content-type such as application/xml+atom. However, I found workarounds to get things working.
Finally, BlogSvc does support threading comments. However, the website does not yet support annotating an annotation. It should be very easy to add using jquery.
I've also added some technical information to the Documentation.
Feel free to leave a comment to test things out.
