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I've done some reading up (thanks to Noonie and Nick for the links) and from what I've been reading, BlogEngine.net is the way to go. I've not run it yet to try it out, but there's a few things mkaing it look like the correct path to follow: It's open.
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In the two years since I was last seriously blogging* community server has gone under a few changes - to the point that community server doesn't even seem to exist anymore. Telligent still has products, but they're not for me. Hell, I'd been holding off
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I wanted to do a little change to some code I'd written for CS yesterday. For both the Gaptcha control and my in-line file uploader I'm uploading a file and saving somewhere within the current user's blog. I've been constructing the save locations (and
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This post is my list of features/bugs/etc for the next version of Gaptcha. There's no guarantee that everything I mention in this list will make it to the next version, but this is my central point for listing any thoughts. This post will be updated as
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Version 1.0 of the Gaptcha Control is now ready for public consumption (should anyone want it :) Download it here . Sadly, to add Gaptcha to your site it's not just a simple matter of just dropping an assembly in your bin folder - there's a few different
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Update: The source is now live ! I've now got timeouts working. Currently for this blog, the selected set of pictures you must click on to successfully submit a comment will expire 10 minutes after the page loads. This means that if you take a long
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While writing my Gaptcha control, I wrote a few drafts along the way of how it would work. It's funny the way things progress. I like to think I have a pretty good knowledge of HTML, DHTML, and the HTTP protocol (which when you've got the three covered
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Update: The source is now live ! Tonight I made a couple of little mods to my Gaptcha control. First, I stopped just base64 encoding the names of the images that needed to be selected in the form. It was extremely easy to crack :) It now encrypts the
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Update: The source is now live ! Well, I was up until 1am this morning getting it polished enough, and then I had to wait until morning for some tech support on some SQL that I wrote (damnit, I used SQL2005 syntax for one proc when I should have remembered
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Update2: The source is now live ! Update: It's now live! Thanks for the support everyone :) It's working! It's all working and there's only a couple of tiny issues left to fix! That is, it's working on my local machine :) While developing,
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Update: The source is now live ! I've received some positive feedback on my thoughts on my new captcha control . While I've been given many suggestions, for now I think I'll just go with the simplest implementation possible, just so that I
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Update: The source is now live ! I never thought I'd do it, but the day has arrived. I'm starting to get enough blog spam, at a consistent rate, that I need to start thinking about prevention. But I hate captcha controls. They're all so hard
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