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metaBlog Beta 1 Update
metaBlog should be ready for it's first beta release sometime this weekend. (fingers-crossed).

The initial beta is going to be limited, so please email if you'd like to try it out. (You'll need ASP.NET and SQL Server).

Posted by Bryan @ 10:55 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Perhaps You Were Wondering...

<metaApps:metablog id="blog" password="***" username="***" runat="server">
	<entrydateheaderTemplate>
		<div class="dateheader">
			<%# container.entrylongdate %>
		</div>
		<p />
	</entrydateheaderTemplate>
	<entryTemplate>
		<span class="posttitle">
			<%# container.entrytitle %>
		</span>
		<br>
		<%# container.entry %>
		<br>
		<br>
		<span class="credits">
			Posted by <%# container.firstname%>
			@ <%# container.entryTime%>
			| Filed Under <%# container.categoryName%>
			| Talkback (<%# container.commentCount%>)
		</span>
		<p />
         </entryTemplate>
</metaApps:metablog>

Posted by Bryan @ 6:31 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Final Steps
I have finally run out of low hanging fruit with regards to metaBlog development. That means it is time to knock out the few remaining items that I've been putting off either because they are hard, time consuming, or I just didn't want to deal with them.

Once these items are done, I will be releasing the first beta of metaBlog.

Here's a quick list of the remaining items.

• Blog Management Page
• User Management Page
• Category Management Page

I think that is it. There are a couple of additional items that might make it into the first beta, but more than likely I will reserve them for a quick turnaround into the second beta. We'll see.

Posted by Bryan @ 8:54 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (1) | # | TrackBack (0)

A Small Step Forward
The time has come to make some significant changes to the structure of metaBlog, so it was installed at another site for additional development purposes.

I have been developing it here, but these changes were so extensive, that many things would break and be broken for a week or so.

The primary focus of the change is moving all of the logic from the web site code to the metaBlog server control. So far so good. Once the move is complete, metaBlog will be ready for a beta release.

Posted by Bryan @ 8:46 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Lots To Do
Features to add to the server control: archive list, link list, recent entries.

After that, I am at the point of cleaning up.

Posted by Bryan @ 10:50 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Better Support For Mozilla
Yes, I am working on better support for Mozilla. It is still a headache, but I am noticing fair number of visitors using it.

Posted by Bryan @ 10:28 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Connectivity Issues, metaApps Downtime
We've been having some connectivity issues the past few days. At first I thought it was a problem with the ISP, but now it seems to be a problem with the server. Perhaps a bad NIC, but then I started using the other NIC and the problem happened again. Time for some research.

Posted by Bryan @ 8:04 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Templates
I haven't done much in the past couple of days, but I have fixed the category server control so that the header template works properly.

So far, I have entry management and RSS Feed management complete. I hope to have weblog management and category management done within the next couple of days. From there it is on to user management.

I am shooting for the end of June as a release date (1st beta).

Posted by Bryan @ 2:00 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

Ping Weblogs.com Feature Implemented
Pinging of weblogs.com test was a success. This feature has now been implemented.

Posted by Bryan @ 5:24 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (1)

Pinging weblogs.com
I am working on the code to ping weblogs.com when there is an update.

I am using XML-RPC.NET provided by Charles Cook.

After a couple of missteps, I think I finally have it ready to go. Time for a test.

Posted by Bryan @ 4:02 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (1) | # | TrackBack (0)

TODO:
There are many things still to be done before metaBlog is ready for a beta release. The following is a list of some of those things:

• Archival of entries.
• Permalinks.
• Edit link from your entries to your admin area (when logged in).
• Rewrite of stored procedures to honor the expiration date of entries.
• Write code to ping Weblogs.com when there is an update.
• Blog management.
• User management.
• Category Management.

There is much more, but this should keep me busy for a bit.

Posted by Bryan @ 9:49 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (2) | # | TrackBack (0)

RSS Feed Update Service
A service is now running on the server that will update all subscriptions every 60 minutes.

Of course users can still update individual subscriptions at anytime by simply clicking the "Update" link.

sle...zzz...e.....zzz...zzz...p...zzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by Bryan @ 2:00 AM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (1) | # | TrackBack (0)

RSS Feed Aggregating
Users are now able to aggregate and view RSS Feeds in metaBlog. Now if I can only finish the rest of metaBlog so that users can actually use it.

Posted by Bryan @ 2:14 PM | Filed Under metaBlog News | Comments (0) | # | TrackBack (0)

News, News, News
Here at metaApps, I desperately need to get some rest, but no, I continue coding on. My desire is to build the best possible application that I can.

Tonight I've been busy adding in news aggregation which will allow you, the user, to add your favorite rss feeds for aggregating from the admin area of your metaBlog. Make sense? Ok, then I will go to sleep and explain away later.

Just trust that you will like this feature.

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