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Facebook Authentication Provider for DotNetNuke.

2011-03-20T22:33:00.000-07:00

We are 90% done with our DotNetNuke Facebook Authentication Provider.

Hopefully this will be included in the next release of VivoSocial.

Profanity Filter

2010-08-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Soon vivosocial will have a Profanity Filter Feature.

We are still fine tunning this cool new addition, hopefully it will be out in the next release.

Accordning to Wikipedia
A swear filter, also known as a profanity filter or language filter is a software subsystem which modifies text to remove words deemed offensive by the administrator or community of an online forum. Swear filters are common in custom-programmed chat rooms and online video games, primarily MMORPGs. This is not to be confused with content filtering, which is usually built into internet browsing programs by third-party developers to filter or block specific websites or types of websites. Swear filters are usually created or implemented by the developers of the Internet service. Read more...

HowTo: Insert Item to Dotnetnuke Braidcrumbs

2010-07-10T09:16:00.001-07:00

Dim objCrumb As New TabInfo()  
objCrumb.TabID = Null.NullInteger
objCrumb.TabName = "Test"  
objCrumb.Url = "Your URL"
PortalSettings.ActiveTab.BreadCrumbs.Add(objCrumb)

The code above will insert a test link on your DotNetNuke BraidCrumb SkinObject.

HTH

VivoSocial jQuery UI Theme

2010-05-29T18:08:00.001-07:00

Soon we will have an option to set Theme for jQuery UI Plugins used inside vivo social modules.

Control Panel

Smoothness

Dark Hive

Pepper Grinder

DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL() Inside DotNetNuke Scheduler

2010-04-08T01:05:00.001-07:00

I need to call this very usefull function of DNN from my Scheduler Class but I always get the following error.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object., stack at DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL(Int32 TabID, Boolean IsSuperTab, PortalSettings settings, String ControlKey, String Language, String[] AdditionalParameters) at DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL(Int32 TabID, Boolean IsSuperTab, PortalSettings settings, String ControlKey, String[] AdditionalParameters) at DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL(Int32 TabID, PortalSettings settings, String ControlKey, String[].....

For now I have no idea whats happening, I have already post an entry in this very old thread in DotNetNuke Forum and hopefully somebody can share there solution.

I will keep digging on this one, Once I have a solution I will add a comment on this post.

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Upgrade DNN Label Control

2010-03-21T04:52:00.001-07:00

This script will upgrade the look and feel of DotNetNuke label control. Instead of hiding/showing the help element of the label it will show it as tooltip using jQuery Tools Tooltip. Its pretty cool, you can even add some fancy style to your tooltip window. Copy the script below to your page, Be it in skin, Header/Footer setting of your module or anywhere you want. Then hover in any of the ? icon beside your label and see the difference.

I have no running sample for now, but I will update this post as soon as i got one.

Thanks,
v

Error loading Windows Live Writer

2010-02-09T01:06:00.001-08:00

While working on one of my project that supports MetaWeblog Api I encounter an issue with Windows Live Writer. After an error occur from our server, I can no longer open Windows Live Writer all i see is the splash screen then it will close. I deleted every thing that is related to Live Writer from my PC, from temporary files to post files, even uninstalled and reinstall everything in Windows Live Essentials with no luck.

After googling for a lot of keyword combination I came into Ning Zhang’s blog and it gives me an idea where to look for additional information about Live Writer in the registry. Then I found out that the issue is with the URI of the latest blog I have open. It looks something like the one below.

http://localhost:1234/vivosocial/Blog/tabid/120/Default.aspx

This is a valid URL when you are running ASP.Net Development Server, However if the Server is close the URL will no longer work. Maybe that is why Live Writer keeps closing because it can’t resolve the URL or Maybe it is because of the colon “:” in the URL. I am not sure but I am just thankful that I will be able to continue working with my project again...

Facebook Live Writer Plugin

2010-01-25T21:38:00.001-08:00

I have been exploring Windows Live Writer to update the contents of my blog and some metaweblog sites, and notice that there are some cool plug-in you can install to help you with contents, customization and a lot of stuff.... from pictures, videos, maps etc.

As a developer I decided to explore more and see if I can build one myself. With help from the samples inside Writer Tech Preview SDK I was able to create a plug-in that will Prompt you to share a link on your Facebook Profile whenever you publish a new post.

This is a quick project so for sure its not bug free and also needs a lot of improvements.

Try this plug-in download installer here.
For developers download source here.

Next Updates... Url shortener(bit.ly or tinyutl) support Custom content format

Simple Color Picker - a jQuery color picker control

2010-01-11T19:03:00.001-08:00

It's been a while since I build this small plugin for jQuery, While browsing through my files I try to see if this plugin still works with the latest version of jQuery which is 1.3.2 and it did. I have updated the sample and change the file names so it is easy to recognize. I also move the downloads to my google site, Download here.

Focus on the input box below or click on the box next to the control to show color picker.

Basic Sample


jQuery(function($) {

   $("#vtrColorPicker").attachColorPicker();

});

Change Background


jQuery(function($) {

   $("#vtrColorPicker1").attachColorPicker();

   $("#vtrColorPicker1").change(function() {

   $("#content-wrapper").css("background-color",$("#vtrColorPicker1").getValue());

});

Auto hide element using jQuery

2009-12-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

If you are looking for a way to hide any segment of your page automatically after a given time then you are in the right place. All you have to do is insert the script file provided from this post and add ID and AutoHide attribute to your HTML element.

Script

Demo

This part will be hidden in 500 milliseconds.

This part will be hidden in 1 second.

This part will be hidden in 3 seconds.

This part will be hidden in 5 seconds.

Refresh page to view again. Click here to download the script.

Calling a custom database function in WHERE part of your entity

2009-08-31T00:34:00.000-07:00

I have encountered a need to call a custom database function in WHERE part of the entity using entityspaces(2008.x.x) which does not support Raw SQL Injection Everywhere.

I have searched everywhere and posted inquiries in the friendly ES forum but theres no luck.

This task can be done easily using stored procedure but I wanted to use ES for I have other filters, join and grouping, all of this are already in place except for the part where I need to call the function.

Now LastQuery to the rescue, this property contains nothing until you make the query, so the idea is to call the query making sure that only one or zero record will be return then use the value of LastQuery to construct a new SQL Query/Statement with the datase function in it to be use in our entity custom load. I am not sure if this is a good practice but I works for me. See the code below.


' Make sure we only have one record for this load

Dim esqUsers As New UserCollectionQuery("uv")

esqUsers.es.Top = 1

esqUsers.es.PageSize = 10

esqUsers.es.PageNumber = _PageNumber



' this part will give us an entry point for insertion of call to our custom database function it will generate this string "uv.[UserID] IN ('-2')"

esqUsers.Where(esqUsers.UserID.OP(esWhereOperand.In, "-2".Split("!"c)))



' more filters, join and grouping here.



' Make the call so we can generate the LastQuery

esUsers = New UserCollection

esUsers.Load(esqUsers)



' Get last query

Dim strLastQuery As String = esqUsers.es.LastQuery

' Insert the call to the function

strLastQuery = strLastQuery.Replace("uv.[UserID] IN ('-2')", "database function & params")



' Make sure we have the data

strLastQuery = strLastQuery.Replace("TOP 1", "")



' You also need to update some parameters if needed.



' Now we call our custom load 

esUsers.CustomLoad(strLastQuery)

The custom load function is very simple, see below:


Public Function CustomLoad(ByVal sSQL As String) As UserCollection

            MyBase.Load(esQueryType.Text, sSQL)

            Return Me

        End Function

HTH

Grouping radio buttons the jQuery way.

2009-08-14T02:36:00.000-07:00

I figured I’d share how to handle grouping of radio butons using jQuery.
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Favorite:
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Users:
admin
vreboton
gabie

Groups:
Subscribers
Managers
Guest

All you need to do is use the same value for the GroupName attribute of your radio buttons.


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Green

Blue

Then insert the script below into your page:


<script language="javascript" src="http://vreboton.googlepages.com/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>

<script language="javascript" src="http://vreboton.googlepages.com/jquery.vreboton.UniqueRadioButton.js"></script>

Check if a table exist using EntitySpaces in DotNetNuke

2009-07-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

Using esUtility ExecuteScalar method the function(VB.Net) below given the table name will return true if the table exist in the database otherwise it will return false.


Public Shared Function TableExist(ByVal tableName As String) As Boolean

	Dim strSQL As String = "SELECT Count(*) FROM dbo.sysobjects WHERE id = object_id(N'{databaseOwner}[{objectQualifier}" & tableName & "]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsTable') = 1"

	strSQL = strSQL.Replace("{databaseOwner}", DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetDataBaseOwner())

	strSQL = strSQL.Replace("{objectQualifier}", DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities.Config.GetObjectQualifer())



	Dim util As New esUtility()

	If util.ExecuteScalar(esQueryType.Text, strsql) > 0 Then

		Return True

	Else

		Return False

	End If

End Function

Make sure your Javascripts are in the proper location in DotNetNuke

2009-07-16T03:44:00.000-07:00

Calling the procedure below in your DotNetNuke module will make sure that your client script will be inserted in the proper place. Which is inside the Head tag.

The Code:

Public Sub InjectClientScript(ByVal page As System.Web.UI.Page, ByVal scriptKey As String, ByVal scriptSrc As String, Optional ByVal scriptValue As String = "") 
    Dim objHead As Control = page.FindControl("Head") 
    If objHead IsNot Nothing Then
        If objHead.FindControl(scriptKey) Is Nothing Then
            Dim jQueryControl As New HtmlGenericControl("script") 
            jQueryControl.ID = scriptKey 
            jQueryControl.Attributes.Add("type", "text/javascript") 
            If scriptValue = "" Then
                jQueryControl.Attributes.Add("src", scriptSrc) 
            Else
                jQueryControl.InnerHtml = scriptValue 
            End If
            objHead.Controls.Add(jQueryControl) 
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Sample:
Inserting a script file;

1.InjectClientScript(page, "jquery.1.3.2.min.js", "/js/jquery.1.3.2.min.js")

Result:

1.<script id="jquery.1.3.2.min.js" type="text/javascript" src="/js/jquery.1.3.2.min.js"></script>

Inserting a plain script;

1.InjectClientScript(page, "jQueryNoConflict", "", "jQuery.noConflict();")

Result:

1.<script id="jQueryNoConflict" type="text/javascript">jQuery.noConflict();</script>

Show element in full screen using jQuery

2009-03-12T05:14:00.001-07:00

While developing a module for Dotnetnuke I encountered a need to show a single element/control in fullscreen. This can be done using a set of complicated codes in the server. However, this can easily be achived in the client using jQuery. The idea is to iterate all the parents of the selected element and hide all their siblings. The code below will do just that.

(function($){

    $.fn.ShowElementInFullScreen = function() {

        return this.each(function(){

            $(this).parents().each(function(i){$(this).siblings().hide()});

        });

    };

})(jQuery);

After inserting the code above to your page you can now call the function using the code below.

jQuery('#YourElementId').ShowElementInFullScreen();

~~I have no public url to demostrate this yet, but I will post as soon as I have one. If you happen to use this code please post a comment with the URL below for others to see how this works.~~

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Thanks,
v