Dave Burke : Freelance .NET Web Developer specializing in Online Communities

7/5/2008 6:24:36 PM Permalink

There's a nice easter egg when you click the infomation icon

BTW, how do you find the integration of GalleryPro and WLW (assuming you use WLW)?

I'm not impressed with the latest CS and what it does for thumbnail images of existing posts and for writting new posts. It's a big step backward (in the broken direction).

Rory Primrose |

7/5/2008 8:23:43 PM Permalink

Rory, Great to hear from you.  Easter Egg?  You mean the "view info about this media object" and the blank popup?  That's actually very rich if you use it, which I'm not.  I should disable it. Thanks for mentioning it.  Here's a sample from Ken Martin's demo site where it's used as it should be.

www.galleryserverpro.com/.../default.aspx

I need to come up with something for integration with WLW.  GSP stores full, medium and thumbnail images in a category folder by folder name and image name.  You can direct link to them as I did with the thumbnails in this post, but it screams for an add-on.  All the pieces are there, it's just typing it out.

I start a big CS2008 project later this month.  I have a feeling I'll be singing in the same row of the chorus as you, Rory.

Dave Burke |

7/5/2008 11:25:54 PM Permalink

Hey Dave,

Thanks for your BE.Net posts BTW. They have been very interesting.

Hmmm, maybe you see something different. I see the result of alert('True'); when I click the info button.

I have been really happy with CS until now. I think it will take me a lot of work to get the site back to displaying images in posts they way it used to. Oh well....

I've been very interested in the BE.Net migration you did. I think I will wait until they have an integrated gallery though.

Rory Primrose |

7/6/2008 1:49:27 PM Permalink

Rory,

Thanks for the additional info on the "Easter Egg."  Another reason to get rid of the icon.

The CS to BE.NET migration was super easy.  I need to get off my butt and put my SQL migration script online.

There's a BE Photo project on CodePlex, but its a dead-end move since it wasn't designed into BE.NET's architecture (lots of provider changes) making upgrades impossible.

Here's a screenshot if you're interested.  You'll probably see it again if I ever write the post I plan titled "How NOT to design an Open Source Add-in."

http://dbvt.com/x/blog/2008/bephoto0706.jpg

Cheers!

Dave Burke |

7/11/2008 2:29:02 AM Permalink

Dave,
I'm in the same Chorus line as yourself and Rory. I have a CS migration candidate waiting for your two Blog Posts titled: "GalleryServerPro & BE.NET integration for dummies" and "CS > BE migration script". I'm sure I'm not the only one eagerly awaiting these top-topics. Great stuff.
Nick

Nick Harrington |

7/11/2008 7:22:22 AM Permalink

Nick,  I will be delighted to give an assist to one of my favorite Brits.  Still on vacation so consumption is high and production is low, but both will be in the queue for next week.  Thanks for the explicit reminder and don't forget to ping me if specific issues arise.

Dave Burke |