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  • Rebuilding CoasterBuzz, Part III: The architecture using the

    Rebuilding CoasterBuzz, Part III: The architecture using the "Web stack of love"

    Apr 12
    03

    This is the third post in a series about rebuilding one of my Web sites, which has been around for 12 years. I hope to relaunch in the next month or two. More: Part I: Evolution, and death to WCF Part II: Hot data objects I finally hit a point in the re-do of CoasterBuzz where I feel like the major pieces are in place... rewritten, ported and what not, so that I can focus now on front-end design and more interesting creative problems. I've been asked on more than one occasion (OK, just...

  • The MVC3 special sauce in POP Forums

    The MVC3 special sauce in POP Forums

    Jan 11
    24

    I was chatting with a friend about why, as much as I would rather not rewrite POP Forums for the bazillionth time, it has actually been a lot of fun, and smooth sailing on MVC. If you haven't been playing along at home, POP Forums is the forum app that I've been maintaining now since the days of ASP.old, in sites like CoasterBuzz. In late 2009, I decided I'd rewrite it from the ground up as an MVC app, but it was slow going after the birth of my child. But when I did find time to write code, e...

  • POP Forums v9 Beta 1 for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    POP Forums v9 Beta 1 for ASP.NET MVC 3 posted to CodePlex!

    Jan 11
    14

    As promised, I posted a beta build of my forum app for ASP.NET MVC 3. Get the new goodies here: http://popforums.codeplex.com/releases/view/58228 This is the first beta for the ASP.NET MVC 3 version of POP Forums. It is nearly feature complete, and ready for testing and feedback. For previous release notes, look here, here and here. Check out the live preview: http://preview.popforums.com/Forums Setup instructions are on the home page of this project. The new hotness in the beta, or what h...

  • July preview of POP Forums v9 for ASP.NET MVC3 posted to CodePlex

    July preview of POP Forums v9 for ASP.NET MVC3 posted to CodePlex

    Sep 10
    01

    Here it is, the third preview release of POP Forums v9. It's starting to smell like a real application now. New since the last release: Text parsing of HTML and "forum code" Dropped in TinyMCE text editor (still needs some customization and option for plain text) Security logging User profiled editing, for the users and admins, including avatar and photo uploads Admin pages for most of the forum settings, including category and forum management E-mail confirmation for new accounts, with ...

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