Ramseur's Rainbow Portal 2.0 Blog

I would like to devote this blog entry to the amazing devs at Phalanger. They have made a solid framework to allow any PHP 4 ( yeah pretty much any app in php) to be compiled into MSIL. Translation, you can take your fav apps that you wish were in .NET and make them in .NET. Read More...

Ive been trying to think of something cool to integrate with Google. I chose google Analytics just as a test and plan to do something with the mapping/searching APIs. Within 10 minutes, I had google analytics on all my Rainbow 2.0 sites. Google doesnt like aspx [ cant blame em], so their verification process doesnt work. However, in 24 hours I started getting data. Below are some screen shots that show the ease of install. Read More...

I just grabbed the new 1.5. I havent tested it on 1.1 but it looks pretty promising with a ton of new features. I managed to compile it on the 2.0 framework but it stil had the same issue as before. For some reason the themes/skins/images dont load. The raw functionality is working but I'll have to play with it to get it working. Read More...

I just recently played with CruiseControl.NET and decided to use it in future releases [ starting in two weeks..maybe sooner] for Rainbow Portal 2.0. Long story short, CCNET allows for agile integration development and is prime for open source projects. Read More...

Well today I downloaded IBATIS and converted the .NET 1.1 version to 2.0 as I couldnt find one. I then noticed that the reference to nihibernate was missing in Ibatis.Extensions. HMMMMM interesting...... Nhibernate being used INSIDE Ibatis. Read More...

ProntoWiki was developed in VWD [ ASP.NET 2.0] and uses ASPNETDB membership by default. I like that it has permissions and a decent user support. It also uses master pages and we all know what that means : AJAX!! Read More...

I am in the hunt for a 2.0 open source wiki or at leas a solid 1.1 . I looked around for about 3-4 hours last night and tried a few. I was able to convert FlexWiki to 2.0 without too much trouble. I am currently looking into the features. Right of the back, I dont like the UI and I want more of a user system for full collaboration. With these open source third party web app modules, I want to give rainbow more applications it needs. Read More...

As I wait for the bug fix .NET 1.1 release of SubText from Phil Haack , Id thought I would see how easy it is to deploy ajax. In around 5-10 minutes of work, I applied .NET 1.1 version of magic Ajax in some of the operations. Below is a screen shot: Read More...

SubText , an awesome open source blog written in C# by Phil Haack , went final 3/4/2006 for .NET 1.1. What did this mean to me? A cool blog module to replace our current old one in Rainbow 2.0. I had planned to revamp the old rainbow module using joe audette[hope i got the spelling]'s updated version but SubText is an very nice full featured blog module. I am trying to go through all the features and see about the web author ones . We can easily turn this into a module by making a Rainbow entry point. Would be nice to be able to start your own online newspaper in rainbow. Read More...

A user has been in contact with me for getting a new 2.0 version of yaf into rainbow. He has already had success of creating a user control entry point for the web app and runs it like a normal module. He informs me that he is cleaning up the known bugs he found and will be submitting it to me soon. Read More...

Here is a .NET 2.0 converted version of the populare FCK editor. The asp.net 1.1 example was outdated so I converted it to 2.0 and used it inside the Component Module. The have an XHTML option and I am still testing to find out its uses. Read More...

Ive decided I really like this forum. The creator has done a nice job and has been real responsive in my discussions on his forum. The community is also nice in helping. The creator is making progress of his port however the last version wouldnt allow me to get past the new auth scheme he has for 2.0. I keep getting a object not set to a reference. So, I made my own version of his final 1.1 code. Read More...

I grabbed the latest svn of YAF [ a very nice forum I might add ] and converted it to 2.0. After so more searching on the yaf forums, I found that he made another port of yaf [ with different options] and made some improvements. Yaf is really easy to install and I installed it stand alone in about 5 minutes. I also converted Keith Wells' forum module which is used to mount yaf into rainbow portal. My next test is to install the 2.0 forum into a 2.0 rainbow. Below are some screen shots: Read More...

I remembered today that I forgot to convert the forum module. I remembered this because I finished the other modules and this was the only one that actually is a web site within a module. This means that I have to apply Guthrie's web app type which for now is a 10+ step process. I cant wait till they release the type for VWD and all VS 2005 so I can do this with clicks. My plan for the forum module includes : Read More...

This is a good article explaining the richness of Web parts in portal systems. We will 100 percent be adding a web part option [ and I say option as we will not give up on the user control] which will enhance extension of Rainbow 2.0 portal. If you are wondering our roadmap to this feature, please read this article as a sketch. Read More...