New version of SUB
Categories
I'm currently right in the middle of preparing a new release of SUB and I should have the source code up on ProjectDistributor later tonight. If you are running an existing build of SUB remember from yesterdays post that the XML index files that used to live in the \data folder now live in the \App_Data folder although all of the post content folders still live under the old \data path.
I just wanted to mention three of the new features that I've added in this release that I'm real happy with.
1) Posts Archive Web Part
If you look on my website you will notice that, on the left side of the page there is now a web part that lists each month and shows how many posts exist for the month. Clicking on a month takes you to a new page which displays the entries for that month.
2) OPML Web Part
Take a look at the following image:
This is a web part that allows you to specify the URL of an OPML feed and an optional path to an XSLT and then displays a list of all of the bloggers on the OPML.
3) Catalog Dialog
Take a look at the following image:
The pop-up window that you can see with three tabs is called the CatalogDialog. Basically, this is a Catalog Gallery that reads a list of web parts from an XML configuration file and displays them within a category. You launch the CatalogDialog by clicking a button which is rendered at the head of each WebPartZone if you are authenticated. When you click on one of the web part links in the CatalogDialog that web part is added to the zone in the main window that you launched the CatalogDialog from.
Because this feature reads from an XML configuration file you can easily upload assemblies that contain web parts and then add a configuration entry to have web parts that are in the assembly that you uploaded appear within the catalog. This makes it extremely easy to add your own web parts without having to redeploy the site.
I created the CatalogDialog for the WebParts book that I'm currently writing and which will be finished next month!