In my time of developing apps, I love YAF and would
love to see more development for it. So in helping out with the Forum,
I wanted to contribute and I imagine I will be working on more controls
later down the road for YAF.
I built these controls for the third party application I host at Utopiapimp.com. It is used for the online game at Utopia.Swirve.com. Its a GREAT game which challenges your intellect. It is completely text based so requires a lot of thinking. If you ever decided to give it a try, look me up. Im around the game and the site. I am hooked on it.
In using these controls, I ask that you help out with YAF. Not just in downloading these controls, but building your own stuff!
To YAF/Control Developers:
There are two problems with these controls. I am using LINQ as a segway
with connecting to the database. So if you would like to do something
different, please replace the "DataContexts" with something else for
connecting to the database. Along with the Execute Query part needs to
be replaced as well.
THE OTHER PROBLEM: YAF URL Re-directions STINK.
They just don't work outside the forum. So if your posting any of this
on a page other than the default page, the page needs to be replaced
with the default page.
To All other control users: These
controls can either be spit out as tables or Lists. Go to the code
behind and comment out the Table, but by default it displays the list.
Attrributes:
1. PostCount: Default = 10, but can be set to anything.
2. BoardName: Default is no board name. Its just all boards, but can be set to any board name.
3. Class: This is the CSSClass.
4. Row class and alternating Class can be un-commented and implemented on each control.
Here are the controls.
Put these controls into the forum/controls folder and drag and drop them anywhere on the site.
TopPosts.zip (1.67 kb)
LatestPosts.zip (1.79 kb)
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I must say that I was a bit skeptical about what Microsoft could offer compared to Dundes Charts when they brought out their new charting controls at PDC 2008. I was not able to attend, but I had to just go take a look at the control and I must say after seeing the sample gallery, I was BLOWN away! I have included all screenshots that came with the sample website so that you can also see what's going on with this control. I was utterly impressed and you will be too.
I would like to ask for two more types of charts to be added.
The Speedometer - I would like to see a speedometer type chart added. This chart will have a radial type chart that has measurements set by the user. Kind of like a Miles Per Hour setting. The long stick inside of the speedometer will be calibrated by how much data there is. Also, there should be allowance for an infinite amount of sticks to be added to one speedometer. The Sticks should be able to change color depending on how high each item is pacing. So to put it in terms of a car, I have a car which has 1 speedometer and it has 4 sticks inside the speedometer. It allows me to set the MPH rating inside and each stick is for each tire spinning on the car. The stick turns red if the stick is over a certain predefined mark. So what about it? This chart would probably fall under the Circular charts.
The Unknown Chart Name - This chart is a bit harder to explain and can only be expressed visually, but here it goes. First off it would be radial/Circular. It will have a status for a separate entity of a system. When the system states all items are clear, it will show bubbles in an all green, formatted in a triangle form. When very little of the operations are working, it will show a much small triangle formed red blimp. I made a crude drawing of what I am talking about below. Each entity is attached to a triangle inside the circle. When all is well, the circle should be completely green. When the status is below level, they should start to turn red. This allows you to look over the status of a system very fast and efficiently. Each bubble and each triangle should allow for a drill down to see what's going on.
The next question is where can I suggest more charts? Anyone got an answer?
All of these charts are TOO beautiful. I want to tell Microsoft and Dundes they did a GREAT job! Each chart allows for ToolTips, DrillDowns, Hover Over Texts and much more.
To Download: Charts are Here
Dundes Charts V.S. Microsoft .NET Charts
Area Charts
Bar Column Charts
Circular Charts
Combination Charts
Financial Charts
Line Charts
Pie Donut Charts
Point Charts
Price Range Charts
Pyramid Charts
Range Charts
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