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Extensions

Here's a list of extensions that you can download and implement into your own BlogEngine.NET installation. Thanks goes to Paul Tumelty for collecting this list and sharing with it us.

Embedded Media Extensions

Slideshow Photo Gallery - Silverlight based Photo Gallery
Lightbox Extension - Integrates the Lightbox Javascript Library into BlogEngine.NET
Thumbnailer Extension - Automatically generates thumbnails of images embedded in posts/pages
Flash MP3 Player - Allows you to embed a small flash movie to play mp3s on your blog
Odiogo - Add voice to your site
YouTube Plugin - Add YouTube videos into posts
FLV Flash Player - Embed FLV files into posts
Random Image Control - Displays a random image from a given directory
Gallery User Control - Automatically generate thumbnails of images in a folder and build a table to show them
Photo Gallery Project - Project to bring a full PhotoGallery subsystem into BlogEngine.NET (in progress)
Silverlight Slideshow - Silverlight based slideshow control
Silverlight Player Extension - Embed Silverlight movies into posts
Alternative Lightbox Extension - Another Lightbox extensions for BlogEngine.NET

Navigational Extensions

Historical Breadcrumbs - Shows the last few pages visited
Hierarchical Breadcrumb Extension - Shows the user where they are on your blog
Menu User Control - Allows you to configure hierarchical menus that can link to pages/posts
Random Post Link Generator - Generates a link to a random post from your blog

Sydication/Social Bookmarking Extensions

Social Bookmarking Extension - Enables you to add links to all of the major social bookmarking sites
FeedFlare Plugin - Something to do with FeedFlare (in Italian!)
DotNet Kicks Button - Submit a blog entry to DotNetKicks
SIOC Implementation for BlogEngine.Net - SIOC for BlogEngine.NET. SIOC (Semantically-Interconnected Online Communities) is an extension of RDF which goes beyond RSS in that it describes not only the content of a website, but the connections between site content, users on the site, and other websites.
DotNetKicks Button Extension for BlogEngine.Net - Generates a "Kick It" button to submit the post to DotNetKicks
Updated DotNetKicks Button - Enhanced DotNetKicks Extension

Statistical Extensions

Counter Extension - Counts file downloads
Top Commenters Extension - Shows who the top commenters are on your blog
Google Tracker Extension - Insert the Google Tracker information for Analytics
Click Tracker - Track clicks to external websites from your blog
Simple Counter Extension (Al Nyveldt) - Count hits for downloads
File Download Tracker (Chris Blakenship) - Another File Download Tracker
Page Load Time Control - Shows how long it took to render the page

Anti-Spam Extensions

Akismet Anti Spam - Get rid of Comment Spam
SpamFighter - Block spam in comments

Theme Widgets

Quote of the Day Widget - Widget enabling storage and display of Quotes of the Day
Stock Quotes Widget - Widget which enables Stock Quotes to be displayed on your blog

Hyperlink Extensions

Toolbox Extension - Allows you to build lists of resources which can easily be referenced via blog posts, or displayed in a list (This page is built using this!)
Wikipedia Plugin - Allows creation of links to terms in Wikipedia (site in Italian)
QuickLinks - Automatically create hyperlinks from keywords
QuickerLinks - Enhanced version of QuickLinks
Snap Links Extension - Provide thumbnail previews of Links
ShortLink Extension - Create shortcuts from small text snippets

Administration Extensions

Comment Relish - Send users that comment a welcome message after their first comment
My Profile Extension - Allows an admin to modify details for themselves
Encrypt Web.Config Extension for BlogEngine.Net - Encrypts Web.Config
Artmel XML Membership with BlogEngine 1.3 - Use the Artem XML Membership provider after upgrading to BlogEngine.Net v1.3

Input Extensions

Comment Toolbar Extension - Enables additional options for people commenting on posts
BBCode Toolbar Extension - Enables additional BBCode options for commenters
BBCode Extension - Wiki Syntax for comments
TextFormatter - Wiki syntax in posts
Syntax Highlighting - Make code samples look nice with the Syntax Highlighter
Smilies Extension - Replace similies text with smilies ;)

Miscellaneous Extensions

WoW Tooltip Extension - Replaces tags with details of WoW characters
Xbox Gamercard Extension - Allows you to embed your xbox or xbox live gamercard into a blog post/page
Windows Live Writer: Copy code to clipboard - A nice way to display code and make it easily available

You can find even more extensions at the BlogEngine.NET Extensions CodePlex site.

If you have written an extension, then please contact us so we can add a link to it from this page.

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