Definitive List of BlogEngine.Net Extensions

by sundy 3/1/2008 7:24:00 PM

Total Number of Extensions: 60 - Last Updated 25th February 2008

Extensions that allow media files to be embedded/played in a post or page.

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
Flash Video Player (Enhanced - John Dyer) - Enhanced version of the Flash Video Player Extensions
Alternative YouTube Extension - Converts any links to YouTube movies, into an embedded movie
Podcast Extension - Enables iTunes etc. to find podcasts in your posts

Extensions that make navigation around your blog easier

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

Extensions that allow you to submit blog entries to Social Bookmarking sites

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
Delicious Extension - Publish a new post it add a link to it on your del.icio.us bookmarks
Data Portability Pack (FOAF, SIOC, APML) - Implements the standards currently available for data portability. FOAF: Cross-site friends list keyed to hashed email addres; SIOC: describes links between sites, content, and users; APML: describes interests based on tags and categories.

Extensions that enable you to get stats about your blog

Extensions to blog Spam on your blog

Widgets to add to your blog

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

Extensions which make it easier to link to external sites

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
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

Extensions which help you to manage your site

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
Active Directory Membership Provider for BlogEngine.Net - Use AD for Membership
MySQL Blog Provider for BlogEngine.Net - Allows you to use MySQL as a DB backend

Extensions to convert input into different formats

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 ;)
Windows Live Writer: Copy code to clipboard - A nice way to display code and make it easily available

Other Extensions

WoW Tooltip Extension - Replaces tags with details of World of Warcraft characters
Xbox Live Gamercard Extension - Allows you to embed your xbox or xbox live gamercard into a blog post/page
Search Keyword Highlighter - Highlights keywords if you arrive at a page from a search engine

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