ASP.NET: Add a Rich Text Editor on your Website

If you need a Rich Text Editor on your ASP.NET website there's some good news for you. Kannan Sundararajan has written a Rich Text Editor control which you can directly use on your website.



The control comes with loads of features which include font styling, emoticons, code blocks and clipboard support. It also enables you to view the html code generated by the editor. You can read more about its features here.

The source-code of the control is shared and is available on CodePlex. Also, view the live demo of the RTE control.

Its a superb control to use with forums, blogs or content management applications. Just add the control to your page and give your users this cool interface.

Orkut Diwali Layout

Orkut has a special layout this Diwali. The layout could be changed by clicking on the Happy Diwali link near the 'logout' at top-right corner. Here's how my orkut home page looks this Diwali:


Looks good, right? See, what was special at Orkut on Diwali in 2006.

I wish all my blog readers,

Happy & Prosperous Diwali

Convert docx files to doc Online

You just got an email with a .docx file, which runs on Word 2007 but you don't have it installed on your PC. Here's a solution for you.

Zamar is a free online file conversion utility which allows you to convert .docx files to .doc files. It also supports interconversion of many other file formats for images, documents, music and videos. Your file is converted in 3 easy steps. Browse the file you want to convert, select the new format and enter your email address. A link for your converted file would be sent to your mailbox within seconds.

But caution, don't upload any confidential documents as your document is stored on the server and is accessible to any person having the link of the document.

If you want to add support for Office 2007 file formats for your existing Office 2003, you can download the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack.