Text-Link-Ads.com VB.Net User Control
Having found a great service for renting link space off my website, I was almost put off by the fact I couldn't plug and play the CSharp User Control provided into my vb.net app. So I decided to rewrite their control in vb and ended up adding some additional functionality.
In this version, I included an option for an xslt file which you can use to control the formatting of the links. Other than the formatting, the control works exactly the same. If you leave out the xslt file reference, the formatting will revert their default formatting. I found this to be very useful since the formatting provided be default isn't that pretty and won't match too many sites. Also getting to the formatting code is kind of a pain if your not familiar with code.
- Copy the Register and UserControl references from the TLA Code Install Wizard (Don't copy the downloadable source files).
- (Optional) add xsltFile="TextLinkAds.xsl" to the UserControl instance to use custom formatting.
- Add the Temporary XML File with the name they request (local_000000.xml).
- Download the VB.Net UserControl & XSLT Style Sheet on the right
I am not readily prepared to support this as it's just a useful chunk of code I
had to rewrite for my own purposes. If however I receive any useful supporting advice
or code, I will post it here. That being said, I would still like any feedback regarding it.
ragingsmurf@gmail.com