Ugh. It frustrates me how some companies can leave out even the most basic of functionality, like disabling the editing engine so you can edit XML straight like the following shows:

My senior project involves the study of highly extendible systems for the internet, mainly content management systems/solutions. I am building mine in ASP.NET 3.5 on WS2008, SQL2008 and .NET 3.5 (which includes WCF). The goal is to build a system that has plug-and-play services and is both quick and easy to use. Today I got the very first part of this system up and running and can be reached at jsedlak.homedns.org.

There is a lot of work to be done, but the base code (being built into FGF) is coming along very nicely. Once I can figure out security, the project should simply expand exponentially provided I have the time (ugh!). The two main [sub]projects here are FGDN (Focused Games Developer Network) and a simple CMS similar to that of WordPress, SharePoint, et al. The first is designed to allow users to submit bugs, feature requests, etc. easily much like Microsoft’s Connect. The latter is pretty self explanatory.

Because I am building this all as one interconnected solution, I have also started working on the idea that users that exist in Vodka [may] have access to many other parts of Focused Games. Primarily this means FGDN but also the SVN repositories. A user (you) can apply for access to one or more of the repositories I currently use for my source code. Once you are accepted, you are also connected to any other Vodka service I create. Pretty nifty, eh?