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ProjectDistributor - online storage for tools and code snippets

ProjectDistributor is now pretty stable and nearly feature complete for iteration 1.  This application was created as a place to store small or trivial pieces of code.  Either code which was expensive to create - such as a prototype - or code which will be useful again in the future - such as a macro, server control or stored procedure.

It's not that clear on the site "yet", but, there are 2 levels of membership on the site: Users and Groups. 

Users have the ability to login and use their "User Profile" page to store bookmarks to their favourite online tools.  You can view my user profile page here:

    http://markitup.aspxconnection.com/Users/User.aspx?userId=7

Once you are a user you are eligible to create a Group.  You need a Group to upload and manage your own tools and widgets.  If you want a Group just let me know what you'd like the name of your group to be.  I need a GroupName - which will form part of the Url for your landing
page and a GroupFriendlyName which will be used as the display name of your group.  For example, my group is:

    GroupName :    MarkItUp
    GroupFriendlyName :  MarkItUp

And you can see my Groups landing page here:

    http://markitup.aspxconnection.com/Groups/Group.aspx?groupId=3

Groups can actually have multiple users and they can be either private or public, likewise, you can have Projects which are private or public.

One of the major drawcards of the site is the WebServices:

    http://markitup.aspxconnection.com/WebServices/ProjectDistributor.asmx

...these could allow you to potentially host your tools (and their source) on ProjectDistributor and serve them up on your own site via Webservice calls.

If you'd like to host your tools/widgets/etc on ProjectDistributor, create yourself a User account and shoot me an e-mail with your preferred Group details and I'll set it straight up for you.

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