Cretze.RO

The Cretze.RO project started sometime in 2002 as a personal project and continues even today. A lot of things changed during this time but website is still here.

Most of the freeware applications presented here were developed as personal tools; from time to time, I try to add more usability to these tools so that anyone can use them, and, in the end, you will see them here. Because I don't have all the time I want for these applications, some of them were transferred to some other guys who can continue their development.

The articles were started as answers to some of the problems me or my friends had in the past and this is the one of the reasons why they are written in Romanian.

Even that in the last couple of years I didn't find enough time for this project, I really hope that in the near future this will change.

Akismet.NET 1.0

Akismet is a hosted web service that saves you time by automatically detecting comment and trackback spam. Brought to you by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com, the Akismet is well known for fighting spam by continually improving their detection algorithm. Akismet.NET is a simple .NET library (one entity, one interface, one validator) that allows you to connect to Akismet in order to validate your comment, trackback, or pingback. The library is distributed through NuNet. It can be installed in your Visual Studio 2010 by using both NuGet Package Manager Window or NuGet Package Manager Console. Even that you can download the NuGet package from this page, I strongly recommend you to use the official NuGet package source. In order to use the Akismet.NET library, first you should register for an API key: https://akismet.com/signup/. The API key is a string of letters and numbers that acts like a username/password, allowing you to login to the Akismet service. You should never give your API key to anyone, as this will give them access to your account. You can get a free (for personal use) API key or a commercial version. Once installed, the Akismet.NET package will create an Akismet.NET in your project's root folder where all the source code will be installed; there are no binaries, or anything else, just the source code files. You can modify these files in any way you want, everything is free. If you want to contribute to the library, just contact me. A full tutorial on how you can use the library you can find here: http://www.cretze.ro/Articles/Details/AkismetNET/.

How to Use Akismet.NET 1.0

This is a beginner tutorial on how to use the Akismet.NET 1.0 library. First it presents general information about the Akismet and the Akismet.NET 1.0, then it shows how can you add the library into the project through the NuGet and integrate it into an existing project. The source is based on .Net Framework 4.0, using Visual Studio 2010; the article is available only in English.