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Practical guides on adding chat, live support, messaging, and rich text editing to ASP.NET and classic ASP applications, from the team that has shipped web components since 2003.
ASP.NET Chat
7 min readHow to Add a Chat Room to an ASP.NET Website
Learn how to add real-time chat rooms to an ASP.NET website: your options, what to look for, and how a self-hosted chat server keeps data and moderation in your control.
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Rich Text Editing
8 min readChoosing a WYSIWYG HTML Editor for ASP.NET
A buyer's guide to choosing a WYSIWYG HTML editor for ASP.NET: clean output, security, accessibility, image handling, and fitting the editor into your existing forms.
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Chat & Messaging
6 min readLive Chat vs. Web Messenger: Which Does Your Site Need?
Live support chat, chat rooms, and private web messaging solve different problems. Learn the difference and how to choose the right real-time tool for your ASP.NET site.
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Live Support
7 min readSelf-Hosted vs. SaaS Live Chat: Ownership, Cost, and Control
Self-hosted vs. SaaS live chat compared on data ownership, cost over time, customization, and compliance — so you can pick the model that fits your site for the long run.
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Live Support
6 min readHow to Add Live Chat Support to Your Website
A step-by-step guide to adding live chat support to your website: place the widget, connect operators, set proactive rules, and measure impact — with a self-hosted option for ASP.NET.
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ASP.NET Chat
7 min readModerating Online Chat Rooms: Tools and Best Practices
Practical moderation for online chat rooms: the controls you need (kick, ban, mute, approval), clear community rules, and a workflow that keeps rooms safe and welcoming.
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Rich Text Editing
6 min readReplacing an ASP.NET TextBox with a Rich HTML Editor
How to replace a plain ASP.NET TextBox with a WYSIWYG HTML editor: preserve postback and validation, sanitize output on the server, and give authors real formatting tools.
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Live Support
6 min readReduce Support Costs with Proactive Live Chat
Proactive live chat lifts conversion and deflects support tickets at the same time. Learn how to trigger invitations well, staff them, and measure the payback.
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Rich Text Editing
6 min readCleaning Word HTML When Users Paste Into an Editor
Why pasting from Microsoft Word produces messy HTML, what it does to your content, and how a good ASP.NET editor cleans pasted markup into semantic, storable HTML.
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ASP.NET Chat
6 min readHow to Embed a Chat Room Into an Existing ASP.NET Page
A guide to embedding a live chat room inside an existing ASP.NET page: placement, authentication, sizing, and moderation, with a self-hosted component that drops in.
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Rich Text Editing
6 min readAdding a Rich HTML Editor to a Classic ASP Site
How to add a modern WYSIWYG HTML editor to a classic ASP site: replace textareas with rich editing, handle output safely, and modernize content forms without a rewrite.
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Rich Text Editing
6 min readHandling Image Uploads in an ASP.NET HTML Editor
How to handle image uploads in an ASP.NET WYSIWYG editor: where to store files, keeping URLs predictable, validating uploads, and giving authors a smooth insert experience.
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