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ASP.NET DropDownList with Custom Paging

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Very cool post that shows how to page through an ASP.NET DropDownList control as if it were a GridView control

Showing beautiful message boxes in Asp.Net web forms using JQuery Impr

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:20:39 GMT

Impromptu is an excellent JQuery plug-in to show beautiful message boxes in web forms. It can be used to make any kind of message boxes such as alerts, confirm boxes, prompts, popup login boxes, popup input wizards etc. Even though the plug in is easy to use in static HTML, its not straight forward to use confirm messages for Asp.Net submit buttons or link buttons. This article explains how to make it work with Asp.Net

Retrieving Twitter Updates with ASP.NET

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:54:47 GMT

In this tutorial, we will learn how to retrieve Twitter status updates using Twitter API and ASP.NET. We will develop code that encapsulates calls to Twitter API and provides easy to use .NET classes to retrieve Twitter status updates, programmatically. We will demonstrate the code by developing an ASP.NET control that uses these .NET classes to retrieve and display Twitter status updates on our website.

10 Best Libraries for generating PDF Files

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:16:17 GMT

Today we are presenting collection of 10 best libraries for generating PDF files.

5 Useful SQL Server Scripts

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:01:05 GMT

Collection of 5 useful scripts for SQL Server.

10 C# Shorthands that improve productivity

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:46:02 GMT

One of the best things about C# is that as the language and libraries expand thought is put into keeping things readable. Below I have listed 10 shorthands that you can use to make your code tighter and less wordy. No doubt you know one or more already - but do you currently use all ten of them ?

C# String Generator

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:21:13 GMT

Write a flexible C# random string generator without complex algorithms. Useful for things such as random password generators.

Populate SubSonic DropDown with Distinct Values

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:13:22 GMT

A good way to write a distinct query with Subsonic

SQL Server Five methods converting rows to columns

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:16:03 GMT

Five methods converting rows to columns

Implement Watermark Effect in Asp.NET Textbox Using JavaScript

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:56:28 GMT

Noticed the watermark implemented in custom google search TextBox, like one in the right side of this page (under heading Search asp.net, C#, oracle, SQL Server related tips and solutions)? I am showing the simple and meaningful watermark implementation of a textbox in asp.net web page in this tipsticle (tips + article).

Regular Expressions in C# - Practical Usage

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:31:47 GMT

This post touches on four major regular expression subjects: 1. String Comparison - does a string contain a particular sub-string? 2. Splitting a string into segments - we will take an IPv4 address and retrieve its dotted components 3. Replacement - modifying an input string 4. Stricter input validation - how to harden your expressions.

Dynamically 301 Redirect 404 Page Not Found In ASP.NET

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:34:31 GMT

I have been building our new content management system, and I knew that our first site to be using it would need have a lot of pages 301 redirected as we are going to change the file structure and pages names (And the old site has has a lot of SEO done). So I thought it would be a great 'Admin Tool' to be able to add the old and new pages into a table and if a 404 was served (One of the old pages) check against the pages in the database and 301 redirect the page to the new one.

6 SEO Tips For ASP.NET URL's

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:31:55 GMT

If you are building a new ASP.NET application, SEO has become a big factor in how you plan the structure / code of the site. But quite an important part of the site which are often overlooked are the URL's, and a lot of people do the basics which I'll show below but there are a few common things people tend to miss or never thought could be a problem...

Asp.Net AJAX Poll using JQuery - A complete implementation with Admin

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:56:29 GMT

In this blog post am going to explain how to develop an animated Asp.Net AJAX poll system using JQuery. The system will have a back-end (admin part) to add and manage polls.

12+ open source projects for .NET you probably didn't know about.

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:01:02 GMT

Here's a few of the better .NET open source projects which are making a difference to .NET developers worldwide, and it just shows that the open source .NET community is alive and well.

Programmatically Setting the Default Button of a Textbox

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:11:42 GMT

Programmatically Setting the 'Default Button' of a Textbox in ASP.NET from CraigW Blog

Sample data for any application

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:32:33 GMT

Blog post about a tool for generating sample data in a user defined format

23 amazing JQuery Photo/Gallery Plugins

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:01:03 GMT

A collection of 23 JQuery Plugins to prepare your site for the use of photos.

15 Most Interesting jQuery Tutorials

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:01:04 GMT

This time we collected the most interesting jQuery tutorials.

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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:16:08 GMT

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Integrating FCKeditor in ASP.Net Websites - Part 1

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:45:37 GMT

In Part 1, we will see more about integrating and using the FCKeditor in ASP.Net with some basic customization. Part 2, we will discuss about more customization and client side interaction when we use FCKeditor.

Joining "IE6: Do NOT want!" campaign

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:01:16 GMT

IE6 users are still too many... it started with a tweet from a Norwegian web developer, and spread like fire across Europe. Joining the campaign is easy: just add a few lines of code to your site or blog. In this post is how to do it and a little more of background on how to do it.

Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for natural DateTime operations

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:16:02 GMT

FluentDateTime is a open source library of Ruby inspired C# Extension Methods for easier and more natural DateTime handling and operations in .NET that allows you to write code like this: DateTime.Now + 1.Week() + 3.Days + 14.Minutes(); 3.Days().Ago(); 5.Days().After(new DateTime(2000, 1, 1)); DateTime.Now.NextDay(); DateTime.Now.WeekAfter(); DateTime.Now.Midnight(); DateTime.Now.SetTime(11, 55, 0);

ASP.NET SEO and the Canonical Tag

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:16:13 GMT

Recently, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo announced support for a new canonical tag in an effort to combat duplicate urls (read duplicate content) on websites.

Using Enums in List Controls

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:01:02 GMT

Convert data to and from enums.