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Setting the DefaultButton property for a PasswordRecovery control

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:05:30 GMT

great how-to on solving an issue with the PasswordRecovery control

Web.NET: Dynamic Rendering of META Description HTML tag

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:24:54 GMT

Article explains how to render META Description HTML tags dynamically on ASP.NET page. Relevant for SEO

Integrated social networking in ASP.NET

Wed, 21 May 2008 17:46:02 GMT

This riff explores how to move all common social networking features of a web application, such as tagging and commenting, to a separate assembly to make them re-usable across all of your projects.

Minify your CSS through Regex

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:16:02 GMT

Decreace the size of your CSS stylesheet through a few simple and easy Regex replacements.

JScript IntelliSense: Working with jQuery

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Looks like the new VS 2008 hotfix will help VS 2008 work better with jQuery. If you haven't checked out jQuery and you are doing web development give it a try and I think you'll be impressed.

New ASP.NET Wiki

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:01:01 GMT

Check out the new ASP.NET wiki for a ton of resources on asp.net. Being a wiki, everyone can contribute so go ahead and give it a whirl! http://wiki.asp.net/

Exploring one of MS AJAX's often overlooked features.

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:16:03 GMT

A closer examination of ASP.NET AJAX's $addHandler function and several real world examples of its use.

URL Rewriting in ASP.NET without using HTTPHandlers or ISAPI.

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:01:02 GMT

How to perform URL Rewriting by writing a custom HTTPModule. This technique even works on shared hosting plans.

Animating ASP.NET AJAX Update Panel Updates

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:01:10 GMT

The ASP.NET AJAX Update Panel simply replaces the panel contents when it updates. In this example we see how we can add some animation to the update.

Speed Up Your Site! 8 ASP.NET Performance Tips

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

Sample chapter from the book "The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology". Many nice tricks to improve the performance of you site/app.

Why I'm switching to Facebook.NET from the Facebook Developer's Toolki

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:31:02 GMT

The Facebook Developer Toolkit, the Microsoft-endorsed .NET library for developing, has caused me nothing but trouble, and now I am switching to Facebook.NET for all of my Facebook application development in ASP.NET.

Different methods for creating partial page updates

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:46:02 GMT

This article compares MS Ajax and the Gaia Web Widgets Framework. Specifically it compares the UpdatePanel and Gaia Web Controls for acheiving partial page updates.

Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tools

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:01:02 GMT

Scott's fantastic list of essential tools updated for 2007

Where are all the cool startups that run on ASP.NET?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

"Sure there are Community Server, MySpace, DotNetKicks and DasBlog; there are all very fine products, but compare them to LAMP, Rails and Java lineup: Digg, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Flickr, Backpack and the Company, Delicious, all the Google Apps, Mint, Meebo, Twitter, Zillow and of course Infinite Cat Project. If you checkout the new startups on TechCrunch, it seems like every new startup is something Linux based and is not ASP.NET."

Using JQuery to Make Asp.Net Play Nice with Asp.Net

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:31:02 GMT

I have found that developing an Asp.Net application that makes heavy use of javascript is very difficult. One of the major pain points is dealing with the horrendously long ids that Asp.Net server controls generates. Here is how to overcome the difficulties with these Uber-long ids.

Tired eyes? You're looking at the wrong part of your computer monitor!

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:16:02 GMT

How to look at your monitor without straining or tiring your eyes.

Under the hood with ASP.NET AJAX Animations - Part 3

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:56:48 GMT

Under the hood with ASP.NET AJAX Animations - Part 3

Asp.net Ajax UpdatePanel Simultaneous Update - A Remedy

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:16:02 GMT

Shows how work in Update Panel Simultaneous Update.

Display Data Updates in Real-Time with ASP.NET AJAX

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:01:04 GMT

An example of how to implement real-time 'spy' type updates, using ASP.NET AJAX, web methods, and .NET caching. Full source code included.

The easiest way to refresh an UpdatePanel with JavaScript

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

A quick, easy way to refresh an UpdatePanel, from client script. No hidden button or other kludge necessary.

Microsoft "Orcas" Beta 1 Express Editions Now Available

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:04:47 GMT

The latest CTP versions of Microsoft's free Express programming software is now available for download. Includes Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual Web Developer, and Visual C++ editions.

301 Moved Permanently Redirect in ASP.NET

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:31:01 GMT

If you have done SEO work, you know that Search Engines would penalize my site if both http://www.mycsharpcorner.com and http://mycsharpcorner.com/ requests returned a 200 OK code in the HTTP header. Why? Because from a Search Engine's spider point of view...

Create a Common Copyright Control

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:31:01 GMT

This is an article that goes through creating a simple control to insert on a site to keep the Copyright years current.

CSS Friendly Control Adapters Now Hosted on CodePlex

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:31:01 GMT

I don't know how I missed this for so long... but I just realized that the CSS Adapters are now a community product. As best I can tell, Microsoft decided to hand control of the Adapters project over to the OSS community and it is now being hosted at CodePlex.

Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 Available

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:31:01 GMT

You can now download Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1. The LINQ samples for Beta 1 are also available for download.