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Adding a Web Site to a WCSF solution

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:53:56 GMT

Describes how to manually add a new or existing ASP.NET Web site to a Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) enabled solution.

Scalable CSS for AJAX Control Toolit Tabs

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:44:19 GMT

Shows how to override the default CSS included with the AJAX Control Toolkit Tabs control to make the tabs display properly when the browser font size increased.

Declarative access to DataItem using data binding syntax

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:55:46 GMT

Shows how to retrieve and instance of a DataItem object declaratively in a context of standard data binding syntax. This is a useful technique when you need to access a root DataItem object instead of any of its properties or when the object does not have properties.

Are the defaults values of the ASP.NET controls' properties right?

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:22:05 GMT

Explains how default values of many standards ASP.NET server controls' properties affect their behavior and why developers should care to initialize controls' properties properly.

How to add a Last-Modify HTTP header on ASP.NET page

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:14:09 GMT

Explains how to add a Last-Modify HTTP header on ASP.NET page and when it makes sense.

ASP.NET View State: don't forget to manage

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:41:27 GMT

Explains role of a View State and best practices developers should apply to their code

Upgrading your WCSF solution from Jun 2007 version to Feb 2008 for VS

Mon, 26 May 2008 15:38:42 GMT

Describes the steps of upgrading your WCSF solution form WCSF v1.1 for VS2005 to v2.0 for VS2008 and .NET 3.5

Web.NET: ScriptManager vs. ToolkitScriptManager

Fri, 23 May 2008 18:53:13 GMT

Explains the different in page's behavior that use ScriptManager vs. TollkitScriptManager

Web.NET: ToolkitScriptManager and Web Deployment Project

Thu, 22 May 2008 19:41:10 GMT

AJAX Control Toolkit's ToolkitScriptManager does not work properly when combined with Web Deployment Project.

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