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Vista Soda Auction

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:52:39 GMT

You know if you didn't work on the microsoft campus at the time Vista came out you missed the exciting Vista Soda. Well Someone has now posted his can on ebay. More..

ASP.NET 2.0 URL Rewriting Causes HTTP 500 Errors for GoogleBot

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:51:35 GMT

So you install Commerce Server 2007 and are ready for the money and SEO to start flowing. Next thing you know. Google ignores you completely. What do you do? more...

Enhance your input fields with simple CSS tricks

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:02 GMT

We're all trying to build an effective and good looking web forms. But there are always a new challenges. If you read my previous articles on how to build a better web forms, you could have noticed there are so many details about it. This article will show you how you can make a usual, boring web forms more effective and exciting with just a few simple CSS tricks.

Forgot that connection string?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:16:03 GMT

Provides connection strings to many databases by many methods. An essential reference.

Better Forms using Definition Lists

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:20:48 GMT

Getting good looking, yet semantically correct input forms has always been a challenge. This article describes how to layout your fields using an often-overlooked html element...

IE on Acid

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:46:02 GMT

Cool wallpaper for those who like IE. more..

CSS Box Model Tips and Tricks

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:59:18 GMT

Let's face it, if you're not familiar with the CSS Box Model, you're probably not a web developer (or, if you are a Developer, you need some remedial education). The CSS Box Model is one of the most misunderstood patterns in CSS. According to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): The CSS box model describes the rectangular boxes that are generated for elements in the document tree and laid out according to the visual formatting model. The page box is a special kind of box that is described in detail in the section on paged media. In plain language that means the CSS box model specifies the way a web developer should place a box on a web page. "But that's not hard to do, you just drop a DIV on the page and you're done, right?" (read more)

Better Control Over the ASP.NET Sitemap UI

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:54:07 GMT

I'm a fan of using ASP.NET's web.sitemap feature, but I'm less impressed with the level of control that you have (rather, you DON'T have) over the menu controls that consume the web.sitemap datasource (http://www.BuyLifetime.com uses three menu controls that consume the same sitemap from MS Commerce Server 2007, which look 90% like what we want them to). Wouldn't it be nice if you could just make it into a navigation list? We all know (or should know by now) that a navigation list (whether ordered or unordered) should be just that, a hierarchical ("nested") list of pages in your site. (read more)

Automatically Update your Copyright Date

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:51:00 GMT

If you're like me you've got a whole slew of web pages that you've developed. That means you've got a lot of pages to modify every year to update the copyright to reflect the new year. Instead of hard-coding the year in to your xhtml, replace it with the following code snippet and you're all set!

ASP.NET Web Service Tips: Documentation

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:01:02 GMT

Write your Own Help page for the ASP.NET Web service application. Sometimes you might not like the autogenerated Help page and want to add your own company logo and put your own descriptive help page.