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Syntax highlighting in BlogEngine.NET

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:50:33 GMT

In forums and blogs in the BlogEngine community issues with the syntax highlighter extension has been brought up.

Most Useful 50 CSS Tips

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:31:02 GMT

A useful page that provides a nice listing of various CSS tips, tricks and tools.

How to: Use strings in a secure manner with SecureString class

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:01:02 GMT

The classic System.String type doesn't provide enough security for storing sensitive data like passwords, credit card numbers or personal information. If a String object contains sensitive information, there is a risk the information could be revealed after it is used because your application cannot delete the data from computer memory. Starting with the .NET Framework 2.0 the SecureString class is available. It was designed to provide encryption for sensitive data and other useful functions.

6 free online editors for your asp.net project

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:16:04 GMT

A list of web editors that can be easily embedded in your asp.net projects

ASP.NET MVC: Introducing The MVC Storefront Series : Rob Conery

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:16:19 GMT

The first in a series of screencasts documenting the building of an eCommerce storefront using ASP.NET MVC.

The static Keyword

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:31:05 GMT

We all use the static keyword, but do we really know what the possibilities are?

inline asp.net tags... sorting them all out (<%$, <%=, <%, <%#, etc.)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:46:02 GMT

There are all sorts of different inline tags, and I haven't found a place that explains them all in one place, so here is the quick and dirty...

UI design patterns library

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:46:02 GMT

Very cool site which shows give you ideas about visual presentation for misc elements of user interface

There and Back Again : Lambda, Lambda, Lambda!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:46:02 GMT

Want to get lambdas? This is THE post.

Solution to ASP.NET Form - PayPal Problem

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:01:02 GMT

They do say it's the simple things that get you stumped. For all of you ASP.NET developers out there who have yet to integrate a site with PayPal, just wait until you finally get to add that button to your form to pass the transaction details over to PayPal..

SharePoint 2007 Project Template for Timer Jobs in Visual Studio 2005

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:46:04 GMT

What are SharePoint Timer Jobs? SharePoint timer jobs are tasks executed on a scheduled basis by the SharePoint Timer service. Nobody wants to do all the steps necessary to create such a job for each new timer job. So in order to make it simpler to start a new timer job project, I created a visual studio template containing all the neccessary stuff you need.

Full Featured Automated Backups for Sharepoint

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:47:16 GMT

If you use Sharepoint (3.0) making backups can be a pain; not to mention backup maintenance. This script and batch file takes care of them both, for a 100% automated solution with about 2 minutes worth of work to set up.

Check Username Availability with ASP.NET AJAX

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:01:02 GMT

Here is a little trick you can use to spice up your asp.net registration pages. I will use ASP.NET AJAX to inform the user whether the username they have entered is available. Rather than use the UpdatePanel, I will slim down the amount of data going over the wire for each ajax request. I will accomplish this using the PageMethods feature.

Embedding ASP.NET Server Variables in Client JavaScript

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:46:03 GMT

Getting Server Variables embedded into a page and using them from JavaScript code can be a pain. Following Jon Galloway's post a few days ago I thought that maybe a solution that doesn't rely on ASP.NET AJAX and is more generic might be useful to make the task easier and apply much broader scope. The result is an easy to use, generic class that generates a JavaScript object from key value pairs created on the server from static values or dynamic control/object properties.

One-Stop-Shop for BlogEngine 1.3 Extensions

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:46:02 GMT

I just finished upgrading my blog to BlogEngine version 1.3. While in the process of porting it to the new release, I spent some time experimenting with the extensions and the new BlogEngine 1.3 Extension Manager. I tried to keep track of most of the extensions that get posted on CodePlex and I thought I write a blog post that lists all the extensions that I found and demonstrates them in this post, if applicable. This way BlogEngine fans that don't keep track of all the traffic on CodePlex would get be able to quickly check the availability of a specific add-on for BlogEngine.

Getting JavaScript and ASP.NET talking (outisde of AJAX)

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:01:03 GMT

How do you get your server-side properties set in you JavaScript objects? A review of some of the options, focusing on the ASP.NET AJAX ScriptControl.

Simple Mail Classes - Easiest way to send email and/or gmail via .net

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:44:44 GMT

Two classes that you customize and put into your App_Code folder which will allow you to send email with less code and greater ease than ever before. Not necessarily a coding breakthrough, but extremely useful in cleaning up redundant code!

Simple, customizable SQL Search Control using asp.net; basic framewor

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:48:22 GMT

Providing only keywords, this tool will write a simple search query, run it, and display your results; lightweight and easy to customize; in both control form, and standalone page Customize it to make it do what you want to do, or leave it a lone, it is a useful and simple tool

Sending email programmatically with gmail :: tutorial

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:59:17 GMT

Simple tutorial on how to send email through gmail with asp.net and c# - also includes a simple sample program to get a new programmer running.

Keep your CSS files clean with a tiny HttpHandler

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:16:02 GMT

CSS, is the heart of any web application today. Writing cross browser CSS is really a hell of an art and including CSS files selectively and writing CSS hacks that will work out in one browser but wont in other is also a tedious job...

An easier Table Design View in Sql Server Management Studio

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:01:02 GMT

One of the things that bugs me no end in Sql Server Management Studio is that the table designer's UI is a pain to use. Entering column properties is an excercise in mousercise. It turns out there's an easier way to do this with custom views in the DataBase Diagram Designer.

ScottGus Jan 24th links: ASP:NET, ASP.NET AJAX, VS, IIS, .NET

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:31:04 GMT

New linklist from Scotts Blog

Understanding Single Sign-On in ASP.NET 2.0

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:01:02 GMT

In this article, Masoud discusses the concept of Cross Application Authentication using ASP.NET authentication model consisting of Membership Providers, web.config configuration, encryption, and decryption of configuration files. At the end of the article he also examines the application of the concept using ASP.NET login controls.

LINQ to SQL Part 2

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:46:02 GMT

In LINQ to SQL Part 1 I used a very simple query, almost too simple. This time I want to take it a step up and add a few joins into the mix, and show how to handle them. Below is a standard TSQL query that will to pull the employee name and his/her territory and region from the Northwind database.

LINQ to SQL Part 1

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:31:02 GMT

I'm sure everyone so far has at least heard of LINQ. If you haven't, it is Microsoft's new technology for Language Integrated Querying. LINQ is part of the upcoming 3.5 .Net Framework which will be part of Visual Studio 2008 ( codename Orcas ).