Redirecting to Canonical URL in IIS7
If you are using IIS7, it's very easy to ensure that all requests always go to your preferred canonical URL. It's a two step process: Step 1: Install...
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Customer-driven Business Innovation with DotNetNuke
In an increasingly hyper-competitive world, businesses look for every possible opportunity that can give them an edge over their competition. It’s no secret -- businesses that innovate survive...
Enabling a Pre-existing Project as a WebRole in Azure Solution
In trying to use an existing VS2008 Project as a WebRole in a Windows Azure Solution, I discovered that the project did not appear as a candidate for...
Updating ASP.NET Assemblies
I posted a comment on Rick Strahl's post on Server Errors when updating live Web applications online about a technique to update assemblies of live apps. I use...
Exploring New Things
Last month, a few days before my birthday, I decided that I needed to acquire some new skills and do some new things, while broadening my knowledge of...
MVP Award
Got word today that I have received the Microsoft MVP Award for the third time. Of course it is April 1, so it could all be a big...
DotNetKicks: Digg for .NET Developers
DotNetKicks is a Digg-like site focused on .NET development. Thanks for Jon Galloway's useful tip, I figured out how to add a dynamic Kick image to my posts....
InfoWorld Rates DotNetNuke “Very Good”
InfoWorld's recent comparison of Open Source web CMS systems gave DotNetNuke high marks with a "Very Good" rating. DotNetNuke was the only ASP.NET-based contender in the field of...
The Evolution of Web UI Components
Several months after the official release of Microsoft's ASP.NET AJAX, I am still waiting to be amazed by slick web components from Redmond that make it possible to create...
Using Namespaces in Javascript
As AJAX and Javascript widgets get more popular, it is not unusual to see Javascript from multiple parties running on the same page. This greatly increases the chances...