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BlogEngine.NET: How To Customize Your Blog With New Class Objects

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:31:48 GMT

BlogEngine.NET is a great blogging platform with a lot of the basic necessities. But what if you wanted to add some additional functionality? At first glance, this may not be easy, as BE.NET's core construction can appear complex and overwhelming. This article will cut through the confusion and tell you step-by-step how to add your own class for custom functionality to your blog.

Google Chrome, The New Kid On The Block

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:04:32 GMT

So when Google announced they had a new browser that was going to break down all the barriers of the internet and the desktop I got excited at the prospects of what they were going to do and what this new user interaction would be. Well today they finally announced the release of the browser and made it public at: http://www.google.com/chrome

Wild Nature - Wild, wild BlogEngine.NET theme

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:16:02 GMT

If you have wild spirit and you like nature then this might be a right theme for your blog. Wild Nature reflects pure, untouched nature washed in rain. Shades of green dominate the theme, but a touch of yellow and light brown make it looks more live. Take a look at the screenshots and download it for your blog.

ASP.NET: How To Use BulkEditGridview To Save Hours In Database Editing

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:50:14 GMT

The GridView is a fantastic, versatile, and powerful tool. Unfortunately, it is also unrealistic in several aspects. Say you have a page in your website's administrative back-end that is to update all of your prices for your products. With a typical GridView, if you wanted to update, say, 10 of these prices, you will require at minimum 20 postbacks, which depending on the speed of your server can be a lengthy process. Now imagine that you have over 1000 lines to edit. 2000 postbacks, minimum... sound like a daunting task that may take you hours in just waiting for your server to respond? What if I told you that you could edit an unlimited number of records in a GridView with one click, one postback, and one call to your database, and that only the records you modified would be updated? What if I told you it was way, way easier than you think?

Can't think of a good class name?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:16:02 GMT

Try this

Solution to ASP.NET Form - PayPal Problem

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:01:02 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..

ASP.NET: How to Integrate Both Google Checkout and PayPal In 3 Steps

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:30:56 GMT

If you've pulled your hair out trying to implement any sort of plausible solution to Google Checkout and PayPal integration, check out this amazingly simple solution!

What I Learned About MVC On Day One

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:46:02 GMT

I am really blown back about how fast and easy MVC is to develop with. I know the guys at Microsoft do a good job with their .NET coding, but I am really impressed by the forethought they put in to MVC. It builds on top of the standard ASP.NET package, but does it in such a way that makes it lean on top of the already feature-rich (read bloated) ASP.NET Page object. It really doesn't feel like I have all that baggage anymore.

AjaxDataControls v1.0 Goes Live

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:31:06 GMT

The Final release of v1.0 of AjaxDataControls goes live.

ASP.NET: How to Convert Your Site To A MasterPage Site in 3 Steps

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:42:34 GMT

This article is for those who don't have much or any experience with MasterPages or are converting an old ASP.NET site to a MasterPage-driven site. If this is you, don't be afraid-You can do it in just three easy steps!

ASP.NET Web Service Tips: Documentation

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:01:02 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.

BlogEngine.NET Video - Preview of Widget framework

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:31:02 GMT

Mads has put together a short video on his initial widget framework code. It is in the very early stages, but gives insight into where BlogEngine.NET is heading in 1.4. This is very cool.

.NET with an attitude

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:46:05 GMT

Signs that .NET is getting "wiser" by the version... :D

Technology doesn't matter!

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:46:02 GMT

Solving problems does. Often geeks get caught up with upgrading to the latest stuff only because it is the latest stuff. Often this can be a flawed approach but we tend to ignore that because of the pleasure we gain from new technology.

Restrict Dimensions While Uploading Images With The FileUpload Control

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:59:48 GMT

The absolute easiest way to upload files to your server while enforcing some dimension rules.

Agile Programming Training (Cartoon, Humor)

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:01:02 GMT

Dilbert on Agile programming. The pointy-hair boss commands Dilbert's team to start using Agile programming. In the boss's description, he states that Agile programming means "no more planning and no more documentation." The boss goes on saying that the programmers can "start writing code and complaining."

ASP.NET and AJAX: UpdatePanelPopupExtender Is An Awesome Tool

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:00:39 GMT

The UpdatePanelPopupExtender is a great ASP.NET/AJAX tool that can drastically improve the user-friendliness of your UI.

How to determine whether a property or a method is more appropriate

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:31:03 GMT

Guidelines for choosing between implementing a class member as a property or a method.

ASP.NET, PayPal, and Google Checkout: The Solution!

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:03:27 GMT

Trying to get your shopping cart to submit to PayPal and Google Checkout is typically a huge pain for ASP.NET developers because of the inability (or difficulty) of submitting information without using server-side forms. Well, here's a way to get around that.

Crazy talk: Inline scripting and code-behind

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:01:02 GMT

Rob Conery says it's time to reconsider inline script in ASP.NET.

GridView Update/Edit/Cancel, HyperLinkFields, and DataKey Retrieval

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:57:17 GMT

Some of the most common parts of the GridView demystified!

ASP.NET - Server.Transfer v/s Response.Redirect

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:46:02 GMT

This article tell you the difference between Server.Transfer and Response.Redirect.

ASP.NET MVC Framework - ScottGu's Blog

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:16:02 GMT

ASP.NET MVC Framework described by ScottGu.

Simple != Poor Quality

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:01:02 GMT

Ayende offers us another great post - this time he tackles simplicity and quality.

How to resolve relative url's without ResolveUrl

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:31:02 GMT

string absoluteUrl = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(relativeUrl);