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November 2005 - Posts

Setting up SSL on IIS

Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:05 PM by whodurun4
Deb Shinder outlines how to set up SSL for IIS nicely and Paul Wilson suggests a good way of forcing a redirect to use SSL with IIS and ASP.NET . Read More...
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Sending Email from ASP.NET with SMTP and IIS

Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:41 AM by whodurun4
Here's a basic overview of how to send email from ASP.NET with SMTP and IIS . The code is nothing new, but I want to hold on to the SMTP settings since I've had issues with them in the past. Read More...
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How to Attract More Traffic to Your Site

Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 10:22 PM by whodurun4
SearchEngineWorld.com presents a decent guide to increasing traffic to your site in its 26 Steps to 15k a day , primarily focusing on search engine optimization. Read More...
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The Future of RSS and Atom Feeds

Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 11:48 AM by whodurun4
The Feedburner weblog offers some thoughts on where RSS and Atom feeds are headed . Read More...
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Rounded Corners in CSS 3.0 supported by Firefox

Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 9:39 AM by whodurun4
I just learned Firefox already supports the rounded corners in CSS 3.0 . My mind is turning with possibilities . . . Read More...
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Getting Things Done

Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 9:24 AM by whodurun4
43 Folders presents a concise outline of David Allen's book, Getting Things Done . Although the philosophy is sound, I struggle with getting rid of things. There's just too much of Grandpa's depression-era need to re-use everything in me. Read More...
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SQL Server 2005 Express User Instances

Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 9:28 AM by whodurun4
Heres an article that gives an overview of using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Visual Studio . Read More...
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Presentation Resources

Posted Friday, November 18, 2005 7:31 AM by whodurun4
I came across some nice sites on giving presentations this morning. Garr Reynolds' personal site has a handful of resources in addition to his blog . Seth Godin also has an interesting blog on the topic. Read More...
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Dynamic CSS Based on Browser Window Size

Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:17 PM by whodurun4
Kevin Hale has a real nice implementation of Dynamic Resolution Dependent Layouts (changing your page's layout for different browser window sizes). The only part I'm not crazy about is changing the page's layout when the window is resized after being Read More...
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XML Serialization for Objects in .NET 2.0

Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:41 PM by whodurun4
Thiru Thangarathinam put together a clear and concise article on serializing objects in .NET 2.0 with the IXmlSerializable interface . It is as complete as it is succinct. The only other thing I'd like to see is how to use xsd schemas. Read More...
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Recurring Revenue Streams

Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:53 AM by whodurun4
The idea of recurring revenue streams is one to think about, but I'm not sure how to fit it in with the models I'm interested in. Read More...
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More ASP.NET 2.0 Security than you want

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:14 PM by whodurun4
Thanks to Scott Gu , I came across this Microsoft white paper on ASP.NET Security . In addition to containing too much information, it has a good number of links to other resources. I'll read it when the cliffnotes come out, but it's a resource worth Read More...
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Web Site Design

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:34 AM by whodurun4
Nick Usborne presents a thought-provoking case study on the impact design has on a web site at A List Apart . Read More...
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Web 2.0 - Where is it Going?

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:43 AM by whodurun4
This is an insightful article about Web 2.0 and where it is going . Read More...
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Using Tracing to See the Network Stack

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:30 AM by whodurun4
This is a great post on using an application's configuration file to see what's going on in the network stack , even with SSL. I just wish it worked for .NET 1.1. Read More...
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ISV Guide for Redistributing the .NET Framework

Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 7:26 AM by whodurun4
Here's how ISVs can deploy the .NET Framework and other runtime components . Read More...
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CSS and Forms

Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 12:53 PM by whodurun4
Here's a good link on styling buttons by Cameron Adams. Read More...
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Introduction to RSS

Posted Monday, November 14, 2005 11:36 AM by whodurun4
This is a nice introduction to RSS by Paul Stamatiou. How To: Getting Started with RSS . The best part for newcomers is his walk through getting started with a handful of aggregators. Read More...
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Bots, Botnets and How They Work

Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:56 PM by whodurun4
WindowsSecurity.com also has an article on countering Botnets in DDos attacks . Read More...
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SMTP Overview

Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:48 PM by whodurun4
Don Parker also has a very breif overview of the SMTP Protocol . Read More...
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The HTTP Protocol

Posted Saturday, November 12, 2005 8:33 PM by whodurun4
Don Parker has a basic but interesting three part overview of the HTTP protocol on windowsnetworking.com. Part 1 . Part 2 . Part 3 . Read More...
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Uninstalling .NET 2.0 Betas

Posted Friday, November 11, 2005 10:07 AM by whodurun4
I've made a second career out of uninstalling .NET Betas in the wrong order. I clearly won't get things fixed this morning, so I'm just going to compile another post of links to resources for getting the stuff of my machine. The list will probably grow Read More...
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ASP.Net 2.0 and Page Inheritance

Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:56 PM by whodurun4
Rick Strahl discusses page inheritance in ASP.Net 2.0 . Read More...
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Setting Up Your Own Hotspot

Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:09 PM by whodurun4
PCMag.com has an iteresting book excerpt on setting up your own hotspot . Read More...
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Running Scheduled Jobs in ASP.Net

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:54 AM by whodurun4
This is something I've considered, but never had enough time. Omar Al Zabir suggests using cache item expiration to run jobs from a queue in ASP.Net . It's a hack, but could be a useful idea. Read More...
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Visual Studio Tools and Add-Ins

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:04 AM by whodurun4
MSDN Magazine lists some good looking Visual Studio tools and add-ins in their December issue. Read More...
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Javascript Resources

Posted Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:00 AM by whodurun4
Vitaly Friedman provides a great list of Javascript resources in his blog. Read More...
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ASP.Net 2.0 Membership API

Posted Monday, November 07, 2005 10:36 AM by whodurun4
Here's a how to article by Dino Espisito and Andrea Saltarello on using the membership API in ASP.Net 2.0 . Read More...
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:53 PM by whodurun4
Here are a couple interesting looking downloads on SSL from Redmond Magazine. One is titled The Secure Sockets Layer and the other is Using SSL to Build a World of Trust . Read More...
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Free Courses at MIT

Posted Thursday, November 03, 2005 11:52 AM by whodurun4
The Business Opportunities Weblog points to some free online business courses at MIT . Read More...
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We Offer Top Notch Customer Service

Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 6:51 AM by whodurun4
Everyone who promises this should look at an article in today's New York Times. 10 Ways to Please Us, the Customers is a great article by David Pogue on what electronics manufacturers should not do. Seven of them are my top pet peeves. Read More...
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Downtime

Posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 6:47 AM by whodurun4
After a day or so of downtime, I suppose it would be wise to note Community Server is not compatable with ASP.Net 2.0 . . . yet. Take a look at the roadmap to see the new features and beta schedule. It looks like they have some pretty nice stuff in the Read More...
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