I’ve been rather happy with ASP.NET and especially with ASP.NET MVC. I’ve got to say that C# and especially Linq is just a plain pleasure to use. I have no issues with the programming side. Ever since I’ve gone from running my own Windows Server to using shared hosting it’s been one headache after another. [...]

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Create a new MVC applictaion Open /Views/Shared/Site.Master <script src=”/Scripts/script.js” type=”text/javascript”></script> This doesn’t point to anything yet Open Global.asax Add a MapRoute routes.MapRoute(“Javascript”, “Scripts/{scriptFile}.js”, new { controller = “Scripts”, action = “Index”, scriptFile = “script” }); Now /Scripts/script.js points to Script/Index Add a view for CssController/Index <%= Url.Content(“~/Content/test.jpg”) %> Change contenttype in page directive of Views/Scripts/Index.aspx [...]

I’ve been considering the usefulness of adding a CSS management system to my CMS that I’ve been working on. Here are the steps I’ve taken to implement it. Create a new MVC applictaion Open /Views/Shared/Site.Master <link href=”/Css/Site.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” /> This doesn’t point to anything yet Open Global.asax Add a MapRoute routes.MapRoute(“Css”, “Css/{cssFile}.css”, new { [...]

OK, I named this post that so that perhaps google will pick it up and those new to CSS will find this post. There is a really good reason that there are no tutorials on the internet concerning how to add content (a site menu is the most common request) to all the pages on [...]

Recently someone challenged me to write a server-side method for finding the current season and changing a style sheet accordingly. The first step is deciding how to differentiate the seasons. I figured to use the day of the year so that astronomically Spring begins on March 21st, the 80th day of the year. Summer begins [...]

While reading about a recent question concerning @@Identity and the reasons to use SCOPE_IDENTITY() instead I experimented with LINQ to get the SCOPE_IDENTITY() results. using (var dbc = new siteDataContext()) { dbc.Log = Console.Out; repertoire newSkill = new repertoire { skill = “a new item” }; dbc.repertoires.InsertOnSubmit(newSkill); dbc.SubmitChanges(); Console.Write(newSkill.id.ToString()); } It seems that calling the [...]

WebAIM‘s Screen Reader Survey, conducted December 2008 to January 2009, is a very interesting read. Yet another nail in the Flash coffin but surprisingly Frames are deemed easy to use by nearly 60% of screen-reader users. Give it a quick look. Comments open.

I was working on a project and just on a whim decided to try out some of .NET’s AJAX controls. I chose a random page, added a ScriptManager, tossed in a TextBox and a CalendarExtender. F5. Page shows up. Javascript error: Line: 121 Char: 1 Error: ‘Sys’ is undefined Code: 0 Url: http://localhost:49329/admin.aspx Hmm. Try [...]

To do: build Regex to detect bible verses in tags put in named back-references find a way to choose different tables with LINQ make it work for an entire chapter add error messages move it to a class file instead of in the page run it from the filterText method if IndexOf(“[bible]“) !=-1 fix toVerse [...]

For those that are not aware Firebug is a add-on for Firefox, and is essentially a development debugging tool, that allows you to inspect various aspects of a web page. It has become – for those that have used it for a while – one of those indispensable tools that make day to day coding [...]