ASPPortal goes .NET

Welcome to the ASPPortal.NET development and demo website.
As you can see we are building our new .NET portal and we will use this demo website for testing and to show you the new features that we are working on.

What can you expect from the new ASPPortal.NET version?

  1. New easy to use interface
  2. Less traffic by using AJAX technology
  3. SEO improvement for google and Analytics tools
  4. Email templates that you can customize in HTML

 

Date Published: 10/15/2008 6:42:53 AM
Tags: asp portal, development, web 2.0, ajax

Moving from Mac OS X

We have decided to move from our windows systems to Mac's but we still need to use windows every day for other things like Visual Studio development and MS SQL server.

So we decided to use VMWare Fusion to run windows on our Mac's.

So what do you need.

  1. Intel based Mac
  2. VMWare fusion 1 or 2
  3. Windows Vista or XP installation disc or ISO 

 

Once you have done the setup then simply run you windows system in VMWare, you will enjoy the speed of your Mac and the stability the OS X offers.

Date Published: 10/15/2008 1:03:55 PM
Tags: Mac OS X, VMWare Fusion, Windows Vista

Coding what users need

When we build applications here as ASPPortal we take a look at what user need and use often before we design and build it.

We do this mostly because it saves us time and we don't clutter the UI(user interface) with things that users do not really need or need to see.

We are trying to make the new portal a easy to use as we know you like to share your blogs/news and download with everyone and add the odd image. 

Date Published: 10/15/2008 1:14:49 PM
Tags: coding, software, UI design

Software needed to move from Windows to Mac OS X

 So what do you need to move from windows to Mac.

  1. VMWare Fusion 2.0
  2. Windows Vista

One you have the above software then start you Mac and install VMWare Fusion 2.0, then install Windows Vista and you will be able to run your windows based software in unity mode so it looks like you are running them inside OS X.

Keep in mind that VMWare Fusion 2.0 is a lot better and quicker then version 1.0 so it is worth giving it a try.

Date Published: 10/17/2008 3:04:48 PM
Tags: move from windows to mac, software, vmware fusion

Making sure your site is high in Google rankings

To make sure your website gets indexed by google and then people can get to your website make sure that you have the following basics up and running.

  1. Create relevant content, do not copy text from other web site but rather create your own.
  2. Add relevant page titles and keywords for each of your pages and do not copy the same title and keywords from one page to all other pages.
  3. Make sure you have links to all your pages and get links to your website from other sites.

Those basics should get you started. 

Date Published: 10/17/2008 3:08:43 PM
Tags: google, SEO, page ranking, search engine

Convert datetime to RSS PubDate format

You can use the code below to convert a datetime values into the correct format for RSS feeds, also know as the PubDate values.

VB.net

Private Function BuildPubDate(ByVal d As Date) As String
        Try
            Dim RV As String
            Dim day As String = d.Day.ToString
            If day.Length = 1 Then day = "0" & day
            Dim month As String = d.Month.ToString
            Select Case month
                Case "1"
                    month = "January"
                Case "2"
                    month = "February"
                Case "3"
                    month = "March"
                Case "4"
                    month = "April"
                Case "5"
                    month = "May"
                Case "6"
                    month = "June"
                Case "7"
                    month = "July"
                Case "8"
                    month = "August"
                Case "9"
                    month = "September"
                Case "10"
                    month = "October"
                Case "11"
                    month = "November"
                Case "12"
                    month = "December"
            End Select

            Dim Mtime As String = ""
            Dim mDate As Date = d.ToUniversalTime
            If mDate.Hour.ToString.Length = 1 Then
                Mtime = "0" & mDate.Hour.ToString
            Else
                Mtime = mDate.Hour.ToString
            End If
            Mtime += ":"
            If mDate.Minute.ToString.Length = 1 Then
                Mtime += "0" & mDate.Minute.ToString
            Else
                Mtime += mDate.Minute.ToString
            End If
            Mtime += ":"
            If mDate.Second.ToString.Length = 1 Then
                Mtime += "0" & mDate.Second.ToString
            Else
                Mtime += mDate.Second.ToString
            End If



            RV = d.DayOfWeek.ToString.Substring(0, 3)
            RV += ", " & day & " " & month.Substring(0, 3)
            RV += " " & d.Year.ToString & " " & Mtime & " GMT"
            Return RV
        Catch ex As Exception
            Return ""
        End Try
    End Function

Date Published: 10/21/2008 10:39:40 AM
Tags: pubdate, RSS, Convert DateTime

Looking for a Free Graphing Tool?

HI

If you are looking for a great free graphing tool then take a look at ZedGraph

Are you looking for a way to draw in .Net? Here's yet another charting class library with a high degree of configurability that is also easy to use.

ZedGraph is a set of classes, written in C#, for creating 2D line and bar graphs of arbitrary datasets. The classes provide a high degree of flexibility -- almost every aspect of the graph can be user-modified. At the same time, usage of the classes is kept simple by providing default values for all of the graph attributes. The classes include code for choosing appropriate scale ranges and step sizes based on the range of data values being plotted.

ZedGraph also includes a UserControl interface, allowing drag and drop editing within the Visual Studio forms editor, plus access from other languages such as C++ and VB.

Take a look at the sample graphs http://zedgraph.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sample_Graphs

Examples in C# and VB.net

Date Published: 11/21/2008 11:12:23 AM
Tags: ZedGraph, Reporting, Free Graphs

Three Things

This Tha and the other thing

Date Published: 11/23/2008 8:38:08 AM
Tags: three things

Three Things

This Tha and the other thing

Date Published: 11/23/2008 8:38:57 AM
Tags: three things

 
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