MCMS FAQ has been updated
I have done a new update of the MCMS FAQ today. [Online html version] [Offline CHM version]
I have done a new update of the MCMS FAQ today. [Online html version] [Offline CHM version]
A couple of weeks ago I had the requirement to enable ASP.NET output caching programmatically rather than declarative using the <%@ OutputCache … %> tag. I tried to follow the hints in the following KB: https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=323290. Actually what I found is that these procedure do not really work as expected. Especially the following in which I […]
[via CMSWire and Andrew Connell] Packt Publishing hit a home run with the last Microsoft CMS (MCMS) book, Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server. The same team of star authors is now working on the next one, entitled Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development…. The last bit of the article states: There’s also a dash of […]
I did some more hands on labs on ASP.NET 2.0. Later I went to the IIS 7 preview session. This was really a highlight! IIS 7 looks to become a really great product: all configuration for as well managed and unmanaged stuff is now done in the web.config. It is possible to delegate administrative tasks […]
I did some hands on labs on ASP.NET 2.0 and attended a session about asynchronous pages in ASP.NET 2.0. Dmitry (the speaker) showed various different methods on how to implement asynchronous pages: parallel, serial, with and without timeout… It was really a great session full of useful information! Dmitry also published the sample code used […]
Microsoft has just published the chapter “Enhancing performance with Caching” of the MCMS book Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server from Joel, Mei Ying and myself on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_MCMS2002_bk/html/CMSCh22EnhancingPerfCaching.asp
I attended the “ASP.NET 2.0: Best Practices for Building Web Application UI with Master Pages, Themes and Site Navigation” session and had a chance to talk with the speaker and one of the developers about the problem with Themes in Content Management applications which I outlined here. It seems there is currently really no other […]
The day started with a key note from Andrew Lees. Topic of the keynote was “Ready for Business”. Main topics covered were 64bit technology, virtualization and benefits of our new products (SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005) for business and integration strategies. After the keynote I jumped over to the Ask the Experts Area and […]
Yesterday I attended the “The Zen of ASP.NET 2.0” preconference Session. It was really a great session to get an impression about all the nice new features of ASP.NET 2.0. The topics covered were very similar to the ASP.NET 2.0 training from DevelopMentor which I attended before but a lots of additional or different samples were […]
I will join the Portal sessions and will pass by at the SPS/CMS booth to join some of the Ask the Expert events. See you there!
Mark Harrison has written a nice summary on how to deploy SharePoint web parts: http://markharrison.co.uk/blog/2005/07/how-to-deploy-web-parts.htm
Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development Lim Mei Ying, Stefan Goßner, Andrew Connell, Angus Logan This book has the most in depth-coverage of important MCMS development topics found anywhere. Each author of the book is a renowned expert in the area Learn directly from recognized community experts Extensive coverage of the Publishing […]