Chester has done a great job in analyzing issues with EnableLeaveAuthoringWarning
Mei Ying and myself have already blogged about this topic. Chester now added a great summary plus an alternative solution for a remaining problem in SP1a.
Stefan Goßner
Interesting article on dynamic forms in a placeholder control
[Via Angus and AJ] Ivega has written an interesting article on how to create a placeholder control to show dynamic forms in presentation mode based on selections done by the author. http://spaces.msn.com/members/ivega/Blog/cns!1pEyyJv-EcsW6arRen2mfS7Q!111.entry
MCMS tip of the day – how to avoid ugly URLs in MCMS
There are two different reasons for ugly URL’s on in presentation mode: when using Webauthor and switching to live site when doing a postback in on a form to send data to the server. The following articles discuss different ways to address this: http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2004/04/23/118623.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2004/04/29/122527.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_gossner/archive/2003/12/03/40957.aspx
Beware of Deploying Debug Code in Production
[Via Milan Negovan] Ever deployed a “debug” ASP.NET into production? Then, you might want to review this excellent article. A recommended reading for everyone building ASP.NET based web sites – including ASP.NET based MCMS sites.
MCMS Tip of the day – quick things to check when you experience high memory levels in ASP.NET
Michael Graham has written a great article about quick troubleshooting for high memory ASP.NET issues: The only point I don’t agree with – in context with MCMS – is about process recylcling. For MCMS it is very bad if the worker process gets recycled as this ensures that the MCMS memory cache gets invalidated and […]
What's the deal with the C# "using" construct?
In a previous article I have explained how to use the using construct to create scalable application using the CmsApplicationContext. Today I found a great article from Cyrus with more insights on this nice C# construct: http://blogs.msdn.com/cyrusn/archive/2005/05/10/415956.aspx
MCMS tip of the day – custom properties for every object
Ever thought about adding custom properties to resource galleries or resource gallery items? Then you will have noticed that MCMS does not support this. Andrew Connell a MCMS MVPs has written a nice and very flexible solution for this problem: http://andrewconnell.com/blog/articles/CustomPropertyDbEx.aspx
MCMS tip of the day – preventing upload of BMP files to image placeholders
MCMS makes it easy to create content for a web site. Everyone non-technical person can create articles using web author. And using Image and placeholder controls it is also very simple for them to add images to the page. Everyone familiar with websites knows that only certain image formats are supported for websites: JPEG, GIF, […]
Coveo publishes instructions for integrating Coveo Search into MCMS
I just found a hint in the MCMS newsgroup about instructions for integrating Coveo Search into a MCMS website. Coveo Search is an interesting product especially for small sites as it is free of charge for up to 5000 items! http://www.coveo.com/support/techcorner/MCMSSearchBoxIntegration.htm
MCMS tip of the day – implementing a content rating system for your MCMS site
Ever wanted to build a content rating system for your site? There are a number of ways that this can be accomplished. Luke has written great article on how to implement this: http://blogs.msdn.com/luke/articles/96476.aspx
Metalogix Migration Manager allows porting of sites to MCMS Rapid
[Via Nick] Metalogix Migration Manager can now integrate seamlessly with RAPID so that customers can port content programmatically from existing sites (MCMS or other) into their new RAPID-based sites.
MCMS tip of the day – creating printer friendly version of your MCMS postings
A common requested feature is to add a link to a posting to show the posting in a printer ready manner where tables are removed or reformatted and the layout better fits to a printed page. A great article covering different ways to achieve this is covered in the following article from Luke: http://blogs.msdn.com/luke/articles/94644.aspx