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The time is near.  My current hosting packages have been outgrown.  I have a couple of projects that require access to resources shared hosting can't offer. This ranges from asp.net trust issues to database performance issues. What am I looking for?  Well I am looking for a windows VPS solution.  A search here and there keeps bringing up the same results. Easyspace and webfusion.  Both have benefits over each another but I am really looking for a host that has outstanding support that I receive with my current host.   I thought about 1 and 1 but I really have no intentions...

After installing Visual Studio 2008 on my laptop and having some spare time I decided to look at the ASP.NET MVC framework.  The framework is an architectural pattern based on model-view-controller.  I'm not going to re-invent the wheel and go into more detail about the framework as there are quite a few good articles dedicated to the subject.  Where can I get it ASP.Net 3.5 Extensions Preview ASP.NET MVC Introduction to the framework What is the MVC pattern (Wiki) Scott Guthries - ASP.NET MVC Framework ...

Subtext comes with a handy little gallery feature which I can't fault as it does everything you would expect a gallery component to do however, I was finding it a little frustrating putting albums up all over the place so I decided to take the plunge and write a quick control that looks at my Flickr account.  The title isn't really that accurate as I plan on keeping the subtext gallery control on my pages until I am happy I have transferred, backed up and organised everything. The benefits are obvious, all changes are done centrally, files are stored on...

Some interesting posts have appeared in the last couple of days which deserve a read Phil Haack 10 Developers For The Price Of One  Please nominate subtext for a sourceforge community choice award Steve Harman Lightbox and Subtext Galleries Integration Simone Chiaretta Nice little article about how to refresh an update panel from javascript From SitePoint What Ajax Library do you use?  

Phil does it again.  Back to basics in relation to using methods that already exist in the .Net Framework. Aswell as his list some of the comments also contain pieces of code that are valuable and over looked. Check out his post http://www.haacked.com/archive/2007/06/13/the-most-useful- .net-utility-classes-developers-tend-to-reinvent.aspx One for the favourites

As you may have noticed the website has been updated.  I took the decision to change the CMS from my own one which was really in beta to subtext.  Subtext brings alot more functionality to the site and new features are planned.  If your looking for an asp.net blogging engine then check out subtext. The theme is still being "tweaked" but it's not to far off so please bear with me. Also please check out http://site.gravatar.com as the comments section works in conjunction with it :) Till Next time stay safe.....  

For anyone thinking about using 1 and 1 asp.net hosting it's worth noting that you will need to change the Culture Information to get days and months from German to English or your desired langauge. To do this is quite straight forward and requires a quick amendment to your web.config Note that this will go in the <system.web> element. <globalization fileEncoding="utf-8" requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" culture="en-GB" uiCulture="en-GB"/>   For more information on ASP.NET Globalization and Localization