Joshua Stengel

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Avoiding Duplication When Dynamically Adding Scripts and Styles to A Webpage
Recently, I had a project where I was wanting to be able to create a reusable UserControl to display tooltips throughout the application. The control would need to access the jQuery framework, a jQuery plugin, required some inline scripting, and had its...
Posted: Aug 01 2008, 05:23 PM by jstengel | with 1 comment(s)
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UserAgent Fix for the RSSToolkit 2.0.0.0
I frequently use the RSSToolkit to consume and display RSS feeds from other blogs.  Recently, I've noticed problems with the RSSToolkit not being able to display feed from some external sources.  In particular, I've been having trouble consuming...
Un-sucking the Radio Button
I swear radio buttons pucker up the closer my mouse gets to them. Aside from the lack of good CSS options for radio buttons, they demand a certain level of commitment from the user. Unlike our promiscuous friend the checkbox, once you manage to jab the...
Flash/AJAX File Upload w/ Progress Server Control
Recently, I blogged about my favorite file upload technique for web applications --the free flash/JavaScript-based SWFUpload . While this library is not the perfect solution for all circumstances, it certainly provides a very nice user experience and...
Cool Timeline API
I recently happened upon this intriguing little API that provides a nice interface for displaying events on a timeline. It was pretty easy to get my head around it and it's pretty easy to setup and use. It's got a Google Maps-like scrolling interface...
Uploading Files: Multiple Files, Progress Bar, No Postback
UPDATE: This is now available as a free ASP.NET control. Recently, Joe Stagner created some videos and talked about 4 upload scenarios that provide an AJAX-like file upload experience. I've used or looked at all of those options at least once or twice...
A Small Fix for RSSToolkit 2.0.0.0
What's broken? It would appear that there are a couple of problems with consuming Atom feeds using the RSSToolkit . <pubDate/> shows up empty <link/> use the the base URL for the channel instead of the URL for each <item/> I opened up...
Posted: Jan 26 2008, 04:58 PM by jstengel | with 4 comment(s)
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Tips for Attending the DevConnections Event in Orlando
I attended last year and, though a bit on the spendy side, it was a worthwhile trip and will probably be attending this year as well. Here are some tips if you've never been to this event at the Orlando, Florida location . The hotel is ginormous. Not...
Free Hosting For 2 Years From Verio
This MS Word Document flyer sums it up, but it looks like Verio is providing free web hosting for members of Microsoft User Groups through January 2010. These are regional groups that regularly meet and are a great resource if you have one near you. The...
Inline Editing Revisited
A while back I talked about this new inline editing control that was being worked on by Mike Davis over on the Encosia blog . Yesterday, he posted an updated version that fixes some postback issues and adds some new features that make this a very useful...
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