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• Web Design World Session: IE7 From CSS to RSS: How to Take Full Advantage

  I just finished my session titled "Internet Explorer 7 From CSS to RSS: How To Take Full Advantage" here at Web Design World, and it went over pretty well. Cameron Moll is currently doing a session right now, so we did lose quite a few people to him, but he's an excellent speaker and is showing some really cool CSS and design stuff, so I understand why they're over there. I talked about some of the cool features around IE7, like what quirks mode is vs. standards mode; how to use RSS on your site, how to implement OpenSearch on your page, and then finally some of the cool CSS fixes that we made for IE7. I've uploaded my slides along with this post so that the info can be shared. I'm don't have the samples that I showed available, but much of... Posted Dec 13 2006, 03:51 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: ASPNET, CSS Examples, Code Samples, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, RSS, presentations

• Web Design World Boston Keynote

  I just finished my keynote for Web Design World in Boston. The topic was "Internet Explorer 7: The Route To Standards Compliance". It was the first "keynote" that I've ever given, and I think it went really well. I had several people come up afterwards and compliment me on the presentation. I was quite happy with it! I usually don't have a problem getting up and speaking in front of people, and the audience was great. I said I would post the keynote slides, and wanted to share a few URL that I mentioned in the presentation. MSDN IE Web Site: http://msdn.com/ie Create your own OpenSearch provider: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-en/default.mspx IE Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie RSS Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com I'll post... Posted Dec 12 2006, 10:31 AM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, conferences, keynotes

• PEte vs Pete

  A few people have asked, but I figured I'd post a quick note about why I sign my emails "PEte" instead of "Pete". And yes, there is a good reason. Well, at least I think it's good. http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/pages/pete-vs-pete.aspx PEte ;) Read More... Posted Dec 08 2006, 02:20 AM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Personal, ASPNET

• IE6 VPC A Success & Web Design World

  IE6 VPC I can't believe how much of a success shipping the IE6 VPC image was! The fact that we got Slashdotted , picked up by TechMeme , Mary Jo Foley and several other big publications, and big blogs was fantastic. Beyond what I would have expected. And with few exceptions, the feedback has been positive. Without a doubt, we're going to be continuing this process. The images will stay relatively the same, we'll just push out the time bombing date each time. To date, we've had almost 60,000 downloads! Several of you have asked why the image doesn't pass WGA, preventing you from installing IE7 on it. In order to release a VPC like this, we to deactivate the product key we use to create the image. If we didn't, it would be possible to extract... Posted Dec 07 2006, 02:59 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, conferences

• IE6 VPC Now Available For Download

  I think the biggest question people asked about the IE6 VPC image was when will it be available? How about right now! After a rather late night last night, and a bit of a false start, I uploaded the VPC image this morning, and it's gone live. The image contains Windows XP SP2, IE6 and the IE7 Readiness Toolkit. It clocks in at a 496meg download, and unpacks to about 1.5 gigs. Internet Explorer 6 Application Compatibility VPC Image The image is set to expire on April 1, 2007 (it's not an April Fools Joke). If there is enough demand, we'll most likely release another one in March some time, and extend the expiry date. I'll make another post later today with a link to the IE Blog post about this with more info. Read More... Posted Nov 30 2006, 05:24 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7

• IE6 VPC Update

  There have been a few questions as comments on my blog that I wanted to follow up on. When are we going to release the image? As soon as humanly possible. The image is done, we're just working through some time bombing issues right now. We can't ship an untime bombed image, as that would be effectively shipping a full fledged OS. The image has been submitted, and it's being worked through right now. After having just shipped Vista, and the Thanksgiving holiday, a lot of the important folks are out this week, so we haven't been able to make it happen. Will I be announcing the release of the image here? ABSOLULTELY! As soon as it's up, I'll get a blog post up. We'll also make an announcement on the IE blog . If you're not familiar with the IE... Posted Nov 22 2006, 04:00 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7

• IE6 and IE7 Side By Side

  For quite some time, developers have been asking us how to run Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 side by side, and sadly, it's not possible to it accurately. There is a work around that a few people have found, but it doesn't give you a true IE6 vs IE7 comparison. It's not just a matter of replacing a few files, you're changing core operating system components. And when you start doing that, you can get yourself into some potentially dangerous (crashing) situations. That's why it's not a sanctioned way of doing it. The way we've recommended for some time is to download Virtual PC (which is not free), and install Windows XP on it, and run IE6 there, and run IE7 on your main computer. Setting up a Windows XP box is time consuming, and... Posted Nov 20 2006, 03:21 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7

• Random Image Loading With JavaScript

  I'm teaching the From Prints To Online: Updating Your Website class today at PCNW, and I had someone ask how they could random show an image on their home page. All of the students aren't really web designer or developers, but fine art photographers. They know and understand photography like the back of their hands, but not HTML, CSS or JavaScript. Normally with a big class, I would have said it's a little too hard to teach to all 12 students (remember, these are not people who understand code). But, I've got a small class this weekend, so I figured why not. I also figured I might as well post it for those who are interested. In the head, you'll need to paste the following code: <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> MyImages... Posted Nov 18 2006, 07:52 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, Code Samples, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7

• A Quick Link To Extending RSS in IE7

  One of the cool demos I saw around IE7 was how to extend the RSS platform so that you could include additional information, or provide additional ways of listing and sorting through data that you'd have in the RSS feed. Sean Lyndersay on the RSS team pointed me to these links that I found really informative. Generic RSS info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/rss/ Simple List Extension Example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/rss/sle/ Read More... Posted Nov 08 2006, 04:43 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, IE, web design, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 7, RSS

• Useful Web Design Links: Submitting to search engines, and picking colors/colours

  I just finished teaching "From Prints To Online: Creating Your Own Website" class at PCNW and we found a couple of useful links that I though I would share. Getting listed on the major search engines: Google: http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl Search.MSN.Com: http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/free/mobile/request We were also searching for custom colours to use on your website, and when we searched for colors, we came across the Web Color Wheel . It's a pretty neat little site that lets you move the mouse until you find a colour you like, then it gives you the appropriate HTML color codes that you can use to pick the colors. Read More... Posted Oct 29 2006, 06:04 PM by PeteL's Blog : ASPNET Filed under: Microsoft, ASPNET, CSS Examples, IE, web design