Search MVPs and use short profile URLs
Note: this entry has moved.
All MVPs now have greater visibility through the MVP community home page. It's cool to have our profiles in the public, endorsed by MS.
Some functionality is missing on the site, however. First
and foremost, the URLs provided are clearly unsuitable for
email signatures, newsgroup posts, etc. Imagine my signature
with this url:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/mvp/mvpdetails.mspx?Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22guid%22+Value%3d%222d3626a6-dede-4abd-9e59-aa4807125a47%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e
Ruined, completely. So, instead of complaining about how bad
it is, we've provided short URLs for all profiles visible
through the
MVP Community site. You just use your name as it appears on that site,
without spaces, with the following format:
http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?DanielCazzulino
or
http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?VictorGarciaAprea.
Alternatively, you can write us (webmaster at NO aspnet2 SPAM dot PLZ com) to add an alias for your link too, such as: http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?donxml or http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?olegt.
Finally, and almost as important, we've also provided search
functionality. If you just go to
http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx, or pass a non-existent MVP name or alias, you can search
for the MVP you are looking for, even in a particular
category.
If you just made your profile public and want this
"database" to be updated with your profile, just send an
email to webmaster at NO aspnet2 SPAM dot PLZ com
I hope this is useful to all MVPs, as well as those looking
for a guy with recognized expertise in a particular
technology. It's already useful to me for sure!
Daniel Cazzulino [MVP XML]