Archives
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The change in FormsAuth I never knew about
Obviously I missed the boat somewhere along the line. I realized today that I've never used FormsAuthentication in an ASP.NET v2.0 application before. As it turns out, it doesn't work the same as it used to.
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Why would .ASPXAUTH be ignored?
I've developed a strange problem. I'm using FormsAuthentication to login users. I persist the .ASPXAUTH cookie and set its expiration to today plus 30 days.
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Why UI design first is important
Like most developers, I work with other developers. Most are computer sciency and kick ass when it comes to class design and architecture. The problem with this is that this creates a UI design culture that is not always optimal.
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No suits for me
Mark Cuban can be obnoxious, but I'm right behind him on this one:
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Making things pretty
I hired a designer to make some rockin' icons (thanks, Jenna!) for the forthcoming POP Forums v8. It's kind of weird how taking a break from the hardcore coding to make things pretty is a very motivating force. It's like the entire thing becomes more real at that point.
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AJAX controls are cool, sometimes
I'm finally using the AJAX stuff in a project of mine, and I have to say that, for the most part, I'm impressed. The ton of stuff you have to drop into web.config is a little annoying, but there are some amazing tools in there.
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LonelyGirl15 and video on the Web
YouTube has a lot of fun stuff, and I won't deny it of that, but I don't understand where this "revolution" in video content is. There is little on the Web that qualifies as anything more than wasting time.
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Can you expose VS dev Web server to other computers?
As it says... can the VS dev Web server be seen by other computers on the network? It would make testing in Safari and other browsers a lot easier. I can't seem to get the right combination of words on Google to find an answer. So far, no joy.
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Letting the kids loose on your junk
I ported the data from my reasonably large forum on CoasterBuzz over to an early test build of POP Forums v8. First off I was just relieved that the data was easy to move.