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[DotNetNuke] Eagerly awaiting the release of the DotNetNuke Store Module...
UPDATE: DotNetNuke Store (BETA) has been released. Get it here.
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[tip] Test command line settings with EchoArgs 9.78 PRO
Occasionally, applications will allow you to call external helper programs via command line. That can get tricky when you're supplying a command line template and the application does some token replacement before running the commandline. For example, when I hooked up SourceGear Vault to WinMerge, the trick was in figuring out which tokens it was replacing and how those mapped to WinMerge's commandline arguments. So if my commandline setting is /dl "%WORKING_LABEL%" /dr "%OTHER_LABEL%" "%WORKING_PATH%" "%OTHER_PATH%" "%DEST_PATH%", what exactly is being passed for "WORKING_LABEL" and "OTHER_LABEL"?
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[tip] Use WinMerge for compare / merge in SourceGear Vault
I previously blogged about how to use WinMerge as the diff tool in StarTeam. Diff / Merge against source control is something I do very frequently, so I think it's worth the few minutes to use the best possible tool. I've been a fan of WinMerge for a while, so when I started using SourceGear Vault this post was pretty much inevitable.
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[fix] DotNetNuke SolPart menu positioning fix for Firefox
The admin dropdown menus in our DNN 3.1.1 sites haven't been working in FireFox - they show up in the upper left hand corner of the screen (absolutely positioned at 0,0). A javascript change (in spmenu.js) fixed it for us.
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Judicious dependency selection is a powerful tool
Ah, the blog comment turned rant turned blog post...
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[funny] Best Blonde Joke Ever
Definitely the best blonde joke ever.[1]
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SharpDevelop2 LGPL'd, can now be used in Closed Source Apps
The SharpDevelop project switched
licenses with the 2.0 release in December from
GPL to LGPL. That means you can use the components in own applications, both
open and closed source. Unlike the GPL, you can statically or dynamically link
to LGPL
code from open or closed source applications as long as you don't make any
changes to the LGPL'd code. This goes against the goals of the
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Using Markup Based Javascript Effect Libraries to make dynamic sites in standards compliant HMTL
You can make websites effects with plenty of glitter using simple, standards compliant HTML through the use Javascript effect libraries which operate on CSS classes. I'll talk about why I think it's important, and if you stick with me, I'll point you to some of my favorite lightweight Javascript effect libraries.
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Inexpensive ASP.NET hosting with wildcard subdomains?
I had an idea for a fun little site that would work best with wildcard subdomains[1]. Any suggestions on an inexpensive host? I found LFC Hosting, which would be $15/month with the static IP they require for wildcard subdomains. Cheap is good in this case.
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"Vista Re-Introduced (as OSX)" vs. "Developers, Developer, Developers.."
Windows Vista is a heck of a development platform. Head and shoulders over the competition - Mac's stuck with Objective C, and the real action in Linux development these days (at least in my twisted world) is in Mono, the open source implementation of .NET. Group hug...
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X-Ray Extension for Firefox
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Understanding how Google rankings have changed after the "Jagger" algorithm update (or, Enter the Trustbox)
Google rankings have a huge impact on internet usage, both for content providers and consumers, so I think it's a good idea to understand how that first page of results are selected. Top listing on Google can make or break a company, but it can also determine which articles you read on a topic, which shapes your thoughts. In other words, I think this is important stuff to understand.
