Synchronizing files on multiple computers
A robust file synchronization utility is a must-have for anybody with multiple machines. I have tried many solutions and always found something to be lacking. And then I...
News
I was pleasantly surprised to learn today that I have been awarded Microsoft MVP status. I feel quite honored and will continue to do as much as I...
IE Developer toolbar
I just downloaded and installed the IE Developer Toolbar and am in developer browser heaven. I have previously used the Web Accessibility Toolbar, but I think the developer...
Enabling RSS icon in IE7
The IE7 toolbar has an RSS icon that is ordinarily grayed-out, but lights up when visiting certain web pages. Clicking the icon displays a list of feeds available...
Dynamically switching stylesheets using client-side code
Sometimes, it is necessary to override stylesheets defined on a page or to add additional stylesheets, perhaps for different media. The script below defines a JS object that...
Dynamically adding a stylesheet to page
There are many situations when you may want to dynamically add a stylesheet to a page. One use case is when a control is being dynamically loaded and...
Multi-column CSS layouts
Multi-column CSS layouts are always challenging thanks to the many browser quirks and variations in adherence to standards. Most designers who venture into this territory inevitably spend hours...
Open Source making inroads in corporations
A new research study by Optaros, Inc. highlights a growing increase in the adoption rate of Open Source at corporations. Read the story here.
“Out of office” emails
The DotNetNuke Newsletter goes out to over 150,000 email addresses each month. For any given edition, we get a few thousand “out of office” responses, a few hundred...
Enum parsing in C#
Frequently, you will have a situation where you store the string representation of an enumerated value in a file or database, and when it is retrieved you have...