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How to Moderate All Comments in Blog 4 Umbraco

The cool Blog 4 Umbraco package built by the Umbraco Team is a great package with a few features missing out of the box.  The fact that it is Open Source really rocks because it means we can fill in the gaps.  At ProWorks we have been slowly building on Blog 4 Umbraco and now [...]

How to Generate an RSS Feed from Facebook

Facebook unlike Twitter and blogs do not publish an RSS feed for us. In addition it’s content is behind a login. This makes Facebook very challenging to monitor. This is a method for generating an RSS feed of content from Facebook utilizing Google search, Open Dapper and topping it off with an RSS reader. Note
The idea [...]

Add A Custom Tab to Your Facebook Fan Page – Starter Template Included

Adding a custom tab to your Facebook Fan page really isn’t that hard if you know a little HTML. But if you are daunted by CSS and layout, then today is your luck day. I’m going to give you a starter template to get going with and you can use that to get something [...]

Blog 4 Umbraco Modification Part 2: Multiple Blog Posting From the Dashboard With Umbraco User Permissions

In my quest to make the Blog 4 Umbraco dashboard work really well for a client of ours, I’ve been getting into the depths of the code and tweaking things.
I recently blogged about how to select the blog to post to from the dashboard when there are multiple blogs in Umbraco.
Now we need to limit [...]

How-to Claim Your Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL

The Facebook Fan Page Vanity URL is a key piece to cross-promoting your Fan Page with the world on your cards, website, receipts, or wherever its important to have something short and memorable for people to remember.
Unfortunately, its not super obvious where to set it.
Clearly someone else has already blogged this so I found a [...]

Save Money with Ten Questions About Your Website Project

If you are the owner of a website and/or you are considering a re-design or a new build, here is list of ten questions that can help you save money.
A good web professional should be asking you questions like these as part of their service. But frankly, I would advise you to consider these questions ahead of time for the following [...]

Blog 4 Umbraco Modification: Allow Posting To Multiple Blogs From The Dashboard

We recently had a project for a client, MOM Magazine, that had the need to have several blogs on their site running independently, yet in the same CMS. Blog 4 Umbraco to the rescue! After the Christmas upgrade sprint from the Umbraco team I knew that the blog could handle everything they needed [...]

Umbraco Package: Google Map Macro for the Rich Text Editor

First Umbraco Package!
OK, its simple, but we needed to let a client insert Google Maps into content areas via the Rich Text Editor in Umbraco.   Macro to the rescue!
Package: Google_Map_Macro_for_the_Rich_Text_Editor__1.0.zip
After installing the package, you should be able to insert a new Google Map in the Rich Text Editor by doing this:
1. Find your location in [...]

Adding a 301 Redirect in IIS for Individual Pages with Non-ASPX Extensions

Are you migrating from a non-ASP.NET web site to an ASP.NET based Content Management System and don’t want to lose inbound links from Google or other sites?  There is an easy way to do this in IIS!
If you’re looking for redirecting domains or www to non-www urls, please take a look at an article I [...]

How to Make an HDTV in Adobe Illustrator

I have been re-acquainted with Adobe Illustrator lately, due to a fun project that requires all kinds of modeled objects. This inspired me to write a full tutorial on something that may be useful to the design community: a sweet flat-screen HDTV! This could be a great way to display some videos or a slideshow, [...]