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 [...]
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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, [...]
How To Add Boxes to the Wall Sidebar of Your Facebook Page
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the new Facebook Profile and Page Roadmap Update fan page boxes are being phased out. Now you need to use a Custom Tab. For help getting a custom tab setup and a starter template please read our post: Add A Custom Tab to Your Facebook Fan Page – Starter Template Included. [...]
How to Add Google Analytics to Wordpress
These directions assume you have a Google Analytics account set up and have access to the tracking script code provided by Google. An alternative solution is to use a Wordpress Plugin to install Google Analytics for you. Google Analytics for Wordpress stands out to me based on its ratings, over 700,000 downloads, version status (3.25) [...]
Eugene Area .NET Users Group Talk: jQuery and ASP.NET
Tonight I’m presenting “jQuery and ASP.NET” at the Eugene Area .NET Users Group November Meeting.
I’ve been having lots of fun developing with jQuery with or without .Net. My first slide:
What is jQuery?
* Lightweight JavaScript library
* Fast
* Cross-browser
* Cross-platform
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