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I’ve used gzip compression on Apache/PHP projects before and the results are usually awesome. Especially for static files like CSS and Javascript files that compress to 30% of their original size.
Now that we’re using ASP.NET and Umbraco so much these days I needed to figure out how to get gzip compression working in IIS. [...]
Facebook unlike Twitter and blogs do not publish an RSS feed for us.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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wrapping your head around a business website is a difficult task for all but the most simplest of sites. After years in the web industry I still find it challenging. I’ve found that breaking a web project into a four basic layers greatly helps us and our clients understand how the website will serve its [...]
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 [...]