CodeCarnage

Using Container.DataItem in place of Eval to evaluate primitive lists within a Repeater is a simple coding task to complete that is easy to forget and [previously] hard to find documentation on, so I'm providing it here. This write-up explains the task and provides and example of the solution. [More]

A best practices guide for managing web.config files for ASP.NET websites that run within a multi-tiered development and production environments. This focuses mainly on the little know web.config element, configSource, and how it can help solve web.config management issues. It can help enable you to use a single web.config file across all of your hosting environments. [More]

Overview of localization and internationalization within the ASP.NET environment. Article includes discussion and examples covering implementation of local resource files, specifying site languages, as well as avoiding what I call the "UICulture Master Page Trap" and how to get around the uiculture master page trap. These topics touch on the App_LocalResources folders, local resource files (.resx) as well as setting Page.UICulture. [More]

A review of the challenges, problems encountered and solutions I devised while configuring BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5 to run with MySQL 5 within GoDaddy's Deluxe Hosting environment. These step-by-step instructions outline web server (IIS) configuration, downloadable MySQL script changes, as well as web.config file updates that are required to get this to run. [More]