Last year Microsoft released version 3.5 of the .net framework. It is now available on all web hosting servers so you can take advantage of the new features available for both ASP.NET and ASP.NET AJAXRead More »

After installing Media Player Classic on windows Vista, I couldn't seem to get it to act as the default video player even though all the settings in windows explorer suggested that it was the default player. Here's how I solved the problem...Read More »

Microsoft has Released To Manufacturing (RTM) Visual Studio 2008, a software development platform that I'm sure any ASP.NET developer would be aware of, and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5Read More »

I love my Logitech MX700 which I've had since 2001! When I upgraded to a new Asus G1 running Windows Vista Ultimate I was dissapointed to find that Logitech won't be supporting their MouseWare software on win Vista/7. Here's how I got it working...

I didn't get a chance to go to TechEd this year, thank goodness for techedlive.co.nzRead More »

It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog post - I've been very busy, but do want to make my blog posts regular so here goes another one...Read More »

We've just finished our new website, it's no secret that we're running DotNetNuke - an awesome feature rich, open source web application framework. After launching the site, the next step was to get it indexed by major search engines. The best way to do that is to start by creating a Google Sitemap. I was pleased to find out that the latest version of DotNetNuke came with standard install /Sitemap.aspx file which rendered an XML Google Sitemap. This was great, but it fell short - it didn't map the abundance of content we store in the Blog module. Here's how we got a richer Google Sitemap running, which mapped all pages including all blog/article entries.Read More »