A common challenge when working with ASP.NET master pages is how to dynamically add JavaScript that is relevant to a specific child page.
In other words, maybe your site has 10 child pages that share one master page / template. One of them is, let’s say, a contact us / directions page, and on that page, [...]
Dynamically Adding JavaScript To Your ASP.NET Master Page From A Child Page
New URL For ASP.NET Demos: dougv.net
The process of retiring / removing my Yahoo!-related handle continues. The latest step: a new URL for ASP.NET demos, which are hosted on another server.
From here on out, my ASP.NET demos will be hosted at dougv.net. This replaces the former URL, dhvrm.com.
I’ll leave dhvrm.com running for a while, but please correct your bookmarks as that [...]
Dynamically Changing Your Child Page Titles With ASP.NET Master Pages
The primary benefit of ASP.NET master pages is the ability to apply code, themes and templates to child page content. But for some reason, Microsoft did not build in an easy way to concatenate a child page’s title to the master page title.
Consider, for example, dougv.net, my ASP.NET demo site. I want it to take [...]
Shortening URLs With The bit.ly API Via ASP.NET
After yesterday’s post on using the Twitter API to post status updates on Twitter from an ASP.NET application, a follower of my client suggested using a URL shortening service to link to the articles headlines being posted as tweets.
That was an excellent idea of which I should have thought in the first place. And thanks [...]
Posting Status Updates (Tweets) To A Twitter Profile Via ASP.NET
I have a client that posts several news stories to its Web site every day. So it makes tremendous sense for them to post the headlines to Twitter as tweets, so that followers might be informed of breaking news, or just what’s new on the site.
The Twitter API makes posting status updates (tweets) to Twitter [...]
Free Books, Just For The Asking
I’m clearing my bookshelves and have four books that I was planning to trash (since the local library doesn’t want them). Then I thought, what the heck, give ‘em away on the blog.
So, forthwith, I have the following four books available:
Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual (1998 Edition): This is a reference book used [...]
