There's 20 or so new community server modules that were released recently you can find details about them here: http://developer.communityserver.org/default.aspx/CS.FirstCSModuleContent One of hte modules uses a little piece of javascript called LightBox that just outright rocks. I'm in the process (when I can find the time) of writing a photo gallery based on it in […]
I'm a big fan of asterisk and have a couple projects coming along nicely for it. But we use a sangoma T1 card and asterisk@home doesn't realy support it out of the box. Now asterisk@home isn't the only way to setup and install asterisk but for a Windows Dweeb like me, it's probably the easiest
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Server Virtualization is becoming a major item these days and is many companies are adopting it. I've heard storys all over the place from development to production, from guys using it to setup test labs of multiple servers using only a handful of boxes to companies replacing 700 physical servers with less than 350. For the
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Microsoft is clearly making an attempt at promoting opensource applications that use their tools and run on their platform, CommunityServer, DotNetNuke, and the starter kits are clear examples of this. I stumbled on the ASP.net 2.0 commerce starter kit last night and have to say it’s pretty darn nice. It’s the work of http://www.wekeroad.com and
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SQL2005 Express Edition is Microsoft's follow up to MSDE2000. MSDE picked up tons of following and has been in use all over the place. Unfortunately for a web application it really didn't cut it and would be quickly outgrown. SQL2005 EE will replace MSDE and doesn't have the same 20 concurrent connections limitation that MSDE
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Actually they’re Visual Basic 2005 -ebooks, but free is good Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresources/IntroTo2005/default.aspx Upgrading Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 to Microsoft Visual Basic .NET: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/staythepath/additionalresources/UpgradingVB6/default.aspx Hopefully we’ll see some C# books getting released fairly soon, I’m a big fan of C#.
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Bandwidth test applications are all over the place, there’s a dozen websites you can hit to tell you just what your internet bandwidth is.
Date types are pretty important but often overlooked (especially from a hack of a programmer like me) so to save myself a ton of headaches I've copied a table I found elsewhere on the internet for myself. The table came from: http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.phpr/2212141 bigint Integer data from -2^63 through 2^63-1 int Integer data from -2^31 through
I mentioned previously about Applied Innovations and our instasite sitebuilder and just how cool it is. I really believe that applications like this will revolutionize website design making it easier for the common person to put online a professional and yet custom website. Yet it's good to see we're not the only ones that think it's cool. In
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Cardinal Commerce offers the verified by visa program and is supported by both storefront and bvcommerce. It’s a service the client subscribes to that helps block fraudulent chargebacks. Say you have a online pc store and you sell someone a pc online. During checkout they’ll be asked for their password for their visa account, once
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