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SEO Tips for web masters & web mistresses July 15th, 2010
Note: there should be close collaboration between the copy writer and the person who uploads the new content to the website to make best use of these tips.
Choosing your file name and location
When adding content onto your website, consider the use of keywords in the file names and folder names. A search engine may judge [...]
URL naming tips for web masters (& web mistresses) July 13th, 2010
Here are some basic guidelines on URL naming and structuring to follow when building a new website from scratch.
Use of keywords
Someone should have already identified the high value keywords which will provide the highest traffic volume to the new site. These keywords should be present in page URLs to help improve the site’s [...]
SMTP Configuration and e-mail deliverability May 11th, 2010
Prerequisite:
Server with Windows Server 2003 / 2008
Sending e-mails is quite straightforward; all modern programming languages have some built-in methods to achieve this task. Delivering an e-mail is a totally different matter.
Probably anyone that has ever had any dealing with websites sending e-mails has faced the problem where the e-mail is ending up in Spam/Junk box [...]
How to get a new IT system working for you December 29th, 2009
Most IT systems are sold into companies on the premise that they will deliver productivity increases and efficiency savings. The idea is that staff will save time through the automation of tasks. Managers will make better decisions with access to the accurate updated information whenever they need it. So why does this often not happen?
This [...]
New product: FelineCMF passes Microsoft testing! October 20th, 2009
We are very pleased to announce that our new Content Management FrameWork product, FelineCMF, has been tested and meets the criteria for the Microsoft “Platform Test for ISV Solutions” program. Specifically, FelineCMF has passed these 3 tests: Platform Hosted Tests: Web services and .NET Framework , Platform Windows 2008 Server, and Platform SQL Server 2008
FelineCMF is a web-based content [...]
WINDOWS USER ACCOUNT MIGRATION October 15th, 2009
Recently, we had to migrate an application that uses windows authentication from an old server to a new one. Of course, we did not want the users to lose their passwords in the migration. Also, as there were several hundred users, we did not want to recreate the user accounts by hand.
Migration can be divided [...]
SQL Server All Table Sizes in MB August 11th, 2009
Can you believe there’s no handy way of looking at the table sizes out of the box?
*sigh*
So here’s a chunk of SQL to do the job. I found it on the interweb so I can’t take credit but it deserves more attention I think.
DECLARE
@id int,
@pages int,
@objname varchar(750)
SET NOCOUNT ON
CREATE TABLE #tblSize
(
Name varchar (100),
Rows varchar (100),
Reserved [...]
Rolling back other people’s TFS 2008 check-ins July 30th, 2009
One of our developers has been unfortunate enough to have developed a hospitalising condition. A capable guy, he was at the hub of a lot of things. It also meant that he had a lot of stuff checked out when he was struck down. The project has moved on somewhat and we need to branch [...]
HTML to PDF easily July 23rd, 2009
I’ve been working on enhancements to our eCommerce framework and needed to produce a PDF version of an invoice. I already had the invoice as an HTML page, so the task was to convert this to PDF.
A company called WebSuperGoo had the solution and it couldn’t be simpler:
WebSupergoo.ABCpdf7.Doc invoiceDoc = new Doc();
invoiceDoc.AddImageUrl(URL);
invoiceDoc.Save(Server.MapPath(“invoice.pdf”));
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