Developing EPiServer page providers: optimizing performance
If you are developing EPiServer page providers for very large data sets, there are a few things you ought to bear in mind about performance.
Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Using the Google AJAX Search API: JSON serialisation with .NET
Google’s AJAX Search API is designed to let you add searches to web pages via JavaScript. However, there’s nothing to stop you using .NET to execute searches on the server side.
Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
EPiServer: Creating a re-usable generic custom property
A technique for storing complex, object-based data in EPiServer custom properties using a re-usable generic base class. Includes downloadable source code.
Posted on Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Web page size and browser performance – why it still matters
Web page optimisation has become a ‘lost art’, despite the relationship between link between page performance and conversion rates.
Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
How to stop spam comments on blogs and forums
How can you stop spam from flooding a social media site? It’s like an arms race between webmasters and spammers…
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Making an asynchronous call in ASP.NET on synchronous pages
Asynchronous pages in ASP.NET are a great feature – what do you do if using them isn’t an option?
Posted on Friday, March 13th, 2009
EPiServer: Initialising plug-ins shipped in a separate DLL
A simple way of ensuring that some code is executed when EPiServer initialises – can be shipped as a separate DLL rather than being included in a web project.
Posted on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
New features in C# 3.0 and C# 4.0 – are Microsoft undermining C#?
I have noticed a number of features creeping in to C# 3.0 and the forthcoming C# 4.0 that I feel very uncomfortable with. In their desire to continue to develop and enhance their platform, could Microsoft be in danger of undermining C#?
Posted on Monday, February 2nd, 2009
ASP.NET web services and SSL certificates – trust relationships
An explanation and solution for the ASP.NET “Could not establish trust relationship with remote server” error that can occur when using web services over SSL.
Posted on Saturday, January 10th, 2009
Optimising HTML page structure for search engine optimisation
It’s surprising how little web developers know about the basics of on-page SEO. It’s pretty simple – there are just a few important factors to bear in mind and most of them are just a case of following best practise for HTML.
Posted on Sunday, October 12th, 2008