Aaron Blake's Blog

The Pyramid of the Capitalist System

webmaster — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:57:21 +0000

The American Dream is based on the belief that anyone can become wealthy by working hard. Alas this is only a dream, the truth is capitalism works just like any other pyramid scheme, where the few winners gain at the expense of the mass of losers.

Just take a look at the people that work the hardest today, nurses, cleaners, factory workers, firemen the list goes on. If the American Dream was true, then these people should be the thriving. But instead its the people who do the least work such as land owners, bankers and shareholders, getting rich through rents, investments and exploiting the poor’s debt.

Pyramid of the Capitalist System

The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), produced a classic poster depicting the capitalist pyramid scheme, showing all the instruments the capitalist uses to control the masses.

Modern Pyramid of the Capitalist System

I discovered a more recent version on Francois Tremblay’s blog, which is more relevant to how the Capitalist Pyramid scheme functions today.

Duplicate Namespace Problem

webmaster — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:58:26 +0000

Today I cam across an annoying Namespace issue, which I spent ages trying to solve.

If you have a namespace which has the same name as another namespace but at a different level, .net won’t know which namespace to use, and will through an error.

This is also true for classes as well.

Example:
namespace Zone.Section { public class ShowZone{} }
using Zone.Section


namespace Website.Zone

{
    public class Page

    {

        void Load()

        {

            Zone.Section.ShowZone();

        }
    }

}
Now the example above will not compile, because .net can only see the Zone for Website.Zone, and not Zone.Section.

This problem usually occurs if you haven’t organised your namespaces properly, or is you have inherited code form various sources.

The solution

To get this code to work, you need to use the global prefix, and define the “using” (or Imports in vb.net) within the namespace.

For example:
using Zone.Section


namespace Website.Zone

{

    using Zone = global::Zone;
    public class Page

    {

        void Load()

        {

            Zone.Section.ShowZone();

        }
    }

}

OR
namespace Website.Zone {


    public class Page

    {

        void Load()

        {

            global::Zone.Section.ShowZone();

        }
    }

}

Legalised Exploitation – Stocks and Shares

webmaster — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:58:51 +0000

The idea of owning a business is a ingrained part of our society, however the organisation of business today is a legalised form of exploitation which make the poor poorer and the rich richer.

If the business is created by more than one person, then those people share the profits of the business in a partnership.

After the setup of the business, any new workers that join the business are not usually entitled to any profit generated, only their wage which is set by the employer.

This is were the problem starts.

Workers are exploited by their employers whom benefit entirely from the profits created from their labour. This is a form of unearned income, which is the process of those with capital controlling the means of production to extort capital from the workers.

This is the system of capitalism, which dominates the world today.

In small to medium sized business, where the owners of the business are usually also employees within the business; the owners primary motivation is profit, but because they are also employees they usually care about the well being of the workers and the social responsibility of the business.

As the business grows and the founders have extorted a significant amount of capital from the workers, they often retire and live entirely off there capital generated by the workers labour.

Because the workers never get their rightful share of the profits, the amount of capital they can save to start their own business is limited, and ultimately they would have to find wealthy investors to finance their own business.

Investors give capital to entrepreneurs, and in return they want a share of the ownership of the business, and a share of the profits.

This reduces the share of the profits the founder of the business recieves, so they are encouraged to reduce the pay and working conditions of the workers to compensate, exploiting the workers even more.

To generate more unearned income, the wealthy elite (Bourgeoisie) encourage a “free market” where they can invest money in all different types of companies and exploit workers to fund their extravagant lifestyle.

The ultimate form of capitalism is slavery, where the the owners of the plantations also owned the workers, and extorted the maximum amount of profit, becoming incredibly rich and powerful.

This is why today some countries are rich and some are poor. The poor countries were the ones where the workers were exploited and enslaved, and the rich countries are the ones which did the exploiting using brute force and barbarian tactics.

What’s the alternative?

The alternative to the exploitative business model are co-operatives.

In a co-operative, the workers and consumers all own the business, which means they get to share equally in the profits the business makes, and have full control over how it is run.

This benefits the workers, because they receive better pay and working conditions. It benefits consumers, because they get products they need. It benefits the wider community because business decisions made will take into consideration the needs of the community and the effects the business has on society – making it possible reduce carbon emissions, promote fair trade and invest in community projects.

These types of businesses already exist, so you can make a difference today by trying to purchase from them whenever you can.

Further reading:
What’s the Problem With Unearned Income?

Cuyahoga – How to publish from source.

webmaster — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:09:49 +0000

Introduction

Publishing a Cuyahoga site from the source code using visual studio will not work using the in built publishing tools alone. You need to take a few additional steps.

Please note I used Visual Studio 2008 to create this tutorial. The steps may differ slightly in different versions.

1. Rebuild solution

Rebuild the entire solution to make sure everything is up to date.
Also make sure all your modules have been added to the Modules folder of the Web project successfully.

2. Publish Cuyahoga.Web project

Publish the web project by selecting from the menu:

Select the Cuyahoga.Web project in the solution explorer.
Select Build from the menu bar.
Select Publish Cuyahoga.Web.
In the Publish dialog:
- Select a target location for the published site.
- Select “Delete all existing files prior to publish” for a clean install.
- Select “Only files needed to run this application.”
- Select Publish button.

3. Add module files to published site.

You need to copy the modules folder from you Cuyahoga.Web project, over to your published site manually.
If there is nothing in your Cuyahoga.Web modules folder, you probably didn’t rebuild the solution properly, so go back and repeat step 1.

4. Deploy

Your site is now fully compiled and ready to deploy.

Cuyahoga: How to change the admin template

webmaster — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:49:57 +0000

Introduction

It didn’t seem obvious to me at first how to change the appearance of the Cuyahoga admin template, so I thought I’d create a simple guide to point you in the right direction.

Web Config

Cuyahoga Admin Web Config

The web config within the admin folder of your Cuyahoga site is where you can find the template settings.
/Admin/Web.config

Template directory

Set this to the directory that contains the template you want to use for the admin section.

Default template

Set this to the template file you wish to use as the default admin template. Note that this file must reside within the template directory.

Default CSS

Set the default CSS file to be used by the template.

Default Title

Set the default page title use for the admin section.

Conclusion

Its probably best to make a copy of the standard AdminTemplate.ascx template, then edit this to fix your design if your new to using templates in Cuyahoga.

But the system is flexible enough to allow you to create your own templates from scratch.

Cuyahoga: How to create a module tutorial

webmaster — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:05:13 +0000

Introduction

This tutorial shows you how to create a simple module for the open source CMS Cuyahoga.
Visual studio 2008 was used to create this example, but it should also work in Visual Studio 2005 with the SP1 upgrade.

Supporting documents:
Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample Files VB.net
PDF tutorial

1. Download Cuyahoga source

You can download the latest version here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cuyahoga/files/

2. Install and run site

Set up a sample site or use your current Cuyahoga site.

3. Open the Cuyahoga solution in visual studio.

4. Add a new web application project to the solution.

Name the project using the following standard: Cuyahoga.Modules.

Add Project

Add Web Project

5. Delete all files currently in the project.

6. Add directories

Add the following directories to your project:
Web
Install
Install/Database
Install/Database/mssql2000

Add Folders

7. Add post build events.

Edit and then add the following post build events to your project properties:

xcopy /s /y "$(ProjectDir)"Web\*.as?x "$(SolutionDir)"Web\Modules\Sample\
xcopy /s /y "$(ProjectDir)"Install\Database\*.sql "$(SolutionDir)"Web\Modules\Sample\Install\Database\
xcopy /s /y "$(TargetDir)"Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample*.dll "$(SolutionDir)"Web\bin\

You can find the post build events window by going to:
Open Project Properties

Go to Project Properties

Click the Compile tab

Properties Compile

Click the build events button

Build Events

If your using a different version of visual studio, the build events window might be a tab in the project properties window.

8. Add project references.

You will need to add at least the following two project references:
Cuyahoga.Core
Cuyahoga.Web

To add a project reference, right click on the project in the solution explorer and the select add reference.

Add project reference

In the add reference dialogue, navigate to the project tab and select the project you wish to add.

Add reference

9. Create the module controller.

Create a new class in the root of your module project called Module.
For example – SampleModule

Add the following code to your class, remember to change SampleModule for the name of your module.

using System;
using Cuyahoga.Core.Domain;

Namespace Cuyahoga.Modules.Sample
{
    /// 
    /// Controller class of the module
    ///

How to add web user controls to a class library project

webmaster — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:38:26 +0000

Introduction

By default you are unable to add web forms or user controls to a Class Library project. This guide will tell you how to get around this.

IMPORTANT – Backup your project file before you make any amends to it, just in case something goes wrong.

Step 1 – Open class library project file in a text editor.

The project file is usually in the root folder and has a file extension of .vbproj or .csproj

Step 2 – Add or replace the tag

Add or replace the tag with the following:

{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}

This tag should be underneath the tag, which is within the tag.

Example:



  
    Debug
    AnyCPU
    9.0.30729
    2.0
    {42FC0FAF-C05B-4C16-AB8A-3F4698F910D8}
    {349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{F184B08F-C81C-45F6-A57F-5ABD9991F28F}
    Library
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test
    512
    WebControl
    v3.5
    On
    Binary
    Off
    On
  
  
    true
    full
    true
    true
    bin\Debug\
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test.xml
    42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022
  
  
    pdbonly
    false
    true
    true
    bin\Release\
    Cuyahoga.Modules.Test.xml
    42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      3.5
    
    
      3.5
    
    
      3.5
    
  
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
    
    
    
      True
      Application.myapp
    
    
      True
      True
      Resources.resx
    
    
      True
      Settings.settings
      True
    
  
  
    
      VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator
      Resources.Designer.vb
      My.Resources
      Designer
    
  
  
    
      MyApplicationCodeGenerator
      Application.Designer.vb
    
    
      SettingsSingleFileGenerator
      My
      Settings.Designer.vb

Step 3 – Save file and open project up in visual studio.

Conclusion

You should now be able to add web forms and user controls from the solution explorer within visual studio.

Further reading:
http://haacked.com/archive/2006/02/07/AddingWebUserControlToAClassLibraryInVS.NET2005.aspx

Bug fix – Application restarts on directory delete in ASP.net

webmaster — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:12:01 +0000

Introduction

If a directory within an ASP.net website is deleted while the site is running, this causes the whole site to reboot, loosing any session data and logging out users.

This quick tutorial will show you a quick fix that can be run in your global.asax to prevent this from happening.

Step 1 – Define the bug fix method

Define the following method somewhere in your application (easiest is within the global.asax file, but you can place it anywhere else that’s more convenient).

private void FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
{
if (CurrentTrustLevel == AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Unrestricted)
{
// From: http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx
// FIX disable AppDomain restart when deleting subdirectory
// This code will turn off monitoring from the root website directory.
// Monitoring of Bin, App_Themes and other folders will still be operational, so updated DLLs will still auto deploy.
PropertyInfo p = typeof(HttpRuntime).GetProperty("FileChangesMonitor", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
object o = p.GetValue(null, null);
FieldInfo f = o.GetType().GetField("_dirMonSubdirs", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase);
object monitor = f.GetValue(o);
MethodInfo m = monitor.GetType().GetMethod("StopMonitoring", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
m.Invoke(monitor, new object[] { });
}
}

VB.net

        Private Sub FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
    If CurrentTrustLevel = AspNetHostingPermissionLevel.Unrestricted Then
        ' From: http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx
        ' FIX disable AppDomain restart when deleting subdirectory
        ' This code will turn off monitoring from the root website directory.
        ' Monitoring of Bin, App_Themes and other folders will still be operational, so updated DLLs will still auto deploy.
        Dim p As PropertyInfo = GetType(HttpRuntime).GetProperty("FileChangesMonitor", BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.[Public] Or BindingFlags.[Static])
        Dim o As Object = p.GetValue(Nothing, Nothing)
        Dim f As FieldInfo = o.[GetType]().GetField("_dirMonSubdirs", BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic Or BindingFlags.IgnoreCase)
        Dim monitor As Object = f.GetValue(o)
        Dim m As MethodInfo = monitor.[GetType]().GetMethod("StopMonitoring", BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.NonPublic)
        m.Invoke(monitor, New Object() {})
    End If
End Sub

Step 2 – Create Global.asax file in root of application.

If you don’t already have a global.asax file, you need to create one in the root of your application.

Step 3 – Run method in Application Start event of global.asax

protected void Application_Start(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Misc
FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles();
}

VB.net

Protected Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As [Object], ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Misc
FixAppDomainRestartWhenTouchingFiles()
End Sub

Conclusion

This should fix the bug and prevent the ASP.net web site from restarting when a directory is deleted.

Further reading:
http://forums.asp.net/p/1310976/2581558.aspx

Precompiling ASP.net Web Site Projects in Visual Studio 2008

webmaster — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:49:36 +0000

Introduction

This tutorial will show you how to precompile an ASP.net Web Site Project in Visual Studio 2008.

ASP.net currently has 3 different project models:

Web Site Projects
Web Application Projects
MVC Projects

Unlike Web Application and MVC projects, Web Site Projects do not need to be precompiled before they can be deployed on the web server. ASP.net dynamically compiles the site on Application start which means websites can be deployed quicker. The disadvantage is the user will experience delays every time the site needs to recompile on the server.

To overcome this problem, you can precompile a Web Site Project in Visual Studio 2005 upwards (excluding Visual Web Developer) before you upload it to the web server.

Steps

Open or create a new website project in Visual Studio.
Go to Build > Publish Web Site
In the Target Location text box, enter where you would like to save the precompiled site.
Leave the default values how they are, unless you wish to customise the build.
Press OK.
Visual Studio will build and save the entire pre-compiled website in the location you selected.
Simply upload this to your web server as you would normally do.

Notes

Warning: Make sure you delete the App Code folder on your web server if one already exists. If you have a class file in the App Code folder that has the same class as one on a precompiled site, you will get an error as both will be referenced in the project.

Susan Gossage – Portfolio Website

webmaster — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:22:19 +0000

Susan Gossage Banner

Last week I finished building a website for the model Susan Gossage.

Susan Gossage Home Page

Susan has work on a wide range of international projects from magazine shoots to TV commercials and fashion shows.

Susan Gossage - TV commercials

The site contains flash video streamed through FlowPlayer and pictures displayed through the flash gallery SimpleViewer.

Susan Gossage - Portfolio Gallery

You can visit the site by going to:
http://susangossage.com

IIS Site Archiving

webmaster — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:39:11 +0000

Introduction

When sites have expired or are no longer in use, its best to back them up and delete them from IIS, to keep the server tidy, and prevent unwanted access.

This tutorial explains how to archive a website, by saving the settings in an xml file (configuration file), the deleting the site from IIS.

1. Open IIS

You can open IIS on your server by going to:

Control Panel
Administative Tools
Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

2. Save configuration file

To save the configuration file, open IIS.

Expand the websites section and select the website you want to archive.
Right click on the website, then from the menu choose All Tasks, then save configuration to file.
You will be presented with a new window. In the file name textbox give the confiration file a meaningful name (such as the project codes or url), then select the path you wish to save the file, then save.

3. Delete website

To delete the website from IIS.

Right click on the website and the choose delete.

Note – the option to delete will not be available if you have any property windows still open.

AJAX Server Side Custom Validation ASP.net 2.0

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:54:39 +0000

Introduction

This tutorial will cover how to use the ServerSideValidationExtender to enable custom validator controls to work client side without post-back using AJAX.

By default, custom validator controls do not work client side, even if within an AJAX update panel.
To get these to work, we need to use a new control called the ServerSideValidationExtender.

Requirements

Visual Studio 2005 or higher.
ASP.net AJAX Extensions installed on the development machine.
style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);">http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/
The host server must have at least .net 2.0.
ASP.net AJAX Control Toolkit - href="http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=AjaxControlToolkit"
style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: none;">http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=AjaxControlToolkit
AJAX Validation Guidance Bundle - href="http://websf.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Validation_landing_page">http://websf.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Validation_landing_page

STEP 1 – ASP.net AJAX Extensions

Before you can add the AJAX Control Toolkit to your site, you need to set it up to work with ASP.net AJAX.

A guide to do this in .net 2.0 can be seen in the previous tutorial.

href="http://www.aaronblake.co.uk/blog/2009/05/14/aspnet-ajax-in-net-20/">http://www.aaronblake.co.uk/blog/2009/05/14/aspnet-ajax-in-net-20/

STEP 2 – ASP.net AJAX Control Toolkit

Before you can add the AJAX ServerSideValidationExtender to your site, you need to set it up to work with AJAX Control Toolkit.

A guide to do this in .net 2.0 can be seen in the previous tutorial.

href="http://www.aaronblake.co.uk/blog/2009/06/04/ajax-control-toolkit-in-aspnet-20/">http://www.aaronblake.co.uk/blog/2009/06/04/ajax-control-toolkit-in-aspnet-20/

STEP 3 – Add the dll’s

In your web-site’s bin folder, add the following files from the Validation Guidance Bundle download:

AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.dll
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Validation.Integration.AspNet.dll
Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder.dll

STEP 4 – Add Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox.

Add the controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox by doing the following:

Right click on the toolbox and select “Add Tab”
Rename the new tab whatever you want, something like AJAX Validation Controls.
Now right click within that tab and select “Choose items..”
This will bring up a window, click on the browse button in the .net Framework Components tab and select the AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions.dll.
This will add the controls to the toolbox, enabling you to drag and drop them into web pages.

STEP 5 – Register dll in page to be used

If you drag the ServerSideValidationExtender from the toolbox, this step should happen automatically, however if it doesn’t then make sure you do the following.

At the top of the page you wish to use the controls, add the register prefix:


<%@
Register
Assembly=”AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions”
Namespace=”AjaxControlToolkit.WCSFExtensions”
TagPrefix=”ajaxtoolkitwcsfextensions”
%>

STEP 6 – Add control to page

You will now be able to use the ServerSideValidationExtender that page within your site.

Just add one, for example:

AJAX Server Side Validation

This is an example of using server side validation,
client side by using ASP.net AJAX and the validation extension
controls.

Code Behind:


Protected Sub CustomValidator1_ServerValidate(ByVal source As Object, ByVal args As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ServerValidateEventArgs)
	Handles CustomValidator1.ServerValidate
	args.IsValid = validateNumber()
End Sub

Function validateNumber() As Boolean
	If IsNumeric(TextBox1.Text) Then
		Return True
	Else
		Return False
	End If
End Function

Further Info

For more information, please
visit: href="http://websf.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Validation_landing_page"
style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);">http://websf.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Validation_landing_page

AJAX Control Toolkit in ASP.net 2.0

webmaster — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:52:17 +0000

Introduction

This tutorial will cover how to use the new controls in the ASP.net AJAX Control Toolkit with your old ASP.net 2.0 websites.

This means you can use a whole host of new useful pre-built code, to quickly take advantage of the power of AJAX. For a demo of the controls go here: http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/

Requirements

Visual Studio 2005 or higher.
ASP.net AJAX Extensions installed on the development machine. http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/
The host server must have at least .net 2.0.
ASP.net AJAX Control Toolkit - http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=AjaxControlToolkit

STEP 1 – ASP.net AJAX Extensions

Before you can add the AJAX Control Toolkit to your site, you need to set it up to work with ASP.net AJAX.

A guide to do this in .net 2.0 can be seen in the previous tutorial.

http://www.aaronblake.co.uk/blog/2009/05/14/aspnet-ajax-in-net-20/

STEP 2 – Add the dll’s

In your web-site’s bin folder, add the following file from the control kit download:

AjaxControlToolkit.dll

STEP 3 – Add Controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox.

Add the controls to the Visual Studio Toolbox by doing the following:

Right click on the toolbox and select “Add Tab”
Rename the new tab whatever you want, something like AJAX Controls.
Now right click within that tab and select “Choose items..”
This will bring up a window, click on the browse button in the .net Framework Components tab and select the AjaxControlToolkit.dll.
This will add the controls to the toolbox, enabling you to drag and drop them into web pages.

STEP 4 – Register dll in page to be used

If you drag a control from the toolbox, this step should happen automatically, however if it doesn’t then make sure you do the following.

At the top of the page you wish to use the controls, add the register prefix:

<%@ Register Assembly=”AjaxControlToolkit”
Namespace=”AjaxControlToolkit”
TagPrefix=”ajaxToolkit”
%>

STEP 5 – Add control to page

You will now be able to use a a conrtol from the toolkit on that page within your site.

Just add one, for example:

<ajaxToolkit:CollapsiblePanelExtender ID=”cpe1″
runat=”Server”

TargetControlID=”Panel2″

Collapsed=”true”

CollapsedText=”Show
Details…”

ExpandedText=”Hide
Details”

TextLabelID=”Label1″

ExpandControlID=”CollapseHeader”

CollapseControlID=”CollapseHeader”

SuppressPostBack=”true”
/>

For further information, please visit:

http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=AjaxControlToolkit

ASP.net AJAX in .net 2.0

webmaster — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:16:31 +0000

ASP.net AJAX in .net 2.0

Introduction

This tutorial is a quick guide to get any ASP.net 2.0 sites running ASP.net AJAX extensions and controls, even if it hasn’t been installed on the host server. I won’t cover how to use the AJAX controls, because there is plenty of documentation out there on this already.

Requirements

Visual Studio 2005 or higher.
ASP.net AJAX Extensions installed on the development machine. http://www.asp.net/ajax/downloads/
The host server must have at least .net 2.0.

STEP 1 – Add AJAX Extensions to project

Create a new or open an existing website in Visual Studio.
Create a bin folder in the root of the project.
Copy the following files from C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions\v1.0.61025 , into the bin folder of your website:

System.Web.Extensions.dll
AJAXExtensionsToolbox.dll
System.Web.Extensions.Design.dll

(note – The location of the AJAX dlls may be in a different folder depending on your system setup. If you cant find them, then reinstall the extensions on to your machine.)

STEP 2 – Configure web.config

You need to make sure you add the following sections to your web config to get the extensions to work:

Assemblies Section

<system.web>
 <compilation>
   <assemblies>
    <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0,
                   Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
   </assemblies>
 </compilation>
</system.web>

Pages Section

<system.web>
 <Pages>
  <Control>
   <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI"
      assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0,
                Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
  <Control>
 <Pages>
<system.web>

HttpHandlers

<system.web>
 <httpHandlers>
  <remove verb="*" path="*.asmx"/>
   <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false"
      type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/>
   <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false"
      type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/s>
   <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd"
      type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions,
            Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"
      validate="false"/>
 </httpHandlers>
</system.web>

System.WebServer

After the system.web element, add the following:

<system.webServer>

modules>

handlers>

system.webServer>

Conclusion

Your website should be now ASP.net AJAX ready.

For more information you can check out this good article here:

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Russell Brand featuing Jonathon Ross – 18th October Podcast

webmaster — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:04:47 +0000

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Chintendo Vii – The Fake Wii

webmaster — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:13:05 +0000

An interesting documentary was show on Channel 4 recently called “The Fake Trade”, which tells the story of the rise of the counterfeit industry born from major brands outsourcing to China, which has resulted in a global industry worth several billion that is able to replicate almost anything, even eggs and drugs!

With this in mind, it might not seem surprising that the huge success of the Nintendo Wii, has spawned brood of imitation goods (PS3 Sixaxis is one). The most notable of these is the self proclaimed Chintendo “Vii” made by KenSingTon (lol, they even faked the brand Kensignton!).

The system is basically a supped up NES that features a motion censored controller similar to the Wii, but far inferior.

Anyways, this great video on YouTube pretty much sums it up, have a look.

The threat of the Vii, is not going to make Nintendo break a sweat, however the modding and pirating of Wii software was reported to have lost Nintendo nearly $1 billion dollars (source:Next Gen), and the company isn’t happy about that at all.

Gangster (No friend of Mine) – Michael Jackson

webmaster — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:57:14 +0000

I cant believe I missed the song last year!

The producer Tempremental released a track on his MySpace page called “Gangsta” by Pras featuring Michael Jackson. I don’t know where the hell this guy managed to get his hands on this track, as any new MJ material is near impossible to get hold of. Anyways, I know I’m late reporting about this in 2008, but I figured I must not be the only MJ fan who missed this lil gem. MJ is sounding on top form, the rap is a bit weak.

There are loads of videos on Youtube now to this song, but my favorite is below. Enjoy.

O yeah, buy Thriller 25th Anniversary addition to support the cause!

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Russell Brand Podcast Archive

webmaster — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:32:33 +0000

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Top 10 songs of 2007

webmaster — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:37:31 +0000

2007 has been such a great year for me and I can’t wait to see what adventures lie ahead in 2008.
To mark the end of the year, I’m giving you an exclusive look into the soundtrack of my life, and what tunes I’ve been jamming to this year.

Number 10.

When I’m 64. – Russell Brand

Who would have thought Russell Brand can sing? Well, judge for yourself. This was one of the biggest surprises of 2007, when Russell covered the classic song for charity. Enjoy.

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Number 9.

Thats what you are. – Amerie

Amerie is my favourite RnB artist, and this song just hits the spot on so many leveles. The bass in the beat just gets u in the mood.

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Number 8.

Weekend Jumpoff – Kevin Michael.

A surprise entry, I stumbled across Kevin Michael accidentally while browsing for new tunes. This track off the album is a big hit in the car when I off for a good night out.

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Number 7.

Alli – Jill Scott.

Jill Scott is on top form with her new album, and this song sums up all her perfection of the art of sensual soul.

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Number 6.

Shine – Booty Luv

Top club classic. I listened to this so sooooooo much, I had to put it in my top 10 although I think I prefer their new song better.

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Number 5.

Comedy Tragedy History – Akala.

Akala is my favorite British artist at the mo. His style of Hip Hop is very unique, not afraid to sample trance, electro and all sorts giving the US a run for their money.


   


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Number 4.

Rock Star. R Kelly featuring Kid Rock and Ludacris.

Now the video for this song isn’t that great, but I am a big Luda fan, and this song has an epic feel to it.
What can I say its a hit of the moment.

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Number 3.

Gimme More – Britney Spears.

Just when I though Britney was on deaths door, she knocks out a killer album featuring the great lead song Gimme More. Say whatever you want about her personal life, but you cant really cus her music.

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Number 2.

Sensual Seduction. – Snoop Dogg.

If Russell Brand sining was shocking enough for you, what about Snoop Dogg singing!!!! Every time I listen to this song, I cant believe it’s him singing, its so weird. The fact that he is sining GOOD and the beat is awesome just made this shoot right to the top of the charts.

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Number 1.

Beautiful Liar – Freemasons Remix.

This song in my world was my soundtrack to 2007. Constantly on my playlist since release, I think its just a great club classic. The Freemasons have done an amazing job transforming a so so song into an amazing anthem! I think I’ll be listeining to this song well into 2008 unless someone does a remix to Sensual Seduction.

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Russell Brand Christmas Pin Pin!

webmaster — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:43:51 +0000

There was a really funny moment on the Russell Brand Show on BBC Radio 2 lately, where Russell was ranting about Richard Dawkins whom he later interviews in the show.

The great part was when he made us the brilliant little song, and it fits so well with it being christmas time and all, I made a lil video.

PIN PIN!
By the way, if you aren’t aware there is a new craze that is sweeping the nation, started by Russell Brands amusingly taking the mick out of Matt Morgan who was pinned by Darren French when he was a child. Please Pin Pin safely, as its not very nice to pin people without their consent.
PIN PIN!

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