30
Jul
Nesting a GridView Control Within a Repeater Control [vb.NET]
The Scenario I’ve recently been placed in a scenario where I was required to nest a GridView control within a Repeater control. I thought this would be more straight forward then it ended up being, so I began searching for my elegant solution. Unfortunately this wasn’t as straight forward a task Read more
5
Jul
Correcting A .NET Server.Transfer, Resource Not Found Issue
I ran into an issue trying to utilize .NET’s Server.Transfer method attempting to pass variables from one form, located in a sub directory, to another form, located in a different sub directory. Passing .NET’s Server.Transfer method an absolute path of the desired location should have been enough to redirect the Read more
26
May
Closing Slashes and Cold Fusion Tags
A couple of developers and I have been discussing the practice of adding a closing slash to single line Cold Fusion tags. IE: <cfset variables.sexyLady = "Olivia Munn"> <!— Vs. —> <cfset variables.sexyLady = "Olivia Munn" /> Some are of the camp that the closing slash is an extra key stroke and a waste Read more
13
Apr
Correcting the Error: Failed to Access IIS Metabase
I recently FUBAR’ed my computer at work. I’m not sure exactly how or why my system went down, but I the trigger for the crash was uninstalling the Xpise application. I the application worked very well while it was installed — I was using it for well over 6 months Read more
6
Apr
Obtaining the Current Row and Row Count from .NET, Data-bound Controls
In my current project, I needed a the ability to output the current iteration while traversing through data-bound control as well as the report total sum of rows bound to the item using .NET. I needed something comparable to CurrentRow and RecordCount methods built into the Coldfusion query object. I’m not Read more
24
Mar
Writing Content to HTML Using ArrayLists and Repeaters [ASP.NET]
I had to figure out how to perform just such a process for a project I’m currently working on. Being relatively new ASP.NET the first thing I did was head out to the internet to try and find a solid tutorial that would help me quickly figure out what I Read more
12
Mar
Retrieving Post/Page Meta Information within a Customized WordPress Query
A quick tip for WordPress users trying to access post meta information within a custom loop and/or customized single page/post. The Scenario I’m using a theme-per-post plug to style different pages of my blog with separate themes. This involved creating custom page templates and changing the default WordPress query to Read more
5
Jan
Correcting WordPress Custom Query Paging Issues
Recently I’ve created a microblog within my site to post simple and interesting things I’ve come across on the net that don’t fit into my current blog structure. Technically speaking, it’s just a separate WordPress page modified with a custom template and query to grab posts only from a specific Read more
22
Dec
Site News: Back Off The Couch
For a couple of years I administered a second website, I’m Not Allowed On The Couch.com, along side this one. The site was nothing more than a mere interest blog where I could post and publish thoughts about the random websites, images, games, and videos that I found in my Read more
