The .NET framework ships with a very flexible tracing feature provided through the Trace class in the System.Diagnostics namespace. Debug.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("My Debug Output"); Whenever you need to write some debug output just use Trace...

There are two different reasons for ugly URL's on in presentation mode: when using Webauthor and switching to live site when doing a postback in on a form to send data to the server. The following articles discuss different ways to address...

Ever thought about adding custom properties to resource galleries or resource gallery items? Then you will have noticed that MCMS does not support this. Andrew Connell a MCMS MVPs has written a nice and very flexible solution for this problem: http...

Most of you might have experienced the problem that a posting needs to be rolled back to a previous version - either because the author accidentily modified a wrong one or because the editor decides that the changes are not acceptable and rejects the...

Glen has written an article that outlines how to manipulate the MCMS database using unsupported methods by simulating the XML stream coming from Site Manager. Using this method is unsupported and willl break the Microsoft Support Boundaries for MCMS....

Jawad has posted a blog entry about how to calculate the Cache Node Size for a MCMS site . Unfortunatelly he used the query from an KB article which has been updated a couple of month ago in his blog. Beside the fact that copying KB article content...

In a previous article I have explained how to use the using construct to create scalable application using the CmsApplicationContext. Today I found a great article from Cyrus with more insights on this nice C# construct: http://blogs.msdn.com/cyrusn...

[Via Milan Negovan ] Ever deployed a “debug” ASP.NET into production? Then, you might want to review this excellent article . A recommended reading for everyone building ASP.NET based web sites - including ASP.NET based MCMS sites.

Every developer or support engineer debugs applications at some stage in his or her career, yet debugging is often viewed as an arcane and difficult topic. While it is often difficult to determine why an application is hanging, leaking memory, or crashing...

Michael Graham has written a great article about quick troubleshooting for high memory ASP.NET issues: The only point I don't agree with - in context with MCMS - is about process recylcling. For MCMS it is very bad if the worker process gets recycled...

MCMS makes it easy to create content for a web site. Everyone non-technical person can create articles using web author. And using Image and placeholder controls it is also very simple for them to add images to the page. Everyone familiar with websites...

Just got the confirmation that I will be able to attend the EMEA Tech-Ed this year in Amsterdam. I will mainly attend the sessions of the Portals and Collaboration track. In addition Arpan asked me to participate in the Ask the Expert program. So...

My control to allow direct editing of property values during edit time contained a small bug in the time compare function for Start and Expiration Date. I already uploaded the new version to GotDotNet but it might take some days for the new version to...

Just want to let all of you know that I recently uploaded an updated version of my Web Author Extension to allow configuration of the standard web author dialogs ( see here for details ). The new version now also supports configured sorting of the...

I would like to let you known that I recently uploaded a new version of my Web Author Extension to GotDotNet . The new version now also supports persistence of settings in a cookie. Whenever a user opens a dialog again he will see the same settings...

Mei Ying and myself have already blogged about this topic. Chester now added a great summary plus an alternative solution for a remaining problem in SP1a.

Ever wanted to build a content rating system for your site? There are a number of ways that this can be accomplished. Luke has written great article on how to implement this: http://blogs.msdn.com/luke/articles/96476.aspx

[Via Angus and AJ ] Ivega has written an interesting article on how to create a placeholder control to show dynamic forms in presentation mode based on selections done by the author. http://spaces.msn.com/members/ivega/Blog/cns!1pEyyJv-EcsW6arRen2mfS7Q...

I just found a hint in the MCMS newsgroup about instructions for integrating Coveo Search into a MCMS website. Coveo Search is an interesting product especially for small sites as it is free of charge for up to 5000 items! http://www.coveo.com/support...