ASP.NET 2.0 provides rich support for Themes which help in defining consistent look and feel across multiple pages in a web application. One of the file types that you could create within the definition of a theme is a “skin” file. After creating a theme folder in the web application, you can create a skin file by adding a new item and selecting the type as “Skin”. You can add definitions of commonly used server controls in the skin file. When the theme is attached to a web page, all controls declared within the page will inherit the formatting you specified in the skin file.

Look at the sample code snippet below. I have declared these “templates” within a skin file under my theme named “TestTheme” and I have specified this theme in the Page directive of each web page in the application.

---------------------- In the skin file --------------------------------------

<asp:Button runat="server" Font-Bold="true" />

<asp:TextBox runat="server" BackColor="Aquamarine"/>

---------------------- In the ASP.NET page --------------------------------------

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="ThemeTester.aspx.vb" Inherits="ThemeTester" EnableTheming="true" Theme="TestTheme" EnableViewState="true" Trace="false" TraceMode="SortByTime"%>

At runtime, the definitions of ASP Button (with font-bold as true) would be applied to all ASP buttons in the page. This makes the ASPX coding lot simpler.

User Friendly And Search Engine Friendly Website Design
by: 5FISH Web Design

Designing a website is much more important than creating an attractive image of a web page. Of course your website is an important part of your online business. The homepage on your web site is very important. A professionally designed website is the key to successful converse to your prospective clients about your products or services. Launching a quality web site is an absolute must for an online business web site. Web Site Design specifically for the business people from small to large business, and acts as a key to develop a website to meet their business objectives. Web designing in a website attracts buyers, also creates interests and alters the internet browsers as consumers. Website owners should also ensure that the web designing is a most common way that charms and creates interest in viewers to view and move through your website. Web Designing is also plays an essential roll in a marketing campaign to bring your business into the general public notice and into a new productive business environment.

In online business, if a businessman wants his website to stand out to the visitors; one can make this happen by utilizing a web design to his website which is unique and different from all others. Mainly he has to choose the precise web designing and the web design options carefully. Choosing a web design also provides a valuable introduction to the design fundamentals at work in all well-designed Web sites. Web designing is also said to be known as a navigating tool to a website.Web designing focus on creating attractive, welcoming and with cutting edge designs to create the right image for a business can be formed to a website.

Choosing a color to your website should be one of your first concerns when it comes time to start your web site designing. The color which you are choosing for your website design should be selected after a careful consideration. Excellently web designed websites must have good color, graphics, animation and sound. Graphic is a key tool in web designing, graphically designed website or a webpage will be a glowing and pleasing sight to the consumers. Animation and sound when united with the web designing acquires a well-liked and accessible place to a website.

Choosing a Good Web designing company is a key factor in designing a user friendly and search engine friendly website.

About The Author 5FISH is a well-known web design company in Muskoka It also offers services like web development, Search engine optimization and website hosting in Canada. Website: http://www.5fish.net/

What Is RSS?
by: Madison Lockwood


RSS is technology - a simple software program - that allows you to access web and blog content automatically. The acronym's most popular translation is "Really Simple Syndication. Once your browser or computer has an RSS reader on board, you can subscribe to any number of RSS "feeds." A feed is simply a way in which a reader may subscribe to website content - most commonly blogs or news sites. A news site, for example, may list their latest headlines or entire articles in their feed every time a new article is published. A blog would publish this feed as a series of recent posts.

Feeds are published by millions of publishers, from small individuals to large organizations like Newsweek. The value of a feed is that it brings the most current site content to you in a format that is easily scanned; further, you are spared the task of visiting each source site each day. This is typically done through the use of what is called an 'aggregator' or 'feed reader'.

Feed readers or RSS readers, are software programs that run on your computer (or PDA or phone); let you easily subscribe to feeds, and allow you to read through them efficiently. Some are relatively simple, showing the headline and summary. The fancier ones often work with (or in) your browser to make viewing the material look much like the source page. Once you have a reader on your computer, subscribing to a feed with is an easy click or drag from your browser. Sites that provide RSS feeds will usually have a button for that purpose.

There are several RSS feed formats as well as one with an entirely different methodology called Atom. Atom has become popular with some bloggers and blogging tools. Some aggregators can read both. The other acronyms you will see in "feedspeak" are XML, which stands for 'extensible markup language' and is the code standard for these simple text feeds. An 'OPML" file is a format for indexing hierarchical feed lists. If you dive into this web habit in a big way, your aggregator or reader may keep your subscription list in an OPML file.

An RSS feed is a great method for staying abreast of issues and topics that interest you. There are a number of feed "libraries," so to speak, from which you can learn what's out there in your areas of interest. Google has a built-in reader that makes the subscription process easy, as does Yahoo. Firefox has a downloadable extension for the purpose of aggregating RSS feeds, as well as a default ability to save RSS feeds as "live bookmarks" that update via the RSS feed. You can download a number of stand alone readers and aggregators; you can find them through a simple web search.

The whole RSS "movement" is a step towards utilizing the Internet more efficiently. The trick is to avoid overloading your email inbox with daily reports that you end up ignoring most of the time. For that purpose, there are sites like Feedster that will search millions of RSS feeds for articles that are relevant to your interests. Like any search tool, however, these services are hit and miss. They are still working off keywords and sometimes what they find is relevant, sometimes not. But if you want daily news broken into categories, it's great technology once you learn how to make it work for you.

Here are few good sites for you, these are the directories where you can submit your site and get listed

AddMe - Search Engine Optimization

Businesses are being warned that three Cisco Systems router operating-system vulnerabilities have been discovered.

The flaws found could enable a malicious individual to commit denial-of-service, or DoS, attacks against Web sites, according to a warning issued by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.

US-CERT's warning about the Cisco IOS issue says a remote attacker would be able to execute code on affected devices.

Users are being told to upgrade to a fixed version of IOS, which stands for Internetwork Operating System.

"Cisco is aware of multiple vulnerabilities that may impact Cisco IOS and IOS XR devices, and has published three separate security advisories about them," the network hardware maker said in a statement.

"In all cases, Cisco has made free software available to address the vulnerabilities for affected customers," the company said. "Cisco is also not aware of any current exploitation of these vulnerabilities."

Will Sturgeon of Silicon.com reported from London.

Website Template Guide – Introduction and more!

Q.) What are web templates?

A.) Web templates are readymade web-pages. They make the job of putting web pages on the internet really quick.

Q.) How do the templates manage to do it so easily?

A.) Web templates perform as html coded dummy web pages that carry model content. These templates can be edited with ease and can be customized. You can add content, graphics, logo, pictures etc. to create master web pages in no time.

Q.) How do I edit web templates?

A.) That’s very simple! Almost all web templates can be edited. You can use common html editors like FrontPage, DreamWeaver and GoLive along with image editors like Photoshop. These editors are user-friendly and have an easy to use interface. One doesn’t need to be an expert in html editing to use them. But if you want to add minute details and perfect them, opt for template customization services that are offered by most web template providers.

Q.) But why will I use web templates - does it do me any other good?

A.) Web templates can in fact lend a fair bit of hand to save lots of money and time. The blend of these two with expertise makes web templates – the best option. A web designer can ask for anything in the range of $50 to $200 for designing a single web-page and he will take 15 days minimum.

With a web template to create a website, it would come around $40 max and save 12-13 days. Isn’t that a deal? Websites designed with web templates can go live within a day after editing and pasting graphics. Now, you don’t need to be an Einstein to figure out which one is the cost-effective and time-saving option. Do you?

Q.) What about Flash websites?

A.) Have you ever been to one of those famed jewelers websites – if you have been you will know how much time they take to open up? With an average time span of 14 secs as attention, not even 5 out of 10 people will wait for them to open up. Designing a flash website costs you money and consumes a lot of your time. This extra time is saved using web templates. But if you are really rigid on getting one, look for the template websites that offer flash website templates of good quality @ low-cost. Insert content and put ‘em up.

Q.) I need to create a copyrighted website. Help!

A.) Almost all website template providers offer an option of copyrighted or non-copyrighted templates. The difference is that the copyrighted templates are sold only once. If you buy one, as the owner of the copyrighted template you will get all user rights over it.

In the case of a non-copyrighted website, the rights of usage are reserved with the template ownership company – which they use over and over again. So in a sense, a copyrighted website is unique as it uses unique copyrighted website templates.

Q.) All this is very theoretical…just tell me how do I find a quality template?

A.) There are little things to keep your eyes on.

Good quality web templates have the following:

- These web-templates are editable

- The web templates are 100% compatible with popular html and image editors

- The coding is uniform and friendly. This means that there is no change in the structure of the template on content or graphic inserts when you customize.

- The web template should be easy to upload on the web

- A webpage created by a web template should download in any browser minus hassles

NOTE: If you buy templates that don’t meet the terms above, sorry but your deal was a bad one. The said web templates are of poor quality.

Website templates are easy and fun. They give you flexibility and help you host your website.

There are many good web template providers on the web. Some of the ones I have had memorable experiences are buytemplate.net, templatemonster.com, templaterover.com and trendytemplates.com. They provide high-quality web templates that are easy on purse and work beautifully.

All of us know that ViewState has been really cumbersome in ASP.NET 1.1 for large page sizes and contributing to slow performance.

But in .NET framework 2.0 the ASP.NET 2.0 has some enhancements to state management.

• ASP.NET 2.0 now has control state to ensure few specific properties of a control are retained across postbacks irrespective of whether ViewState is enabled or not.
• By setting a property MaxPageStateFieldLength, you can control how big the ViewState can grow after which it would be separated into multiple chunks.
• We are no longer limited to using SQL Server for database-based session storage mechanism. A custom provider can be created to persist session data to other data stores, such as Oracle.

ASP.NET version 2.0 retains much of the functionality of ASP.NET version 1.1, including automatic page-state persistence using view state, and database support for session and application state. Additionally, ASP.NET 2.0 adds two new features: view-state chunking and control state.

Control StateCustom Session-State Management

Lets have a closer look at the Apple's iphone. Its not just a phone but its the most advanced phone ever made, most advanced internet device and the most advanced iPod made by apple.

Just watch the video displaying its cool features below.





So what you think, how is this device???
I think its simply awesome. Apart from being said as the best phone, music device and an internet device i must say its one of the best multimedia devices too. You can view pictures in it with an ease, just hold them, zoom them with your finger tips and a lot more.

It will be available at a price of 499$ .

How to Start Video Blogging?
by: Kanicen Nichathavan


Videoblogging is the next generation of posting ideas and products over the internet. Everybody knows about textblogging. Now they use videos for a better way of expression. This form of communication may entail a lot of resources, but it is all worth it. If pictures say a thousand words, videoblogging exceeds that by far.

A videoblog requires larger disk spaces on websites, a faster server, and a whole new set of programs to support it. Videoblogs can be fed through RSS. This is technology of syndicating your website to other RSS aggregators.

Videoblogging works with people on the internet expressing their selves. Now if you put this on a business prospective, you are up to a lot of benefits. Think of it as a powerful tool in making showing your prospective customers your line of products or your services. It’s just like showing a commercial all for free. And if you videoblog through RSS, then most probably you are getting your target market.

People like to see what they are going to buy. Some would like to see proof and be sure that they are getting their money’s worth before shelving their dimes on it. All of us know the influence of a thirty second commercial. The effect of videoblogging is similar to that. You show your product, people watch it. If they like it, they buy it. If you present it good enough, they’ll buy the product even if they don’t need it.

Now on the web, things are pretty much static, unlike in television in which all are moving. If you post something that is mobile, it would most likely catch attention. Now imaging your product parading in all it’s royalty through videoblog. You’ll get phone call orders in no time.

If your business is just starting up, you can create a videoblog right at your own home. All you need is your web camera, microphone, video software, and lights. For as long as you know how to use your camera, then you can create a videoblog.

Invest in a good web camera. The higher its resolution is the better the output. And you like to present your goods in the optimum way so get the best one possible. Make a short story, or just capture your goods in one go. Just make sure you are getting the best profile for each. Get those creativity juices flowing.

Lights are important in a production. Make sure you illuminate entirely the area you are going to use to create videoblog. The brighter the area, the crispier the images will be. You can also use lighting effects for added appeal to the presentation.

Should you require sounds for your videoblog, you need a microphone. Record you voice as a voice over for promoting the product and its benefit to consumers. Sounds are as important as videos on a videoblog. It is advisable to make your sound effects as enticing as the video.

Your video editing software can be any program. You need this to finalize your work. You can add sounds, delete some bad angles, or insert some still pictures in there too. Some programs are user-friendly and can be used even with zero knowledge on video editing. Even simple video editing programs should do the trick. Select your background carefully too. The light affects the presentation so make sure that the background and the light complements each other.

Videoblogging is a great tool but it also has it downside. It may slow down the computer so other may steer clear of it. Download time may also be time consuming especially if customer is still on a dial- up connection.

But don’t let those stop you. Let videoblogging be an alternative for you, though it is best to still keep the text and pictures present in your presentation to accommodate all possible viewers of your site.

Nowadays, the more creative you are in presenting your product to the market, they more you are likely to succeed. Videoblogging offers an interactive way of selling. You involve the customers. You instill in them the advantage of your goods. And at times, those are enough to make a sale.

About The Author

Kanicen Nichathavan is the owner of Kanicen's Blog, Kanicen's Blog welcomes everyone who intends to share knowledge, interesting products, ideas and those who want to start Internet Online Business. You will find all kind of Internet Marketing Tools and resources. For Newbie and Internet Marketers this blog will be the best option for lowest prices of all kind of Internet Marketing Tools at http://www.kanicen.com.

New classes have been added to System.Security.Principal namespace in Visual Studio 2005

The System.Security.Principal namespace has three new classes in .NET 2.0. They are explained briefly below.

• SecurityIdentifier: A Windows account is internally represented by OS as a security identifier. The account could be a user account, a group or a computer in the network domain. The SecurityIdentifier class encapsulates the binary representation of the SID.
• NTAccount: A Windows account in human readable text form
• IdentityReference: Acts as a base class defining common members for SecurityIdentifier and NTAccount. The class is not creatable by the programmer.

You can use either a SID or a name to identify windows accounts and can also derive one from the other as shown in the code snippet below.

//Get the security identifier of currently-logged in user.

SecurityIdentifier objSecId = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().User;

//Get the corresponding NT Account name.

NTAccount objNTAccount = (NTAccount) objSecId.Translate(typeof(NTAccount));

These classes can be used in conjunction with API for controlling ACLs under System.Security.AccessControl namespace.

Content Management System CMS
by: Ruchira Sharma


Most of the organizations have global visions these days and these aspirations have their ramifications. One of which is creation and management of huge amounts of data. This activity is a time consuming process and requires a huge team of professionals to do so. Content management system, CMS is a system that allows you to organize your data and lets your organization to share, use, retrieve or search the data.

Content management system, CMS is a software that helps in organizing and facilitating creation of documents and content. This is also referred as a web application that is used to manage web content as well as websites. Generally, the system requires client software for creating and editing the article.

Content management system consists of two parts - the content management application (CMA) and content delivery application (CDA) the function of CMA is to allow the content writer or the manager without the knowledge of HTML to manage, create, remove or modify the content from a website without involving the webmaster. This information is used by the CDA to update the website. Most of the CMS systems have Web based publishing, revision control, format management along with search, indexing and retrieval of content.

The web based publishing allows the user to use templates, wizards and other tools while the format management feature allows formatting of different documents like the scanned documents and legacy electronic documents in PDF or HTML documents. The revision control helps in updating the content to a new or an old version along with tracking changes made by others in the files. CMS system also helps in indexing, retrieval and search of content. The user can search the data available with the help of keywords, the CMS system helps in retrieving the data.

If you want to use the system for the effective management of your websites, Mosaic services provides you with an effective CMS development & Content management system PHP . The competitive rates and services provided by the company will surely benefit your organization. Mosaic services, is a prestigious SEO company with a list of satisfied national & international clientele who vouch for the SEO, Web design & development services provided by the company.

Visit the site www.technology.mosaic-service.com to gain an insight of the organization and the products and services offered by them. The site serves your web design and development needs. The sister sites of the website also offer other advertising and marketing services that can enhance your business future prospects.

How To Install SharePoint 2007 Beta 2
by: Jason Fortner

About The Author Jason Fortner is co-founder of Total Productivity Solutions. Total Productivity Solutions provides custom SharePoint, webpart and .NET development; and solutions to common software development issues are also provided on the site. Sharepoint sites, Sharepoint webparts and .NET Development http://www.totalproductivitysolutions.com http://www.totalproductivitysolutions.com/ProgrammingTips/SharePoint_2007_New_Features.aspx

With ASP.NET 2.0, you no longer need to take the pain of manually editing your web.config file to set your application configuration settings. Two new tools have been added.

1. Web Site Administration Tool which runs on your local browser allowing configuration of Security, Application and Provider settings. It can be invoked by clicking on the icon for ASP.NET configuration in the Solution Explorer.
2. A new ASP.NET tab has been added to your virtual folder properties. In here, you can configure your application to use 2.0 framework or earlier. In addition, you can use the “Edit Configuration” button in this tab to open up the ASP.NET Configuration settings dialog box that contains the following tabs to configure different parameters – General, Custom Errors, Authorization, Authentication, Application, State management and Locations.

When changes are made using these above mentioned tools, the web.config used by the web application would get updated. Try out these new tools and make your life easier.