Archive for June, 2008

Misguided AdSense ads from Companies-Is it right »

Misguiding advertisements on AdSense? How bad is it (if at all)!!!
I have couple of blog posts on my journey to find a reasonably priced (read, under my budget) windows server 2008 host with decent SQL Server 2005 data storage space. Like you find in most blogs, i have AdSense all over my blog:( So, i [...]

Google finds something wrong with this search »

Today, I was trying to find some good resources on Forms Authentication for ASP.NET MVC framework. So, i typed in “asp.net mvc forms authentication”. Google surprised me with the search results.
For some reason, the search phrase “asp.net mvc forms authentication” looks like an auto-generated search! Umm, i am sure i have searched before along those [...]

Search for new windows server 2008 host continues »

As i mentioned in my previous post, i have signed up with Godaddy.com Basic VPS plan (running Windows server 2003). Even though i was able to run the application with pretty url (using ISAPI ReWrite Lite), i had few issues with the approach.
My biggest concern is the testing! I develop on Vista running IIS7 and [...]

Linq to SQL Database Connection String Issue »

As i am moving in to hosting my application on an external server, i am finding some interesting and annoying (time consuming for research) things. i will try to address them as they come along…
One of the main thing was the way i handle my Data Layer. My Data Layer is a class library project [...]

Moving from Shared Hosting to VPS »

After spending good amount of time on trying to find a hosting provider to host my asp.net MVC application, i have decided to move up to a VPS (Virtual Private Server). It is still running IIS6 on Windows Server 2003 but at least gives me the option of installing a ISAPI rewrite module.
I could not [...]

Hosting ASP.NET MVC applications »

Ok, i have had FUN working with ASP.NET MVC (the official site, more info on Scott Gu’s Blog) Preview 3. I was doing some fun stuff.  Wanting to  play with different technologies of late, i found (really found) ways to use LINQ (to SQL, to XML, and on Entities). To complement all this i have [...]

I should get back to writing »

Its amazing how time files…Almost an year since my last entry. Even though i have couple of good excuses for not writing frequently, almost one year is not something i could explain.
From now on, i would like to try to write some short entries and hopefully keep this blog active.
Happy Blogging…