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Introduction to identity impersonation with IIS and ASP.NET

ASP.NET applications running on IIS6 and IIS7 use the NETWORK SERVICE account by default to access resources on the computer.  This post explains how to enable impersonation to have ASP.NET use a different account.

Improve Kentico's first page load time

A fast, first-page load time for a web application (& in particular a Kentico CMS installation) is disproportionately dependent on the application already being running, and any slow to load items being pre-cached.  This post describes how using a monitoring service like Pingdom can help with this (& usefully also notify you when there are problems with the site).

Tweet Button Web Part for Kentico CMS

Appetere have taken Twitter's code to add a Tweet Button to any page, and wrapped it inside a configurable Web Part to make it useable within Kentico CMS.

Please read the full post to find out how to download, install & configure the WebPart for free.

Cross-site posting of form data to an external URL in ASP.NET

If you have data in a form in an ASP.NET page that you want to post to another web site, this can be problematic.

This short technical post shows a simple method to achieve this.

Requirements checklist for Kentico CMS

This post sets out a requirements checklist for content management systems developed with Kentico CMS.

Its purpose is to help potential clients consider what is possible with a Kentico CMS web site, and what is necessary to run it successfully.  In turn, the answers to the questions will help Appetere produce an accurate quote for the work.

How to debug ASP.NET MVC using source code

This technical post explains how you can debug Microsoft's open-source ASP.NET MVC v1.0 framework, using its source code.

All change at Appetere

Today we're launching our new look web site & new contact details

Working with ViewState

The purpose of this technical post is to introduce the main variables that affect how ViewState is stored in a page.  I wrote this article as a summary of my findings after spending hours trying to diagnose various recurring exceptions in my websites' event logs which turned out to be related to ViewState security.

Ajax Toolkit Tab control CSS & layout problems

The ASP.NET Ajax Toolkit Tab control has problems with white borders round the active tab, and a gap or white-space in the middle of the tabs (when modifying the tabs with your own CSS). This technical post provides an explanation & solution for both problems.

Appetere registered as a Kentico Partner

Announcement that Appetere is now registered as a Kentico Partner.
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