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Passing multiple Include statements into a Repository

Sat, 05 May 2012 16:03:14 GMT

How a calling method can tell an Entity Framework Code-First Repository to eager-load a variable number of related entities and collections.

Getting started with Entity Framework Code First Migrations

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:51:55 GMT

A first-time walkthrough upgrading Entity Framework 4.2 to 4.3.1 and using Code First database migrations.

MVC Framework ViewModel naming conventions

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:40:43 GMT

There are many ways of naming & organising your View Models in a MVC application. This technical post describes some easily followed conventions for this.

Introduction to identity impersonation with IIS and ASP.NET

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:07:18 GMT

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

Sun, 15 May 2011 16:30:37 GMT

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

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:53:27 GMT

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

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:46:12 GMT

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

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:05:29 GMT

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

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:11:30 GMT

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

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:42:46 GMT

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

Working with ViewState

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:06:10 GMT

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

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:26:39 GMT

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

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:36:00 GMT

Announcement that Appetere is now registered as a Kentico Partner.

Using Kentico CMS for Appetere website

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:30:00 GMT

Brief details of the transfer of Appetere's website to use the Kentico Content Management System.

Selecting a Content Management System (CMS) for Appetere

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:46:00 GMT

This post describes the criteria that were used when selecting a Content Management System (CMS) for Appetere, the companies considered & the eventual winner.