ASP.NET Impersonation and Screen-Scraping
If you have ever tied to download the content of a secured web page from another page then you know just how easy it is to have something go wrong. But, as I’ve found out recently, if you see it...
View ArticleConfiguring Website on a 1and1 Shared Host
Recently, I was working on a project to setup a new website on a 1 & 1 shared host. Shared hosts are a cheap alternative to VPS and managed servers but they come with a mixed bag of restrictions...
View ArticleWordPress Auto-Login
WordPress is a great blogging engine. It’s flexible, scalable, and easy to tweak/configure to integrate into an existing PHP site. However, if you have an existing site with available user...
View ArticleFile Synchronization with Unison
Unison is a universal tool for synchronizing files. Although the program is no longer actively developed, it has enough useful features to make it my tool of choice for many tasks and projects. Here...
View ArticleDistributing Bookmarks over a Secure RSS Feed
Background The goal was to create a simple and secure way to distribute and synchronize bookmarks across multiple desktops, different browsers, and different operating systems anywhere in the world. I...
View ArticleTransferring Linux Server to a 1&1 Shared Host
Recently, I was forced to relocate my Linux server so I decided to try out 1&1′s Shared Web Hosting package. This option was a lot cheaper then paying collocation fees at a server farm and provided...
View ArticlePHP Authentication Over Unsecured Internet Connection
When I wrote my earlier article on Managing Users in a PHP Web Application, I neglected to mention that the authentication mechanism is only acceptable when users are connected over a secure connected...
View ArticleStreaming media library to PS3 with MediaTomb
One of the goals that I had for my media center was to have the ability to directly play music and movies from my Linux Server. The PS3 provided half of this functionality by supporting wireless...
View ArticleStoring parking restriction information in a SQL Server
Recently, I was working on a project that involved storing parking restriction information in a database. Here’s how I did it. Goal Efficiently store parking restriction details (e.g. No Parking Tues...
View ArticleTemplate Design of an ASP.NET Search/Edit page
Whenever I am working on a simple ASP.NET web-page to allow a user to search and edit a specific database table I use the following design template to facilitate implementation. I find that it works...
View ArticleSplash Screen for ASP.NET Site
ASP.NET can be used to create powerful and efficient web applications; however, there are times when users will experience a lag during the initial connection to the site. Even though subsequent page...
View ArticleEncrypting Data in SQL Server Table
I was working on a project where I needed to store connection strings in a database table for use inside of a reporting engine. SQL Server offers many encryption options from encrypting entire...
View ArticleSQL Server Full Text Summary
Microsoft SQL Server has a convenient Full-Text search capability which is powerful and fairly easy to setup. There is, however, one glaring feature which appears to be missing. SQL Server can rank the...
View ArticleDocument Indexer Library for .NET
I recently wrote about using the Full-Text search feature built into SQL Server to allow users to search through documents (and the challenge of displaying a summary of the search results). Configuring...
View ArticleMulti-File Upload Using Plupload in ASP.NET
After a failed attempt at getting multi-file upload functionality on an intranet site using the AjaxFileUpload control from the Ajax Control Toolkit I was forced to look for alternatives. The...
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