How to fix problems with Ajax Page Caching in asp.net mvc 4
The Problem You’re using the otherwise awesome ASP.net MVC 4 and you can use an ajax function once, via the @Ajax.ActionLink tool, but you try it again, and it does nothing. The Cause For whatever reason the browser thinks it is a cache page and pulls it from the cache – I’m not 100% sure […]
How to fix the “Handler “dotless” has a bad module “ManagedPipelineHandler” in its module list” problem
The Problem You are working away, using the wonderful dotless plugin for IIS, and also taking advantage of the great features of the Less Css System. Then, for no good reason, your .less file stops loading. You create all sorts of new Mime types and reboot the server, but nothing seems to work, how do […]
How to fix Visual Studio slowness problems by deleting ExpansionsXML.xml
The Problem I’ve had Visual Studio 2010 installed from the first day it was released, and lately it has gotten significantly slower. That’s not surprising with an increased number of add-ons and extensions. However, closing the program recently started taking an increasingly long period of time. It recently reached OVER EIGHT MINUTES so I […]
Which jQuery cropping plugin should you use?
I recently had the need to do some automated image cropping. I was already using the wonderful ImageResizing.Net plugin, which made all of the server code very easy. It came with some sample code that uses the JCrop plugin (by Deep Liquid). Jcrop does it’s job very well. However… In the modern web development environment, […]
Less Accounting Review – a 10 part series – The Signup
I recently signed up with Less Accounting and I will be publishing a Less Accounting review and experiences with the setup process here (read the introduction). Introduction My accounting background The Signup (This post) Import Quickbooks File Wire Account Set Recurring Hook up Bank Account Hook Up American Express Account Less Accounting – One Week Later Less […]
How to fix “The system cannot find the path specified” error in asp.net mvc 4
The Problem: So, you’re coding away, and you run your asp.net mvc 4 site and you get the following error: The system cannot find the path specified The Cause: Most likely you have not already specified the database in the web.config, it’s a simple fix. The Solution: Just add this code into the web.config <add […]
Facebook AWD is the WordPress plugin to use
I have now retracted my previous WordPress plugin review, and I have now found FaceBook AWD plugin quite useful, and I’m giving it the full run through. So far I like it quite a lot. We’ll see how well it works over the long term. There seem to be quite a number of features I’ll […]
Tribal maintenance goes farther with SharePress
As it turns out, the free version does not do what I thought it did. Retracted. For some reason I decided to engage more directly with my very few Facebook fans and after a bit of googling, I opted to use SharePress by Fat Panda. Thus far, I am very impressed, and it joins the […]
How to create a Cron job with MySqlDump, and use GZip Compression
Full Disclosure: I am a long-term Microsoft Windows user and developer and I haven’t used any sort of Cron job in about 12 years, so all this was new to me. What is a Cron job? It’s just something that runs chronically, i.e. an automated procedure on the server that runs every day or hour. […]
Less Accounting Review – Intermission Part II
It’s been a little while since my last update. I have finally gotten all of the invoices (ten years worth) into Less Accounting. For some reason their import procedure marked them all as drafts and did not import the invoice numbers, which pretty much made them useless and I had to go in and change […]