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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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The ASP.NET Web.config File Demystified [ASP & .NET Tutorials]
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Using ASP.NET Dynamic Data
Dynamic Data Deep Dive - Craig Shoemaker
Polymorphic Podcast

Sunday, March 9, 2008

CSS Forums Resources

When you're in a jam the best place to turn are 1) your books 2) your internet resources and 3) your peers. The following Web sites maintain helpful communities of fellow CSS developers eager to help you with your coding woes.

Digital Point CSS Forum - Fairly active forum for CSS developers. Most frequently used by developers looking for help debugging code.
SitePoint CSS Forum - The CSS forum from the popular developers Web site SitePoint.
CSS-Discuss - Popular mailing list/forum for CSS developers.

CSS Articles Resources

The following Web sites are dominated by design related articles and industry news. If you're interested in keeping up with the latest and greatest design crazes, this is a good place to start.

456 Berea Street - Articles and news on web standards, accessibility and usability.
Digital Web Magazine - An internet magazine that publishes articles for aspiring web developers. Useful information for beginners to experts.
Vitamin - Award winning internet magazine for developers. Be sure to check out their interviews section.
CSS Globe - Web standards CSS design site that allows users to control the news. Also maintains outstanding spotlight and portfolio sections where top rated designers show off their work.
CSS Help Pile - List of popular CSS articles via syndicated content. Also maintains a list of very helpful resources (left side of the page.)
Stylegala - EDITOR'S CHOICE - A collection of some of the best CSS articles and tools on the web. Also maintains a small gallery and forum.
Tutorial Blog - Originally designed as a Photoshop tutorial blog, this Web site has morphed into an excellent resource for serious designers.

CSS Templates Resources

You can be the best developer in the world, but if you have no sense of creativity or style, you're not making the most out of CSS. To help out the graphically challenged, we've included a section with pre-made CSS templates.

Styleshout - A developers personal collection of advanced free templates (some are extremely popular in the blogosphere). Comes equipped with art and fancy color schemes.
CSS Templates - A very large collection of basic CSS templates. With a little stock art and a bit of manipulation you could turn these into some real gems.
Open Web Design - A community of template developers. Download thousands of free templates, or submit some of your own.
Free XHTML/CSS Templates For Web Design - EDITOR'S CHOICE - An awesome (albeit somewhat small) collection of free professionally designed CSS templates.
Zymic - Solid collection of generic CSS templates.
Free CSS Templates - A large compilation of various free CSS templates found around the web (we found many repeat performers in here.)
Mollio - A set of CSS templates displaying the same information across multiple designs to give you a better idea of what style of layout you're looking for.
Little Boxes - A collection of very simple Web site layouts and models to build off of.
CSS Layouts - Extensive examples of basic Web sites layouts and a handful of advanced graphical CSS templates.
Layout Gala - Multiple examples of basic Web site layouts sorted by number of columns.

CSS Galleries Resources

Perhaps the best way to transform your Web site from bland to bold is by mimicking what some of the best accredited designers are doing. Here is a list of 35 Web site galleries showcasing some of the best CSS designs on the web, allowing you to get a better idea of what sort of design to shoot for.

CSStux - Gallery of some of the best CSS Web sites found on the web. Be sure to view their featured sites section.
The Horizontal Way - Showcase of Web sites that serve content horizontally rather than vertically.
Dark Eye - EDITOR'S CHOICE - Search for designs by color (up to 6) and meta data in this CSS gallery. Be sure to check out the blog and rate/comment on the designs.
Web Standards Awards - Discontinued gallery boasting 2 years of showcasing the best designs on the web.
Design Snack - Community based web design showcase. Users vote for and comment on stories to determine if they make the front page or not.
CSS Showcase - A collection of Web sites exhibiting unique navigation bars and techniques. We found some very cool implementations of the sliding door effect in here.
W3C Sites - EDITOR'S CHOICE - An extremely large collection of attractive CSS Web sites. Also maintains a designer database sortable by country.
Flickr: Web Design Inspiration - Screenshot collection of nearly 400 well designed Web sites.
Design Shack - A collection of very attractive CSS Web sites sortable by rating, category and color.
CSS Zen Garden - Ever wonder what your Web site would look like through the eyes of an accredited designer? Zen Garden did, and challenged the design community to submit their stylesheets and images of what they feel Zen Garden should look like. Nearly 1000 submissions later, Zen Garden has amassed a huge gallery. Be sure to check out the root Web site mezzoblue as well -- lots of developer articles.
CSS Drive - Maintains a well organized CSS gallery, news and informational article section, and CSS optimizer tool.
Design Meltdown - EDITOR'S CHOICE - A complete web design Web site with tutorials, an extensive gallery sorted by color, type and technique, and a site of the day.
CSS Web Design Yorkshire - Collection of excellent CSS Web sites stumbled upon by the editor of the Web site. Uses the small box approach (displaying only a 161 x 122 image) to preview the Web sites in the gallery.
Web Creme - Uses a highly ergonomic (albeit a bit difficult to navigate) approach to display a collection of superb CSS Web sites.
Logopond - A gallery of attractive company logos, sortable by submission date and color.
eduStyle - Gallery of CSS based University Web sites. Allows users to comment and vote on their favorite submissions.
Screenfluent - Massive collection of more than 5,000 well designed CSS Web sites. Uses fast loading screenshots rather than sorting the Web sites into categories.
Liquid Designs - An all around CSS Web site with news, instructional articles and resources, a gallery and templates. Be sure to check out the hall of fame section.
CSS smooth operator - CSS gallery sorted into a handful of general categories.
CSS vault - Collection of attractive CSS Web sites and useful articles.
CSS Based - A collection of CSS Web sites and RSS feeds.
CSS Beauty - The name says it all, a gallery of the most beautiful CSS Web sites and RSS feeds.
CSSElite - Collection of fantastic CSS Web sites, instructional articles and RSS feeds.
CSS Fresh - Collection of professionally designed CSS Web sites.
CSSBloom - Gallery of CSS Web sites presented in a blog format.
Unmatched Style - Popular CSS Web site gallery. Lacks any sort of sorting technique.
Netcocktail - Gallery of CSS Web sites sortable by color.
CSS Impress - Standard CSS gallery.
CSS Remix - CSS gallery with user ratings that focuses on sites that push the limits of contemporary design.
CSS Import - A standard CSS gallery established in 2005 that brings a Canadian flair to design.
CSS Collection - Standard CSS gallery.
CSS Flavor - A CSS gallery with a focus on sites "that inspire."
CSS Mania - CSS gallery boasting the title of the most updated CSS showcase on the globe.
Screenalicious - Standard CSS gallery with almost 9,000 screens to browse through.
Style Crunch - CSS gallery that allows for user-driven feedback and rankings.

CSS Browser Bugs Resources

Even the best developers are caught off guard by an occasional cross platform browser bug, and in today's global market, not accounting for the 10% of your audience that might be using a non-standard browser could be detrimental. Here are a few Web sites listing the most common CSS browser bugs, and tips for you to avoid them.

Position is Everything - A general CSS knowledge base with a focus on bugs. Also maintains a list of other anti CSS bug Web sites.
CSS contents and browser compatibility - Graphical model explaining how specific browsers react to CSS issues.
Browser Bug Collection - Large collection of CSS browser bugs for Internet Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla.
CSS Crib Sheet - General tips for avoiding browser specific CSS bugs.
Design Detector - Demos of and solutions for common CSS browser bugs.

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CSS Code Libraries Resources

If you're looking to improve on a few areas of your Web site (such as beautifying buttons or adding more dynamic features) you should definitely check out the following code libraries.

Dynamic Drive CSS Library - An assortment of popular CSS snippets with a focus on dynamic menus.
A List Apart: CSS - The CSS section from the popular web developers resource "A List Apart." Posts various CSS design techniques about once per month. Be sure to check out their entire Web site, you'd be surprised how much you'd learn.
CSSPlay - EDITOR'S CHOICE - Extensive library of highly requested source code snippets. Once you find the code you're after, view the page's source code, extract it, and modify it as you see fit. We particularly liked Snazzy Borders.
Web Design References: Cascading Style Sheets - A massive list of various CSS code snippets, articles, tips and more.
CSS Navigation Techniques - Here is a nice compilation of CSS navigation bars. If you want your Web site to be successful, you must have an attractive, easy to use navigation system.

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Web Development Resources

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

My Dynamic Data bookmarks and resources asp.net

Dynamic Data

screencasts

Authentication/Authorization

Authors

Download

Filter (Custom)

josh_heyse

Routing

Solution!

Fix

Sources

Customizing Filters

Futures

Runtime /DLL / Installation

Small Tings

OnDetailsViewItemInserting

FieldTemplates

Tools/Components