August 2006 Archives

CMS Install Challenge

  • posted: 06 Aug 2006

In the spirit of friendly competition to the other .NET content management systems, I created a screencast showing how fast and easy it is to install Vine Type and launch a Vine Type website.

So today I officially challenge DotNetNuke, DasBlog, and SubText to the .NET CMS installation challenge: Try to beat this -- download to launch in 2:52.

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Making Exceptions Exceptional

  • posted: 31 Aug 2006

Okay, I'm guilty of some poor programming practices on occasion. Specifically and recently, I used exception processing as a means of input validation. I used the System.Convert.ToInt32(string) method to validate whether an input was numeric or not.

But there goes Scott again, bringing to light my less than stellar habits. So I'll throw this open to the four or five of you listening. Help me create an improved IsInt32() method.

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Vine Type 1.2

  • posted: 31 Aug 2006

Vine Type 1.2 is now available for download.

This point release features support for the Atom syndication standard in a big way.

Four Atom feeds are available:

  1. All-Articles

    default.aspx?feed=atom10

  2. All-Comments

    default.aspx?feed=atom10wb

  3. Single-Article Comments

    default.aspx?feed=atom10wb&id= n

  4. Section Articles

    default.aspx?feed=atom10&section= sectionname

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Atom: I Need You

  • posted: 31 Aug 2006

MMmmmmm. Crow for breakfast today.

Despite my proclamation last year that the Atom syndication standard was redundant and irrelevant, Vine Type v1.2 will support three distinct Atom feeds.

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