Dec 05, 2008
VS 2008 and VWD 2008 both support Nested Master Pages which means you can have a Base Master page which would cater to the whole site and then you can further customize these Base Master Pages. Here is how you do it: 1. Create a BaseMasterPage.master...
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Dec 02, 2008
Visual Studio makes it very easy to create item and project templates with the Export Template Wizard. Open the wizard by selecting Export Template... from the file menu. Note: For this tip I am using the Jobs Site Starter Kit . After selecting Export...
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Nov 26, 2008
If you want to edit your WAPs while debugging them, here is how you do it: 1. Check the “ Enable Edit and Continue ” checkbox in the Web Properties page. 2. Check the “ Enable Edit and Continue ” checkbox under Tools->Options->Debugging->Edit...
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Nov 25, 2008
If you have a style defined as Class = ”fooRed” as shown below and want to quickly know what does fooRed style contain? < div class ="fooRed"> In RED </ div > Just place your cursor on fooRed and hit the F12 button...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008tips and tricksVisual StudioCSSCSS and HTMLEditor
Nov 21, 2008
If you are taking advantage of the App_Code folder to develop an ASP.NET WebSite some times you need to use code files that are written in different .NET languages. For example, you may want to use C# files and VB.NET files in the same web site: To be...
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Nov 03, 2008
Sometimes while developing WAP you might want to switch to IIS Web server instead of the Visual Studio Development Server provided by VWD. Here is how you do it: 1. Go to the Properties page of WAP by clicking on properties under WAP in Solution Explorer...
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Oct 30, 2008
Source View is the default view for the IDE when you edit a Web page. You can customize the IDE so that Design View is the default. Select the menu option : Tools – > Options… From the Options dialog tree select HTML Designer –> General Select Design...
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Oct 29, 2008
To absolute position any control on your designer, you select the control and then select the following menu option: Format –> Position… ->Position style ->Absolute. Sometimes you may want the controls to be absolutely positioned on the...
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Tags: Visual Studio 2008VS2008VWDtips and tricksDesignerVisual StudioCSSCSS and HTML