Web Developer Tips : VSTS

Tip#97: Did you know… How to Display Hidden Information in Design View

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:20:01 GMT

The design view in Visual Studio can display glyphs and borders for the hidden non - graphic elements (such as div, span, form, and script elements). This feature helps you to see where the elements are and avoid inadvertently deleting the non-graphic...(read more)

Tip #92: Did you know … How to select a master page using 'Select a Master Page' dialog?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:02:20 GMT

Master page for a Web form can always be set manually in the source code, but here is an option to select the master page while create the webform using the 'Select a Master Page' dialog. The path to select a Master page using the 'Select a master page...(read more)

Tip #69: Did you know…The keyboard shortcut for View in Browser?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:27:35 GMT

Ctrl +Shift+W does the trick for you. This short cut is mentioned under File Menu -> View in Browser . So if you are still using Select File -> Right click for context menu and then selecting View in Browser as shown below, you may want to start...(read more)

Tip #68 Did you know… How simple it is to attach an existing style sheet to your web page?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:19:01 GMT

Open an existing web site in VWD. Open the page by double clicking on it in solution explorer to which you want to attach the existing style sheet in your web site. Now, switch to Design View of the page and bring up Select Style Sheet dialog by clicking...(read more)

Tip#63: Did you know…How to specify a fixed port for Visual Studio Development Server while using WAPs?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:59:18 GMT

In Tip#21 we showed you how to set a fixed port for the Developer Web Server in Web Sites. Here is how you will be able to configure this for Web Application Projects. 1. Go to the properties page of WAP. Right Click on your Web Application and click...(read more)

Tip #61: Did you know… How to create an ASP.Net Dynamic Data Web Site?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:54:22 GMT

If your web site is heavily data driven then here is a quick and easy way for you to create one without writing much code. All you need is Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express SP1 installed on your box. Dynamic Data Web Sites makes...(read more)

Tip #50: Did you know…How to absolute position the controls in Visual Studio Designer?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:41 GMT

Absolute positioning control(s) in the designer can seem confusing at first until you learn the visual cues. You can do one of the following two possible actions by dragging the control in the designer. Re-parent the control Change the controls position...(read more)

Tip #33: Did you know… How to create Nested Master Pages using VS 2008?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:26:16 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #32: Did you know... How to easily create your own project templates?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:22:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip # 30: Did you know... Ajax Extender controls UI behaves differently in VS 2008 than in VS 2005

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:12:00 GMT

In VS 2005, you can drag and drop an extender control anywhere on the design surface. However, in VS 2008, you can drop an extender only on an ASP control which the extender can extend its functionality. When you drag an extender and hover it over a control...(read more)

Tip #29: Did you know… How to enable Edit and Continue feature for Web Application Projects?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:06:59 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #26: Did you know... How to have C# and VB.NET files inside your App_Code directory?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:13:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tip #24: Did you know…You could display CSS/HTML errors as warnings or as errors?

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:22:25 GMT

VS 2008 has this cool feature of downgrading any CSS/HTML errors to warnings. This is helpful when you want to separate out validation errors and are looking for what is actually stopping your build. In VS 2008 the default behavior is to display any HTML...(read more)