Web Developer Tips
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Tip #73: Did you know... about IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta
IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta – is a free toolkit that helps Web developers, hosting providers, and server administrators improve their sites’ relevance in search results by recommending how to make them more search engine-friendly. The SEO Toolkit Beta is available for installation via the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta.
The IIS SEO Toolkit can:
· Improve the volume and quality of traffic to Web site from search engines
· Control how search engines access and display Web content
· Inform search engines about locations that are available for indexing
The IIS SEO Toolkit includes three modules that integrate with IIS Manager:
· Site Analysis, which suggests changes that can help improve the volume and quality of traffic to your Web site from search engines;
· Robots Exclusion, which makes it easier to control and restrict the content that search engines index and display; and
· Sitemaps and Site Indexes, which can help inform search engines about locations that are available for indexing.
The IIS SEO Toolkit Beta can be installed with the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta.
· For more information, visit: http://www.iis.net/extensions/SEOToolkit
· For more information on the Microsoft Web Platform, visit www.microsoft.com/web
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Tip #72: Did you know... you can now manage Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 from Windows 7
Last week, IIS Remote Manager was re-released to support Windows 7. Prior to this release, remote management was supported only on XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 (excluding Home Basic editions). Now, the users can install Remote Manager on Windows 7 Client to manage Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 remotely. -
Tip #71: Did you know... there are several new configuration settings available in FastCGI Extension 1.5 Beta
Following are the new configuration settings available in FastCGI 1.5 Extension Beta:
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Tip #70: Did you know… how to install win7 RC IIS through command script?
Windows 7 RC’s IIS included ftp 7.5 feature. Installing it from command line is a little bit different than the vista IIS7 command line. It is as following:
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Tip #69: Did you know…The keyboard shortcut for View in Browser?
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Tip #68 Did you know… How simple it is to attach an existing style sheet to your web page?
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Tip #67: Did you know the list of ASP.Net MVC shortcuts?
Add Controller (Ctrl-M Ctrl-C)
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Tip#66: Did you know... how to insert quotes values automatically while typing the attrib values?
It's a nice time saver if you would like the HTML editor to automatically add quotes for the attribute values while you are typing.
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Tip#65: Did you know...How to quickly create a GridView that is hooked up to a SQL table?
In Tip#64, we showed you how to convert a GridView's bound fields into template fields. In this tip, we will show you how to quickly create a GridView that is hooked up to a SQL table.
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Tip#64:Did you know … How to convert a GridView column from asp:BoundField to asp:TemplateField in Design View?
Assume that you already have a data source SqlDataSource1 that binds to a simple query returning some details from the Customers table.