In attempts to find some a higher level of code reuse as far as user-defined controls are concerned, I turn to the asp.net custom controls. These controls give the developer a way to encapsulate some commonly used "Stuff" over and over again promoting reusable code. ahh yes reusability, the dream of every man and woman. Of course we have seen it done in all languages and asp.net is definately no different and promotes it with Custom User Controls, and Custom Server Controls. Cu...
I'd like to take a second and say good bye to two things: 1. ADO 2.x (whatever version they are on) 2. SQL Injection That's right people SQL Injection Ain't effecting or affecting US anymore!!! We have the dang cure and it comes in the form of ADO.NET's SQLCommand Object. Simply put, we no longer have to construct queries in the matter of: SQL = "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE NickName = '" & trim(request("NickName")) &...
It has come to our attention(Admins), that submitting a rating has become abused somewhat so the rating system has been updated. Every user, including admins, are only allowed to submit a rating, on an article or reply to an article, 10 total times within any given 24 hour span. So if you are feeling generous and feel like giving articles an insightful rating or feeling frisky and trolling as many replies as you can get your hand on, remember one thing, WE ARE WATCHING YOU!!!!! S...
Alright, I know it has been said already by Brad, but the sub forums are up and running. Although starting out small for now, each Category can potentially have X-amount of "Sub-Topics" to post under. So, take for instance Politics. When you are posting you will see two drop down menus. If you have selected the Politics Category, then the page will refresh with a second drop down menu displaying the following options: Topic: [General Discussion] Politics->Democrat Politics->Democr...
Worked on joeUser much of the day. With the big chief out of the office I had a difficult time figuring out some of our higher level queries and such. My agenda today was to get the points system implemented onto the forums, but didn't even get a chance to tackle that task due to the grief that the blog groups caused me today. With Good night's sleep tonight, I hope a productive day will be awaiting for me.