Sunday, November 27, 2011

Master Pages and Themes

Introduction:
Master Pages in Asp.net allows you to control the layout, design and common controls of all the pages in the website/web application. With a single master page you can define the look and feel of your application which includes multiple content place holders. Along with Master Pages you can work with themes to provide the user with great User Interface. In this article we see an overview of how to
  1. Create a Master page with single and multiple content place holders,
  2. Add Content Pages,
  3. Nested Master Pages.
  4. Programming the Master Page,
  5. Creating themes for the application and
  6. Finally we will see how we can work with multiple themes.

Web.Config File - Asp.Net

Introduction

The time you start developing your web application until you finish the application, you will more often use the Web.config file not only for securing your application but also for wide range of other purposes which it is intended for. Asp.Net Web.config file provide you a flexible way to handle all you’re requirements at the application level. Despite of simplicity provided by the .Net Framework to work with web.config working with configuration files would definitely be a task until you understand it clearly. This could be one of the main reasons, that I have started writing this article.
This article would be a quick reference for the professional developers and for those who just started programming in .net, this article would help them to understand the Asp.Net configuration in an efficient way.The Readers may skip reading section "Authentication,Authorization, Membership Provider, Role Provider and Profile Provider Settings", as most of them are familiar with those particular settings.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Asp.Net Profile Provider

Introduction

In the Article "Asp.Net MemberShip and Role Provider.", We have seen how to conigure and use the in built Sql Server MemberShip Provider. In this continuation article, we will see the usage of SqlProfileProvider. In any application if you want to store the user information other than the Registration details like their address,user's interest, themes etc., you can use the SqlProfileProvider.

Implementing the SqlProfileProvider:

The Profile provider can be configured to the application by using the following settings in the web.config file.

Asp.Net Membership and Role Provider

Introduction

Asp.Net 2.0 provides built in controls to manage Membership in Web Applications. All these controls use Asp.Net providers that are loaded via web.config file. Membership provider and Role provider allows a complete system to maintain users information, authenticate and authorize the users. This article demonstrates how to use and configure the default Member ship and Role provider.

JavaScript for Asp.Net Developers

Introduction

JavaScript along with Asp.net helps u to build web applications which are robust and effective. In this article the most commonly used tasks which can be achieved in Asp.net by using JavaScript are discussed. The article describes the following content. JavaScript to perform validations, JavaScript client side API for Asp.net Server Controls, Call a JavaScript from code behind and Vice-Versa, Grid View alert for deleting, Pass the C# variables to JavaScript array, Pop-up in Grid View.

JavaScript Create User Wizard for Asp.Net

Introduction

Asp.net provides built in create user wizard for membership which can be customized automatically depending on the user requirements. But in some cases if you want your own custom create user wizard and then this articles explains you the way to achieve your requirement. The Designed control provides you the flexible way to implement the membership wizard for the user.

Background