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How to put an asp.net website in maintenance mode

14 May 2017 Richard Wallace 0

If you need to take your website offline, for any reason (eg. database maintenance, site move etc), you can do so very easily by just creating one .htm file and dropping in the root folder […]

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How to create a 301 Redirect in c# and vb.net

24 April 2017 Richard Wallace 0

If you need to redirect a page to another page or site, it’s best to use a 301 redirect to help retain some of your SEO work. It’s believed that a 301 redirect will reduce […]

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Set Ajax Toolkit Accordion Selected AccordionPane by ID

6 December 2009 Richard Wallace 0

If you want to choose which AccodionPane is selected, you generally use the SelectedIndex command. However, if you want to select which AccordionPane is active by its ID and when you binded your data to […]

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Set Ajax Toolkit Accordion Panes all closed on load

10 October 2009 Richard Wallace 0

As you know when you use the accordion element of the Ajax Toolkit, one of the panes is automatically open on load. Well there is a way around this, simply add the below to your […]

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How to automatically redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS on Exchange

1 September 2009 Richard Wallace 0

Users often don’t remember to use https:// when access Outlook Web Access, they simply just use https://. So to automatically redirect them to the same address but with https:// simply follow the below: 1) Logon […]

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DropDownList SelectedItem.Value or SelectedValue not working when TabPanel is removed

5 June 2009 Richard Wallace 0

If you’re using the TabContainer, which is part of the Ajax Control Toolkit and have noticed that when you remove a tab you have issues accessing the values from a DropDownList using .SelectedItem.Value or .SelectedValue […]

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