i'm also kinda liking the idea on NxBRE (RuleML in a c# format) as a 1sr step twds taking the domain object rules out of the code and saving as XML (with a hgraphical user interface for the business user). i think this has great milage if properly implemented and kept very simple (i.e the user interface for this would have to be akin to using word/excel/visio etc, but even simpler!!)

anyway, here's a little background on that:

http://www.computerboek.nl/pdf/9780596527549.pdf

plus the actual sourceforege link to the project:

http://nxbre.wiki.sourceforge.net/

jimi

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i found a nice site for a good standards compliant css template. it's pretty extensible insofaras it gives options to create the site layout in a multitude of formats. i'm going to be adapting a few of them for my own site in the coming weeks but you can get an idea of what you can expect by taking a sneak peak at the 'demo' page. the site includes a link for the full download of the 'kit' as well.

have fun:

http://www.1234.info/webtemplates/multiflex5/demo/

jimi

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a little genral tip that i have overlooked sharing for ages and thought it time that i added it. this 'tip' allows the editor in vs to show faint 'tramlines' at various indentation levels to allow for easy 'eyeballing' of related code structures etc...

basically, you need to copy the code below and save it to a file called (for example) vs tramlines.reg

here's the code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\ 9.0\Text Editor]
"Guides"="RGB(240, 240, 216) 4, 8, 12, 16"

the code can be expanded to as many or few 'tramlines' as you please by adding/removing the digits after the RGB expression as can the indentation 'level' (for example, 3,6,9 would result in 3 tramlines with a 3 space separation etc).

hope this is clear(ish)...

[edit] forgot to add, you'll need to close and reopen vs to see the effect of th4e change...

jimi

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Another quick tip prompted by a request from a user who had issues where the deployed web app had a blank welcome screen and the webparts were missing.

The resolution to this issue is discussed here:

http://p2p.wrox.com/book-asp-net-2-0...ing-sql05.html

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