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Enabling RSS Site-wide in Orchard
Background
When publishing a blog with Orchard CMS, the blog module includes default RSS feeds for the items as well as for comments. One limitation of the default implementation is that the feeds … more
New Features in Windows Phone "Mango" - with Video!
I just finished watching the press conference announcing many of the new features that will be coming with the next release of Windows Phone, codenamed Mango, this fall. I have to say that even as a … more
Azure Tech Jam and Windows Phone Garage
There are a couple of upcoming event series coming to the Mid-Atlantic area that you should check out, if you have the opportunity. Azure Tech Jam The Azure Tech Jam series is run by my fellow … more
Events - 5/23/11
Here are the events listed in Community Megaphone for the next week (or so) for the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as webcasts of interest…this list includes events imported from the UGSS event calendar: … more
Using bit.ly with the Twitter Notify Plugin for Windows Live Writer
I had set this up before, but during the process of moving my blog to my devhammer.net domain, I wanted to enable the use of bit.ly-shortened links using my bit.ly API key with the excellent Twitter … more
New Internet Explorer VMs for App Compatibility
As many of you may be aware, you can only have one version of Internet Explorer installed at any given time (the exception being that the IE Platform Previews are able to install side-by-side with a … more
Troubleshooting a Failed Orchard Module Install
During the process of creating a new Orchard CMS-based blog, I wanted to future-proof my RSS feed. Most blogs have RSS feeds that are effectively hard-coded to the domain/url of the blog, meaning that … more
Hello, Orchard!
Just wanted to create an official first post for my new Orchard CMS-based blog, before removing the test content I’ve been playing with. Why Orchard? It’s based in ASP.NET MVC, it’s open source … more