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I completed and deployed my first MVC web site for a friend's business. It's not big or all that complicated, but it's a damn sight better than the wordpress crap that it replaced. There are some small tweaks that need to be made (and that only became known after the deployment), but I feel pretty good about it.
If you are so inclined to check it out...
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".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: There are some small tweaks that need to be made
Like this one?
There are no external authentication services configured. See this article for details on setting up this ASP.NET application to support logging in via external services.
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Perhaps, John did intend that to stay so that people could read that article which I am sure would be quite helpful to many. 
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Seems decent enough for a basic site.
I had a relative ask me a few months ago if I could put together a small site for him, just so his small car wash/accessories business has an online presence - nothing more sophisticated than a glorified online pamphlet, truth be told. As I have neither the time nor the inclination, I was tempted to tell him about (and let him deal with) WordPress, but I think even that is beyond his technical skills.
Can I ask in what way WordPress is too crappy even for that?
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It's based on PHP. PHP is crap.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Well, even if you don't want to work with PHP, as an user you don't need to see the code. Was there anything Wordpress lacked in functionality that helped you make the decision to write it from scratch as a custom website?
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Gotcha.
I realize that WordPress wants to appeal to people who can't code at all, but I suspect that if I ended up being the one to put together a site for someone else, I probably couldn't help myself but to dig down to the actual code. So...fair warning, I guess.
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I was wondering too as I've recommended Wordpress for basic websites. There are tons of themes, include commercial ones (not too expensive), 1000s of plugins, very customizable, easy import/export, etc.
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What's the point of the landing page? Doesn't add anything other than another click.
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It looks great, John. Neat, crisp and simple, the way a web experience should be. I've studied a bit of MVC site building, but haven't had a chance to implement what I've learned. Simple as it is, this inspires me to try something along the same lines, if for no better reason than to keep my finger in the water... Thanks for the encouragement!
Will Rogers never met me.
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What! I didn't see any porn.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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What was the reason you used MVC for this type of site? It looks like a basic Asp.net/html site, nothing fancy, simple and clean. Are you planning on a lot of DB work, etc. in the future? Will users have accounts, etc?
Just curious if the technology was worth it. Perhaps it was, if you are going to scale in the future. 
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Aged 8 I got a model plane kit for Christmas.
Spent about two weeks building it then took it down to the local park to fly - filled it to the very brim with fuel.
Last seen heading towards Coventry.
As far as I know it is still going.
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Brilliant. You gave me a chuckle 
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Nah, mine is still in the box. It's too cold to go outside. 
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: filled it to the very brim with fuel.
These things are quite unsafe.
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Same with Estes rockets. As a kid I spent an entire Minnesota winter sanding and polishing a new missile. I was rewarded for all my efforts by how fast and true it's flight.
Never saw it again.
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Been there. Was a very sad kid for a few days one summer.
Learned the hard way that the best rockets are the ones where you simply glue a nosecone and a couple of fins direcly to the engine.
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Very much the same as what happened to the two I sent up into the air. Spent half a year for each of them and then it was overin minutes. I did not see it, but others told me they exploded.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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When in High School, a gang in our class had a home alone New Year's party, but I'll say we were reasonably well behaved. For firing off the rockets, we set bottles firmly into the snow as a launch ramp and moved away to safe distance after the fuse was lit.
When I lit my biggest rocket, it went straight into the air, hit a 22 kV power line, bounced right back and made its grand explosion right in front of the neighbour's living room panorama window, where the couple were standing looking out. Their reaction was what I'd call 'noteworthy'.
I was very happy that they never demanded to know who was responsible for that rocket launch. And really: I didn't feel guilty. I had taken all standard precautions, and I certainly was not the one deciciding to run that power line right there.
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Accidents do happen. They probably did not assume that the missile attack was on purpose.
The rockets I wrote about were a little bigger.[^] And what a bang they did make, not that I got to see anything because I was staring at a radar screen when they were on their way.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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I once sent a homemade D20 bottle rocket through the eves of the house by accident/stupidity. Only took 2m to build up enough speed to punch out a perfectly round hole complete with nipple from the stick through the cement sheeting. 
We laughed about it till we cried the other day - enough years had passed that dad wouldn't get the look of death from mum for finding such a stupid act so funny.
I've still got the nearly 20 year old newspaper clips from when people thought our massively overpowered bottle-rockets were UFOs. You shouldv'e seen the way those endburners got up and boogied when the black powder ran out and the double-base shotgun reloading-powder started to provide the thrust!! 
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Hahaha - I've still got an Estes Executioner and pack of D12s waiting for assembly (for the past 5 years!)
I used to scratch-build both the motors and the airframes. I could start in the morning and fly in the arvo, as long as I'd rolled the motor tubes the day before and let em dry. The one time I made a 3 stage A-10 taking model, it kicked over sideways during the 1st --> 2nd stage separation. Last seen flying towards the unfinished houses at over 800kmh. 
It was soo worth it! 
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