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I need to implement sales web site for a small business, with very basic functionality such as home page with news etc., about us, product into, and ordering and payment. While I would ultimately love to re-code this wheel myself, I am sure one of the many capable CMS packages out there will get the job done much quicker and better.
My first two choices are Drupal and Umbraco. I know ASP.NET well, but my PHP is coming along fine, and I think it will be easier to find hosting for my client for Drupal than for Umbraco.
What recommendations can you readers make here?
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+1 for Drupal. I've used it, and it's very quick to throw together a simple site. Contributed modules to do almost anthing you want (and many you don't want!  ) You can almost certainly do what you need without cutting a single line of PHP (although knowing PHP helps you understand what's really going on.) Plenty of online tutorials, too.
Never heard of Umbraco, so I can't offer an opinion.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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AspxCommerce will probably suit you best. It is a promising open source content management system specifically designed for E-Commerce and developed using ASP.NET technology. I am pretty sure that your needs will be met. Take a look at it at www.aspxcommerce.com .
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My favorite is nopCommerce[^] and it is ASP.NET 4.0 based with MS SQL 2005 (or higher).
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I still love DotNetNuke.
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/[^]
There are lots of hosting companies that host this and you can administer it yourself. Check out Snowcovered for "modules" that provide shopping cart functionality.
Good luck.
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Hi, I have the following script, which is working fine. This is for more-less content. For more content, this is good, but when i click again, text becomes less again, but i want to add one class name for the less button.
This is from where i get the script.
http://shakenandstirredweb.com/playground/jquery-more-less-text/[^]
i just want to add different arrows for more and less. but there is always one class name. Can anyone help me in this to add a class name in the script. Thanks
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
// The height of the content block when it's not expanded
var adjustheight = 170;
// The "more" link text
var moreText = "+ More";
// The "less" link text
var lessText = "- Less";
// Sets the .more-block div to the specified height and hides any content that overflows
$(".more-less .more-block").css('height', adjustheight).css('overflow', 'hidden');
// The section added to the bottom of the "more-less" div
$(".more-less").append('[…] ');
$("a.adjust").text(moreText);
$(".adjust").toggle(function() {
$(this).parents("div:first").find(".more-block").css('height', 'auto').css('overflow', 'visible');
// Hide the [...] when expanded
$(this).parents("div:first").find("p.continued").css('display', 'none');
$(this).text(lessText);
}, function() {
$(this).parents("div:first").find(".more-block").css('height', adjustheight).css('overflow', 'hidden');
$(this).parents("div:first").find("p.continued").css('display', 'block');
$(this).text(moreText);
});
});
</script>
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Don't cross-post. You'vr already asked this elsewhere - be patient - we all have other things to do - we're not here just for your convenience.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Hi,
I am basically a desktop app developer, and for last 1 year I'm into mobility domain, working on apps, and multimedia.
I have very good grip on C, C++ and basically know some HTML, I also have good knowledge of Database query languages.
I'm planning to come up with a website, which is basically like a social networking site facebook, but to be meant for different reason ( Sorry, I can't discuss on that ).
I don't have much knowledge in web development. but I'm confident that I can work on, HTML, JavaScript,PHP.
So can please someone help me ,
1) What technologies should I start.
2) How these networking sites are built, with user login etc.
3) Is there any helping documents which I can refer to.
4) What database technologies that I should learn.
I am not really worried about the time. I hope you people help me in this regard.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Vijay.
Amusement of a speculative mind... http://www.vijaysringeri.blogspot.com[^]
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Take a look at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/[^]
This would allow you to get a website up and running in very short amount of time.
Download the evaluation copy, get yourself some books on DotNetNuke and really give it some consideration. I used it at a previous company (internal project) and was amazed.
There are also many companies out there that host DNN for you if you don't have a web server and a static IP address.
my 2 cents.
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David Mujica wrote: Take a look at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/[^]
Thanks for the info David,I agree I shouldn't be spending much time on reinventing the wheel.
My idea was not to depend on any service provider except hosting.
Thank you.
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Start here[^].
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I follow the lamp stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
I do this mainly because of cost, resources, a friendly and knowledged community can be easily found to help guide you on your way. This stack is also very wide used and for good reasons.
So to your questions
1) What technologies should I start.
PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (and the jQuery library). For local dev I use the abyss x1 http because its free and very easy to setup. If you work on a linux box getting mysql, php and apache is often bundled in a group of packages that is an easier install. But Apache has a lot more bells and whistles to make it more custom, which why I use abyss. The order I would train in is html and css, then javascript and jQuery, and then PHP and MySQL. Once you get to PHP/MySQL you will want to focus on issues of sessions and security.
2) How these networking sites are built, with user login etc.
This is a big question but the short answer is sessions. Sessions store values placed in them by the scripts you write, like a posted form sends username and password to a server. a script on the server scrubs the input, to protect from hackers, and validates the info. If its correct then a session variable(s) is(are) set so you can maintain persistant data between page request. Session related variables can include user name, security level, a saved shopping cart, etc.
3) Is there any helping documents which I can refer to.
To numerous to count. This site, "Code Project" is a truly great resource for code snips and guidance. And I do not get paid to write this...well I do not think I do...maybe I should ask  also: http://www.php.net/ , http://www.mysql.com/ , http://www.w3schools.com/html/ , http://www.w3schools.com/js/ , http://jquery.com/ , and a place to see where online applications are going sites like this http://html5demos.com/ give you a glimps of whats possible
4) What database technologies that I should learn.
MySQL is the most common db engine you will find on the net.
Chris J
www.redash.org
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hi
i have install IIS on Windows-XP and my WebService.
i see my WebService and i see my method - but if i try to run any of my method i see blank page.
what can be the problem ?
thank in advance
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Ok, so you will need to provide us with more information other then 'It aint working'.
Here are some steps that might give you a clue as to what is wrong:
- Look through the IIS access files, to see if the request to the service are giving status code 200 or 204 (if not the service is throwing an error, code 503)
- Look through the webservice logs, if any, to see if it tells you what is wrong
- Make sure you are calling the webservice right, keep in mind SOAP services require POST data in XML format.
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Hi,
Currently, I'm working on a flex project with .Net integration via web service. I'm trying to bind the web service result to a xmllist but always fail to do so. Can anybody provide me ways on how to accomplish such? I have tried to cast the result to Xml in the web service object event handler but still got no luck. I have also tried to set the resultFormat to "e4x" but still it doesn't work.
Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much.
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Hello anybody knows how to match the height of my sidebar area to my content area? I just want my sidebar to be the same height as my content area(the posting area). I want it so that my sidebar background will extend all the way down matching the height of the content area, even the sidebar is not having a widget in it. Here is the site http://bloomtheflowercompany.yenius.com/ the green background should extend all the way down even if it has no widget.
Can I do it in CSS or I need a JavaScript in it??
Any help appreciated thanks...
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One thing which might fit your needs is to enclose both sidebar and content in a <div>, then give your sidebar a height of 100%. That way, the main content "drives" the height of the enclosing div, and the sidebar follows. CSS is cheap, so have a play!
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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You can use fix height of the sidebar using Css.
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Please consider the following code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.or
g/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>test</title>
</head>
<body>
For more information about
<div style="margin-left: 2.0in">
<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_duration
class="wideAnchor200" target=_blank>
Wikipedia Article
</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In this case, I am using the div tag with inline CSS to indent the link to Wikipedia. However, it is not working. I am hoping that somebody here can tell me what I am missing.
Thanks
Bob
modified 13-Jan-12 13:14pm.
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I can't find any reference to margin-removed in CSS docco. Try using margin-left instead. In any case, w3schools[^] has a good CSS quick reference[^] where you should be able to find what you want.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994.
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Hi,
Change the div like this
<div style="margin-left: 50px;margin-top:10px">
Thanks,
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Thanks for the response. You solved my problem. The string margin-removed in my earlier post was
placed there by this website. I do not understand why.
Bob
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Sorry if I posted this question in this forum but its really the forum that answer all my question every time I had. I also don't know which section on this forum should I post it but its more on CSS I decided to post it here. 
I am fixing this menu from the past developer of this site. However, I don't have any idea how did he installed this. I have tried deleting and activating the plug in again and again but it doesn't work perfectly.
Currently JQuery Accordion Menu Widget is overlapped by the other widget below it.
Here's the link of the site: http://primarycareadvisory.yenius.com/
Any idea on how to fix it?
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