Contents tagged with Frank's World
Back Online With Orchard
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.You may have noticed that my blog’s been a bit unstable lately.
I’ve had quite the issues during my migration to Orchard.
Orchard is a great platform and I’m happy to get my blog working on it.
Now that my blog is back up and running smoothly, I’ll be blogging again with alarming regularity.
I also plan on sharing my migration experiences and what I learned along the way.
Stay tuned.
Happy 16th Birthday to Franks World
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Sixteen years ago today, I uploaded the first HTML, GIF, and JPG files to the web space my ISP provided.
It wasn’t much at first, just a few static pages that was a web take on the Weekly World News.
That may sound ridiculous today, but this was 1995: Back when print publications were oblivious of the web and button down media suit types thought that this whole “web thing” was a passing fad.
There was no Weekly World News site and I hadn’t even heard of the Onion yet. I saw that there was a missing need on the internet and decided to fill it.
Lawyers had not yet found the internet (they were starting to) and it was still mind-blowing that you could write up some HTML in Notepad or VI, FTP it up to a sever, and instantly have a world wide audience.
After a year at my ISP’s space (complete with a ~ character in the URL), I bought my own domain name: a luxury at the time for a personal site.
Sixteen years later, the site has seen many changes:: platforms, content, and focus.
So, today, I mark an important milestone and now have a web site old enough to get its learner’s permit.
New Design
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Finally, after a few months on Orchard, I had the chance to work on the template design.
It’s still got a few rough edges, but overall I’m happy with it over the previous, rather dry one.
Let me know that you think in the comments!
And, if you’re handy with CSS, tell me what I’m doing wrong!
Frank's World Now Has Site Pinning
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.If you’re running Windows 7 and have Internet Explorer 9, then you can take advantage of a cool feature called Site Pinning.
To try it, drag the Frank’s World icon in the address bar in the browser to the task bar.
Then right mouse click on the newly added icon.
You’ll see the following:
Adding this feature to your site or page couldn’t be any easier. There’s even a site for making the process easier: buildmypinnedsite.com.
For example, I added the following meta tags to my Orchard page template.
<meta name="msapplication-task" content="name=Frank on Twitter;action-uri=http://twitter.com/tableteer;icon-uri=http://twitter.com/favicon.ico" />
<meta name="msapplication-task"content="name=Try Azure Free for 90 days;action-uri=http://bit.ly/FreeAzure90DayTrial;icon-uri=http://www.windowsazure.com/favicon.ico" />
<meta name="msapplication-task"content="name=Download WebMatrix Free;action-uri=http://bit.ly/WhatIsWebMatrix;icon-uri=http://www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico" />
<meta name="msapplication-task"content="name=Public Sector Team Blog;action-uri=http://frnk.us/PubSecTeamBlog;icon-uri=http://blogs.msdn.com/themes/MSDN2/favicon.ico" />Easy.
If you want more advanced features and notifications, there’s a complete API and plenty of documentation.
Happy New Year!
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.I hope your 2011 celebrations were excellent and are looking forward to a bright and excellent 2012.
This year is also designated as being Alan Turing Year to mark the centennial of the computer science pioneer’s birth.
And don’t let the Mayans scare you, their calendar doesn’t end this year. It just goes through another cycle.
With a Name Like Frankies It Has to Be Good
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.When I arrived at my hotel for the SC-GMIS Developer Summit, I saw a travel brochure for a nicely named establishment: Frankie’s Fun Park.
With a name like Frankie’s, it’s has to be good.
So, on my way back to the airport, I stopped in to check the place out and pick up some “Frankie’s swag.” After all, it had my name all over it.
