Author Archives: Dann

Using TortoiseGit with GitHub– A checklist rather than tutorial

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dann

Install msysGit  http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/ Create a SSH key using Bash (id_rsa and id_rsa.pub) Install TortoiseSVN Use plink    Use puttyGEN, which comes with TortoiseGit, to create a Putty private key from id_rsa like so: puttyGen –> Conversions –> Import Key –> … Continue reading →

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Asp.Net MVC3 Razor and RESX Localisations/Localizations

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Dann

I was just applying for a small two week contract that was based on Localisation. This is the work I did to give myself a quick refresh. It reminded me on how well Asp.Net MVC3 works with RESX localisations. As … Continue reading →

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GoDaddy vs Umbraco – Access to Umbraco.config is denied

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Dann

If you got the error along the lines of …./App_Data/Umbraco.config -  Access is denied. Add the following into your web.config <system.web> <identity impersonate=”true”/> </system.web> It says to do  that in the error anyway

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Start of a new site: safetaxi.info

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Dann

This is a pre release plug for safetaxi.info – a find a taxi service in London for people on the run. Not up yet, but when it is..oooohh http://safetaxi.info

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Crashing Visual Studio after debugging ASP Classic

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Dann

I hate ASP classic. I hate it with a passion. AND THEN when your browser crashes every time that you go to debug it, you start building muderous tendancies. Anyway, Found a solution. Hot fix to VS 2008 that fixes … Continue reading →

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Web Deployment with VS2010 and IIS7

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Dann

Have watched a great presentation today from Scott Hanselman from the MIX 10 conference. YOU MUST/NEED TO WATCH THIS!  -> Scott Hanselman presents the IIS Web Deploy There were a few great ideas built in to his story, such as … Continue reading →

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Converting MVC 2 RC to MVC 2 RTM

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Dann

Ok, this is more of a hack than a true conversion, but I haven’t noticed the difference… yet. Remember to back up what you’re not willing to lose! Remove your MVC project from your solution. Don’t delete, just remove. Then … Continue reading →

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Arrh! Invocation Error! NHibernate

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Dann

I had started to get this annoying error when I ran my web app: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. Simple fix. Add back those virtual keywords onto my POCOs that somehow disappeared. public int Id … Continue reading →

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FTP Publishing on Windows Server 2008 with Amazon EC2 – Rough guide

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Dann

AS A NOTE – WEB DEPLOY IS MUCH BETTER THAN FTP PUBLISHING – Just letting you know This is my quick guide ( i.e. how i did it) on how to get FTP Publishing working on a Amazon Instance Website. … Continue reading →

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Fiddler, Visual Studio and Localhost working together!

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Dann

  I found two new tricks to make all these things work together for debugging a Visual Studio Asp.Net web project on Localhost. Here they are: Disable IPv6 – This stops the “Fiddler: No connection could be made because the … Continue reading →

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