IT Brigade Inc.

Here's an excellent article on tips and tricks in VS.NET:

http://stephenwalther.com/blog/archive/2008/10/21/essential-visual-studio-tips-amp-tricks-that-every-developer-should-know.aspx

ASP.NET ASP.NET, C#, Microsoft,

This is an implementation of a generic contest entry user control using the BlogEngine.NET format.  Validation is done on the client and once validated, the data is encrypted and then entered into SQL Server.  (Go ahead and try it out - don't worry any data entered will be deleted).  I also added a captcha to prevent programs from entering contests.

Enter the Sweepstakes below for your chance to WIN!
Must be 18 to enter
Contest Runs Between 8/6/2010 and 10/5/2010
Gender	---- Female Male
First Name
Last Name
Address 1
Address 2
City
State	---- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Zipcode
Year of Birth
Home Phone
Email
Enter Text
By checking this box you are giving _______ permission to provide you with promotional offers, relevant product news and surveys that request your feedback. In the future if you do not wish to receive this information, you will be given the opportunity to opt-out. Your personal contact information will never be given to a third party.
No purchase necessary to enter or win. See the Official Rules for eligibility requirements and complete details.

BlogEngine.NET Contest, User Control, C#, ASP.NET, Captcha

I'm blogging with BlogEngine.NET 1.6 which is an open source blogging tool: http://www.dotnetblogengine.net/.   I chose BlogEngine.NET for the .NET framework and C# coding.  Tried DotNetNuke, but that was much more complicated.   I am using a SQL Server backend to store the blog information. 

BlogEngine.NET BlogEngine.NET, C#, SQL Server