Gift List Blog - July 2011
The third (and final) test post
So here it is, the third and final test post. The blogging system I've used is Subtext. It's a Microsoft-supported open-source project that describes itself as the solution to choose when you've decided all blogging software is to complicated and you're going to write your own. I'd say that's a fair assessment. I looked at DotNetNuke, but that was just silly. All the getting started stuff is about creating an entire website...Read more
The second test post
As the home page includes the latest three news items, I'm going to have to write three of these. This is the second one. New skills that I've managed to learn and use for this project are: * PRINCE2 Project Management * jQuery (I could do a little bit, but I'm now confident with it) * ASP.NET MVC 3 (including the Razor engine) * C#.NET (Ok, I could already write in C#, but that was several iterations ago. I'm now flu... Read more
The first test post
This is the first test post for the GiftList.co.uk development site. So far today, I've managed to get all the delivered HTML implemented on the site, effectively meaning that the following pages are ready to go into the testing phase: * Register * Account Activation * Log In * Create Profile * Welcome Page * Create List * Activation Successful * Activation Failed Following that, I've scripted in the 25 development ... Read more
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One piece of feedback we've had from our users is that when their Gift List relates to a party they're having, it would be great if they could produce party invites that include instructions on how to - Read More
Following on from our latest set of changes, we've introduced two new features to the site that we thought you might like... You can now "Import Gifts" between your Gift Lists. If you've set up a L - Read More
Yes, we know we've been quiet these past few weeks, but we've certainly not been resting on our laurels... Even though things have been coming along nicely since the site launched, we've listened to - Read More
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