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Silverlight Enhancements in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint 2010 takes advantage of Silverlight to provide rich and interactive user interfaces. It also greatly simplifies hosting of media content and Silverlight applications within SharePoint by providing out-of-the-box Silverlight-enabled web parts. In this post I will point out some of these Silverlight enhancements and show you how easy it is to host media content [...]
ASP.NET MVC vs. Web Forms – Part 3: The Breakdown
This is the final installment of a three-part series comparing ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms as a paradigm for ASP.NET websites. If you missed the first or second parts of the series, you can find part one here and part two here. The purpose of this series is not to choose one technology versus the [...]
ASP.NET MVC vs. Web Forms – Part 2: The Advantages of Web Forms
This is part 2 of a 3-part series comparing ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms as a paradigm for ASP.NET websites. If you missed the first part of the series, you can find it here. The purpose of this series is not to choose one technology over the other, but rather to point out each of [...]
CRM Mapping – Part 1: Hosting a Silverlight Application in CRM 2011
Want to know how to host a Microsoft Silverlight application in MS Dynamics CRM 2011? We’ll show you how by integrating Bing maps into your customer database!
Building Interactive Maps with Silverlight and Bing Maps
Overview The goal of this blog is to detail each step in the process of creating a functioning Silverlight application using Bing maps. This will also be the first of a series of blogs that explore the versatility and extendibility of this application to other Microsoft technology platforms including SharePoint, CRM, and ASP.NET. We will [...]
Suppressing OOTB Stylesheets on Public-Facing SharePoint 2010 Sites
My company just launched a new version of our website (www.credera.com) built on the SharePoint 2010 platform. SharePoint 2010 offers a wealth of new content management capabilities through its “ribbon” UI. While this is great for managing content as an author or approver, it can create some less than desirable side-effects for anonymous users on [...]
Use Permanent Redirects to Minimally Impact SEO
I recently had the pleasure of working with a great team of individuals to rebrand our company’s public website (www.credera.com) using SharePoint 2010. As a part of the rebranding effort, the organization and amount of content changed significantly compared to the previous site. For this reason, we were faced with a small challenge that carried [...]
Commerce Server: Bulk Catalog Updates
Have you ever needed to update every product in your catalog? Maybe you have been told that you are to apply a new prefix to each product ID based on its media type. Or maybe the company that owns one of you product lines has been acquired and you need to update the company name [...]
ASP.NET MVC vs. Web Forms – Part 1: The Advantages of MVC
This is part 1 of a 3-part series comparing ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms as a paradigm for ASP.NET websites. The purpose of this series is not to choose one technology versus the other, but rather to point out each of their strong points and equip the reader with enough information to make the appropriate decision when selecting which tool to use for their next web application project.
Case Study: EmployBridge process automation increases productivity and improves service delivery
EmployBridge is a national leader in staffing and workforce solutions with 143 locations and 7 brands. Credera worked closely with EmployBridge to design and implement an online application solution that supported the entire job application process from the candidate’s initial application to final matching of the candidates to jobs. Automating manual processes and delivering an online solution provided many benefits to EmployBridge, job applicants, and client companies.