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ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Caching (Part 1)
This video is part one of a two-part series introducing the new caching features of ASP.NET 2.0. Page Output Caching followed by the new ASP.NET 2.0 Database Caching support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Caching (Part 2)
Part two of a two-part series introducing the new caching features of ASP.NET 2.0. Topics include the new Partial-Page Output Caching feature of ASP.NET 2.0 followed by an overview of the Cache API, which demonstrates how to efficiently bind a data control to an XML file.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Create a Full-Featured Customer Login Portal
Follow along through the creation of a fictitious customer portal to learn about topics including Master Pages, Themes, database access, Membership, Roles, the Web Site Administration Tool, site navigation, and user profiles.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Data
Explore how easy it is to create a master-details view with support for filtering, sorting, paging, and editing with no code using the DropDownList, GridView, DetailsView, and ObjectDataSource controls.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Form Building for a "Contact Us" Page
Features covered include the Wizard control, Validation controls, and the System.Net.Mail classes for sending e-mail messages.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Localization
Learn how to create culture-aware and locale-specific web content with ASP.NET 2.0

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Master Pages and Site Navigation
Layout and design using ASP.NET 2.0 Master Pages. Become familiar with the enhanced designer support for creating and consuming Master Pages, see the improved Table Editor and Style Builder in action and how to add navigation to a Web site using the TreeView and SiteMapPath controls.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Membership and Roles
Secure a Web site using the new Membership and Roles features of ASP.NET 2.0. Topics include user registration, password recovery, and restricting access to content with roles. Get a tour of how the Web Site Administration Tool simplifies user account administration and makes it easy to control content access permissions.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Profiles and Themes
Learn how to use Profiles to collect per-user configuration information and apply Themes to extend a consistent look-and-feel throughout the Web site.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Tips and Tricks
This Tips & Tricks video covers many useful techniques for enhancing ASP.NET 2.0 web sites. Topics include encrypting sensitive information in web.config, maintaining the browser scroll across postbacks, cross page posting, focus on control when a page is loaded, creating a bulleted lists from data sources, working with the file upload control, simplifying complex URLs using URL remapping, and using the MultiView control to switch between groups of content programmatically.   

ASP.NET HOW DO I Video Series: Web Parts and Personalization
Web Parts and Personalization features of ASP.NET 2.0. See how Web Parts enable the user to add new content to a page on-the-fly and restructure the page in the browser using drag-and-drop.