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Where is your pot of Gold rainbow??

I just wanted to provide some insight in the behind the scenes work by a couple cool People. I personally have been really busy deploying a custom Rainbow 2.0 implementation and getting my Rainbow hosting up and running ( link ). Read More...
Posted lunedì 28 agosto 2006 18.42 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Power of Themes [screen shot]

The screenshot below is of the same site before [ migration port ] on the new hosting theme Im working on. Read More...
Posted sabato 10 giugno 2006 20.15 by ramseur | 0 Comments

New photo posted

I posted a new photo of two internal straight 2.0 builds. The code is exact to what most 1.1 [ if not better seeing how it was ported very recently] rainbow sites run world wide. Since there are no changes, it makes migration of current 1.1 sites to 2.0 a breeze. Read More...
Posted mercoledì 7 giugno 2006 23.04 by ramseur | 0 Comments

Rainbow Update and Vista

First, Ill update the community on rainbow. There has been many discussions between the key players for the next release which will be Rainbow 3.1 + full membership integration. Most developers have only come to me with concerns about making a custom rainbow provider over using the standard [MS]one. My response to this is simple. Read More...
Posted giovedì 25 maggio 2006 21.49 by ramseur | 5 Comments

SubText with Ajax [ .NET 1.1] Screen Shot and Membership Update

As I wait for the bug fix .NET 1.1 release of SubText from Phil Haack , Id thought I would see how easy it is to deploy ajax. In around 5-10 minutes of work, I applied .NET 1.1 version of magic Ajax in some of the operations. Below is a screen shot: Read More...
Posted mercoledì 12 aprile 2006 1.25 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Rainbow Portal 2.0 Phases

I wanted to explain our current naming conventions for releases. Jon and I have pretty much started at Alpha 1.0 and kept counting up. We will soon be at Alpha 3 in our iterative cycle. The cycle will continue until the code is deemed beta [ 85 percent functional at least] and then release level. The phases are a different story in that they concentrate on core features. Read More...
Posted venerdì 10 marzo 2006 20.55 by ramseur | 0 Comments

Revision 133 Commit of XHTML Modules to Novell

With revision 133 I committed all my XHTML changes. We can now merge my module with jons code and clean some other stuff up. Of course the modules will need testing but we still have made a lot of progress. Read More...
Posted giovedì 9 marzo 2006 23.36 by ramseur | 0 Comments

XHTML Conversion nearing completion

I have converted all but two modules to XHTML compliant Traditional 1.0. Some modules have also be converted to WSAG and Section 508 compliancy. The most recurring errors were: Read More...
Posted giovedì 9 marzo 2006 22.52 by ramseur | 6 Comments

Free XHTML Strict Starter kits for professional Design

In continuing in my new found love of XHTML, I stumbled on to a great article by microsoft that gives away a couple XHTML strict templates. All of the sites show the robust seperation of presentation layer from the application through CSS styles. All these sites are also Section 508 compliant and render crisp validated XHTML. Read More...
Posted mercoledì 8 marzo 2006 0.02 by ramseur | 4 Comments

XHTML Traditional 1.0 in Alpha 3.0

Alpha 3.0 passes my normal QA test for a release however I am adding XHTML compliancy to modules before I make a formal release. Anyone, however may go download Alpha 3.0 through anon SVN access over at novell. I have been doing a lot of studying on the internet and even asked Scott Guthrie on good html to XHTML tips. Read More...
Posted martedì 7 marzo 2006 19.57 by ramseur | 5 Comments

More thoughts on Future Rainbow 2.0 Versions

There has been a lot of talk and discussion on Rainbow versions such as Rainbow 2.0 Lite. I want to form a simple outline if you will of what I think should go in each version and its target audience. Read More...
Posted martedì 7 marzo 2006 7.45 by ramseur | 4 Comments

New Features for Rainbow 2.0

I finally got a test to pass that allows for rainbow to come pre-installed. All the server need have is ASP.NET 2.0 and a SQL Server 2005 engine. Please note that the SQL Server Express engine is free and can work with Rainbow 2.0 and attached files. Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 21.56 by ramseur | 0 Comments

MSDN Article of ASP.NET 2.0 Web part Portal Integration

This is a good article explaining the richness of Web parts in portal systems. We will 100 percent be adding a web part option [ and I say option as we will not give up on the user control] which will enhance extension of Rainbow 2.0 portal. If you are wondering our roadmap to this feature, please read this article as a sketch. Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 2.26 by ramseur | 1 Comments

Rainbow 2.0 gains small popularity

I would just like to inform everyone of our numbers that are located here : [link] . Particularly check the monthly totals which were at the time of this blog entry were : Monthly Totals * 3/2006 - 59 2/2006 - 648 1/2006 - 63 Read More...
Posted venerdì 3 marzo 2006 2.16 by ramseur | 0 Comments

ASP.NET 2.0 Health Monitoring in Rainbow 2.0

I decided to try this out and sure enough within 15 minutes Rainbow 2.0 has health monitoring. Health monitoring is a built in ASP.NET 2.0 feature that provides log4net features plus more features that help quickly find errors. It can record errors in SQL Server [ without any programming] and also post custom events. Read More...
Posted giovedì 2 marzo 2006 9.38 by ramseur | 2 Comments
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