The asp.net membership has the mechanism that it locks out a user's account if he/she tries to authenticate themselves with false password five times, by default, or within 10 minute window. The locked user can then not login.

In the MembershipUser class there is a public method UnlockUser() that you can call for any username to unlock the user, this will reset their LastLockOutdate field etc and allow the users to login using the same password. More...

Worried about fluctuations in Google PageRank may be a complete waste of time but still, the PageRank values of individual web pages on a site can give you some good idea about the importance of those pages in Google.

For example, if there are two or more pages on your site with very similar content, find the one with highest PR and then do a 301 redirect on the other pages. This is a vague example but you should get the idea.

Brandon Thomson has created a PageRank Checker service powered by the Google App Engine that lets you calculate the Google PageRank of multiple URLs in one go. You can either upload the XML sitemap file of your website or create a simple text file with a list of all page URLs and upload that to PageRank Checker.

The service can also help you find the Google PageRank of all URLs that are linked from a particular web page.

I'll show you how you can quickly enable ViewState compression and show you the effects it has on overall ViewState size and server performance.

How do I enable Viewstate compression?

Enabling ViewState compression with the RadCompression module really couldn't be easier. It requires no changes to your code, no changes to your markup, and not even a change to your web.config (assuming you've already added the required HttpModule references). The only thing you need to do is add a new Browser file to your web project (or modify your Browser file if you're already using one). To add a new Browser file, follow these simple steps: More...

I stumbled upon this site while browsing today, thought will share it with all.

The site gives you a solid foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, useful plugins, and even a stylesheet for printing.

Blueprint: A CSS Framework | Spend your time innovating, not replicating

When searching for this I found dozens of implementations doing things like parsing each character, string manipulation, and more. But one of the best solutions i could come up is this: More...

When dealing with MS SQL (not MYSQL) I’ve seen this error message before, but found very little help on it out there.

The log file for database db_name is full. Back up the transaction log for the database to free up some log space.

Within the MS SQL Query Analyzer, do this:

backup log db_name with truncate_only    
go    
dbcc shrinkfile (db_name_log,0)
go

If anything, this post will be useful for me in the future when one of my MS SQL databases coughs up the error again.

At first glance, it should be easy to inject a javascript, but it took a little bit of digging around to figure out the resolution, the key is to use ScriptManager.

<asp:UpdatePanel ID="myUpdatePanel" UpdateMode="Conditional" runat="server">
    <Triggers>
        <asp:AsyncPostBackTrigger ControlID="btnClick" EventName="Click" />
    </Triggers>
    <ContentTemplate>
        <asp:ImageButton ID="btnClick" ImageUrl="ClickMe.png" runat="server" 
            CausesValidation="false" OnClick="btnClickEvent" ToolTip="Click Me" 
            AlternateText="Click me!" />
    </ContentTemplate>
</asp:UpdatePanel>

We wanted to dynamically inject some JavaScript code. If my ScriptManager control has EnablePartialRendering set to true, it's a simple matter of registering the script. What i didn't realize earlier was that you don't need to the use the current page or current event, you need to call the static method on the ScriptManager class. More...

I have been using Justdial.com for many years to search for local businesses. It is a pretty decent search service especially when you are away from the internet - you can just call up the number and they will sms you the required information. However, if you were to use the internet, I prefer Google Local Search.

For example: You wanted to get a list of pre schools in the national capital region, would give you instant result of Pre schools and websites which contain a comprehensive list of pre-schools etc with location maps and and phone numbers.

This makes your life so much simpler. I personally like the way the content is placed and the location map support.

Worried about fluctuations in Google PageRank may be a complete but still, the PageRank values of individual web pages on a site can give you some good idea about the relative importance of these pages in Google.

For instance, if there are two or more pages on your site with very similar content, find the one with highest PageRank and then do a redirect (301 permanent) on the other pages. This may be a slightly vague example but you should get the idea.

Brandon Thomson has created a PageRank Checker service powered by the Google App Engine that lets you calculate the Google PageRank of multiple URLs in one go.

The service can also help you find the Google PageRank of all URLs that are linked from a particular web page.

Feedmyapp.com the famous web 2.0 directory now has an Indian Edition. It will be highlighting web 2.0 applications from India and Indians across the world.

Its grown to become India's most well organized list of web apps and startups.