Compatible with Windows 7 Application Testing

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Compatible with Windows 7 Back with Vista, Microsoft had 2 logo designations:  Works with Vista and Certified for Vista.  The former was a free self-test, the latter was an expensive 3rd party test.  For Windows 7, Microsoft has consolidated the two designations into a single logo:  Compatible with Windows 7.  This is done as a self-test using the latest toolkit.

However, not all companies have the time and/or resources to do the testing themselves.  Sometimes it’s more economical to farm the manual work off to another party to do the testing.  Let’s face it, would you rather spend your time adding new features and improvements, or would you rather be spending time testing your application for Windows 7 compatibility?

To meet this need, I’ve started LogoPlus.  LogoPlus is a service where businesses can farm out the manual labour of testing their applications against the toolkit.  They should still make sure they meet the logo requirements.  However, the work of setting up the Windows 7 Ultimate x64 operating systems, testing and re-testing, etc. can be done by LogoPlus.

If you’re in charge of getting your product Compatible with Windows 7 tested, I encourage your to check out the service.  I think you’ll find the the prices are competitive and economical.

Desktop Computers with Batteries

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Recently, we’ve been having a lot of bad weather in the area. This caused quite a few power failures in our office.  They only lasted 1 or 2 seconds, but it was enough to hear a simultaneous set of curses and moans throughout the office:  everyone’s desktop rebooted.

Luckily, I work on a laptop, so my laptop battery saved me.  This got me thinking.  Why don’t desktop power supply manufacturers create power supplies with a very small battery in them?  I’m not talking about a full UPS, but just a battery with enough juice to prevent the desktop from rebooting when there’s a 1 or 2 second power failure.

Best of Insider Coding: July 2009

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BlogEngine.NET Widget - Featured Posts

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I have created a new widget for BlogEngine.NET.  This new widget lets the blog creator highlight his best work (or other articles) in the widget area.

Full details can be read on the Featured Posts Widget page.

TechJunkie Update

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I have updated my TechJunkie theme for BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.  The major update is support for BE.NET widgets.

Please go to the TechJunkie page for more information.

Upgrade Complete

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I have completed the upgrade of this blog to BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.  Please let me know if you encounter issues, but at this point, it looks like things are functioning normally.

TechJunkie

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I've completed by second BlogEngine.NET theme.  It's an adaptation of TechJunkie by styleshout.

You can read more information and download the theme from the theme's page.

I am not using this theme yet because I only adapted the theme for version 1.4 of BlogEngine.NET, but I am only using version 1.3.  I am planning on migrating this blog once some issues are fixed in 1.4 which are getting in the way.

Update: I've modified the theme for 1.3 so I can use it.  But unless someone asks, I won't put it for download.

BlogEngine.NET 1.4

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BlogEngine.NET has released version 1.4 of the software.  Being the early adapter that I am, I will be updating this blog to the new version within the next week or so.

In the meantime, I have updated my BluePigment theme to work properly with version 1.4.

Testing Your New BlogEngine.NET Theme

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After creating my first BlogEngine.NET theme, BluePigment, I wanted to put together a list of everything that needs to be tested in case I decided to create a second theme.

Pages

  1. Home
    1. Does the page look correct with 0 posts?
    2. Does the page look correct with 1 post?
    3. Does the page look correct with enough posts (10?) to trigger the Next Page/Previous Page links?
  2. Contact
    1. Does the page look correct?
  3. Archive
    1. Does the page look correct?
  4. Search
    1. Does the page look correct with 0 posts found?
    2. Does the page look correct with 1 posts found?
    3. Does the page look correct with enough posts (20?) to show the Next Page/Previous Page links?
  5. Post
    1. Does the page look correct with 0 comments?
    2. Does the page look correct with 1 comment?
    3. Does the page look correct with 2 or more comments?
    4. Does the page look correct with 0 related posts?
    5. Does the page look correct with 1 related post?
    6. Does the page look correct with 3 related posts?
  6. Page
    1. Does the page look correct as the only post in the blog?
    2. Does the page look correct as the first post in the blog?
    3. Does the page look correct as the last post in the blog?
    4. Does the page look correct as a middle post in the blog?
  7. Sign In
    1. Does the page look correct?

Controls

  1. Administration
    1. Does the control look correct?
  2. AuthorList
    1. Does the control look correct with RSS icons off?
    2. Does the control look correct with RSS icons on?
  3. Blogroll
    1. Does the control look correct?
  4. CategoryList
    1. Does the control look correct with RSS icons off?
    2. Does the control look correct with RSS icons on?
  5. MonthList
    1. Does the control look correct?
  6. PageList
    1. Does the control look correct?
  7. PostCalendar
    1. Does the control look correct?
  8. RecentComments
    1. Does the control look correct?
  9. RecentPosts
    1. Does the control look correct with comments and ratings on?
    2. Does the control look correct with comments on and ratings off?
    3. Does the control look correct with comments off and ratings on?
    4. Does the control look correct with comments and ratings off?
  10. SearchBox
    1. Does the control look correct?
  11. Tagcloud
    1. Does the control look correct?

I hope I caught everything :)

BluePigment

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I completed my first BlogEngine.NET theme.  It's an adaptation of BluePigment from styleshout.

You can read more information at the theme's page.