Enable HTTPS for a Website using IIS

Testing your website with HTTPS might be one of the customer requirement. IIS allows you to create a dummy SSL that enables you to test the website using HTTPS. So Now to enable HTTPS follow below steps : [First lets create a certificate] 1. Goto IIS -> select the machine name 2. Now from features select "Server Certificates" 3. select...

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Width 100% not working in IE compatibility mode

At time its so frustrating to get css styles work correctly in various circumstances such as cross-browser , IE compatibility mode etc. Recently notice an issue which is setting width 100% does not work in IE compatibility mode. The page display a input:select and input:textbox. It works fine in various places but was having issue at one particular table. After trying out various options and finally the option that worked...

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Format date based on client time zone using javascript and ASP.NET AJAX

At time you might want to format date based on the client's browser configuration of language. If you are using ASP.NET AJAX then you will have the provision of using Sys namespace. Here is a sample snippet that show how to use it :- function ToClientFormat(ClientDate) { var dt = new Date(ClientDate); return dt.localeFormat(Sys.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.dateTimeFormat.FullDateTimePattern); } Now this will display...

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Change default browser running VS2010

At times we might have to test various things for cross-browser compatibility as part of validation. But if you want to default your visual studio to run the web application in a specific browser then follow these steps :- 1. Select the page you want to view in Visual Studio 2. Now right click on the file and select "Browse With", the following...

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Adding custom buttons to jquery datepicker showButtonPanel

JQuery solves most the requirements of date with the datepicker. Ok now, to add some extra functionality for datepicker such as providing some custom buttons in the buttonpanel after enabling it via "showButtonPanel : true". Here is a snippet of code that should do the trick:- $("#datepicker2").datepicker({ showButtonPanel: true, ...

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