All posts by Kai Wilzer
Migrate local MS SQL Database to Microsoft Azure SQL
In my asp.net applications I use MS SQL Databases for data storage. As I’m currently in the Free Trial period, I want to migrate / copy / sync / import / export (whatever you name it) my existing MS SQL Database to Microsoft Azure SQL Database. Prerequisites Microsofts MS SQL Server Management Studio has feature […]
My first steps using PHP with Microsoft Azure
I’m thinking about migrating to the cloud for years, e.g. after attending Microsofts Visual Studio Evolution 2012. As a .net developer I would of course prefer Microsoft Azure over Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku and lots of others. But Cloud has a big disadvantage for me: As I’m doing all this in my freetime, I […]
Tips how to use Flatfile CMS Grav with simple PHP webhosting
I’m now using Grav for more than 6 months on my website Fussball im FreeTV so I thought it’s now about time to write a summary in order to help new users. Maybe you run into the same questions….
Tags with autocomplete in asp.net textbox
My last posting showed how to use jQueryUI autocomplete with some individual formatting and an image. Now I have a similar request: I want to build an input for tags (or tokens). It should also provide suggestions from a backend using autocomplete (so that’s similar to previous posting) but the returned list does not need […]
Autocomplete in asp.net with images and formatting
Before jQuery, I used AJAX Control Toolkit and I liked it as it contained lots of helpful widgets. With jQuery there are now much more options how to implement something. Today I searched for something like the autocomplete so you could type in the first letters and then get some proposals. We all know this […]
Create a Recommendation box similar to LinkedIn using asp.net
If you are a member of LinkedIn (like me) you probably know the recommendation box at the upper right. It shows you some people you might know (according to LinkedIns algorithms). I like this plugin because it’s easy to use. As I needed to add a similar functionality to a new project I’ve investigated a […]
50000 Android Downloads!
Gestern war es soweit: Am 15. März 2015 wurde die Android-Version unserer Fussball-App zum 50.000 Mal heruntergeladen! Besonders freut uns das gleichbleibend starke Interesse an unsere App sowie die weiterhin ausgezeichneten Bewertungen: Im Durchschnitt 4,14 Sterne und jede Menge positiver Kommentare sind Ansporn für die nächsten Monate.
Use Toast Notification popups in asp.net
jQuery has some wonderful toast notification popups. In some of my web projects they are really helpful, but I did not find an easy general solution how to add them into all of my asp.net pages. Sure there are commercial solutions e.g. from Telerik but as long as you don’t need the other included stuff […]