Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

Rich Harrigan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:18:50 GMT

Hi,

I downloaded the project and tried it out. It failed because NORTHWIND.MDF version 655 cannot be opened since this server only supports version 612 and earlier. I think I have the latest version of Sql Server 2008 Express installed? I installed visual studio 2008 SP1.

Thanks

Rich

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

Lee Brandt — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:24:55 GMT

Just FYI:

All the images except the first diagram a linked to local files. e.g. (file:///C:/Users/brada/AppData/Local/Temp/WindowsLiveWriter-429641856/supfilesD1D2F6D/image[198].png)

~Lee

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

Stefan Olson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:13:04 GMT

Brad,

I'm building a site using Silverlight 3 with an equivalent HTML edition of the public parts of the site. Therefore the things you're talking about regarding the SEO type features are quite important.

One of the problems that I've discovered is the necessity in Internet Explorer to put height=100 on virtually every HTML element (not required in Firefox).

This causes problems for Internet Explorer (8 at least) when you have normal content within the object tag. When you try and scroll a page in this situation rather than a smooth scrolling experience you get several repaints as it tries to scroll up and down.

Will Microsoft be providing some complete examples of sites with a full fidelity HTML experience as well as Silverlight? The Silverlight store experience you have previously referred to doesn't have this problem, because it has surrounding HTML content around the Silverlight plug-in.

...Stefan

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

BradA — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:10:28 GMT

Stefan, drop me a line and let's talk about it.. I am wondering if there is a DOCTYPE issue here.. Also, the height=100 is not really needed..

http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/contact.aspx

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

eKyNoX23 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:49:47 GMT

Hi Brad and thanks for your really interesting posts of new silverlight 3 features that we talk about for developping a new website on the enterprise where i work and please excuse my bad english on some words maybe ^^

I got an important question about SEO :

I think not but is it needed to have a full silverlight website to use SEO functionnality or is a silverlight control included inside a asp.net website (using css) can use it as the same ?

I have to make a product simulation website (looking like this one : http://www.spreadshirt.net/fr/FR/Creer-t-shirt/Personnaliser-59/ ) and i would like customers using that simulation program be able to save and get by physical web adress their composition and that search engines be able to get it too (i would like use database table to store Product ID / icons ID / x;y position / size / for example and make a deep 'long' link with all that data to get back product customization on a web adress). U think it's possible ? Thank u. Regards. Thierry.

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

aw — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:53:19 GMT

Hi Brad,

I'm totally new to Silverlight and worried quite a long time how I can handle SEO and Depp Links with Silverlight.

Thanks to you for your explanation here - will follow your blog updates.

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

Richie Scott — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:53:51 GMT

Brad,

I'm keen to understand what aspects of the Out-of-Browser experience you think can enhance a LOB application. Are you suggesting it is useful when temporary disconnected when combined with Isolated Storage?

Thanks

Richie

re: Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update: Part 4: SEO, Export to Excel and Out of Browser

REKA — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:22:40 GMT

i want one doubt

i am using ria service with silverlight application

In export to excel open save dialogue box but error at that line

how to create exceltemplate.txt

that line got error to my application