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Alternative Method for SSL Front End
23 July 07 09:46 AM | jwasson | (Comments Off)   
I mentioned Friday that there is an alternative way of getting the Starter Site to work behind an SSL appliance. Some appliances allow creating some indication that a connection is secure. The trick is then to let the Starter Site know that this is what's Read More...
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Running the Starter Site With an SSL Front End
17 July 07 03:11 PM | jwasson | 2 Comments   
There are a number of appliances out there that will carry the work of creating and maintaining an HTTPS (SSL) connection. This removes the burden from the web server leaving providing better response all around. Between the appliance and the web server Read More...
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"Invalid Viewstate" With Load Balancers
13 July 07 10:15 AM | jwasson | 1 Comments   
If you are using a round-robin (non-sticky) load-balancer (and perhaps even if you aren't) you may run into a problem where the client gets errors during the checkout process. Checking your event log you might find the following error (non-essential information Read More...
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Starter Site on a Non-standard Port
28 December 06 01:51 PM | jwasson | (Comments Off)   
If you install the starter site onto a port other than 80 you may need to do some code munging. On line 276 of App_Code\SiteContext.cs there is a line of code that looks like this: builder.Port = -1; // Removes the port setting from the site. This ensures Read More...
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Refactoring PageContext
28 November 06 09:36 AM | jwasson | 6 Comments   
When I stepped back to take a look at the PageSetting/PageContext I found I wasn't completely happy with the design. It works perfectly but its usefulness is hindered by an unclear API. By this time we were beyond the point where I could refactor this kind of change so it stayed but this is a blog and I can show you how I would have made the change hopefully teaching you a little bit about the Starter Site and Refactoring in one post. Read More...
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Page Attributes in the Starter Site
27 November 06 09:35 AM | jwasson | (Comments Off)   
In the last post I mentioned how attributes were used to affect page functionality. The main class behind that is PageContext and its army of attributes: PageGroupAttribute, PageLayoutAttribute, and SecureAttribute. The attributes control various aspects Read More...
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Starter Site Architecture Part 1 - SiteModule and SiteContext
02 November 06 09:00 AM | jwasson | (Comments Off)   
Inside App_Code lies two important classes and they hold the foundation to the Starter Site. The first, SiteModule, is invisible in the day-to-day code, but it sets the stage. The second, SiteContext, is explicitly used nearly everwhere. Read More...
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Starter Site Release
31 October 06 02:40 PM | jwasson | 5 Comments   
I want to start my blogging here by sharing with you some of the motives behind the design of the Starter Site. Some of our design decisions may seem confusing at first if you don't know the impetus behind them. Read More...
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The Commerce Server 2007 Starter Site is Now Available!
31 October 06 01:41 PM | CDoll | 3 Comments   
I'm Christopher Doll, Program Manager for the Commerce Server 2007 Starter Site and it is my pleasure to announce that we've released the site! Yes, right now it is available! We've been hard at work, making sure that this is the finest Retail Starter Read More...
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