publishing

Visual Studio 2008 SignTool.exe not found

I can't publish in 2008, I was previously using 2005 and it published just fine. Error 2 An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found. I know there are tons of hits for a search on signtool.exe on google. The ones I've found involve copying the file to X,Y,Z locations and ensuring signtool matches up with your VS command p...

How to dynamically switch PageLayout and MasterPage of SharePoint Publishing page?

To improve both the editing and displaying experience of SharePoint WCM Publishing pages I would like to be able to switch to a special set of Masterpage/PageLayout when in edit mode. So in /_catalogs/masterpage I want to have: MyMasterpage.master - masterpage for display mode MyMasterpage-edit.master - masterpage for edit mode, only u...

Publish ClickOnce app with MSBuild

I need a way to use MSBuild to publish a ClickOnce App to multiple PublishDir(s). I have four environment (dev, qa, model, prod) and need to generate seperate ClickOnce PublishDir(s) for each because the config files are different. One of the main issues is that MSBuild doesn't create a publish.htm file. Any help would be appreciated....

SharePoint: Temporary switching PageLayout of PublishingPage in HttpModule fails

Im working on an edit/display mode switch of MasterPage and PageLayout. I asked a question on this before (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/981685/how-to-dynamically-switch-pagelayout-and-masterpage-of-sharepoint-publishing-page). The nicest approach seems to be a HttpModule where to switch MasterPage and PageLayout to edit specific va...

Visual Studio 2008: Publish two versions of the same program

I have two slightly different versions of my VB applications that I would like to publish simultaneously. The differences are minimal and mostly include GUI and some internal logic. Incorporating changes into a single application is not an option right now. I tried publishing and installing them separately but the latest installer alwa...

How to publish a game?

I don't just mean publish, but pretty much everything between when the pure coding is finished and the first version is released. For example, how do games make it so that their save files are hidden/unhackable, how do they include their resources within the game as opposed to having a resource file containing all of the sprites, etc., ...

How to customize publication in ASP.NET?

Hi Guys, I'm working on a fairly new project and we started from scratch. So not only the web application itself needs to get developed, but also the whole process of publishing the site and configuring the web server etc. need to be done from scratch. This question might be more apropriate for serverfault, but that really depends on t...

asp.net publish problem

My application works fine on localhost. But when I publish it to the server , it throws the exception below. It was working yesterday, but I added some simple file IO operations to global.asax and some other parts in code, i try to write log to some file in server side .. WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF. To enable assembly ...

How do you write a technical book?

I want to write a technical book. What is a good way/software to write it? What is important to me, I want to be editing text, not fighting formating. So no word like systems. Automatic syntax highlighting. Templatable. A way for users to leave feedback on specific parts of the book. Like Djangobook Not a wiki. (I don't think a wiki i...

Cocoon lite / XML and XSLT publishing framework

What publishing frameworks (publishing only, NOT full-blown CMS) based on XML, XSLT sitemaps and pipelines exist, are stable, active, and simpler / lighter than Cocoon? I have glanced at: mod_xslt (http://www.mod-xslt2.com/) which seemed to be exactly that, but looks all but dead, and required a complex setup, and apparently supported...

SharePoint COMException

When adding or editing a page in a SharePoint Pages library we get the following exception: [COMException (0x81020016): Item does not exist The page you selected contains an item that does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user. Click "Home" at the top of the page to return to your Web site.] at Microsoft.Share...

Performance issue with site speed 'w3p.exe’ process –reaches 99/100%

My site goes slow and stops access certain services externally if we check the Process monitor we see that it is normally due to the ‘w3p.exe’ process – which is the background process for running the website – it regularly reaches 99/100% - killing the process/restarting the WebPublishing service reolves tis – my webhost says this can o...

What is the best (computer book) publisher to write for and why?

I have written a book for Packt publishing because they asked me too. Having gone through a year long experience with them I found that there were many pros and cons to having written for them - a fairly new publisher (upstart built from the staff that fell out of the Wrox buy out). Question: Having enjoyed the writing process quite a ...

Can you customize the Publish command of Visual Studio?

Hi Guys, I use the Publish command in Visual Studio to deploy a web application to my IIS server. It is very convenient but I have several issues with it, such as: It does not deploy the Crystal Report files (*.rpt) files It deploys the web.config file and overwrites the server specific settings Is there any way that I can custo...

Common framework for publishing books online

Django book and Real World Haskell are using some similarly-looking web publishing platforms (with rigid TOC/chapters/paragraphs+comments structure). However, I haven't found any reference to the platform used on the corresponding websites. Is there a publishing framework or CMS similar to the ones mentioned? ...

Agile Development vs. Publishing Too Early

Hello, where do you guys draw the line between being agile and publishing early (with a limited feature set) and publishing too early (not meaning buggy)? I am thinking that if you publish too early, potential users may simply get turned away thinking that your product is just some half-baked thing thrown on the market that can't compet...

Is there any way to get publishing queue in sitecore?

Problem is that I use a 5.2 Sitecore, and when I start to publish something, it only shows the publishing window and a "Queued" message. There is a chance that some people full published several times(that means 15000 items and 4 slaves), and the publishing queue is stuck. The restart of the webserver/app pool is not an option. Any exper...

Open Sourcing a Framework: Ok, I bought the concept, now what?

(Note to moderators: I did my homework, and I know there is a very similar question, I'm putting on a different perspective. Please be somewhat more lenient to me. Yes, I'm asking for forgiveness not permission :]) In the past year, I wrote an application in order to deliver as my grad thesis. Its fine, and it works with some interestin...

Self publishing a programming book

I was wondering if any SO members have had the opportunity to self publish a programming related book. Do you have any advice regarding the process? I don't have any problem maintaining the structure of my book, table of contents, and actually pumping out the chapters. But what does one do for technical reviews, editing, proofing, etc...

Publishing Concurrent Objects

I'm interested in techniques people use to publish information and changes to data structures that are being shared across multiple threads without losing much concurrency. In my personal experience I come across the single writer/multiple readers quite often, where a single thread is updating an object, but multiple threads are reading ...