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If you want a blog and just a few pages then use Wordpress. It's probably the best blogging software available and it offers the ability to add and manage pages outside of the blog. Basically it does everything you need to do all in one neat free package.
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Since rewriting URLs happens on the server side neither users nor search engines are aware of it. Where it gets to be an issue is if it is done improperly and the same content can be accessed using more then one URL. This causes your website to have duplicate content which is is considered low quality by Google. This is where their Panda algorithm comes into ...
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A user agent of Java/[version] is the default UA when making any web requests through the Java programming language.
In other words, someone has written a spider-like program in Java, which is clearly parsing links incorrectly.
As Dave suggested in the comments, the requests could be coming from another site - check the referring URL in your weblogs.
In ...
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Freelance and volunteering to help out with non-profits are a great way to learn new skills. You're right, you can only learn so much on your own. When you're under the gun, you learn a LOT more. Bonus points if you can find a place with a knowledgeable, patient mentor who will guide you and suggest improvements to your work.
I worked for several years in ...
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There's no real standard or perfect way of doing it. Some options:
First spouse
Second spouse
or
Party A
Party B
or
Partner A
Partner B
or
Bride/Groom
Bride/Groom
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But what's the point of this type of
activity?
Your guess is as good as anyone's - perhaps the operator is mistakenly trying to access a set of spam accounts created elsewhere? (or ones which were supposed to be created at your site but failed for whatever reason)
Edit: ... speaking to your initial question:
How should a site respond to automated
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I have to say, I think adding an extra layer is a bad idea. Perhaps you could have a global check on Application_Start in Global.asax to ensure Membership is hooked up and operational? If not, show an error message?
Regarding browsing for files, you can secure files at the folder level using ASP.NET Membership roles.
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This is a good reason to put a canonical tag in each of your pages. If http://example.com/Default.aspx has a canonical tag like <link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/Default.aspx"/>then when somebody links to http://example.com/Default.aspx?places-to-buy-wedding-dresses it will also have that canonical url. Googlebot will see the canonical, ...
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I belive Paypal is the cheapest (or almost the cheapest).
Along with the cheap fees, PayPal were the 1st (or almost the 1st) to come out on the web as online payment system. IMHO thus PayPal is so widespread!
All the other accounts in the answers are almost as simple to use as PayPal.
But let's look at FEES
Paypal >> 2.9% + $0.30
Google chekout (same ...
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In my opinion, a CMS is almost never overkill. Once in place, a CMS is the difference between just writing for your website and writing and doing code fixes. It's going to save you time over the long run as you need to make changes to your website. A database is also almost always recommended because you can export the data anywhere. You'll probably find it ...
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Keep in mind that users are far more likely to write a review if their experience has been bad, than if their experience is good.. look at the services they offer and the price - too cheap can (and sometimes has) indicated a lack of customer support and too expensive can give you alot of crap you dont need. Don't throw away a service because of a couple of ...
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I think that http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/web-hosting.aspx?ci=9009#details is a good source for what Godaddy is currently hosting. However, I am fairly certain that they do not allow for URL Rewrite. I know they didn't 2 months ago.
Also, GoDaddy just turned on .NET 4.0 and MVC 2 support. It usually takes them 8+ months after release for them to ...
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You could do it by IP, however I think your cookie solution to the cookie-consent is in concurrence. :)
But seriously though, a consent cookie seems like the best solution. Give a little popup-window, and if they click 'Consent', then store the cookie. Check for that upon visiting any page.
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'Unlimited' is not possible to achieve, it's more of a marketting gimmick. Although seems to be mostly asumed it means basicly they let you use whatever till you hit some of the many limits in their TOS (ie, you might be hitting their cpu usage early when using loads of bandwidth, for scripts usage, etc), and more or less is becoming a common "term".
The ...
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There are couple of e-commerce modules in Orchard Gallery atm.
I'd advise you to watch Drew Robbins build a Flower Store at MIX11. It's short, but may be a great help!
HTH
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A quick Google search show lots of hosts who claim to offer free .net hosting.
You could also host it yourself and use a dynamic DNS provider like Zoneedit to handle the DNS for you.
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You can add this condition RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^GET$ just before rewrite rule to redirect only on GET requests:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^GET$
RewriteRule ^default.aspx$ / [NC,R=301,L]
This will allow to POST to default.aspx .. but then it will not be redirected at all.
Ideally you would need to fix your server side / HTML: look at your ...
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Please forward to MailChimp
Advantages of not sending mailings yourself:
The probability of being Black Listed is very very low
MailChimp handles all sending, subscribing, unsubscribing and acts accordingly to SPAM Rules
All you need to do is be creative when doing your Email, and even that they help you out with several email templates ready for all Mail ...
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Orchard should support what you are talking about (or a concept very similar to it):
Setting Up a Multi-Tenant Orchard Site
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Inbound URLs are easy - simply grab a tool like URL Rewriter, create a rule to map incoming requests that do not have .aspx to include the aspx in the processing of the request and you are done.
The problem, however, is outbound URLs. Your site/app generates URLs everywhere and every one of those contains a link to something.aspx and which is the very ...
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Some of the good hosting companies in the Microsoft space:
Just to mention a few ...
SoftSys Hosting - my personal recommendation. The one I used personally
Accuwebhosting - the closest to SoftSys in reviews/specs etc
You can look for special offers and customize filter per requirements you want in the host from:
microsoft.com/web/hosting
Update:
The ...
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Without knowing a bit more about your context it's a bit hard to provide a better solution, however rather than writing a custom web browser that allows users to browse your site, and download things why not do something along the lines of:
In your windows application, call a service on your website that gives you the relevant details of downloads ...
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Windows Authentication will really only work if the IIS server is joined to the domain. That's the first thing you'll want to do (assuming you can). Once you do - WindowsAuthentication will make authentication a breeze. If joining the domain is out of the question, then you'll at best be able to use a mechanism based on forms authentication that could ...
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It became known in 2009 that IIS had a vulnerability in that it determined filetype by the part of the filename preceeding a semicolon if there was one in the name.
See this NIST description for more details.
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Consider getting involved in open source projects. It's invaluable experience - working in teams, networking with peers, challenging yourself by taking on tasks you aren't familiar with, etc. For .NET-related projects, Codeplex is ground zero.
If you can't find the "right" OSS project to join, create one. Even if it's just you working by yourself, ...
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You could look into stuff like
Microsoft Web Platform Installer and WebMatrix (still in beta)
Content Management Systems
XSLT
WebPI and WebMatrix are great tools to know for web devs. CMS’s are a very common tool to use when building content oriented websites and XSLT is imho a awesome tech for web development. If you are unfamiliar with XSLT it’s ...
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