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After launching GeekGirlBlogs the other day I soon came across a problem with any syndicated feed.  It would attach www.geekgirlblogs.comhttp to the front of all the links.

I had lots of things it could have been..

• DNN 4.6
• Use of FriendlyURLs
• having a proper domain in front

So i got it back onto my local environment and started removing bits.  Eventually I discovered it was the fact i was using geekgirlblogs.com instead of www.geekgirlblogs.com for portal alias of the site.

So as soon as if changed the alias to the www version tada..the rss was working again.  Pity it took me so long to try that!

It's been awhile since i did an update on ViaWindowsLive.  Thought I do some stats...Virtual Earth is still very popular, but we are getting interest in silverlight streaming, custom domains, liveid and spaces.

Top Content

http://www.viawindowslive.com/ www.viawindowslive.com/VirtualEarth.aspx www.viawindowslive.com/Messenger.aspx www.viawindowslive.com/SilverlightStreaming.aspx www.viawindowslive.com/Blog.aspx Top Articles

Whats new in Virtual Earth 6 Your video to Silverlight Streaming 101 Getting Started with Virtual Earth Version 6 Setting up Windows Live Custom Domains for your Email Loading Custom Icons using a GeoRSS Feed (V5) Top Resources

Virtual Earth Location Finder The Virtual Earth Quick Guide Virtual Earth Resouces Silverlight Streaming Resources Alerts Resources  

Top Traffic Sources

forums.microsoft.com blogs.msdn.com http://www.live.com/ laboratorie-microsoft.org Top Keyword searches

silverlight streaming account livespaces via windows live live id virtual earth Visito Countires

United States Australia United Kingdom France India...

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I want my cake and be able to eat it too..can anybody help me?

My scenario..I've got a WPF application that i want to install and pass a parameter to put into the installing user's configuration file and i want to use a single link from a web page.

At the moment I have 2 options:

The Install Link: which will call setup.exe on the application package.  It checks and installs the necessary prereqs and then the application.

The Launch link - it installs the application without checking for prereqs.

So you're saying..go with the install link right? Well the launch link allows me to specific a parameter on the query string e.g. ?Username=Bob which then puts that in the appropriate place in the user's config file on install.  I can't find a way to do this using the install link :(

How can I check prereqs, install app and populate a user config in one go?  I really don't want the user to have to know to install the prereqs themselves or have to make the choice...and i'd really like to pass some info on install to make the application work a little nicer.

I have seen one workaround which stores the querystring data to a cookie, and on startup of the application retrieves this cookie and places the information in the correct location.

Has anyone else come across this problem or am I just trying to do too much in one go?

Keith on the MSDN forums just posted about a quick fix to support collections in V6. This is great news for people who needed to support their basic collections but I wondered if this now means we get 3D models as well? The answer is yes!

Click on the image to load a basic map with a very basic model of sydney's centre point tower.

The two additional lines to add are:

VE_CollectionsManagerConstants.Market="";
Msn.VE.API.Globals.language="";

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Soul Solutions Virtual Earth

This weekend I upgraded the code in the clustering example to Version 6 of Virtual Earth. This means we now utilise the bulk add shapes method and the bounds for a birdseye scene. Additionally I added some throttling logic for ajax webservices and showed how to provide legacy support for PNG icons in IE6.

Read the article here:

http://www.viawindowslive.com/Articles/VirtualEarth/ClusteringPinsinVirtualEarth6.aspx 

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Soul Solutions Virtual Earth

After much anticipation, GeekGirlBlogs site went live today.  Many thanks to Scott Barnes, Anna Liu, Catherine Eibner and John O'Brien for their assitance and support.

Geek Girl Blogs aims to create a central repository that brings these women’s blogs together in one place, to create a wealth of knowledge

Show your flair by placing one of the badges that can be found here on your site.

Check out the site at www.geekgirlblogs.com

Having just built a new computer I have to share this tip for anyone doing cross browser testing and finding firefox really slow to load your pages and assests.

http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2007/06/17/fixing-firefox-slowness-with-localhost-on-vista.aspx

"It turns out that the slowness is caused by an IPv6 issue with DNS and can easily be resolved by turning IPv6 support off in Firefox while doing localhost testing.  To make the change, type about:config in the address bar, locate the network.dns.disableIPv6 setting and double-click on it to set it to true.  This does the trick for the Firefox localhost issue on Vista and everything is running fast again."

You ever get sick of having mulitple liveids and different passwods and trying to remember which one is which (is is it just me) ?

A great new feature has been released that means you can link your liveids, login with just one password and switch between your ids using a combo box..pretty cool hey.

So how do you do this you ask? To link them up do the following:

1. Goto this address https://account.live.com

2. Login with with the id you want to use as your main liveid

3.Goto the Linked  Windows Live Id's section and select Link Windows Live IDs



4.Enter your password, and the details for the additional account that you wish to link



5. On the settings page you will now see the list of ids that are linked.



6. To switch between accounts, just select the account from the drop-down in the top right corner



 

 

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A few weeks back our printer decided it didn't want to feed paper anymore.  It was an All-In-One type inkjet which was handy for scanning and photocopying but took quite awhile if you wanted to print anything over a couple of pages.

So I decided I wanted a laser printer..but I needed to fill a few criteria:

• Tray feed - none of this putting 10 pages in the feeder at the top at a time
• Photocopy function
• Scan function
• Quiet
• Small as possible
• less than $300

So I looked around and came across the Samsung SCX4200

It fit all my criteria and for $199 I'm pretty happy.  It's really small, really quiet, does a decent job at printing, scanning, and photocopying and easily holds 1/2 a reem of paper. 

The annoying thing about printers etc. these days is they give you a printer, a "starter cartridge" but no cable!  Lucky the cable from the previous printer works.  Seriously do they need to cut costs that much they can't toss in a $10 cable that would cost them bugger all?

For anyone interested in articles on Live Alerts, I've posted a new artcle:
 
Writing Your First Alert Messages
This article discusses the basics of the using the Alerts SDK and provides some simple helper methods help you write your first alert messages

There are two different types of Live Alerts:
1. Alerts based on RSS feeds.  Everything you need to know about this type of alert can be found at  http://signup.alerts.live.com/brochure/index.jsp
2. Alerts based on an SDK.  This article concentrates on the Alerts SDK.

Check it out HERE