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[How Do I:] Create User Selectable Themes for a Web Site
In this video Chris Pels will show how to create multiple themes for a web site and then allow the user to select which theme is applied to the site. See how to create a simple user interface that allows the user to select each of the themes with a user control. In addition, learn how to set a theme for a content page from a user control on a master page.
By Chris Pels, Chris has been instrumental in the architecture, development, and implementation of a wide variety of business systems and databases as a technology consultant since 1986. He has extensive experience in business analysis, technical specifications, database design, several programming languages including C# and VB.NET, and statistical analysis. He holds a Ph.D. from The University of Michigan and has been a speaker at Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft DevDays, VSLive, numerous events in New England
Table of Contents
How Do I?
- Web Forms Video Training from Pluralsight
- Learn the Tips and Tricks of Experts
- Create a Multi-Lingual Site with Localization
- Make use of Caching
- Make Greater use of Caching
- Utilize Web Parts and Personalization
- Customize my Site with Profiles and Themes
- Secure my Site using Membership and Roles
- Create a "Contact Us" Page
- Create a Full-Featured Customer Login Portal
- Use Master Pages and Site Navigation
- Create Data-Driven Web Sites
- Implement an HttpModule
- Set Up the SQL Membership Provider
- Implement URL Rewriting
- Utilize the CSS Friendly Control Adapters
- Handle Application Events using an HttpModule
- Use Cascading Style Sheets for Web Page Layout
- Create a Custom Membership Provider
- Create a Custom Profile Provider
- Implement Site Navigation in ASP.NET
- Use Validation Controls in ASP.NET
- Create a Custom User Control in ASP.NET
- Implement Health Monitoring for an ASP.NET Application
- Implement Tracing in an ASP.NET Web Site
- Event Handlers in ASP.NET Web Pages and Controls
- Implement a Custom Health Monitoring Event
- Use Control State to Persist Information for a Custom Web Server Control
- Read, Write, and Delete Cookies in ASP.NET
- Save and Load View State Information for a Custom Web Server Control
- Create and Use Application Level Events in ASP.NET
- Simple File Uploads in ASP.NET
- Multiple File Uploads in ASP.NET 2
- Multiple File Uploads in ASP.NET 1
- File Uploads with an AJAX Style Interface
- Work with Master Pages Declaratively and Programmatically
- Handle Events in Master and Content Pages
- Use the ObjectDataSource with a Data Access Class and Business Object
- Create User Selectable Themes for a Web Site
- Share Data Between Client JavaScript and Server Code Using a Hidden Field
- Add JavaScript to ASP.NET Page
- Add JavaScript Event Handlers to ASP.NET Server Controls
- Create and Call a Simple Web Service in ASP.NET
- Deploy a Web Site Copy Web Site Tool
- Create and Use a Custom Configuration Section in an ASP.NET Configuration File
- Configure an ASP.NET Web Site for a .NET Framework Version
- Use the ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool to Configure ASP.NET
- Extend and Customize an ASP.NET Server Control for a Specific Purpose
- Use the Ability to Create Groups with the ListView Control for Different Data
- Make HTML elements accessible from server side code
- Use Roles to Segment Functionality in an ASP.NET Web Site
- Work with Nested Master Pages to Create Standard Content Layouts
- Detect Browser Capabilities in ASP.NET Web Pages
- Map an ASP.NET Server Control to the Adaptor Used to Render It
- Pass Information From One Page to Another Using a Query String
- Use the aspnet_merge.exe Utility to Merge Assemblies
- Implement a Cross Page PostBack in ASP.NET
- Add Controls to an ASP.NET Web Page Programmatically
- Use a Hidden Field to Store and Manipulate Client-Side Information
- Use the Fixednames Option with the Compiler Utility for Maximum Flexibility
- Implement Command Buttons for Individual Items
- Use Skins with CSS for a Flexible and Maintainable ASP.NET Web Site
- Determine Whether to Use a Web Site or a Web Application Project
- Write Web Events to a SQL Server Database SqlWebEventProvider
- Use ASP.NET to Send Email from a Web Site
- Configure Email Notification for Health Monitoring on an ASP.NET Web Site
- Use a Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Project
- Send Templated Emails for Health Monitoring Events in ASP.NET
- Send Email Asynchronously with ASP.NET
- Embed an Image in an Email with ASP.NET
- Implement Error Handling when Sending Email with ASP.NET
- Create a Custom Provider for Logging Health Monitoring Events
- Create a Reusable Component for Sending Email to a Distribution List
- Precompile an ASP.NET Website
- Use the FtpWebRequest Class to Create an FTP Connection to a FTP Server
- Export Data to a Comma Delimited (CSV) File for an Application Like Excel
- Use the Reponse.Filter Property to Replace HTML in an ASP.NET Page
- Use OutputCache to Cache an ASP.NET Page
- Cache Portions of an ASP.NET Page
- Control the Caching of an ASP.NET Page Based Upon Custom Information
- Cache an ASP.NET Page Based Upon Information in the HTTP Header
- Synchronize Data in Secondary User Control(s) Based Upon User Selections
- Use the ASP.NET Cache Object to Cache Application Information
- Persist the State of a User Control During a Postback
- Add Client Script Event Handlers Controls on an ASP.NET Page
- Understand and Defend Against Script Injection Attacks in ASP.NET
- ASP.NET Data Access Technologies, an Intro to LINQ
- Create and Use Classes in JavaScript
- Create an Efficient and Standardized Approach for Implementing CSS Styles
- What is ASP.NET
- Choosing the Right Programming Model
- Build Your First ASP.NET Application with ASP.NET Web Forms
- Build Your First ASP.NET Application with ASP.NET MVC
- Best Learn ASP.NET Web Forms
- 5 Minute Intro to ASP.NET Web Forms
- Install ASP.NET and Tools
Tailspin Spyworks
- Tailspin Spyworks - Creating and Popular Products Control
- Tailspin Spyworks - Implementing and Also Purchased Control
- Tailspin Spyworks - Intro UI and EDM
- Tailspin Spyworks - Directory Organization
- Tailspin Spyworks - Category Menu
- Tailspin Spyworks - Display the Product List
- Tailspin Spyworks - Display Per Product Details
- Tailspin Spyworks - Adding Items to the Shopping Cart
- Tailspin Spyworks - Display Shopping Cart
- Tailspin Spyworks - Update the Shopping Cart
- Tailspin Spyworks - Migrate the Shopping Cart
- Tailspin Spyworks - Final Check Out
- Tailspin Spyworks - Adding User Product Reviews
- Tailspin Spyworks - Displaying User Reviews
Building 3.5 Applications
- Intro to Visual Web Developer
- IntelliSense
- Intro to Web Forms
- Page Layout
- Page Lifecycle Events
- Intro to ASP.NET Controls
- Submit and Postback
- Application Level Objects
- Session Level Objects
- Debugging
- CSS
- MasterPages
- Intro to SOAP Based Web Services with Visual Web Developer 2008
- AJAX Style Services with Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008
- Validation
- Login Controls
Authentication
- Using Basic Forms Authentication in ASP.NET
- Change the Forms Authentication Properties
- Setup and Use Cookie-less Authentication in an ASP.NET Application
- ASP Forms Login Relocation
- Forms Login Custom Key Configuration
- Add Custom Data to the Authentication Method
- Use Custom Principal Objects
- Understanding ASP.NET Memberships
- Configuring SQL To Work with Membership Schemas
- Changing Membership Settings in the Default Membership Schema
- Creating User Accounts with the Create User Wizard
- Creating User Accounts Programmatically
- Validating Users Manually
- Validating Users with the Login Control
- Adding Users to Your Membership System
- Logging Users Into Your Membership System
- Implement the Registration Verification Pattern
- Simple Web Service Authentication
- Creating Inactive Users
- SQL Injection Defense
SQL 2005
- What is a Database
- Understanding Database Tables and Records
- More about Column Data Types and Other Properties
- Designing Relational Database Tables
- Manipulating Database Data
- More Structured Query Language
- Understanding Security and Network Connectivity
- Connecting your Web Application to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
- Using SQL Server Management Studio
- Getting Started with Reporting Services
- Building and Customizing Reports in Business Intelligence Development Studio
- Creating and Using Stored Procedures
- Enabling Full-Text Search in your Text Data
VS 2005
- Intro to Unit Testing with Team System
- Intro to Testing Web Applications with Team System
- Intro to Load Testing Web Applications with Team System
- Intro to Manual Testing with Team System
- Intro to Managing and Running Tests with Team System
- Measuring the Business Value of AJAX
- Code Coverage of Automated Tests
- Custom Extraction Rules and Coded Web Tests
- Effects of Caching
- Load Test Agent
- Effects of ViewState
- Integrate Defect Tracking with Testing
- Create My Own Bug Work Item
- Write Code More Quickly with Unit Tests
- Practice Test-Driven Development
- Load Test a Web Application
- Tune Web Application Performance with Profiling
- Set Up Distributed Load Testing for High Volume Tests
- Enforce Coding Standards with Code Analysis
- Use Generic Tests
- Publish and Analyze Test Results
- Discover Application Changes Prior to Deployment
- Implement Continuous Integration with Team Foundation
- Automate Testing using Team Build
- Deploy a Web Application during a Team Build
- Run Unit Tests against a Deployed Database
- Enable Code Coverage and Profiling in Production Applications
- Web Deployment Projects
- Web Application Projects & Web Deployment Projects
Migrating
- [Intro to ASP.NET 2.0:] ASP.NET 2.0 Fundamentals
- [Intro to ASP.NET 2.0:] User Interface Elements
- [Migrating from] Classic ASP to ASP.NET
- Intro to ASP.NET for JSP Developers: Welcome to ASP.NET 2.0
- Intro to ASP.NET for JSP Developers: Building Applications
- Intro to ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers: Adding ASP.NET to Your Repertoire
- Intro to ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers: Building an ASP.NET Application
- Interop between PHP and the Windows Platform
Building 2.0 Applications
- [Lesson 1:] Getting Started with Visual Web Developer Express
- [Lesson 2:] Creating a Web Forms User Interface
- [Lesson 3:] Understanding More About Events and Postback
- [Lesson 4:] Understanding Web Application State
- [Lesson 5:] Debugging and Tracing Your Website
- [Lesson 6:] Working with Stylesheets and Master Pages
- [Lesson 7:] Databinding to User Interface Controls
- [Lesson 8:] Working with the GridView and FormView
- [Lesson 9:] Securing your Web Site with Membership and Login Controls
- [Lesson 10:] Configuring, Building and Deploying a Web Site
- [Lesson 11:] Building a Quiz Engine 1
- [Lesson 12:] Building a Quiz Engine 2
- [Lesson 13:] Building a Quiz Engine 3
- [Lesson 14:] Building a Quiz Engine 4
- Watch ASP.NET Development in Action
IIS
- Developing and Deploying In a Shared Hosting
- Working with IIS7 Delegated Admin
- Feature Specific Delegated Management
- Troubleshooting Production ASP.NET Apps
- Creating a Site with IIS7 Manager
- Installing FTP7
- Bit Rate Throttling
- IIS7 Playlists
Visual Studio 2010
- Code Optimized Profile
- Code Search View Hierarchy
- IntelliSense Smart Lists
- Multi-Monitor Support
- New Web Project Template
- New Multi-Targeting
- Websites Instead of Web Projects
- Snippets IntelliSense
Ajax Control Toolkit
- Get Started with the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
- ASP.NET AJAX CascadingDropDown Control Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX TextBoxWatermark Control Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Popup Control Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX ModalPopup Extender Control
- ASP.NET AJAX AlwaysVisible Control Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Accordion Control
- ASP.NET AJAX Collapsable Panel Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Draggable Panel Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX DynamicPopulate Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX FilteredTextbox Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX HoverMenu Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX ToggleButton Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX DropShadow Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX PasswordStrength Extender
- Get Started with the ASP.NET AJAX Animation Extender Control
- ASP.NET AJAX ConfirmButton Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Slider Control
- ASP.NET AJAX AutoComplete Control
- Configure the ASP.NET AJAX Calendar Control
- ASP.NET AJAX DropDown Control
- ASP.NET AJAX MaskedEdit Controls
- ASP.NET AJAX MutuallyExclusive Checkbox Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX NoBot Control
- ASP.NET AJAX ListSearch Extender
- PagingBulletedList Extender Control
- NumericUpDown Extender Control
- ASP.NET AJAX ValidatorCallout Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX ResizableControl Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Tabs Control
- ASP.NET AJAX SlideShow Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanelAnimation Extender
- AJAX Toolkit Reorder Control
- Utilize the AJAX Rating Control in the ASP.NET Toolkit
- Control Extenders
- Color Picker
- Combo Box
- Editor Control
- Editor Control Custom
- Create a New Custom Extender
ASP.NET AJAX
- Get Started with ASP.NET AJAX
- Implement Dynamic Partial-Page Updates with ASP.NET AJAX
- Make Client-Side Network Callbacks with ASP.NET AJAX
- Add ASP.NET AJAX Features to an Existing Web Application
- ASP.NET AJAX Enable an Existing Web Service
- ASP.NET AJAX Client Library Controls
- Use an ASP.NET AJAX ScriptManagerProxy
- ASP.NET AJAX RoundedCorners Extender
- ASP.NET AJAX Timer Control
- Implement the Predictive Fetch Pattern for AJAX
- Implement the AJAX Paging Pattern
- Implement the AJAX Incremental Page Display Pattern
- Implement the Incremental Page Display Pattern using HTTP GET and POST
- ASP.NET AJAX UpdateProgress Control
- ASP.NET AJAX History Control
- Implement the AJAX After Processing Pattern
- Update Multiple Regions of a Page with ASP.NET AJAX
- Choose Between Methods of AJAX Page Updates
- Use Other JavaScript User Interface Libraries with ASP.NET AJAX
- Use the ASP.NET AJAX Profile Services
- Debug ASP.NET AJAX Applications Using Visual Studio 2005
- Build a Custom ASP.NET AJAX Server Control
- Use JavaScript to Refresh an ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel
- Determine Whether an Asynchronous Postback has Occurred
- Use the Conditional UpdateMode of the UpdatePanel
- Implement the Persistent Communications Pattern with the UpdatePanel
- Localize an ASP.NET AJAX Application
- Implement the Persistent Communications Pattern using Web Services
- Trigger an UpdatePanel Refresh from a DropDownList Control
- Create an ASP.NET AJAX Extender from Scratch
- Build Custom Server Controls that Work With or Without ASP.NET AJAX
- Associate AJAX Client Behavior with an ASP.NET Server Control
- Retrieve Values From Server Side AJAX Controls
- Two Simple Techniques for Triggering Updates to Update Panels
- Use ASP.NET AJAX Cascading Drop Down Control to Access a Database
- Implement Infinite Data Patterns in AJAX
- Basic ASP.NET Authentication in an AJAX Enabled Application
- Dynamically Change CSS ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel
- Dynamically Add Controls to a Web Page
- Set Up Your Development Environment for ASP.NET 3.5
- Set Up Your Development Environment for ASP.NET 2.0
- Customize Error Handling for the ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel
- Use ASP.NET AJAX Client Templates
Data Access
ASP.NET Dynamic Data
- Your First Scaffold and What is Dynamic Data
- Enable Inline GridView Editing
- Change how my Fields render
- Handle Business Logic Exceptions
- Make Custom Pages
- Display Unknown datatypes
- Use a DynamicControl in ListView and DetailsView Controls
- Getting Started with Dynamic Data
- Begin Editing the Templates in ASP.NET Dynamic Data Applications
- Begin Modifying Dynamic Data Applications with URL Routing
- Enable In-Line Editing in ASP.NET Dynamic Data Applications
- Enable Table Specific Routing in Dynamic Data Applications
- Use Attribute Validation in ASP.NET Dynamic Data Applications
- Implement Custom Field Validation with Imperative Logic in VB or C#
- Remove Columns From Your DynamicData Data Grids
- Create Table Specific Custom Forms in an ASP.NET Dynamic Data Application
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data Custom Form Formatting
ASP.NET 3.5
jQuery
.NET 4
ASP.NET Web Forms vNext
- Strongly Typed Data Controls
- Model Binding Part 1 - Selecting Data
- Model Binding Part 2 - Filtering
- Model Binding Part 3 - Updating
- ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms Model Binding
- ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms Strong Typed Data Controls
ASP.NET vNext
- Bundling and Minification
- Getting Started with the Next Version of ASP.NET
- ASP.NET and Web Tools 2012.2
Visual Studio vNext
- HTML Editor Smart Tasks and Event Handler Generation
- CSS Editor Hierarchical Indentation
- CSS Editor Snippets
- CSS Editor Color Picker
- Page Inspector - Introduction
- Page Inspector - Decomposing your Web Application
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