August 2008 Entries
Want to get more of a feeling for what’s going to happen at ReMik UK? The On Show section on the home page has some video interviews with those involved. Yes, yours truly is one of them. I didn’t have time to get to Microsoft UK for the interview, so they came to me, so yes, that’s a corner of my office. I’ve done podcasts before, but this was the first interview to camera, with a boom mic just above my head, of which I was very aware. I had to force myself not to...
On day 2 at ReMix the community room is hosting a panel with Scott Guthrie and Travis Leithead, a Program Manager on the IE team. We’re going to be taking questions from the floor, as well as providing a way to submit questions during the conference, but if you’ve something pressing you want to ask and don’t fancy standing up in front of a crowd, then I’ve set up a thread on the backnetwork forum where you can post your questions. Tea and biscuits may also be involved.
A question that pops up occasionally in the ASP.NET forums is how can you get tab-style menus, such as used on MSDN, with the standard Menu control in ASP.NET. It’s actually quite simple and involves the use of two menus: <div id="topNav">
<asp:SiteMapDataSource ID="topMenuData" runat="server" ShowStartingNode="false" />
<asp:Menu ID="topMenu" runat="server" DataSourceID="topMenuData"
MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0" Orientation="Horizontal">
<StaticMenuItemStyle CssClass="staticMenuItemStyle" />
<StaticSelectedStyle CssClass="staticSelectedStyle" />
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The schedule for ReMix UK 08 has started to appear. We’ve one or two sessions still to plug into the community track on day 2, but we’re close to nailing down those; all the speakers are set too. There’s a wide variety of really interesting talks and I’m really hoping I get a chance to see some of them. The entertainment is going to be no less than stellar, with a large number of fun activities topped off by ColdCut VJ’ing the evening love-in. Now you know who’s going to be speaking, it’s time to go book....