Microsoft has released ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

Note Because Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 RC share a component of ASP.NET MVC 2, installing the ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM release on a computer where Visual Studio 2010 RC is also installed is not supported.

New Features in ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM

The following features are new since the RC release of ASP.NET MVC 2.

Templated Helpers Allow You to Specify Extra View Data

ASP.NET MVC 2 now includes new overloads of the EditorFor and DisplayFor methods. These overl...

ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 has been released and is available for download.

For those that don't know what ASP.NET MVC 2 is. ASP.NET MVC 2 is a framework for developing highly testable and maintainable Web applications by leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. The framework encourages developers to maintain a clear separation of concerns among the responsibilities of the application – the UI logic using the view,...

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Over the course of the next hour the LTD website will be undergoing conversion to

the new format. What this means is that we will spend about the next 15 minutes or so without any visible changes. Then everything will break horribly. Then (hopefully) everything will look right again and we will be on the new layout.

• Done! - Basic Backups as precaution
• Done! - Copying new files and breaking site
• Done! - Configuring Forum
• Done! - Configuring Wiki
• Done!...

Thanks to our members the beta of the new design is going well. We have made some more minor tweaks and changes but overall the design appears to be going over well and we should be announcing a general changeover shortly. In the meantime I thought we would share a little more about the changes and improvements that you will soon see in the site.

Screen Layout and Elements

The major screen elements of the site (header, footer, sidebar) have had their size and geography modified to better fit in the new layout. While we have not yet directly addressed the needs for some clas...

I decided that I wanted to provide a "live chat" link on my website so I had a look around for what software I could use to do it. There were quite a few good options, but none that were good enough for me and free. So, I had a look into using my MSN account which turned out to be quite easy.

First off, you will need to sign in and go to:

http://settings.messenger.live.com/applications/WebSettings.aspx

Then, check the box that says "Allow anyone on the web to see my presence and send me me...