Dustin Horne

Developing for fun...

Simple Asset Manager for MVC

25 January 2012 Dustin ASP .NET MVC

Lately I've been using a lot of jQuery and other custom javascript in my projects.  I like to use external CDNs when possible to load my script files.  In particular, I like to use the asp.net CDN for use with jQuery.  For much of this work I can simply put my script references in the layout pages, however there are times when I want specific scripts for specific pages.  There are also times when I want to be able to upgrade a script to a newer version.  This may require modifying multiple views.  Additionally, it would require modifying my HTML/Razor for at least my layout view and re-uploading it to the server. More...

Dynamic Custom Error Pages in ASP.NET MVC 2

14 June 2011 Dustin ASP .NET MVC
Recently, I had to implement a dynamic custom 404 error page in an ASP.NET MVC2 website.  My first instinct was to turn CustomErrors mode on and setup a 404 Error, but this failed to return my custom error page in a shared hosting environment and instead displayed the default IIS 404 page.  I'll walk you through fixing this in just a minute, but for now I want to show you how to create the custom 404 page. More...