Contents tagged with WebMatrix
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Installing Orchard On Azure With WebMatrix 2
A while ago I wrote an Orchard Tutorial on installing Orchard CMS as an Azure Website. I showed how to create an Orchard Website using the Azure App Gallery and then import/export the publishing settings from Azure to WebMatrix and remotely connect to it. The process is really easy, but it takes 2 to 3 steps to complete. This process has been greatly simplified with new enhancements to both the Windows Azure Portal and WebMatrix 2!
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WebMatrix 2 With Orchard Dashboard Links
Microsoft WebMatrix 2 was just released and now Orchard CMS Developers have the pleasure of Orchard CMS Dashboard Links and Buttons within WebMatrix 2. These features help one navigate to the Orchard Administration Dashboard, add Orchard Modules and Themes, and participate in the Orchard CMS Community!
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Image Optimization And Compression In WebMatrix 2
Here is another WebMatrix Tutorial showcasing a really cool feature in the new WebMatrix 2- Image Optimization. Again, this is another feature of the OrangeBits Compiler Extension that has really stolen the show in WebMatrix 2. I already discussed the CoffeeScript, Less, Sass, and Scss Compilation; iPhone and iPad Emulators; JavaScript and CSS Minification; NuGet Gallery Integration; and Publishing Websites to Windows Azure to name just a few of the cool features in WebMatrix 2.
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WebMatrix 2 Minify CSS And JavaScript
I have mentioned Microsoft WebMatrix 2 in a number of recent blog posts: WebMatrix Supports CoffeeScript, Less, Sass, and Scss, Creating Orchard Themes and Modules in WebMatrix 2, Download Orchard Modules and Themes via WebMatrix 2 Nuget Gallery, Mobile Web Development with WebMatrix 2 iPhone iPad and Windows Phone 7 Emulators, Installing Orchard CMS as an Azure Web Site. Now I want to mention the ability to minify CSS and JavaScript using Microsoft Webmatrix.
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Creating Orchard Themes And Modules In WebMatrix 2
Microsoft recently released WebMatrix 2 RC which has numerous new features including code completion / intellisense. As an Orchard CMS Developer, I am excited about intellisense in WebMatrix to help with creating Orchard Themes and Modules. Although the release candidate does offer some code completion to make it easier to develop custom Orchard Themes and Modules in WebMatrix, the development experience is rather spotty at the moment.
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Download Modules And Themes Via WebMatrix 2 NuGet Gallery
Microsoft had several important announcements this past week. The main announcements was the new and improved Windows Azure and its support for Web Sites. As an FYI, I created a quick tutorial on Installing Orchard CMS as an Azure Web Site. Another announcement was the release of WebMatrix 2 RC, which includes a lot of neat features including node.js support; HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, C#, and jQuery Code Completion; iPhone and Windows Phone Emulators, etc. I'll talk about those WebMatrix 2 features another time. Right now I wanted to mention the ability to download and install Orchard Modules and Themes via the WebMatrix 2 NuGet Gallery support!
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Deploying An Orchard Site With WebMatrix To Shared Hosting
In a previous post, I discussed how to create and work with a CMS web site using WebMatrix. In this post, we will discuss how to deploy the website to a hosting account.
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WebMatrix: Creating CMS Websites is Easy with the Orchard Template
WebMatrix is a free web development tool from Microsoft that includes everything you need for website development. Whether you are a hardcore developer or a novice developer, you can create a web application rather quickly and easily. Start from open source web applications, built-in web templates or just start writing code yourself. To begin, you can download and install it using Web Platform Installer. During the installation, a local web server IIS Express is also installed, which supports PHP applications.
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Creating a new Orchard website using WebMatrix
Earlier we mentioned how one can use Microsoft's free web IDE, WebMatrix, to develop Orchard Websites. You will miss out on intellisense as well as some of your Visual Studio Productivity Tools, like JetBrains ReSharper, but other than that, creating and customizing Orchard Websites, Orchard Themes and Orchard Modules using WebMatrix is possible. In addition to developing Orchard Websites with WebMatrix, one can also download and install Orchard CMS right within WebMatrix using the Web Gallery!
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Deploying an Orchard site using WebMatrix
In this screencast, I'm publishing an Orchard web site and its SQL Express database to a shared host using WebMatrix.