I recently had my blog moved to a different server at my web host, and after the move, I couldn’t connect Windows LiveWriter with my blog anymore. I would get an error "Invalid Server Reponse – The response to the blogger.getUserBlogs method received from the blog server was invalid." I found this post which was exactly my problem:

http://coding-paparazzi.sylvainlafontaine.com/2010/02/solving-connection-problems-wlw.html

I was able to fix it by editing my wp-config.php in notepad and saving with ANSI encoding instead of UTF-8 and re-uploading to my site. That stripped out the byte order mark at the beginning, and fixed my connection issues.

Tags: WLW, WordPress

We are making Riesling this year. There were a bunch of grapes still left on the vines, and it was just too tempting to pick them. The bunches came off easily – we didn’t need clippers, just a good tug.

So I don’t forget it, here are the details about our 2010 Riesling:

• Picked on 11/13/10.
• 17 crates, about 30 pounds/crate.
• Crushed on 11/13/10 late afternoon.
• Pressed on 11/14/10 late morning.
• Yield – 25 gallons

Some additional info on sugar content:

Started out with Brix of 20,
Added 10 cups of corn sugar which brought the brix up to 22
Added 20 teaspoons of Yeast Nutrient
and the starter yeast was Lalvin, kv1-1116 a good all around white wine yeast. 

Tags: Riesling, wine making

Part 3 – Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User

A project I am working on called for a custom implementation of the SharePoint Welcome menu control. The replacement control needed to provide the following:

• Implement the look and behaviors that the designers created.
• Exclude some default SharePoint menu items (such as My Regional Settings).
• Reuse some existing SharePoint menu items (such as Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User).
• Allow for the addition of other custom menu items in the future.
• Display thumbnail of the user’s profile picture.

I had to create a control that looked and behaved like the following:

The designers came up with some clean, semantic markup married with some jquery, for me to start from:

<div class="header">

    <img class="header-logo" src="/images/header_logo.png" alt="" width="169" height="78" />

    <div class="header-bar">

        <div class="profile_menu">

            <a href="#" class="profile_btn">

                <span class="image"><img src="" style="width:20px;height:20px" /></span>

                <span class="name">John Doe</span>

                <span class="arrow"></span>

            </a>

            <div class="profile_dropdown">

                <div class="dropdown_bkgrd">

                    <ul>

                        <li>Edit Profile</li> 

                        <li>My Site</li>

                        <li>Log Out</li>                        

                        <li>Sign in as a Different User</li>

                    </ul>

                </div>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

This is part 3 of a three part series.

1. Part 1 – Overview, Profile Picture, and User Name
2. Part 2 – Edit Profile and My Site links
3. Part 3 – Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User

Continue reading “Creating a Custom Welcome Menu for SharePoint Server 2010 – Part 3″

Tags: ascx, SharePoint, Welcome menu

Part 2 – Edit Profile and My Site links

A project I am working on called for a custom implementation of the SharePoint Welcome menu control. The replacement control needed to provide the following:

• Implement the look and behaviors that the designers created.
• Exclude some default SharePoint menu items (such as My Regional Settings).
• Reuse some existing SharePoint menu items (such as Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User).
• Allow for the addition of other custom menu items in the future.
• Display thumbnail of the user’s profile picture.

I had to create a control that looked and behaved like the following:

The designers came up with some clean, semantic markup married with some jquery, for me to start from:

<div class="header">

    <img class="header-logo" src="/images/header_logo.png" alt="" width="169" height="78" />

    <div class="header-bar">

        <div class="profile_menu">

            <a href="#" class="profile_btn">

                <span class="image"><img src="" style="width:20px;height:20px" /></span>

                <span class="name">John Doe</span>

                <span class="arrow"></span>

            </a>

            <div class="profile_dropdown">

                <div class="dropdown_bkgrd">

                    <ul>

                        <li>Edit Profile</li>

                        <li>My Site</li>

                        <li>Log Out</li>

                        <li>Sign in as a Different User</li>

                    </ul>

                </div>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

This is part 2 of a three part series.

1. Part 1 – Overview, Profile Picture, and User Name
2. Part 2 – Edit Profile and My Site links
3. Part 3 – Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User

Continue reading “Creating a Custom Welcome Menu for SharePoint Server 2010 – Part 2″

Tags: ascx, SharePoint, Welcome menu

Part 1 – Overview, Profile Picture, and User Name

A project I am working on called for a custom implementation of the SharePoint Welcome menu control. The replacement control needed to provide the following:

• Implement the look and behaviors that the designers created.
• Exclude some default SharePoint menu items (such as My Regional Settings).
• Reuse some existing SharePoint menu items (such as Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User).
• Allow for the addition of other custom menu items in the future.
• Display thumbnail of the user’s profile picture.

I had to create a control that looked and behaved like the following:

The designers came up with some clean, semantic markup married with some jquery, for me to start from:

<div class="header">

    <img class="header-logo" src="/images/header_logo.png" alt="" width="169" height="78" />

    <div class="header-bar">

        <div class="profile_menu">

            <a href="#" class="profile_btn">

                <span class="image"><img src="" style="width:20px;height:20px" /></span>

                <span class="name">John Doe</span>

                <span class="arrow"></span>

            </a>

            <div class="profile_dropdown">

                <div class="dropdown_bkgrd">

                    <ul>

                        <li>Edit Profile</li> 

                        <li>My Site</li>

                        <li>Log Out</li>                        

                        <li>Sign in as a Different User</li>

                    </ul>

                </div>

            </div>

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

This is part 1 of a three part series.

1. Part 1 – Overview, Profile Picture, and User Name
2. Part 2 – Edit Profile and My Site links
3. Part 3 – Sign Out/Sign in as a Different User

Continue reading “Creating a Custom Welcome Menu for SharePoint Server 2010 – Part 1″

Tags: ascx, SharePoint, Welcome menu