Any developer who works with ASP.NET portals should ask these questions. These issues, of course, relates to us when we start thinking about applying CDN to our web site.
So we ended with more questions, and step by step we resolve them all.

Questions that we've got are:

• Our web site has more than 8'000 pages, how to modify them all in one touch?
• What should we delegate to CDN? Graphics? JavaScript? Downloadables packages? Stylesheets?
• Do we have to optimize website pages for use of CDN?
• We use old jQuery scripts. How to upgrade them and avoid conflicts or broken logic?
• How to profile the website performance? Stress test our webportal?
• How to verify website availability on/from specific territory?
• How it really works for ASP.NET websites?
• Does it solve the problems of legacy code?
• How many things should I change on my website to apply it?

Of course we are starting from analysis of CDN networks on the market and what they can offer to us. Quick search on Google gives us list of the most popular CDNs. Few of them were well recommended on stackoverflow, and none of them got a negative feedback. Quite strange, as there should be at least several issues with CDNs, but everyonekeep silent on them.

Issue #1 that we've found is that nobody has complete description/article about how to apply CDN on websites that are developed with ASP.NET. Regardless, whether we search for legacy ASP.NET Forms or latest MVC - Google have not returned anything 100% relative.

Want to know more? Please, read full article that explains in technical details on how we did it.

In the last few days we have released a bunch of the components adapted for SharePoint 2013. Among these components such tools as:

• Components for the teamwork; Video Column and Web Part, Email Web part, Discussion Column and Image Upload Column
• Security components for SharePoint 2013: Column Permissions, Password Change, Password Expiration and Password Reset
• Components used for data fusion: Link to Document Column
• New tools: Email as Attachment and Bulk Check In that allows checking an entire group of documents and changing their properties at one operation.

Our team is broadening the possibilities of SharePoint technologies and is committed to your success.

For the long time uploading images in SharePoint has been a nightmare. Standard tools don’t allow uploading images via browsing and requires you to set the URL of the image already existing on the site. ArtfulBits Image Upload Column provides much more easier and flexible way to do this. Image Upload column allows the user to browse their local computer for image of interest. Once the image is selected, column will automatically upload the image and link it to the item.

• Direct image uploading
• Support any type of SharePoint list (not only Picture Library)
• File extensions filtering (predefined and custom extensions supported)
• Ability to upload files of any type
• Image thumbnails for list views
• Image description support (used as alternative text for the picture)
• Customizing image appearance on list view and list item
• Edit/Display forms (specifying image size, limiting image size, displaying image as a link)
• Resize large images after upload
• Images stored in separate internal list subfolder (no conflict with attachments)
• Language pack support (desired localization could be added by request)

Actually Discussion is similar to an IM message system: many users are able to create rich-text messages. And, as IM, discussion control can show who and when has published the post (configurable in column settings). Moreover, the comments can be organized either in chronological or reverse chronological order. Indispensable tool for exchange messages from within the SharePoint site.

• Organizing discussion without enabling list versioning
• Filtering of empty records
• Comments editing
• Ability to show whole discussion history or only link to it in list view
• Show user name as a link to user profile page
• Display posts in chronological or reverse chronological order
• Choosing position of user signature
• Import data (text) from existing SharePoint Multiple lines of text column
• Language pack support (desired localization could be added by request)

Instruments for visualizing have become commonly required long ago. ArtfulBits Video Column and Web Part has transcend the standard SharePoint Media Web Part and Media Column features with support of large number of video formats, embedded video from external sources and linking to the external video sources by typing the URL of the file.

• Supports large number of video file formats(AVI, WMV, SWF, FLV, MP4, MPEG and any other ones supported by the Windows Media Player)
• Supports embedded video from YouTube, Vimeo and other video-sharing websites
• Linking to external video source
• Allow chose video from SharePoint Library
• Ability to upload video file from computer
• Quick-play from list view
• Language pack support (desired localization could be added by request)

An easy and intuitive tool that supplies a browsing interface for navigating to the files at any location within the Document Library. Typing URL is not required anymore. Moreover, it allows selecting multiple objects for referencing. And it will display an object file type icon in front of a reference in order to make its usage more convenient.

• Lookups documents and folders from Document Library in all sites within site collection
• Allows single and multiple selection
• Provides ability to edit link display text
• Provides ability to limit the set of allowed objects during links editing (in list item adding/editing mode). The limitation is done by specifying root folder
• Advanced tooltip
• Allows select documents in easy and intuitive way
• Provides ability to limit the set of selectable objects during links editing by defining object type (Files and Folders, Folder only, Files only)
• Displays object file type icon in front of reference
• Language pack support (desired localization could be added by request)

For the long time using SharePoint standard tools for sending documents from SharePoint have been a waste of time and a cause of inconvenience. The only method available was saving files on the local disk and then adding them as attachments in order to send. Anyone who values the time of other people would be discouraged, especially when trying to send the multiply documents in one email from SharePoint.

With Email As Attachment web part this problem is entirely resolved! Now you can forget these inconveniences thanks to the simple and reliable tool that will enable you to check multiply documents and will open a new email form in one click, with these documents attached. Moreover, if you are going to send such a large number of documents that it may potentially be a problem, then Email As Attachment will provide you with a possibility to compress those into a single archive and send.

• Send documents directly from Document library
• Compress documents and send an archive
• Compress documents and download an archive
• Use Microsoft Outlook
• Multiply documents selection
• Display Send As Attachment action in item Drop-Down Menu and in ribbon
• Language pack support (desired localization can be added on request)

In the era of high-tech solutions available, securing any sensitive data has become a challenging task for business all over the world. Artfulbits Column Permissions 2.0 is a powerful tool helping to secure sensitive data in SharePoint lists on a column level. Permissions can be assigned for individual users, as well as for SharePoint groups. It is effective in forms, list views, SharePoint alerts, RSS and datasheets. It is also effective when exporting data and working with attachments.

Securing the data on the site is not a question of discredit. It is a proof of the responsibility and high professionalism.

You should try the comfort of Bulk Check In combined with SharePoint Multiple Upload tool! Multiple documents can be checked on-the-fly, right after uploading them. Moreover, it will provide you with an ability to edit documents fields, overwrite existing values and customize documents per library. And, with the support of standard SharePoint document versioning, you will not lose even a bit of information but will be able to track any changes.

It’s easy and effective features listed below can now be used for both SharePoint versions – 2010 and 2013!

• Check in multiply documents
• Upload and check in documents at the same time
• Check in documents stored in subfolders
• Edit documents fields on check in
• Auto fill the default column values
• Options to overwrite existing column values or fill in only empty columns
• Interactive documents tree for file and folders selection
• Support of standard SharePoint document versioning
• Customizable per document library
• Language pack support (desired localization can be added on request)

Now, with SharePoint 2013, an effective tool for messaging has become even more indispensable. SharePoint platform widely spread among businesses from all over the world: from the highest to the lowest level. Therefore, the tools used for bringing people together must be ready to meet the requirements of different interaction models, like business, social or entertainment. SharePoint sites are being built with all of these different purposes. And there is no better solution than creating tools that will be able to handle with all of the models that SharePoint is used with.

Email Web Part is one of those unifying tools that are indispensable when people come together via SharePoint site. Sending files directly from SharePoint site, ability to attach files from SharePoint site or local disk to email, customizable From, Reply To fields, email templates, permission management are only few of its useful features.

Whether a user or administrator: anyone will find this Email Web Part fully customizable and providing ability to configure it to your personal needs.

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A huge set of GUI controls, Dialogs and Icons for different themes along with Standard Applications images will enable project managers, developers and designers to complete UI prototype in few hours and show complete logical design of Application UI to customer or graphics designer. No coding required! You can just open BlackBerry10Stencils file with Microsoft Visio 2010 or 2007 and start designing your interactive BlackBerry screens. There are also some examples of few popular BlackBerry applications designed by ArtfulBits BlackBerry 10 ProtoTyping stencils.

Let the experience with BlackBerry UI prototyping amaze you!

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