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Thunderbird - Improve your Unread Messages Management with Read Delay feature and Taskbar Unread Badge add-on How to properly handle unread messages in Mozilla Thunderbird using the built-in read delay time (or disable the auto-read feature entirely) and the Taskbar Unread Badge add-on

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 - by Ryan - 2 Comments.

If you're reading this post, it most likely means that you're using Mozilla Thunderbird as your e-mail client... Which is a great choice, since it rocks! (I'm also using that …

Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / PHP

Mantis BT 2.x - Enable row-level coloring just like MantisBT 1.x with a JQuery script A simple yet useful JQuery script to bring back the row-level TR coloring feature of Mantis Bug Tracker 1.x to the new MantisBT 2.x version

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 - by Ryan - 3 Comments.

If you stumbled upon this post it most likely means that A) you just upgraded your MantisBT from 1.x to 2.x, and B) you don't like the new HTML layout; …

Coding / PHP

Mantis BT CustomContent plugin - add custom PHP, HTML, CSS and JS files in Mantis HTML Layout A lightweight plugin for Mantis Bug Tracker 2.x that allows to insert custom PHP, HTML, CSS and JS content within the default MantisBT HTML theme layout

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 - by Ryan - 3 Comments.

If you're reading this I guess you already know Mantis Bug Tracker, also known as MantisBT, one of the best open source issue trackers available on the web since eighteen …

Applications / ASP.NET / C# / Coding

Visual Studio 2017 - Lost Razor Intellisense and Syntax Highlight - How to Fix it How to repair your Visual Studio 2017 installation and get back Intellisense and Syntax Highlight on your Razor pages & .cshtml files without reinstalling

August 20, 2018January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 6 Comments.

Today I had to deal with a nasty issue that happened on my Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise Edition, right after installing the VS2017 15.8.1 update. In a nutshell, I had lost …

Servers & Services / Web

Azure AD - Your account belongs to a directory that cannot be associated with an Azure subscription. Please sign in with a different account. How to fix it How to transform an unmanaged Azure AD into a managed one by performing an IT Admin Takeover and become a Global Administrator from Microsoft Power BI or Office 365 Admin Portal.

August 18, 2018January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

If you've stumbled upon this post it most likely means that you've experienced the following error message when trying to connect with the Azure Active Directory service in order to authorize client …

Applications / Servers & Services / SQL / Windows

How to Install, Setup and Configure MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition A quick tutorial explaining all the required steps to deploy an instance of MS SQL Server 2017 Express Edition on a Development, Testing or Production machine

August 17, 2018January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

If you're a .NET developer working with Visual Studio, you'll most likely know SQL Server LocalDB: a specialized edition of the well-known Microsoft SQL Server engine - firstly introduced in …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Servers & Services / Web

External Provider Authentication using OAuth2 Implicit and Explicit Flow A quick tutorial explaining the key differences between the two grant types provided by the OAuth2 authorization flow

August 16, 2018January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

Allowing users to sign in using their existing credentials is often a great way to drive additional traffic to our applications, as demonstrated by a number of case studies by …

Coding / Cyber Security / Servers & Services / Web

User Authentication and Authorization in modern Web Development A list of the most common techniques, patterns and strategies to securely implement a Register, Login and/or AUTH mechanism in a website or service

August 16, 2018November 5, 2018 - by Ryan - 4 Comments.

Generally speaking, the term authentication refers to any process of verification that someone, be it a human being or an automated system, is who (or what) it claims to be. This is also …

Coding / HTML & CSS / JavaScript / Web

Forms in Angular - Template-Driven vs Model-Driven or Reactive Forms The pros and cons of the two alternative approaches provided by Angular to deal with Forms and Data Validation: Template-Driven Forms and Model-Driven (or Reactive) Forms

August 16, 2018August 18, 2018 - by Ryan - Leave a Comment

As we most certainly know, HTML forms are one of the most important and delicate aspects of any business application. Nowadays, forms are used to fulfill almost any task involving …

ASP.NET / C# / Coding / Operating Systems / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities / Windows

Windows Server - How to Send SMTP Auth E-Mail with PowerShell Using the System.Net.Mail.MailMessage and Net.Mail.SmtpClient .NET Framework objects with PowerShell to send authenticated e-mail messages through a secure SMTP server

August 15, 2018January 7, 2021 - by Ryan - 1 Comment

A couple of years ago I published an article explaining how to send notification E-Mail messages with PowerShell. I wrote that post to demonstrate how a simple notification script could …