WynApse

Yeah, I know tracking page hits is iffy, but I just picked one metric and went with it... it's not the one for marketing guys showing a 'page' hit for every item on the page, and it's not the most restrictive one. I was using the analog stats from December, 2005 to April, 2008, then DiscountASP.net switched me to SmarterStats and I had to find one of the metrics that closely matched what I'd been getting before. Either that or just forget the whole thing!

I put WynApse.com up in December of 2005 and from then until November of 2006, I amassed a whopping 18,000 pages hits.

But then WPF/E CTP'd and I started writing about it, and December picked up. Mike Harsh on the Silverlight Team noticed my blog and January of 2007 was better. April of 2007 was 20,000 all by itself... more than the whole first year.

Since then it's been a little crazy and with a couple exceptions, there's been a general trend in the positive direction and sometime yesterday afternoon we crossed 1,000,000 pages.

Wow.. Thanks to all of you for visiting... as soon as I get past a couple committments here, I'll be blogging more about Silverlight 2 Beta 2, so keep watching my blog and..

Parts and States Model with VisualStateManager Part 1 of 4

First things first... stop reading this right now and take the link to Karen's blog. I'm not going anywhere, and this is fun stuff!... part 1 of 4 yet :)

Fix for the DataGrid does not exist in the namespace error in Silverlight 2 beta 2

James Bacon submitted a link to the next article and I found this and some more. I'll do just 2 today and catch up later... this first one is a workaround for the DataGrid not being in the namespace.

Upgrading existing Silverlight 2 beta 1 code to beta 2

This post by James details issues upgrading from B1 to B2. I also added James' site as a blog in the database.

New DevNugget: Silverlight Controls and Composition

Andrew Duthie and Pete Brown are collaborating to put up some Silverlight WebCasts done by Pete. Short, but worth the time spent... but don't take my word for it... go watch :)

Sparkling Client PodCast with Me!

My buddy Erik Mork of Sparkling Client PodCast put up a PodCast with Shawn Wildermuth. Erik's work is always good, and Shawn is an interesting guy, so you know this is good!

Who Ate My Mouse Down Event??

Jesse Liberty couldn't stand getting out of town without taking one more shot :) ... this one discusses the Mouse Down Event issues people are having with Beta 2 ... great information!

Attached Properties in Silverlight

If you're wondering WTF are Attached Properties, then wonder no more as Ilia Iordanov explains it all at SilverlightShow.

Tip: Force firing MouseLeftButtonDown event on any place in a StackPanel

Getting a Left Mouse Button Down message from randomly inside a StackPanel ... seems like some of the issues we had in 1.0 ... or the solution seems familiar :)

Using the RepeatButton control in Silverlight 2

Ivan Dragoev blogs about the RepeatButton in Beta 2... continuing the expose of all the controls. I for one am glad to see lots of original work at SilverlightShow... and happy to blog it as well... keep up the good work guys!

HtmlTextBlock Sample Updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2

David Anson [Delay] updated his HTMLTextBlock sample to Beta 2. I've not only blogged this before but emailed the link to a few people... interesting and good work!