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This post shows you how to solve this 405 error and get it working properly.
dotnet How to upload multiple files at once in an MVC formThis post will help you if you need to upload multiple files at once in an MVC form.  The examples are for an umbraco website, but the principles are the same.
dotnet How to force a .NET website to use TLS 1.2This post shows you how you can force your .NET website to run using TLS 1.2
dotnet How to fix the MVC Textbox date time format issueThis post shows you how you can remove the time off the end of a date value when rendering it in an MVC TextBoxFor.
dotnet·umbraco How to create url rewrite rules for ASP.NET, MVC and Umbraco in web.configThis post is a reference to show you how to set up rewrite rules in your web.config file.
dotnet A simple C# LINQ method to put an address on one line separated by commasThis post gives you a simple way of getting an address on one line, separated by commas and it ignores any blank lines.
dotnet How to show UTC time relative to the user's local time on a .NET websiteThis post gives you the code I found to help you get a user's country and culture code and display a UTC date and time relative to the user who is viewing in their browser.
sql The day I hacked Troy Hunt's website to delete my dataI needed to remove my personal details from Troy Hunt's website. This post shows you why and how I did it.
sql How to migrate or downgrade a SQL Server database to a lower versionThis post shows you how you can migrate or downgrade a SQL Server database from one version to a lower or earlier one. E.g. 2016 to 2014, 2014 to 2012, 2012 to 2008 etc
dotnet How to move your code out of the controller and into a helper classThis video expands on what I said in my tutorial and actually shows you how to move your code out of the controller and into a helper class.
dotnet How to inline CSS and JavaScript bundles in MVCThis post shows you how you can combine bundling and minification with inline styles and scripts in MVC.
dotnet How to fix the error 'The name 'Scripts' does not exist in the current context'This post shows you how to fix the error "The name 'Scripts' does not exist in the current context"