Why do I Contribute to Open Source?
Learning when you are younger is much more structured than learning when you leave School. When you are younger you are set a syllabus and told to learn that, if you want to branch out and learn your … more
Orchard Forums: Where are we?
One of the most requested features on the Orchard User Voice is a Forum module. Internet forums in the conventional sense is just a discussion site where people can post a question, receive an answer … more
AppFabric Caching in Orchard CMS
A while ago I was commissioned to write a AppFabric Caching module for Onestop Internet Ltd, who have subsequently generously donated the module to the wider community. Well what is AppFabric … more
Hooking up MSTest to Specflow
Open up the App.config file in your Test project and add
<unitTestProvider name="MsTest" />
to the specFlow Element. The resulting XML should look like this...
<?xml version="1.0" … more
Cannot set a value on node type 'Element'
Dealing with XML can be a pain at the best of times, but running in to this error can be a pain… Why does it happen and what’s the fix? Why? You cant map to the value property on Element Nodes… You … more
2011: My year in review
Wow, what a year, lots done, lots learnt, lots left to do… Here what my year has been like… (I will keep updating it as I remember exactly what ive done, long year!) ITV So lots have happened … more
How to get your Awesome Dev workspace for Orchard CMS up and running 101
After watching twitter for the last couple of days, and with the additional of a couple other comments, I have decided to write this post. What does this post assume… 2 things, You have Mercurial (+ … more
Latest Orchard Forum Mock-Ups
I thought a quick update to the community as to where I am with an Orchard Forum Module. I have not come too much further from my first post in terms of features … more
Your development team is slow.. What can you do?
So you have a development team, yet turn around on a product is slow? You have heard the words agile and scrum, but there must be more? Here are a couple of areas that a development team should work … more
Orchard Forums.. Basic Functionality
Forums seem to be a hot topic on the Orchard discussion boards so I thought why not take a crack at it? So what have I implemented so far? Well…. 1. Creation of a Forum.2. Creation of a Thread.3. … more
About
My name is Nicholas Mayne and I live in Richmond, Surrey. I currently work for the ITV where I am looking to primarily develop my TDD skills.