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Getting Permalinks Working in Wordpress on IIS

This is a frequent question for most IIS users on how to get permalinks to work in Wordpress, it’s fairly simple really once you know how of course. So the problems are, you’re using IIS so using mod_rewrite won’t work, you’re on a shared server so installing a mod_rewrite alternative for IIS is not available either. You can have URLs with a index.php in them (for example http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php/2009/03/17/getting-permalinks-working-in-wordpress-on-iis) but they’re pretty ugly looking and doesn’t fit into the URL standards (in other words, it’s just nasty).
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What is AJAX and should I use it on my website?

This vodcast demonstrates the what AJAX is in the web world, to prove that it isn’t just a cleaning product. AJAX is a valuable technology that can seriously improve usability on your website or web application. Please take a look at the video to make up your own mind. Enjoy!

 
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