**UPDATED**

Since my previous post I have a couple of updates for my presentation at the Edmug meeting this month.

Date:  Due to room bookings, it will now be March 25^th (Wednesday) @ 5:30 p.m.

Topic: As per a request from Don Belcham, I will be now presenting on Silverlight with MVVM.  I’m going to dive in to the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern and how it works in Silverlight.  We’ll look at some data-binding with Silverlight controls and how easy it is to manage your application with a good pattern.

Hope to see you there!

Due to the fact that BlogEngine.NET was developed on the 2.0 Framework, you’ll need to update the httpHandlers in the web.config so that it can run on IIS 7.0.  This is an easy process, but one that I didn’t find well documented, so I wanted to share the most simple solution I’ve found.

Pipeline

First, you’ll need to change the pipeline mode to “Classic” and make sure that your instance of BlogEngine is operating correctly.

Command Line Expression

Now you can migrate the httpModules section by using the following command line expression:

%systemroot%\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe migrate config "blogEngineInstance/"

Once this is complete you can change the pipeline back to managed mode (“Intergrated”) and the site should work fine.  If you’re hosting your instance on a hosting service like DiscountASP, then you’ll need to do this process on your development machine and then update the web.config on your hosted version.

On March 26th, I'll be doing a presentation on Silverlight Animation at Edmug.  I'm going to touch on some of the basics for Silverlight Animation, but more focused on a coder's perspective; coding storyboards, event driving animations etc.  If you're in the area, feel free to drop in and heckle me from the back of the room, if there's anything you'd like to see in my presentation leave a comment below.

Also Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo is in town on February 26th, presenting on "BDD style testing".  If you haven't seen JP present, then you should make time on the 26th.  If you have seen him present, I know I'll see you on the 26th.