How to add HTML Attributes into html helper

<%=Html.DropDownList("CategoryID", new {@class="input", style="display:none"})%>

Simplest way to redirect user to maintaining page

Just add an HTML file named “app_offline.htm” to the root directory of your website. Adding this file will clear the server cache. When ASP.NET sees the app_offline.htm file, it will shut-down the app-domain for the application (and not restart it for requests), and instead send back the contents of the app_offline.htm file in response to all new dynamic requests for the application.

The size of the file should be more that 512 bytes to be displayed.

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Web Development Helper, a great tool for AJAX debugging

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DevHawk - Microsoft, Open Source and ASP.NET MVC

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Personally, I think Microsoft is making small steps in the right direction when it comes to Open Source. Not only have some high profile Microsoft projects go Open Source like ASP.NET MVC and MEF, but we’ve even started taking baby steps for including external intellectual property. Releasing ASP.NET MVC under Ms-PL is a big deal, but I think including jQuery “in the box” is a much, much bigger deal. It remains to be seen if it’s a one-time-only deal or if it’s a new trend inside Microsoft.
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