Hi,
 
I’m having some doubts in designing and coding catalog zones.

I'm planning a web site very much similar to this "http://www.google.co.in/ig?hl=en" using webparts in ASP.NET 2.0

I want the catalog manager look some thing similar to igoogle --> "Make it your own" page. The catalog manager should not ask me to which webpartzone my controls need to be added. It should select some random webpartzone to add the control.

Also, How to make webparts work in FIREFOX?

I am new to new to .NET programming. If this is fundamental please be patient and let me know your feedback.

Can any one of you give me some online Sites/examples Developed in ASP.NET using Webparts and using catalog zones. I think some online live examples can help in understanding the scope of catalog zones.

Regards,
Jagadeesh

Hi,

We should separate your question into two parts.

First, you mentioned you want the control be added to the webpartzone randomly, not by choosing which zone to add. But I think the catalogzone is for re-displaying the webpartzone which has been closed by user or displaying some other controls which is not visiable when page loaded , the choice provided to the user is reasonable. If you want to show all of your webpartzones by random order(just like the portal site you memtioned), you could write some code to achieve that, even not need to use catalogzone.

Second, if you want to make your webparts work in FireFox, here's the sollution you may refer.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/01/20/436034.aspx

Thanks.

Also the Latest AJAX releases like January CTP and AJAX v1.0 if installed and if your existing Microsoft.Preview.dll is replced with the new one that is part of the AJAX v1.0 install, no code change is required the ASp.NET website iteself will have the Drag Drop capability in Firefox and in Safari as well.