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Real World Project: Transparent Overlays for SharePoint Interface Enhancement (EUSP)

christinawheeler — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:14:00 GMT

Introduction

I have a client that wanted to convert their outdated HTML district website to an external facing SharePoint portal. The client was brand new to SharePoint and brought me in to build an external facing portal using MOSS 2007 Enterprise. After setting up the new farm it was time to brand the site and create content. The one thing I had the client do before I started branding the site was have them send me references to sites they liked along with a list of elements they liked about the sites.

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SharePoint: Hiding the Checked Out Icon from Anonymous Users

Tech Training Notes — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:39:02 GMT

When document has been checked out, SharePoint will overlay a little icon to show the checked out status. When a user moves their mouse over the icon it will display a popup with the name of the user who has it checked out. + = And when they mouse over Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: Strike Out Canceled Events in the Calendar

Tech Training Notes — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:19:01 GMT

Moving or deleting an event in a calendar is not always the best way to make sure people notice the change. Sometimes it’s better to “cancel” a meeting and then create a new meeting than just moving it in the calendar. The SharePoint calendar list does Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint 2010: What’s New in Surveys

Tech Training Notes — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:04 GMT

Note: the following is for the November 2009 Beta 2. In this release surveys do not have a ribbon in all screens and retain most of the look and feel of 2007. What’s new? Almost nothing! The exercise of comparing the two versions almost seems a waste Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Business Data Search in SharePoint 2010: Crawling associated external content types

Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:00 GMT

Business data associations are widely used to fetch related external content (ex. data from two sql tables connected by a foreign key or an email that contains attachments) and display it in SharePoint webparts. SharePoint Search 2010 ships with new features that enable crawling of Business Data Connectivity associations. This post describes how to use the search specific metadata properties for crawling associations and the different user experiences that can be enabled. For a primer on how to define...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 Available May 12th?

Tech Training Notes — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:10:04 GMT

This says so: http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=vUy2lbxfiO5 “Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12 Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

RTM, Launch, and GA dates announced for SharePoint 2010!

Blogging about SharePoint: Posts — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:35:41 GMT

Body: SharePoint 2010 will RTM next month – April 2010! The launch event will be May 12 th . http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/proof/pages/2010-launch-events.aspx#fbid=387xf5ImGXJ It will be generally available to everyone in June. Source: http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/03/04/get-office-today-or-tomorrow.aspx Michael Category: SharePoint 2010 Published: 3/5/2010 12:35 PM Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint Events in 2010

Tech Training Notes — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:18:02 GMT

Joel Oleson has a nice comparison of SharePoint events here: http://www.sharepointjoel.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=299 SPTechCon http://www.sptechcon.com/ Feb 10-12, San Francisco Central Region SharePoint Conferences http://www.sharepointconferencecentral Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Measuring memory usage in Windows 7

BrandonLive — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:13:23 GMT

Historically, measuring the amount of memory in use by a Windows system has been a somewhat confusing endeavor. The labels on various readouts in Task Manager, among other places, were often either poorly named or simply misunderstood. I’ll tackle a prime example of this, the “commit” indicator, later in this post. But first, let’s look [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Why the silence?

Blogging about SharePoint: Posts — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:07:15 GMT

Body: I haven’t blogged in a while, though I have tweeted a lot. Here’s why: End of November, my wife and I were blessed with our second child. Now my web hosting company is migrating my site to a “new platform” (which I think means new hardware). It’s apparently a slow process, and I don’t want to add significant new content until it is done. So between those two things, it may be a bit quiet here for a few more weeks. What I haven’t blogged about is what I have been doing on SP2010. More about...(read more)

SharePoint Certification

Tech Training Notes — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:37:03 GMT

Below is a list of the SharePoint exams, the certification you get from the exam and classes to prepare for the exam. Both SharePoint 2007 and 2010 have two exam paths with two exams each. Each of the 2007 exams have hyperlinks to details on Microsoft Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: How to move a Data View Web Part to another site or server

Tech Training Notes — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:40:04 GMT

(Tested for SP 2007 only) A Data View Web Part (DVWP) is a web part created using SharePoint Designer that can display data from just about any kind of data source, inside or outside of SharePoint. Moving the web part from site A to site B or from server Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Implementing Three-State Image Buttons in ASP.NET Using Sprite Sheets and CSS

Mike Knowles — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:01:04 GMT

Many modern sites make use of two or three-state buttons to provide an added degree of interactivity when navigating across pages or submitting a form. It’s possible to create two and three state buttons using straight CSS or images. This article focuses Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint 2010: VHDs Now Available - Updated

Tech Training Notes — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:06:05 GMT

Updated: http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/sharepoint-2010-vhds-now-available.html I have updated this article with more info about the SharePoint 2010 VHD download… I have added some more info on the install process I have added a list of Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: Application page to display all sites a user can view

Tech Training Notes — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:04:03 GMT

This sample project works for both SharePoint 2007 and 2010! This project is for educational purposes and is to be used at your own risk… Display a list of all sites a user has rights to… The following is a “demo” project to show the workings of several Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level

Tech Training Notes — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:01 GMT

“It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.” If you are working on a SharePoint Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: How to find all files of a certain type and then download easily

Tech Training Notes — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:13:01 GMT

The goal… To find all .XYZ files in all of my sites, libraries and folders and then easily copy them to a local drive. Finding them is not too hard, you can use search for “*.xyz” or use a Content Query Web Part to find them, but how do you now download Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: Prevent users from adding “NT AUTHORITY\authenticated users” and other selected accounts to sites and groups.

Tech Training Notes — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:35:01 GMT

The following is for SharePoint 2007. I’ll soon post an update for 2010. Who is "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users"? The user "NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users" represents every account that can logon to your network. In the typical Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: Prevent Accidental Overwrites when Uploading to a Library

Tech Training Notes — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:09:00 GMT

This applies to both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010. The only difference is the page name, upload.aspx for SP 2007 and uploadex.aspx for SP 2010. Problem… Users are uploading files and are accidentally overwriting existing files, or if versioning Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Innovation on Linux and UNIX

Microsoft Enterprise Search Blog — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:19:00 GMT

Innovation is at the heart of our enterprise search strategy, and a commitment to innovation is what brought FAST and Microsoft together. When we announced the acquisition two years ago, we said that we were committed to cross-platform innovation—that we’d “continue to offer stand-alone versions of ESP that run on Linux and UNIX,” and that we would provide updates to these versions to address customer concerns and add new features. Over the last two years, we’ve done just that. We’ve continued to...(read more)

SharePoint 2010: What’s the same for Site Owners…

Tech Training Notes — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:45:01 GMT

The following is for the November 09 Beta 2… Most of the articles I see about SharePoint 2010 are about what’s new. To add some comfort for people who are considering upgrading from 2007 to 2010 I thought I would start to document what has not changed Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Silly Word 2007 Tricks - Lorem ipsum!

Tech Training Notes — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:16:05 GMT

Open a new document in Word 2007, type =lorem(3,8) and press enter... Lorem ipsum! move to a blank line and type =rand(10,5) and press enter... you are now a tech writer! again... =rand.old(5,5) and press enter… and you are a typewriter tester! Now get Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

Cincinnati SharePoint User Group Meeting (February 2010)

Tech Training Notes — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:37:04 GMT

We have a new URL! http://www.CincinnatiSPUG.org (this still works: http://cincyspug.securespsites.com ) We have door prizes! In addition to free pizza, we have a number of SharePoint books, mice, Windows 7 Ultimate, X-Box games and other goodies to give Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint 2010: VHDs Now Available

Tech Training Notes — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:12:05 GMT

Microsoft has released a two VHD set of images to help you evaluate just about everything in SharePoint 2010, including FAST search, Project Server 2010, Visual Studio 2010 and Office 2010. “Everything” comes with a price… 13 GB of download! And… these Read More... Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks...(read more)

SharePoint: Using JavaScript in a Feature CustomAction

Tech Training Notes — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:57:00 GMT