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SharePoint Flash WebPart
10 January 10 12:05 AM | Mike Knowles
Looking for an easier way to add a Flash file to a SharePoint content page? Download and install the Flash WebPart SharePoint Solution and you will be able to add Flash movies to your SharePoint web pages without having to edit any html code. Simply add...
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Building a SharePoint Solution Setup.exe
26 October 09 09:00 AM | Mike Knowles
This article describes how to develop a single EXE file for installation and deployment of a SharePoint solution to a Windows SharePoint Services or SharePoint Server farm. The single EXE file can also be used for installation repair and removal. Using...
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Integrating SharePoint Windows Authentication and the ASP.NET SqlProfileProvider
16 August 09 07:10 PM | Mike Knowles
ASP.NET Profile Properties provide a convenient way to store application and user-specific preferences and personalization choices without having to write a lot of code to manage the back-end data storage and retrieval. The ASP.NET Application Services...
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Automate the Display of SharePoint Application Pool Process IDs with a Batch Script
02 August 09 02:59 AM | Mike Knowles
Here’s a quick way to get a listing of the currently running SharePoint application pool process IDs. Save this script in the directory of your choice and name it with a .bat extension (e.g. GetAppPoolProcessIds.bat): cscript.exe %systemroot%\system32...
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Enable Google Analytics Page Tracking in a Single-Name Intranet Site
10 July 09 09:00 PM | Mike Knowles
Recently I’ve been asked how to get Google Analytics working in an intranet site with a single name in the URL, for example: http://intranet. The first time I added Google Analytics to a site it was a development site accessed by server-name:port-number...
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Populating the PlaceHolderTitleBreadcrumb in a Custom Site Collection Settings Page
02 July 09 09:02 PM | Mike Knowles
This article provides a template for adding the breadcrumb to the top of your custom settings pages. If you are unfamiliar with the steps involved to create a custom settings page and have it show up in the links in the Site Collection Administrators...
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Convert Visual Studio 2008 Class Library Project to Web Application Project
18 June 09 02:11 AM | Mike Knowles
Have you ever started out developing a class library for web parts or utility classes only to realize you later need to add a User Control or Page to the project? This can happen when working with SharePoint solutions as a popular way to develop and package...
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Add Google Analytics to a SharePoint Publishing Site
17 May 09 06:12 PM | Mike Knowles
Google Analytics is a web traffic and demographics reporting service provided free of charge by Google. Google Analytics functionality can be added to any web site by setting up an account and adding a snippet of JavaScript to every page within the web...
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Adding a FavIcon to a Website
19 March 09 05:16 AM | Mike Knowles
An easy way to modernize your website is to add a favicon - which is the small postage stamp-like image displayed in Firefox and IE7 next to the address bar and the tab name. Adding a favicon to your website is easy and doesn't require modifying any...
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SharePoint Utility: Check for Group Membership on the Current Site
01 March 09 04:18 PM | Mike Knowles
Here's a simple yet useful method for checking membership in a SharePoint group. This method will return true or false to indicate if the current user is a member of the specified SharePoint group in the current site. The current user is obtained...
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SharePoint Publishing and Browser Cache Content Updates
20 February 09 05:37 AM | Mike Knowles
When developing with SharePoint it can be frustrating when changes are deployed and activated in a Solution package and the changes do not appear in the browser. This can include CSS, image, and JavaScript files and also Master Page and Page Layout changes...
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Configuring log4net for SharePoint Windows Authentication
17 February 09 06:06 AM | Mike Knowles
Apache log4net is my logging tool of choice for .NET applications, including custom code deployed to SharePoint web applications. log4net provides multiple log destinations, or appenders, to which output can be written by calling methods in the log4net...
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SharePoint Saturday KC Source Code
09 February 09 02:51 PM | Mike Knowles
Click below to download the full source code from my presentation Saturday on developing custom editors for SharePoint WebParts. Download Source Code (107 KB zip file) Reference Articles: Working with ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts and Windows SharePoint Services...
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How to Customize SharePoint Publishing Content Editing Styles
31 January 09 04:33 PM | Mike Knowles
When working within a SharePoint Publishing site, content editors can enter html using the WYSIWIG editor within a PublishingPageContent Field Control or a Content Editor Web Part. When a site collection is created from the Publishing Portal site definition...
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