Mike Knowles on SharePoint

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)

SharePoint Flash WebPart

Mike Knowles — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:05:38 GMT

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...(read more)

Configure Windows 7 to Wake-Up for Windows Backup

Mike Knowles — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:17:32 GMT

Recently after installing Windows 7 and configuring Windows Backup to run weekly I found that if system was not running due to a Power Management sleep that Windows does not automatically wake-up to run the scheduled backup. This meant when I would login...(read more)

Building a SharePoint Solution Setup.exe

Mike Knowles — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Resources for Finding a Domain Name

Mike Knowles — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Tried to register a domain name lately? It’s getting tough to come up with a reasonably short and usable name in the .com domain that’s not taken. This post details the most useful resources I came across when recently trying to come up with a new name...(read more)

Integrating SharePoint Windows Authentication and the ASP.NET SqlProfileProvider

Mike Knowles — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:10:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Automate the Display of SharePoint Application Pool Process IDs with a Batch Script

Mike Knowles — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Enable Google Analytics Page Tracking in a Single-Name Intranet Site

Mike Knowles — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Populating the PlaceHolderTitleBreadcrumb in a Custom Site Collection Settings Page

Mike Knowles — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:02:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Convert Visual Studio 2008 Class Library Project to Web Application Project

Mike Knowles — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:11:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Multiple Browser Windows Media Player Object Tag

Mike Knowles — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:31:00 GMT

This post describes how to build an object tag for Windows Media Player that will work on multiple browsers. Recently while writing some code for Windows Media Player, I took a walk down Google lane and came across an article on A List Apart by Elizabeth...(read more)

Integrating jQuery 1.3, ASP.NET 3.5 Visual Studio 2008

Mike Knowles — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:56:30 GMT

jQuery 1.3 was released earlier this year with many new features , most notably improved CSS selectors and event handling. Microsoft and the jQuery team are working together on development and support of the jQuery framework and integrating it into the...(read more)

Add Google Analytics to a SharePoint Publishing Site

Mike Knowles — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:12:44 GMT

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...(read more)

Embellish dasBlog Postings with an AddThis Share Button

Mike Knowles — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:28:00 GMT

AddThis provides an easy way to allow readers of your blog to post to popular bookmark and social networking sites like delicious and digg . This post describes how to add an AddThis Share button at the end of your dasBlog postings. 1. Visit AddThis Read...(read more)

Google-Friendly Master Pages

Mike Knowles — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:23:52 GMT

When building ASP.NET Master Pages there are some simple approaches that will improve your search engine rankings, result displays, and integration with Google form-based tools such as Custom Search and AdSense. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the...(read more)