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*Had to Republish this as I had some issues this week and accidently deleted it* So last time we went over the basics of what a Content Type is. In the most basic context, a Content Type is a grouping of Meta Data. This time around we are going to look at the basics of creating a Content Type, associating...

The question of the day comes from Chris: Do you know of a way users can save searches as links? Chris - The basic search is a ‘get’ in the URL, so setup the search, click the search button and then copy the URL to use as the href in the link Read More......( read more )

The question of the day comes from Torbjorn: We want to able to track a printed document back to Sharepoint with help of the SharePoint generated id#. A document in Sharepoint gets some kind of id# when it is created (it is the same even after new versions Read More......( read more )

One of the most overlooked and underutilized pieces of WSSv3/MOSS2007 are Content Types. There are many uses, functionalities and services that depend on the proper use and implementation of content types within SharePoint. Over the next few weeks I will be exploring content types and the power they...

One of the topics covered in the SharePoint 2007 - The Basics Workshop is the idea of metadata. We stay away from the ‘data about data’ definition that most examples use because that description is next to useless for someone who has not thought Read More......( read more )

Version 1 Version 2 I have made some changes in the previous version and now users can also upload the original files along with the converted text files into the SharePoint. Click here to download this tool. What to expect next? Capability to extract metadata from the converted text files and uploading...

Janis Hall from MindSharp has written a thoughtful post for the Get the Point Blog on the criteria to use when deciding to create a new library. While not comprehensive, it touches on major issues to consider when deciding how to structure your data. Read More......( read more )

WS-FileConvertor 1.0a WS-FileConvertor is a .NET application that converts image files into text readable format. Currently, the output is TXT files. All image formats are supported including GIF, JPG, TIFF, etc. I have only tested major formats like GIF, BMP, etc. I am still working on this application...

As part of the screencast series for creating a Document Management Center, I demonstrate how to create a library to hold templates that can be attached to content types in various libraries. I received this comment from Susanne: “Have you noticed Read More......( read more )

In SharePoint, metadata is good. Metadata is very good. "That's great," you say, "but what the heck is metadata?" Metadata is data about your data. Got it? Good, I'm glad you're going along with me on that. Ok, ok. Metadata is information you attach to your SharePoint...