Nov 29
A long time colleague of mine at Infotech whom also happens to be a very talented designer/developer has taken the leap into the SharePoint Blogging space. Expect some great tips, tricks and tidbits from him in the coming months. In his spare time he also works the Apple space, delivering a couple of well known iPad/iPhone Apps such as Awaken.
This is a blog you’ll want to keep an eye on
http://sharepointjoint.net/
Nov 15
SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2010 Customization No Comments
The title of this post sounds something like a joke but alas it’s no joke but rather an unpleasant error you may encounter at some point using SharePoint Server 2010.
If you have a Content Query Web Part (CQWP) on a page that is pointing to a SharePoint Library (Asset, Picture, or Document), you may discover that an anonymous user will receive an exception error similar to the following when they access the page.
Unable to display this Web Part. To troubleshoot the problem, open this Web page in a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible HTML editor such as Microsoft SharePoint Designer. If the problem persists, contact your Web server administrator.Correlation ID: Blah Blah Blah
Meanwhile an authenticated user will see the content just fine. At first, my instinct was to look to see if I had made an error in the custom xsl that I had applied to the web part. But alas, I then remembered that I do not make errors. (Just kidding!!!) However applying a default style resulted in the same error. As did pointing the web part to another library and trying different page layouts etc… I then thought perhaps that a stylesheet was checked out and not published as that might help explain the different behaviour for the different user types. But again this turned out not to be the issue.
Then I did some searching around and found a great blog post by Waldek Mastykarz that is the solution to the above error. Essentially the problem is caused by missing values for the CommonViewFields property of your web part. By exporting the web part, opening it in Notepad and replacing the CommonViewFields property line with Waldek’s suggested properties and importing the web part back onto the page – you are golden!
A big thanks to Waldek for coming up with this fix! Saved me a major headache.
Nov 13
If you ever find yourself missing a scroll bar on the web part properties panel (The panel that pops up on the right when you select edit web part) – then your most likely culprit (and fix) is MSO_ContentDiv.
Simply Add: <div id=”MSO_ContentDiv” runat=”server”> around PlaceHolderMain in all master pages used.
Likewise, if you are having strange alignment issues with your web part properties panel, this should help to fix it.
Oct 29
SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2010 Customization 1 Comment
It seems there are alot of folks with questions regarding branding/customizing the SharePoint 2010 UI. I am going to use this opportunity to step back into the blogging more heavily and help to answer some of those questions.
In the coming days and weeks I will be posting a series blogs related to branding/customization from a designers perspective, not a developers perspective. I will include all source files including PSD’s, Master Pages, Page Layouts and Style Sheets.
The following topics will be front and center in the posts:
Get ready… Guess who’s back!
Oct 21
SharePoint 2007 SharePoint 2007 No Comments
We recently ran into an issue with all the navigation links showing up in Search results in SharePoint 2007 (MOSS).
After some research and tinkering our dev team has reported that adding the following robots meta tag to the master page fixes the issue:
Meta name="Robots" content="NOHTMLINDEX"
Sep 14
Join us 8pm EST on Wednesday, September 29th for another SharePoint Nation! User Group Meeting and Webcast featuring Dux Raymond Sy (http://www.meetdux.com).
Session Abstract:
Effectively Leveraging Project 2010 with SharePoint 2010 for Project Management Success
Microsoft Project is a project management tool widely used by project managers today. Its’ ability to support project managers to define a schedule, assign resources to tasks and track project status has been instrumental in contributing to project success. However, it can be a challenge for a project manager to share project information and collaborate with the project team with Microsoft Project alone. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 can complement Microsoft Project 2010 and address this gap.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Effectively create a Microsoft Project Plan
- Create a SharePoint-based Project Management Information System (PMIS)
- Integrate Microsoft Project information with SharePoint
- Empower a project team to collaboratively share relevant information
- Build a project management dashboard in SharePoint
Jul 23
For those of you that are struggling with breadcrumb customization in SharePoint 2010 (as I have), I would strongly advise on using the breadcrumb from nightandday.master – after several hours of trial and error this breadcrumb acts as expected.
Happy Customizin’
Jul 18
Do you have questions about SharePoint? Want to learn more about the recently launched SharePoint 2010? By popular request, SharePoint MVPs from around the world are participating in a live chat event about SharePoint. These Q&A events are a great opportunity to tap into the vast knowledge of these industry professionals who are regarded as the best in their field.
Please join us on Wednesday July 21st at 9am PDT!
Jul 02
Join us on Wednesday, July 21st at 8PM EDT for another SharePoint Nation Virtual User Group Meeting featuring Geoff Varosky. Details below:
Creating Custom Actions within SharePoint
Custom Actions control features in SharePoint such as the Edit Control Block, the Site Actions menu, toolbars, and the links within the Site Settings page. Learn how to leverage Custom Actions to extend the SharePoint User Interface. This session will describe the basics of Custom Actions, a demonstration to build one or more and apply them to a site in SharePoint, as well as provide resources for additional information.
Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Presenter Name: Geoff Varosky
Email: gvarosky@grace-hunt.com
Twitter: @gvaro
Blog: http://www.geoffvarosky.com
Photo: http://www.grace-hunt.com/PublishingImages/Geoff150.jpg
Bio: Geoff Varosky (MCP, MCTS) is a Senior Solutions Developer for Grace-Hunt, LLC (http://www.grace-hunt.com), a Microsoft Gold Partner focusing on SharePoint and Dynamics Solutions based out of Hudson, MA. He has been architecting and developing web based applications for over a decade, and has been working with SharePoint Technologies for the past 6 years. Geoff is an active member of the SharePoint community, and speaks regularly at SharePoint events and user groups, and maintains a blog on SharePoint at http://www.geoffvarosky.com.
Live Meeting Address:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=N2MK63&role=attend&pw=SPN072110
Jun 30
SharePoint 2010 Customization SharePoint 2010 No Comments
As I dive deep into the world of SharePoint 2010 Customization I will be sharing with you some of the resources/links I find along the way on a new page just created on the site:
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