SharePoint Menu’s using the Ribbon with Silverlight

I have been totally distracted by Silverlight. At first I thought of it as just a Flash compete but now that I can see how it can be used to present SharePoint managed data I’m sold.

With a bit of imagination (Ok, a lot of imagination), I can see a radical change in the SharePoint UI.

Just have a look at this prototype Silverlight Ribbon http://xmldocs.net/

I’m thinking of a very experimental master page for my web site (maybe not on the production site ;-).

Working with Managed Paths

Bob Fox has done a great job on providing screencasts for some administrative functions in SharePoint 2007 and we all hope he continues doing a great job. There are several screencasts that he has produced and today I’m going to focus on Working with Managed Paths

New Twist On Popfly Mashup for SharePoint: Family Trip Map

While building out a demo scenario for my upcoming video series on Building Brand and Loyalty through Social Networking I did some further mapping mashup experimentation in Popfly and came up with a new map I have integrated on this site.

KB Article:

Description of the SharePoint Server 2007 hotfix package: May 25, 2007

Creating a SharePoint Virtual PC Image for Development

Wow! Over at the SharePointReporter blog Tony Zink has set up a comprehensive how to set of tutorials on creating a SharePoint Virtual PC image for development purposes. Very cool. You can check out “How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: The Whole 9 Yards” here.

SharePoint Products and Technologies customization policy (white paper)

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies such as Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 are highly customizable. This makes these products and technologies extremely flexible and adaptable to the needs of the enterprise. However, hosting customizations can be challenging to the IT organization.