Updated RSS Aggregator Web Part(Eric Shupps, Binarywaves)
I have posted an updated version of my RSS Aggregator web part here. The new version includes some stability enhancements, better error reporting, and the option to open links in a new window. Unfortunately I don’t have time at the moment to implement some of the other changes people have asked for, like XSL Formatting and summary text, but hopefully I’ll get around to those soon. The zip file includes full source code and a readme file with installation instructions.
Localizing SharePoint 2007 site columns using resource files(Ton Stegeman, SharePoint blogs).
The site columns that are deployed by SharePoint are localized out of the box. In a Dutch SharePoint site, the displayname of field “Date Picture Taken†is “Afbeelding gemaakt opâ€. In this post I will show you how to do this for your own . The XML definition for the displayname of this field (from the fields feature looks like this:
A common trick in CSS design is to set a background image in the body tag for a site that contains a lot of the graphic elements of a site. This is often used to create colored columns and bars in CSS only design. See a screenshot. For example:
body {
background: url(”myimage.gif”);
}
When you do this in SharePoint, the background image will also appear in the Rich Text Editor used in the Content Editor Web Part. See a screenshot.
SharePoint & Outlook – The Perfect Link(Microsoft Outlook team, MSDN blogs)
Outlook 2003 introduced integration with SharePoint, allowing you to see some SharePoint information (like calendars) in Outlook alongside your personal information. In Outlook 2007, we made this a whole lot better.
Here we’ll focus on the new Document Library syncing capability that allows you to easily access, preview, search, and edit your SharePoint document libraries in Outlook.
To begin, let’s start by syncing an existing Document Library to Outlook:
Microsoft SharePoint Deployment Planning Services(John Westworth, Technet blogs)
As organizations of all sizes around the world deploy Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server, they are engaging with trusted partners to assist with the planning of this critical IT responsibility. Through SharePoint Deployment Planning Services , Microsoft provides you with the tools, training and support needed to take advantage of this opportunity to help eligible customers overcome that challenge, while helping you to increase revenue and grow your business in the process.
Configuring external web farm FQDN after you create pool(Chad A. Lacy, Technet Blogs)
Many enterprises set up their OCS environment initially without plans to connect it externally and later decide that they do want to make OCS available externally. The natural tendency is to re-run the setup and check the box for external access. However, this does not completely configure everything as it would if you had done this the first time. Most importantly, the external URLs for the web components server are not populated.
Uploading Spreadsheets into SharePoint Lists(Sean Earp, Technet blogs)
Ran into an interesting issue when trying to upload a spreadsheet from Excel 2007 into SharePoint 2007.
To do so, you would normally click on Site Actions –> Create –> Import Spreadsheet. In the past, I have found this to be the easiest way to create and populate a SharePoint List. however, when doing so today, I got the following:
Import to Windows SharePoint Services list
Workaround - “Error” in navigation when creating a publishing site from code(Ishai Sagi, SharePoint Tips and Tricks)
Since I started working with sharepoint 2007 I was puzzled by this bug, and recently I asked more people how said they have that too. The problem happens when you use the API to create a site out of a template that has the publishing feature activated in it. The site is created ok, but the first user to open the site will see a very odd tab and quick-launch:
Creating features using the ElementFile node(Robin Meure, Robin’s SharePoint blog)
Andrew Connell (one of the best known SharePoint MVP’s around) has posted an article about using the, rather unknown, ElementFile node in which you can specify which files are included in your custom feature definition. So why do you wan to do this you might wonder.. well.. read the following snippet
SharePoint Beagle(Bob Fox, Bob Fox’s SharePoint blog)
I’m excited to announce a new offering by our very own Bob Mixon. He is about to release the first issue of a monthly Newsletter catering to all things Sharepoint. So why am I so excited? I’m one of the first featured contributors so get your butts over to www.BobMixonConsulting.com and sign up. Yes it’s free JÂ
Creating custom columns(A. James, geekswithblogs.net)
This one isfrom one of our team here at Solidsoft - Dave Robinson:
When creating any custom columns for content types, create the field without a space and then rename the field to include any spaces.
e.g If you have a field ‘Sox Reference’, create the field with a name of ‘SoxReference’ and then edit the field to make it ‘Sox Reference’.
If you have installed Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, either the standard or enterprise editions, then you have one or more site collections based on the Collaboration Portal and / or Publishing Portal site definitions. Within each of these site collections you will have a number of subsites based on Web Content Management-enabled SharePoint site definitions, which I refer to as publishing sites and a number of sites based on non-publishing site definitions or templates, such as, the team sites or meeting workspaces.
Known SharePoint Issue: Switching from inherited to custom permissions!(Chad Clarkes, SharePoint blogs)
SharePoint has a known issue when you’re working with the Security of SharePoint. When you are working with the permission in Sharepoint and want to go back and forth between inherited and custom security, MOSS 2007 gets mad. Breaks the entire portal.
Customize Announcements Summary View(Ryan McIntyre, SharePoint blogs)
While looking at customizing some home page content (including the Announcements summary web part), I came across this little gem describing how to do things like remove the By and Modified date from the display
Getting a pulse on the SharePoint blogosphere(Andrew Connell, AndrewConnell.com)
A while ago Dustin Miller offered to mirror your blog as long as it was SharePoint related through “the” place for a SharePoint blog: SharePointBlogs.com naturally. After seeing how it was implemented I jumped on board. Wow… now that was one smart move.
So here’s how it works.
Versioning settings on document libraries(Mirjam van Olst, SharePoint blogs)
Yesterday we got a question from a customer whether is was possible to have versioning on a library, and at the same time disabling the check in/ check out option. I didn’t know, but after a view minutes of looking around, my colleague Casper found the settings in the document library settings under Versioning Settings.
Requirement:  You have designed an InfoPath Form Template and published it as a Content Type.  You have a Form Library where you have made this Content Type as the Default Content Type. You have added few Forms which are associated with this Form Template or Content Type.
Exchange Managed Folders syncing to SharePoint(Mark Harrison, MarkHarisson.co.uk)
Plan e-mail message records retention:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/8f752e21-b5af-4ed1-b48e-26a72a6d3eaf1033.mspx?mfr=true
Email Enabled Lists in Moss2007 RTM using Exchange 2007:
http://www.combined-knowledge.com/Downloads%202007.htm
Exercise caution applying the SharePoint Daylight Savings Hotfix(Zac Smith, zac.provoke.co.nz)
After applying a number of successful New Zealand Daylight savings hot fixes we came across one that brought down an entire SharePoint farm. The patch seemed to install ok but the SharePoint products and technologies wizard threw an error around step 9.
Generating Test Data(Ethan Bertsch, SharePoint blogs)
Often times there is a need to have some good test data in lists or libraries for development, testing and demos. This post is specific to the SharePoint Work Acceleration Toolkit (SWAT) from iDevFactory. You can find the tool here
WSS v3 Feature definitions (feature.xml) files contain a section that points to files that do most of the heavy lifting of a Feature: <ElementManifests />. This section is where you specify your element manifest files that contain CAML markup that is processed as instructions upon Feature activation. These element manifest files are deployed using the <ElementManifest> element.
However there is a lesser known element that you can use in this same location to your advantage.
SharePoint Wiki: Create pages based on a template(Michael Hofer, SharePoint blogs)
To make Wiki pages look uniform, it would be handy if there was always the same template used when the pages  are created. Unfortunately, WSS 3.0/MOSS 2007 doesn’t support this functionality (yet). The below paragraphs show the concept on how to achieve this functionality. Neither the code nor the configuration steps described are suitable for a production environment – they are just the proof-of-concept that it is possible. Adopt it freely!
Kerberos and MOSS case sensitive?(Shane, MSMVPS blogs)
Warning I am not a Windows AD Security “expert”, I don’t play one on TV, and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. 
Ok, so it is 1 am in the morning and I am working on my labs for Professional SharePoint Administration. In the class we do a least-privilege install where we end up with about 8 different accounts. Then we configure the whole farm to use Kerberos authentication. Lots of fun and I really think it is important to understand. It isn’t hard to do, just tedious. Anyway.
SharePoint Programmatically: Managing Solutions(Waldek Mastykarz,
Managing SharePoint 2007 Solutions programmatically isn’t a daily-matter: some of you might even participate on quite a few projects without even coming close to it. As I have worked with it recently a bit I would like to share my findings with you.
MOSS2007 – Show InfoPath fields within CQWP (Yes you can)(Liam Cleary, HelloItsLiam.com)
In the last post I had been investigating if it was possible to view the fields that are created by the “Administrator Approved” InfoPath forms. After a little tip from Adri Verlaan from Microsoft, I have been able to get the columns to render. To begin one the main issue was finding the actual field names that are being used.
Why is SharePoint slow when I first use it?(Andrew Woodward, 21apps.com)
Following a recent forum thread on the subject I thought it would be useful post something for all of the people who have recently moved to MOSS.
Quote for Joel Oleson:
Ever had users say, for some odd reason some times when I hit my SharePoint site it takes 30 seconds to load, then after a refresh it goes sub second, even clearing their cache the page is fast.
Friendly “Cannot Connect to the database” error someone?(Robin Meure, Robin’s SharePoint blog)
Does anyone know how to modify the (as a mate perfectly described it) awful white page with “Cannot connect to database” written in black across the top? It seems that no real html file is being written/rendered.
2 Stage Recycle Bin and recovery thoughts(Joel Oleson, MSDN Blogs)
Got a question today about how to think about the recycle bin. Here are some thoughts.
Actually by default there are 2 stages of the recycle bin with built in retention policies and flushing built in by default. You don’t have to do anything to take advantage of the end user item and list recycle bin functionality.
Mastering InfoPath Development Series(Steve Sofian,SharePoint blogs)
Adam Buenz of SharePointSecuity.com has published a set of comprehensive Mastering InfoPath Development Series.
Mystery of the _Hidden Event Content Type(Doug W, Elumenotion.com)
Earlier this week I was putting together a demo for an upcoming user group meeting about lists and content types where I was creating a new content type that would support some contact information and some calendaring information. The content type is used in two different lists. One is a contact list that can be connected to Outlook as a contact view and the other is a calendar that can be connected to Outlook as a calendar.
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