Just my ramblings on technology and software development
This morning I threw together some quick instructions for a client on customizing the Core Results Web Part and adding additional fields to the MOSS Search Results. I hadn’t planned on posting it, but as I already had it done … Read More »
I’m constantly digging around to find a copy of an Identity XSL to use in my SharePoint development. As so much of SharePoint can be modified through XSL customizations, it’s important to be able to get a copy of the … Read More »
Before you can use Server 2008 (r1 or r2) as a Web Front End in your SharePoint farm, you’ll need to enable some new roles. With a new release of Server, and a new release of SharePoint on their … Read More »
In a decent sized SharePoint farm there are *many* moving pieces. At least 5 servers, probably 10 nics, SAN’s, SQL, MOSS, IIS, Load balancers and Kerberos issues. It can be difficult to figure out what is causing performance problems sometimes. … Read More »
There are many articles on the web regarding this seemingly daunting task. Today I ran into one that is by far the most complete, and easiest to follow. Hopefully this will help you, or your clients, get the job done … Read More »
I’ve decided to do a little series on SharePoint Tips for Developers, which will focus on common tasks that aren’t immediately obvious, hopefully saving people some time in their day to day work. Our first tip is about enumerating the … Read More »
July 31st will be a great day for SharePoint, as that’s when the DEFCON 2009 conference kicks off, and this year the conference will actually have a session about SharePoint 2007! So why are a bunch of hacker-types interested … Read More »
While I was setting up SharePoint in Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate I was becoming quite frusterated by the Internet Explorer ESC (Enhanced Security Configuration). It took me a while to realize you could no longer disable this through … Read More »
With Windows Server 2008 R2 available as a release candidate, you may have tried installing MOSS on it already without success and received an error similar to this: “The program is blocked due to compatibility issues”. SharePoint SP2 enables compatibility … Read More »
By default, SharePoint will list the link to your site collection (“Home” generally) as the first ‘tab’ on the main navigation bar. This is easy to remove via CSS, simply target that specific node by adding this to your style … Read More »