SharePoint Config

Ari Bakker's thoughts on customising and configuring SharePoint

Archive for May, 2007

Changing the RSS feed for a SharePoint Blog

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This post shows how you can update the RSS feed for your SharePoint blog. This is useful if you want to take advantage of services such as feedburner that provide statistics on the number and type of subscribers a blog has. Continue reading Changing the RSS feed for a SharePoint Blog »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 31st, 2007 at 10:11 am

Posted in Blog Customisation

MOSS Site Templates Not Compatible With WSS

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Something that I wasn’t aware of until now is the fact that if you save a site template in MOSS 2007 it will not work in WSS 3.0. Continue reading MOSS Site Templates Not Compatible With WSS »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 29th, 2007 at 10:46 am

Posted in Errors,Templates

Custom Blog Site Template

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If you are using the out of the box SharePoint blog site and want to change the look and feel away from the ‘boxy’ SharePoint look this post is for you. Continue reading Custom Blog Site Template »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 29th, 2007 at 9:50 am

Posted in Blog Customisation

Increasing the maximum size of list templates

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Saving a list as a template is an easy way of transferring data from one place to another in SharePoint. By default, however, the maximum size of list templates in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 is 10MB. Continue reading Increasing the maximum size of list templates »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 23rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm

Standard vs Enterprise MOSS

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So what is the difference between the standard and enterprise licenses for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server? The short answer is business intelligence and forms (or business process if you are a pie person). Continue reading Standard vs Enterprise MOSS »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 22nd, 2007 at 10:55 pm

Posted in MOSS

APAC SharePoint Conference Day 2

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A brief overview of the sessions I attended on the second day of the Asia Pacific SharePoint Conference (the first day was strategy day). Continue reading APAC SharePoint Conference Day 2 »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 21st, 2007 at 11:13 pm

Posted in Events,SPCAPAC

SharePoint APAC Conference

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Earlier this week I attended the Asia Pacific SharePoint conference in Sydney. I learnt how to play craps (and some SharePoint stuff), met many interesting people and even made it to the beach. Continue reading SharePoint APAC Conference »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 17th, 2007 at 10:34 pm

Posted in Events,SPCAPAC

Enhanced SharePoint Blog Edition

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I’m pleased to report that the project to develop an enhanced blog edition for SharePoint is now underway. We had our first meeting this morning and it looks like this will be a great project to be involved in. On the feature list are items such as tag clouds, trackbacks, pingbacks, CAPTCHA integration, and some great looking master pages. Continue reading Enhanced SharePoint Blog Edition »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 9th, 2007 at 11:35 pm

Posted in Blog Customisation

Customising the RichHtmlField Styles Menu

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This post shows how you can customise the list of styles that are available inside a RichHtmlField control in SharePoint 2007. Continue reading Customising the RichHtmlField Styles Menu »

Written by Ari Bakker

May 2nd, 2007 at 7:56 am