SharePoint Config

If you are using the SharePoint object model to return list items, the items are security trimmed based on the rights of the user running the code. In most cases this is great, you don’t have to do any manipulation of the items returned from CAML queries to ensure users only see what they have access to. Continue reading Returning approved SharePoint list items from a console application »

Provoke took home top honours in Microsoft’s partner awards last week for the MOSS based intranet developed for the Ministry of Transport. The intranet won both the Business Productivity Solution award as well as the overall Partner Solution of the Year award that was decided from winners of all 12 categories. Continue reading MOSS intranet wins awards »

If you are referencing resources such as style sheets, images, JavaScript etc in a SharePoint environment you need to be careful to ensure that URLs are relative to the current site (or site collection) so that if sites are moved the references don’t break. For example if you are referencing a style sheet from a master page in a publishing site you will probably want the link to be relative to the site collection so that sites below the root still reference the style sheets at the top level. Continue reading Relative URLs in SharePoint »

Mark Jones has a great article on SharePoint 2007 development and engineering practices that offers some real world learning’s from SharePoint projects. The article is based on his experiences on three MOSS projects and offers valuable insight in what to look for in these types of project. Continue reading SharePoint development learning’s »

Debugging in WSS 3.0 or MOSS is similar to debugging a standard ASP.NET application but there are several differences that can catch you out. In this post I will go through some of the basic techniques you can use to get more information than the “An unexpected error has occurred” message. Continue reading Debugging in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 »

Another great white paper for developers and anyone else dealing with large lists in SharePoint, the recently released Working with Large Lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007 white paper provides a great comparison of the query methods available for SharePoint lists. Continue reading New SharePoint Whitepaper – Working with Large Lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007 »

I was having a look at some of the many SharePoint related projects on CodePlex and the MetaTagGenerator control caught my eye. This is a very simple but useful control for creating tags for pages within a content managed MOSS site. Continue reading Meta Tag Generator »

Telerik’s RadEditor for MOSS 2007 is a great cross-browser substitute for the default rich-text editor provided by MOSS. They are now offering two versions, a Lite (free) edition that provides similar functionality to the default rich-text editor, and a full version that provides additional features such as in-line AJAX spellchecking and pasting rich-text formatted content from Word. Continue reading Telerik RadEditor for MOSS 2007 »

The recently released SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Policy 2007 White Paper provides a great starting point for implementing and managing customisations in a SharePoint based environment. The paper contains a list of customisations that are possible with WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 and provides guidance on how and when to use each type of customisation. It also contains information on what is and isn’t supported. Continue reading SharePoint Customisation Policy 2007 White Paper »

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 »