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Custom Event Content Type
I was tasked with creating a custom Event List (i.e. Calendar) to be deployed as a feature. I was confused, because even though I had successfully added the additional fields [...]
Feature Dependency Order
I recently ran across a helpful blog entry by the Norwegian MCS Information Worker team, which succinctly outlines the relationships between features, in terms of activation dependencies across scopes and [...]
“This page has been modified since you opened it” Error
I was at a client recently where I had created a Solution Package for bundling up a Feature that provisioned the Master Page, stlyles, Page Layouts, etc., for a Publishing [...]
Page Layouts not Updating on Solution Upgrade
One of the more complicated, and yet fundamental aspects of SharePoint is the concept of "customization" or "unghosting". When a page is not customized, it should refer to the definition [...]
Applying a Master Page Globally
It's very common to need to apply a custom master page to your SharePoint site. Very frequently you need to apply your custom master page to all sites within your [...]
E-mailing a Document from a SharePoint Document Library
By default, SharePoint Document Libraries enable a person to e-mail a link to a document in a document library. This makes sense, because from a security perspective, you want to [...]
Using Yahoo! Maps to Create a Locator Application
It's very common for a company to want to create a section of their web site where users can type in their address and figure out which location of a [...]
Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 Administrator’s Companion
There are very few SharePoint 2007 books on the market yet. It looks like a whole lot more are slated to be published this spring. As they come out I'll [...]
The World is Flat
The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman. The subtitle of the book is "A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century", and it lives up to its title. Although the book [...]
Dynamically Assigning an ASP.NET Theme
OK, so, at my current client, I ran into a problem: I wanted to be able to switch up themes based on a user's profile, but the user's profile is [...]
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