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How to hide the Quick Launch...
The Quick Launch (a.k.a Current Navigation) is available on SharePoint sites to help users navigate to the appropriate lists, libraries and pages. However, on the rare occasion you are asked to hide the Quick Launch (shown in red) you can follow this Read More...
Integrate IE7 Instant Search with SharePoint Search
A nice way of increasing adoption of SharePoint within your organisation is to make SharePoint Search available from within IE7’s Instant Search Box (as shown below): When a user enters a search term, clicks SharePoint and presses return, they will be Read More...
Taking SharePoint Files Offline – When to use Outlook 2007, Groove 2007 and/or OneNote 2007
Aim This blog post aims to compare how Outlook 2007 , Groove 2007 and OneNote 2007 enable users to take files offline from SharePoint. Hopefully, this will be useful for those who work remotely (away from ‘the office’) but want to view, edit and update Read More...
Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint Released!
Codeplex has recently released the source code for the Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint project —based on the Silverlight Beta 2 release. The Silverlight Blueprints for SharePoint provide a way for developers to better understand how to integrate Read More...
"Cloud Services" = SharePoint Online
I recently came across a new product we are creating called SharePoint Online . As the name suggests, the product is web/cloud based and as a result is excellent for scenarios where you have people working remotely or in different geographic locations. Read More...
Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297) Released = Enterprise Search Features Available!
The SharePoint team has recently announced the release of an Infrastructure Update for Microsoft Office Servers (KB951297). This update includes Enterprise Search improvements for SharePoint Server 2007. To me, the initial "wow factor" comes from the Read More...
SharePoint KPI List in Digital Picture Frame!
I have recently seen a very interesting blog post from Edward Wilde who has been able to integrate a SharePoint KPI list with a digital picture frame . This allows a CxO/Manager to track organisational performance very easily. I think this is a great Read More...
Making Web Parts in Visual Studio 2008? Use Smart Templates
If you are looking for a starting point when making Web Parts in the latest version of Visual Studio (2008) it could be worth visiting http://www.codeplex.com/smarttemplates . The SmartPart Web Part project is a great initiative and can be seen in use Read More...
Functions for use in a MOSS 2007 column ([Today] [Me] [Other??])
Following the recent questions from my last post I thought it would be useful to highlight what functions are available when creating a column in a list/library within MOSS 2007. This can be useful when creating a: Calculated column based on other columns Read More...
How to see items added to a SharePoint list/library that meet a custom date value?
This post will describe how to create a view of a SharePoint list or library which displays the items/documents that meet a custom date value. Scenario A 'New Employees' view is needed on an 'Employees' list to allow the Head of HR to see who has joined Read More...
How to see items added to a SharePoint list/library in the last X days?
This post will describe how to create a v iew of a SharePoint list or library which displays the items/documents that have been added to a list or library in the last X number of days (X is a variable you define). Scenario A 'Recent Requests' view is Read More...
Groove 2007 vs MOSS 2007 vs WSS 3.0 vs Communicator 2007 (Part 6)
This posts follows on from Post 5 and is part of a 6 part series of posts. Conclusion After reviewing Posts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 I have come to the conclusion that: · Groove 2007 is suitable for short-term projects in which teams are small, have limited Read More...
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