Troubles opening Windows Explorer from a Document Library in SharePoint 2010
Ever come across the issue where a document library refuses to open in Windows Explorer with SharePoint Foundation 2010? I came across an issue – whenever I opened a document library in Windows...
View ArticleOptimising a Virtual Machine in a SharePoint 2010 Dev Environment
Very, very useful post by Andre. http://blogit.create.pt/blogs/andrevala/archive/2010/03/06/Optimizing-a-VM-for-SharePoint-2010.aspx
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2010
I will highly recommend Penny Coventry’s SharePoint Deisgner 2010 step by step book. I have had a particular interest in workflows over the last few months and have made a great solution for a new...
View ArticleEmail attachments from a Document Library in SharePoint 2010
I have had to look into how we can email attachments from Document Libraries in SharePoint 2010. Bear in mind, Microsoft will only allow you to email links out but is a little annoying when you have to...
View ArticleHyperlink/Picture Column does not display image
I came across a very interesting issue. I had a simple custom SharePoint List library. One of the columns was a “headshot” formatted as a Picture to allow users to paste in a URL of their pictures. In...
View Article“An error occurred when updating a property”– SharePoint 2010
So I have spent a day and a bit trying to do something very simple in the User Profile Service Application in SharePoint 2010. Add a new managed property and map it to an attribute in AD. Sounds simple...
View ArticleUser Profile Service – Pictures simply not updating AD Thumbnailphoto attribute
I have been facing an issue with the thumbnail photo attribute in AD not updating This blog was a godsend:...
View Article‘New Document’ requires a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible...
Office 2013 is not compatible with SharePoint 2010. I have seen when creating content from a document library, a dialog box states that a SharePoint Foundation compatible application and web browser is...
View ArticleData View WebPart – Format Any value-of select to wrap text
Latest “bang my head on the desk” moment was to wrap text in a data view web part. The XLST was modified to show conditional formatting and had columns I wanted, however modifying the width of the...
View ArticleSharePoint Evo Conference 2013
A big thank you to Combined Knowledge and partners that have organised this years conference. Day 2 is over and had a great time learning the quirks that come along SP 2013 I am going to live and...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 – content by search webpart
Over the last few weeks I have got to know a small element of SharePoint 2013. Despite the normal banging my head on the table situation, it is by far a really good product. The Content By Search...
View ArticleAmazing development works in SharePoint 2013
I have had a deep dive into SharePoint 2013 and I am on a cusp of go live In recent weeks I have been in shock and awe with a very little appreciated tool … Powershell. By King George it is amazingly...
View ArticleSharePoint Evo Conference 2013
A big thank you to Combined Knowledge and partners that have organised this years conference. Day 2 is over and had a great time learning the quirks that come along SP 2013 I am going to live and...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 – content by search webpart
Over the last few weeks I have got to know a small element of SharePoint 2013. Despite the normal banging my head on the table situation, it is by far a really good product. The Content By Search...
View ArticleAmazing development works in SharePoint 2013
I have had a deep dive into SharePoint 2013 and I am on a cusp of go live In recent weeks I have been in shock and awe with a very little appreciated tool … Powershell. By King George it is amazingly...
View ArticleThe 2017 Update
It’s been a few years since I updated my blog. Not to say I’ve moved away from Microsoft technologies, no no, far from that, I am more engrossed with SharePoint 2013 on prem. Learnings from the last...
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