1 Feb 2009
TweetI used to use Visio 2007 for wire frames, but it was a daunting task to update those wire frames! Now I am using Mockups by Balsamiq.com It is quite amazing how fast you can prototype pages, basically in minutes you can have several pages mocked up. This tool is perfect for working sessions with [...]
31 Jan 2009
TweetMany times during a project, you hit a requirement to have the ability to display an org chart on your SharePoint portal, and because there are many options to do this, it is difficult to know what approach is best for your particular scenario. Here is a quick way of developing an org chart that [...]
20 Jan 2009
TweetIf you are running a 64bit OS, IIS by default will be running in 32bit mode. This will be a problem once you start going through the install process for MOSS 2007. The command you want to run to change the mode on IIS is: cscript DriveLetter:\inetpub\AdminScripts\adsutil.vbs set w3svc/AppPools/Enable32BitAppOnWin64 0 If you have previously installed [...]
27 Oct 2008
Tweet A while back my friend Brendon Schwartz a SharePoint MVP, asked me to contribute to his new book which will be published on February 2009. I can’t wait to get a copy of it. I know he is excited as well, and I am happy to have had the opportunity to contribute. You can [...]
27 Sep 2008
TweetI have been working on a project where I needed to do some extensive manipulation of data on a List Event Handler ItemUpdated Event. Here are a few samples of how Lambda Expressions and LINQ Extension Methods, (Scott Guthrie has a great intro article) saved the day for me. First, I have a function which [...]
27 Aug 2008
Tweet Was working on getting Tasks assigned to a user on a custom DataViewWebPart titled “My Critical Tasks”. It is easy to obtain past due items, but sometimes you need both Past Due and due in X number of days. I was battling (as with anything SharePoint) with this CAML query, but finally got this [...]
13 Aug 2008
Tweet On my current project we had a requirement where based on the user browsing the SP Site, I needed to set the value of a MultiChoice Field to yes/no. At first, I had difficult time figuring out why my code was not updating the value of my field. Here is what works! Specifically, the [...]
24 Jun 2008
TweetRan into a nice little scenario where my client wanted to know how many business days were remaining prior to a Task Due Date. Once I had this date, I built a nice DataViewWebPart (see Figure 3) with the SharePoint Designer! This is what I came up with, hope it helps you! A) Create a [...]
22 Feb 2008
TweetHave you ever gotten a request from your client on having short urls for some SharePoint sites, even if they are deep in the hierarchy of your portal? Here is one way I have implemented this to allow a site to be accessible via a url such as http://editorial NOTE: This is not the same [...]
30 Jan 2008
Tweet As you may or may not know, there are thousands of ways to accomplish development and customization tasks in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0. At one point or another, as a MOSS Consultant, you will be faced with the task of creating custom application pages. If you have an extensive web application development experience [...]
SharePoint 2010 – Current iPhone User Experience 
SharePoint 2010 Rich Media – Skinning the MediaPlayer and using it as a Page Field on a Publishing Page 
Building Dashboards Using SharePoint Designer 2007 – Techniques using Linked Data Sources 
SharePoint List Calculated Column – Calculate Business Days 
SPGridView – Using a custom TemplateField to add a Checkbox Column 
