How to Work with .wsp files in VS.Net 2010
From those of us who worked with the WSP Builder add-in for Visual Studio back in the SharePoint 2007 days, it might not be absolutely obvious how to work with .wsp files in Visual Studio 2010, but...
View ArticleSave Site as Template – SharePoint 2010
In SharePoint 2010, backing up a site or saving as a template is extremely easy, using the Save Site as Template feature in Site Settings. The way you do this is, first, go to the site you want to the...
View ArticleHow to Add SharePoint Snap-in & use in Windows PowerShell
I have a machine, that no matter what I do, I can’t make the Sharepoint PowerShell work. However, I found out a short little command, so that you could use the SP PowerShell commands inside th regular...
View ArticleAll toolbars grayed-out – no ‘Add Document’ link
OK – the scenario is that you’re working in SharePoint 2010 and you have a document library with an ‘Add Document’ link at the bottom of the list of records/items (like normal). Also, this list has...
View ArticleSharePoint Designer 2010 Step by Step – Review
I’ve always been a fan of most of the Step By Step books issued by Microsoft and this book is no exception. It actually gives you more than you expect, including a small, abbreviated section on where...
View ArticleInfoPath 2010 – turn off Ribbon
If you don’t want the ribbon to show up in your InfoPath form, with the form open, click on File and then click on the Advanced form options. When the Form Options dialog comes up, notice that, when...
View ArticlePages not editable in SharePoint Designer 2010
If you have selected a page, and then clicked on the ‘Edit’ button, but at least the majority of the page is not editable, first look to see if the page has sections with a ‘beige-ish’ background...
View ArticleRemove Quick Launch on Single Page
In SharePoint 2010, all you need to do, in order to make the Quick Launch NOT show on any particular page, is to inclue this snippet on that page: <style type="text/css"> #s4-leftpanel {...
View ArticleDisable/Remove ‘Recent Changes’ in SharePoint 2010
In order to disable the ‘Recent Changes’ section on your entire site, just include this style in the core4.css stylesheet: .s4-recentchanges { display:none; } The post Disable/Remove ‘Recent Changes’...
View ArticleSharePoint: Get Currently logged in User
To be able to grab the current user in SharePoint, you would use: SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser So, in order to assign it to a variable in your code, you would do something similar to this: VB.Net:...
View ArticleCode-blocks are not allowed in this file
If you are using inline server-side code (that is via a script tag inside your html form – not using Code behind), and you get this error when you try to run this file, there is a very simple fix. All...
View ArticleAccess denied by Business Data Connectivity
If you’ve set up your Secure Store, and designed your External Content Type, and set up the list from there, and you get this message (in the subject line), chances are that you are forgetting one last...
View ArticleSTSAdm to SP PowerShell – Solution management
So, now, we’re moving over to SharePoint PowerShell, right. Formerly, we used STSADM from a command prompt. Therefore, here are the old and new commands for solution management, to do the following:...
View ArticleAnonymous Access – SharePoint 2010
Unfortunately, choosing ‘Anonymous Access’ when you create your Web Application isn’t enough to make Anonymous Access fully functional. In your site, click on Site Actions/Site Settings. Under Users...
View ArticleCreate New Site Collection from a New Solution
If you need to find out how to save a site as a template, please check out our previous article Save as Site Template. Once you’ve saved this template/solution to your local drive, you can create a new...
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