Monthly Archives: May 2009

Speaking at International Dev Conference in Vancouver

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

As some of you may or may not know – I am speaking at DevTeach this year. The conference will take place in Vancouver Jun 8-12 and it’s not too late to register. Especially if you’re local to the conference … Continue reading →

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Webcast: SharePoint 2007 Branding

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Register for this webcast here. Here you have been given a task of changing your already installed and configured SharePoint intranet. You have an idea on how to add content to the site and you have explored some of the … Continue reading →

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Adding custom context menu items to custom SharePoint lists and libraries

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

In my previous article we looked at how you can attach your own document library or list custom context menu item to any existing document library or list type. This means that any library of that type will have your … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Blue Sky Award

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

For those who don`t know … MS Blue Sky award is Microsoft Canada initiative for individual Independent Software Vendors to showcase their solutions and even win the competition and gain local (and not only) exposure. You are required to be … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Designer level 1 webcast

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Register here for SharePoint Designer webcast SharePoint Designer is free, the news flashed on the Internet a month ago or so. That’s a great opportunity for your company to start taking advantage of this tool. You may hear that SharePoint … Continue reading →

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Adding custom context menu items to custom SharePoint lists and libraries

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

And another usefull article added to SSWUG today … this time around about Adding custom context menu items to custom SharePoint lists and libraries Last time I talked about adding your custom menu items to all of the document libraries, … Continue reading →

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Why pay for training and not just use free resources?

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

In this day and age when information is within a reach of google search you might think  `Why would I register for paid webcast, in person event, or download paid tutorials?`. Here is couple of reasons (count your points every … Continue reading →

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Great Resources to start with SharePoint

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

SharePoint Users Guide http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590598296/heme0f  SharePoint Step by Step http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-SharePoint-Step-Kit-Bpg-Other/dp/0735626006/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241747782&sr=1-7  Microsoft SharePoint End Users Blog http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/GetThePoint/default.aspx  Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit http://www.codeplex.com/SLK  APPDEV has some good stuff (this is the admin link, but they have dev offerings as well) http://www.appdev.com/suitefamily.asp?catalog%5Fname=AppDevCatalog&category%5Fname=MCTSSPCONFIGALBR  Adminastrator Companion http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft%C2%AE-Office-SharePoint%C2%AE-Administrators-Companion/dp/0735622825/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241748053&sr=8-1  Best Practices … Continue reading →

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Adding custom context menu items to out of the box SharePoint lists and libraries

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Most of the functionality available for users to work with when it comes to SharePoint lists and document library items comes in item context menu. If you’d like to add you own functionality to handle list and document library items … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Site Management 101

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

You’ve been thrown into managing and modifying SharePoint site on an ongoing basis or make few changes and now you see requests just keep on coming. Sounds familiar? Well, join everyday life of typical SharePoint site administrator . If you … Continue reading →

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