Monthly Archives: August 2009

Displaying custom SharePoint webpart property error message in tool pane

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When creating webpart with properties in them to store custom data – you can never rely too much on users entering proper data. You definitely need proper error handling and reporting, and here is what this post is about. You … Continue reading →

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Removing content author from MOSS search results

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When you`re dealing with MOSS in public site scenario and using search – you probably don`t want internet users of your site to see content author in search results. As you know you will get all of the subsites and … Continue reading →

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Issue when provisioning generic pages in SharePoint

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Few posts ago – I was talking about a scenario where you might need to provision many sites with generic default.aspx page template. Of course, when you provision a site, a default.aspx page will not get a title on it’s … Continue reading →

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Provisioning web.config changes for SharePoint deployments

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

During SharePoint solution deployment you need to add provision many variables to your web.config. Just to name a few: assemblies, safe control definitions, custom error pages, connection strings, various OOB and custom values. You can instruct your administrators to make those changes as a … Continue reading →

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Binding SharePoint List fields retrieved by SPQuery to asp control

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Here is a scenario: I have a control retrieving some data from the SharePoint list based on the CAML query. I display all of the retrieved data in my custom control by binding the result set to a asp:Repeater. Like … Continue reading →

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Hide unused SharePoint site and page templates

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When deploying your portal solution you probably are using custom templates for your sites and pages – there is pretty much no way around it. But with all of the out of the box templates it might get pretty cluttered … Continue reading →

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Using Google Analytics in your SharePoint site

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Whether you’re using SharePoint for intranet and especially in Internet site scenario – you might want to take advantage of analytics and visitor tracking tools available with Google Analytics. When registered for analytics – you will receive a tracking code … Continue reading →

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Event receiver not being triggered on library

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Here is the scenario: I have created a content type that will describe my page and it’s associated fields. This content type has an event receiver attached to it responsible for some work. I have automated deployment where a feature … Continue reading →

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Using SharePoint custom login page

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

In my last article, we looked at how to create your custom login page that SharePoint will present upon users trying to log in. We were talking just about the page itself – not custom authentication mechanism. So, the page … Continue reading →

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