Monthly Archives: April 2010

Updating SharePoint site columns programatically

Here is the scenario: you have a content type on the site that you use throughout on your items. You have a site column defined as a part of your content type. Suppose your site column is a choice field … Continue reading

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Automatic SharePoint 2010 webpart provisioning right into a page layout

If  you worked with MOSS or SharePoint 2010 publishing template – you know that you can provision page layouts that can be used by other pages to conform to page layout zones. However, all of the content, such as webparts and … Continue reading

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How To: Enable IE 8 Compatibility View a SharePoint site

Today I found out about a cool new trick from Sing - enabling compatibility mode in IIS 7. When creating sites and especially SharePoint sites – new browsers like IE8 may not tolerate standards that have been implemented in web applications a … Continue reading

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Tips & Tricks: Creating complex SharePoint 2010 ribbon elements

In case you haven’t noticed – SharePoint 2010 says it loud and clear that ribbon UI is here to stay. In this 30 min screencast we’ll learn how to: 1. Create a custom ribbon element (button) in SharePoint. 2. Wire … Continue reading

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How To: Update SharePoint 2010 mysite status message programatically

As you probably know in SharePoint 2010 you get a nice social networking bit allowing you to update your status on the mysite: One of the scenarios you will face is to write your custom UI allowing you to make … Continue reading

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