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
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
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
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