Monthly Archives: November 2011

Getting an SPUser out of Created By field in SharePoint

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When you work with SharePoint list fields, it’s often that you need to work with the user Id (the Created By) field. You can certainly get that field value, but how do you translate it into the actual user object … Continue reading →

Posted in sharepoint 2010 | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Things to know about working with SharePoint SPQuery on a List

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

Every once in a while you will hit that roadblock where you can’t use out of the box Content Query WebPart and you got to write your own webpart to render result you’re after. One of the most common methods … Continue reading →

Posted in sharepoint 2010 | Tagged , | Comments Off

Setting SharePoint 2010 default page for publishing and collaboration sites

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

In SharePoint 2010, whether you’re using Publishing or collaboration site template – you can choose which page will be your home page and load by default when the site is accessed. Depending on whether you’re using collaboration or publishing site … Continue reading →

Posted in sharepoint 2010 | Tagged , | Comments Off

Mobile site redirect for SharePoint 2010 public site

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

When building a public site on SharePoint 2010 you have to consider users accessing it from mobile device even if you’re not planning to implement a specific mobile version of the site. Consider you have a SharePoint 2010 public site, … Continue reading →

Posted in sharepoint, sharepoint 2010 | Tagged , , | Comments Off