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SharePoint 2010 Branding with Visual Studio

If you had a chance to watch my last screencast 15 min SharePoint 2010 branding session you may be interested in moving over your applied branding to Visual Studio package. If so, check it out here: SharePoint 2010 Branding with … Continue reading

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SQL data into SharePoint 2010 Beta 2

One of the really great tools for connecting external data with SharePoint 2007 is BDC; however, SharePoint 2010 takes the concept of BDC to the next level. You can treat your external data as a list with most of the … Continue reading

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Creating sites of custom templates with SharePoint Designer workflow

In simple situation, when you`re advanced user rather than developer – SharePoint designer can be quite handy; if you find some of it`s capabilities limiting – check out custom SPD activities on codeplex: http://spdactivities.codeplex.com/ Among few there you can find activity … Continue reading

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Adding new webparts to SharePoint list New, Edit, AllItems form

Everyone seen those New, Edit, View etc forms that get displayed when you interact with your lists. More often than not we need to add some extra functionality to them. Some customers ask me to include pieces of item information … Continue reading

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Creating sites of custom templates with SharePoint Designer workflow

Here is the scenario: You need to create a sub-site based on user filling out a SharePoint out of the box list form that will define the sub-site. In my recent scenario I had a list where user created item … Continue reading

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