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SharePoint branding with SharePoint Designer – screencast

If you’re involved in a SharePoint branding project and it’s a new topic for you, you’ll love this screencast which is going to go over tons of gotchas in about an hour It was recorded recently and I`ve got some … Continue reading

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Hiding SharePoint 2010 ribbon based on the security context

Whether you’re working on the public SharePoint site or an intranet, you might consider hiding SharePoint ribbon for certain users. One of the easiest way to do this, is to use SharePoint out-of-the-box security trimmer and hide the ribbon for … Continue reading

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Lock down your site: SharePoint Designer 2010 settings programmatically

When you’re developing your custom SharePoint  site that is going to be deployed as a solution – the last thing you want is your users accessing the site with SharePoint designer and changing the branding you spent last 2 weeks … Continue reading

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Screencast: SharePoint Designer BDC Model to Visual Studio

With SharePoint Designer 2010 you can easily create an external content type and expose your external data as list; however, this does not provide sound disaster recovery story. Here are some tips&tricks on exporting your SharePoint Designer 2010 external data … 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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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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SharePoint Designer 2007 – managing data and search

Register here Managing SharePoint data and its presentation using SharePoint Designer 2007 unlocks the full power of this tool. Since SharePoint stores and manages content on your site, sooner rather than later you will be asked (by your team or a client) to … Continue reading

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Achieving data presentation magic with SharePoint Designer

As a sharepoint developer or designer – you’re often asked to modify the look and feel of the site. Youre pretty comfortable managing styles and images to achieve your desired look and feel, but what if you’re asked to modify the way … Continue reading

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Todays SharePoint Designer webcast available for download

Download SharePoint Designer webcast recording So what would you do with the free tool like SharePoint Designer in your organization? Don’t think you need it? I have been doing SharePoint 2007 consulting since it was in Beta and no matter … Continue reading

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SharePoint Designer level 1 webcast

Register here for SharePoint Designer webcast SharePoint Designer is free, the news flashed on the Internet a month ago or so. That’s a great opportunity for your company to start taking advantage of this tool. You may hear that SharePoint … Continue reading

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