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Simple Trick for making an existing web part async
Friday, February 05, 2010 3:10 PM

This is one of my favorite stupid SharePoint tricks. If you have a situation where there is a web part (or any web page component) that is slow, and it is slowing the page render time for your page this is a handy trick. Here is the summary: Create another web part page and add the slow loading web part. Look at the source code for the render page and get the... Read More...

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Animated GIFs in SharePoint 2007 for AJAX progress indicators
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:22 PM

Here are possible AJAX animation alternatives in http://<myMOSSServer>/<anysiteurl>/_layouts/images/ Ewr133.gif or GEARS_AN.gif (same) Kpiprogressbar.gif Ewr120.gif Crperspc.gif These gifs are on all MOSS servers and can be used if you need a quick progress indicator image. Read More...

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SharePoint Wiki Page Incoming Links Web Part
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:36 PM

Ever want the “Incoming Links” page to show up on the wiki page rather than be a separate page? Well, here is a handy web part you can add to a wiki page. This provided without warranty, just link to this article and tell folks how you used it. It uses some clever JavaScript to get the content from that page and asynchronously render it in a web part. Upload... Read More...

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DHS Threat Level SharePoint Web Part
Friday, August 28, 2009 3:03 PM

I recently created a XML Web part that uses XSL and the DHS Threat Level web service to render the current threat level in a way that looks exactly like the DHS Threat Advisory image: Here it is for free to download with no warranty: DHS Thread Advisory.dwp There is also an image: http://www.dhs.gov/threat_level/current-sm.gif For fun, link to this post if you... Read More...

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How to Fix PWA Reminders web part in MOSS
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:46 AM

Add and hide this web part on the page where the reminders web part is located. Often folks will want to export the Reminders web part from Project Web Access (PWA) 2007 and have it shown on a related SharePoint (MOSS) page.  You can export the web part, you can add it to a SharePoint page, you can set the PWA URL to your PWA URL and it will work. ... Read More...

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Filed under: SharePoint, Project

External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint (ECTS) Installation Notes
Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:40 PM

These notes are in addition to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296362.aspx These are the notes I generated that I used in overlay with the installation instructions.  Make sure Cert Server is installed and available Configure a certificate for ADAM Run ADAM setup from internet · Add/Remove only works if you have the OS disk Create DNS entries... Read More...

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Can you restore a SharePoint Portal Server 2003 backup to a MOSS farm? No.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:57 PM

If you try to restore a SPD file from SharePoint 2003 to a MOSS instance, you will get this error: Your backup is from a different version of Windows SharePoint Services and cannot be restored to a server running the current version. The backup file should be restored to a server with version '6.0.2.8117' or later. Read More...

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SharePoint Training and Internal Communication
Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:38 AM

Note to self: Here are some packaged solutions available to help make the user community aware, prepared, and excited. Office Online SharePoint Help Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training built on SharePoint Learning Kit Here is a screen capture video showing how it works. The SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is government SCORM compliant, and can be used to deliver... Read More...

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Link: Managing social networking with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:19 PM

Eric mentions an interesting document he co-authored about SharePoint as a social networking platform. Here is a direct link to the Word doc . Read More...

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SharePoint for Squirrels
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:15 PM

Admittedly, I haven't read to far into this site, but I'm link blogging it because, hey, even Squirrels need a little SharePoint now and then: SharePoint for Squirrels Read More...

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