Whilst working with a client recently we decided to use the Content Migration system within SharePoint to allow us to create a template site that could then be used as the source for the 88 sites that needed to be created for each of the areas of interest. Each site had identical set-up with regards …
Jul 29
Weird CQWP behaviour with custom user columns
So one of my colleagues approached me today with a problem he was having setting up a new content query web part for a client. it’s a fairly simple affair that just needs to pull together project statuses across a site collection. No cross site query issues, no custom field types to worry about.. Just …
Jul 29
So, why haven’t I posted in a while?
Well the main answer I guess is I’ve just been too busy. You’d think that with SharePoint 2010 now out in the wild that no-one would want to work with 2007 anymore? Well you’d be wrong, the vast majority of my recent work has been on firmly ensconced 2007 farms, but surprisingly a number of …
Feb 03
New Year, New Start?? Balony!
Judging by the date, things haven’t changed much for me at the moment. Since getting back from SPC09, work has been Manic! I’m generally leaving on a Sunday night to head to the West Country, then coming home and heading to the Midlands the next day, before heading back to the West Country towards the …
Nov 24
Should I change the name?
To once a month updates? I haven’t stopped since I got back from SPC and have been dashing around between clients working on SharePoint 2007 issues. Doesn’t anyone understand I want to play with SharePoint 2010 now? Or more to the point, I need to upskill in some areas very quickly to get the most …
Oct 27
And, that’s a rap!
Well the MS SharePoint 2009 conference is over and life is slowly returning to normal. A couple of days away from SharePoint to restore my equilibrium and I’m now back to SharePoint 2007 and the real world. But what of SharePoint 2010? When can we see it in all it’s glory. Well Steve Ballmer announced …
Oct 13
Tentative Schedule for SharePoint Conference 2009 – Las Vegas
Ok, so Microsoft finally released the full session schedule during the last 24 hours and I’ve tentatively booked the sessions that I want to go see.. And this has to be subject to change because there are so many great sessions that i want to get into. Thank god Microsoft are going to provide an …
Oct 06
Whats the record for the longest Calculated SharePoint column?
Well my longest to date is 304 characters.. I’m not quite sure what the SharePoint limit is, but here’s mine… =IF(LEN(MONTH(Dated)/3)=1,TEXT(Dated,”mmm-yy”),IF(LEN((MONTH(DATE(YEAR(Dated),MONTH(Dated)+1,DAY(Dated))))/3)=1,TEXT(DATE(YEAR(Dated),MONTH(Dated)+1,DAY(Dated)),”mmm-yy”),IF(LEN((MONTH(DATE(YEAR(Dated),MONTH(Dated)+2,DAY(Dated))))/3)=1,TEXT(DATE(YEAR(Dated),MONTH(Dated)+2,DAY(Dated)),”mmm-yy”),”ERR”))) “And what pray, does that monstrosity do”, I hear you ask… The answer is, it simply works out which quarter of the companies financial year the item appears in. The list item has a …
Oct 05
Weekly Access problems to a SharePoint site
Just recently a client of mine raised an issue regarding an access issue that seemed to raise it’s head about every 8 days or so. What struck me was the distinct lack of errors issues by the system. Approximately every 8 days, users will go to use the site and get a failed to connect …
Oct 01
Creating a Sales Dashboard using the DataViewWebpart & XSL
So not too long ago, a client of mine decided that they wanted some nice charts on their WSS based intranet. You see the problem straight away.. No Moss, so no access to the KPI webparts, so it was time to drop to the old faithful, the Data View Web part to solve this problem… …