On a clients Intranet/Extranet recently, I was asked to provide a static Google map for both staff and visitors to find the Head Office location. The main problem with this is that Google want you to use a static API key for each URL that will refer a connection. Obviously if you’re using alternate access …
Sep 17
Integrating Search Server Express – reprised.
I’ll be one of the first to admit, Javascript is NOT my strong point.. or my favorite.. C# however is, so I amended the ASCX page to use C# throughout. 2 ASP controls for the Image and text box both of which have a click event “cmdRunSearch_Click” This calls:- protected void cmdRunSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) …
Sep 16
Integrating Search Server Express into WSS 3.0 Team Site.
Just recently we installed Search Server Express for a client on their WSS infrastructure. It’s working quite nicely having a much more granular control than the standard WSS search functions, but my main gripe is the lack of SmallSearchServer control to replace the existing WSS one. Most users would rather click into a text box …
Sep 08
Patrick Tisseghem
I just picked up the news on Eric Shupps blog that well known SharePoint MVP Patrick Tisseghem passed away whilst travelling in Sweden to teach a course. This is a sad loss for the SharePoint community as Patrick’s articles have helped more than a few of us other last few years. My thoughts go out …
Aug 27
How to brand your WebPart solutions..
So you’ve written a nice web part solution, ready to release it onto your clients environment, but wait a minute! How do they know you wrote it for them? All you’ve got is those generic icons that microsoft provide you. This is the situation i found myself in recently, and realised that with my change …
Aug 15
SUGUK London Meeting.
Well last night saw what was possibly the busiest August SUGUK meeting i’ve ever seen, so much so that they ran out of Pizza!! (Nick, this is a crime that can never be repeated!!!) Two very good sessions, the first by Eric (www.sharepointcowboy.com) Shupps (I think I spelled that right..) and the second from our …
Aug 05
Infopath forms with User ID’s
Well day 2 in the new office and I’m please to say I’m happy with my move. I’ve not touched a single server that doesn’t have SharePoint on it and I’ve not had to deal with any PM’s frantically chasing an update on their server builds!! What I have been involved with is a problem …
Jul 31
Today’s the day!
Quite sad really, I walked through the doors as an employee for the last time this morning.. No real sense of occaision about it. But seeing my desk as tidy as it is right now makes it sink in that today really is my last day here.. Everything that’s left is now sitting in a …
Jul 30
24 Hours to go..
Well I’m struggling to get everything finished that I wanted to before I leave, but here just aren’t enough hours in the day for everything. I was here until 11pm last night releasing the latest version of the Implementation workflow. Unfortunatly because we were releasing new forms, it meant stopping and restarting all 86 exising …
Jul 22
Two glasses of wine & a jar of Mayonnaise..
I receive an awful lot of viral emails on a daily basis, mostly from friends and colleagues seeking to brighten my day. Invariably, I have a read, a little chuckle, then delete without sending them on.. But given the amount of hours that I’m doing recently, and the penchant in the IT industry for long …