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Publish MySite Master page changes
Assume you have to make changes to a Mysite default.aspx or default.master page. Assume then that you have to publish your changes to all my sites. There is not link within SharePoint to access the mysite structure for all site users. Use the link below to navigate to...
Use webpart settings in all webparts
Problem: When you create or modify a webpart for a page it is only available for that page. Assume you create a list on your site and want to share that list with other sites within the collection. Solution: 1. Select Edit Page 2. Select Edit within the Webpart and...
Customize SharePoint 2007 Search Look
Create a panel and store default Search within that panel Set Visible attribute to False so that the default search is hidden Add new Search Locate Core.css using in the Hive or use SharePoint Designer Controls the light blue border around the search box td.ms-sbcell{...
Updating MySite Master Pages and Design
After much head banging!! I have drawn the conclusion that MySites do not work like your typical SharePoint Portal Sites. Normally one would simply check out a page whether its was a master page or an ASPX page and modify it using sharepoint designer. While...
MOSS Open Document prompts for credentials
Problem: When attempting to open documents on our sharepoint portal we are being prompted for credentials. cancelling the prompt allows the document to open. Later if the user clicks on "Edit Document" from the menu above the credential prompt reappears. While being...
SQL Server Reporting Services HTTP 400 Error
After Configuring SQL Reporting Services you may receive and error HTTP failure 400 when navigating to http:///reports. This may happen if the Default Web Site in IIS is disabled/stopped.
Code Sample: VB.NET SMTP Mail function
1. Create a Visual Basic Class for your project by right clicking the project and select add. 2. Change the language to Visual Basic and select Class from the list of Installed Templates. 3. Name the class clsNotify. Add the code below to the class.(You...
Code Sample: TSQL, Size of tables in database
SELECT t.NAME AS TableName, p.rows AS RowCounts, SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 AS TotalSpaceKB, SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 AS UsedSpaceKB, (SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8 AS UnusedSpaceKB FROM sys.tables t INNER JOIN sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id INNER...
SSIS / BIDS Rename File with File System Task
Lets see if I can explain how to rename a files using the File System Task in BIDS or SSIS. First you will need to add a File System Task to your Control Flow. (Drag and Drop it to the Form) Open the task and change the Opertaion to Rename File. Set the...
SharePoint 2013 Design Packages broken
We were attempting to use Responsive SharePoint from CodePlex, They've done a lot of heavy lifting with regards to implementing Twitter Bootstrap within SharePoint 2013. After some testing we found that certain sites were becoming corrupt and throwing Errors and...