Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

An Introduction to Conditional Formatting

Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : An Introduction to Conditional Formatting

Using SharePoint Designer to manage hide/show or colors based on data conditions. Behind the scenes, uses XSLT.

Building a SharePoint Designer Mashup (Part 1)

Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog : SharePoint Conference - Building a SharePoint Designer Mashup (Part 1)

Using SPD's Data View to combine information from different lists (and other sources). Includes a fixup for filtering on lookup-type fields.

To MOSS or Not to MOSS

Ian's SharePoint Blog -

reasons to use MOSS instead of just WSS 3.0

SharePoint - Firefox and NTLM authentication

SharePoint - Firefox and NTLM authentication

Gives a workaround to let Firefox provide windows credential automatically to trusted hosts when used from intranet clients

Chris O'Brien's blog: Blending publishing/collaboration functionality in SharePoint

Chris O'Brien's blog: Blending publishing/collaboration functionality in SharePoint: "Use of Content Editor web parts vs publishing RichHtmlField controls

Most folks in WCM development know there is an overlap in functionality provided by the Content Editor web part and the RichHtmlField control in the Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls namespace, i.e. they can both be used to enter page content such as text/images. However it's important to consider the differences - the RichHtmlField control stores it's content in a column of the list item for the page, whereas the CEWP is a web part and thus stores content in the web part storage architecture. This is important, since if deployment to a different environment is in your project plan or ongoing architecture, things will likely be simpler if you use the field control, since this content will then travel with the page properly.

Additionally, there are some URL fix-up issues with using the CEWP across different environments, as documented in the HawaiianAir.com write up.

In summary, I'd recommend considering the CEWP as a means of entering content in non-publishing SharePoint sites only."

Outlook as a SharePoint client, online and offline - Todd Klindt's Blog

Outlook as a SharePoint client, online and offline - Todd Klindt's Blog

Benefits and limitations of using Outlook as a front-end for SharePoint data, with how-tos and screen shots.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Calling SharePoint Web Services from Javascript

Look alive. Here comes a buzzard. :: Calling SharePoint Web Services from Javascript

Glen Cooper uses a javascript library called "Prototype" which includes an AJAX framework to support SOAP calls to SharePoint Web services. A little clunky (the browser must be pre-authenticated), but he claims it works.

Release: Enhanced Blog Edition 2.0 Final Release

Community Kit for SharePoint - Release: Enhanced Blog Edition 2.0 Final Release

Sharing ....SharePoint : Client Integration Support for Different Authentication Providers

Sharing ....SharePoint : Client Integration Support for Different Authentication Providers: "Client Integration Support for Different Authentication Providers"

What happens when client integration is disabled? How do FBA and SSO handle it when client integration is enabled?

Configuring Multiple Authentication Providers for SharePoint 2007

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : Configuring Multiple Authentication Providers for SharePoint 2007

Steve Peschka of the Microsoft SharePoint "Rangers" covers multiple authentication providers.

2007 update to Microsoft Office and SharePoint Integration "Good, Better, Best" white paper

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog : 2007 update to Microsoft Office and SharePoint Integration "Good, Better, Best" white paper now (finally!) published

Lawrence writes the book (or at least the White Paper) on client integration of various versions of Office with SP 2003 and 2007.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

SharePoint 2007 URL Quick List

SharePoint 2007 URL Quick List

Heather Solomon is a Microsoft MVP (that is, she is a person recognized for her expertise by Microsoft, but is outside the company). This list of URL's for direct access to SharePoint management pages is part of her website focusing on SharePoint Design and customization.