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I have gotten a number of emails lately from people asking about an ROI tool for SharePoint as they are writing up their business cases for purchasing, deployment, etc. With that in mind I thought I would write a blog post on this topic. ROI is a hot...
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We've been spending quite a bit of time recently on our SharePoint projects to determine approaches and methods to transfer knowledge and enable individuals to learn - especially around project management effectiveness. We have found that SharePoint...
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One of my clients recently implemented a SharePoint calendar on a division’s intranet page and wanted to use color coding to group similar items. I was asked about the number of groups and color guidelines that should be followed for the calendar...
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Have you ever found yourself editing a Word document from SharePoint, wanting to add some keywords to your metadata, then digging around Word for 15 minutes trying to find where to open the document information panel? Well, I have, and um, I do this for...
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During a recent client project, our wireframes called for a redesign of SharePoint's top search bar by stacking the elements vertically instead of horizontally. The search bar is usually rendered as a TABLE object with 4 cells across so this initially...
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We have spent some time comparing MOSS search and WSS search in our lab. For those who are interested in the differences between MOSS search and WSS search, this blog post might clear things up. WSS 3.0 Search Single Site collection, automatically scoped...
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It is always with a bit of hesitation that I recommend using Out-Of-The-Box SharePoint Workflows to my clients. It's not because they are exactly terrible or anything; it's just another application of the 80-20 rule. And since I take such good...
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I recently was given the task of making SharePoint look less like SharePoint. This post will not discuss how to properly create master pages, layouts, and styles. There are plenty of posts already written that do a quality job explaining how...
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The partnership between the SharePoint product group and Telligent has been in the works for several months now. We have several clients running both Community Server 2008 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 so this integration will provide a...
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I run into this problem more often than not, and it seems that I always forget the little snippet of code to add, so here goes. Situation : There's a standard DispForm.aspx page for all lists; this page shows the detail of one particular list item...
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I have been dabbling with SharePoint 2010 for a few months, but had yet to crack open an SP2010 Publishing site. Publishing site templates are typically my go-to for a variety of reasons, but (for me) I use publishing sites primarily for the ease of page...
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A cool feature within SharePoint is the ability to perform a look-up of information stored in another SharePoint data structure (be it a list, library, etc.). However, the standard form that Microsoft provides to interact with the lookup field is a bit...
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I believe every organization today needs a digital marketing plan to be successful. And while they may be able to maintain or even grow their revenue without one, their customers are gradually moving to the Internet to make buying decisions. Companies...
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In the last post on SQL Server 2008’s spatial capabilities, I mentioned that there are two spatial data types available in SQL Server, geometry and geography. While the geometry type is easier to work with and has more methods available, we will...
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<RANT> I am always weary of using third party controls in my solutions. I feel that the risk of slightly reinventing the wheel is much less severe than that of getting to the end of project and realizing that some minor requirement that the control...
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