Today I did some consultancy work at a customer site. They had renamed the title site column at the root level in the item content type. They were complaining that it appeared everywhere on all sites and in all lists. I changed the name with a tool called SharePoint Manager 2007. See screenshots below.
Open SPM2007, [...]
Today a customer asked me if it is possible to modify the SharePoint calendar in such a way that different colors represent different kind of events. Out of the box it does not but after some searching on the internet I found a solution made by Mark Wilson named Colour Calendar.
Because there is very little [...]
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Nintex Workflow 2007 version 1.10 is coming soon! currently scheduled for 21st August 2009.
It will include the following features:
Flexible Task Options
Nintex Workflow 2007 now provides the ability to create any number of task outcomes, such as Approve, Deny, Hold, Rework, More Info, etc. This action also provides built-in reminder and escalation settings.
Exchange Server Action [...]
In this post I wrote a step by step manual to upgrade the SharePoint license from Standard to Enterprise. Be aware of this requirement:
If you have installed Service Pack 2 be sure that you also have installed the Trial bugfix or the SP2 installation that includes this bugfix. Otherwise you will not be able to [...]
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Windows Server 2008 R2 evaluation is set for availability on Friday, August 14, a week earlier than previously reported by Microsoft. On Friday, there will be more info at the Windows Server TechCenter on TechNet on how and where to download the 180-day evaluation.
The new operating systems will include Windows PowerShell v2 with a new [...]
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I have found something I’ve been looking for quite some time now. A solution to extending the standard gantt view in SharePoint. Especially to extend the gantt view itself, not the task list beneath it.
On this site I have found a jQuery script that does the trick. It adds 3 buttons to the gantt view [...]
Today I had to compare to CSS files. One of the test SharePoint farm and one of the production SharePoint farm. I found a nice free tool for this on the internet.
It is called DiffMerge and can be found here. See a screenshot below.
With one click you can add all the changes to the other [...]
An email received from Nintex about SharePoint 2010:
There has been much speculation about the capabilities of SharePoint 2010 and the effect it may have on products that extend the current SharePoint platform. We understand the concern this can cause our customers and partners [...]
