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Oct 10 Fri
Fix for Weird Search Server Express Error
Liam Cleary writes "
After some basic investigation it became evident that the Alternate Access Mappings had not been set for the FQDN but only for the short name URL. I am still a little unsure as to why it failed, unless I use reflector to see what the web part is actually trying to do...If you need some guidance on Alternate Access Mappings then see the links"
Oct 6 Mon
Fix for Bug While Installing the Podcasting Kit for Sharepoint
Robert MacLean writes "
What you need to do is run the install to the root site...and then uninstall it..I know it seems pointless but the installer doesn’t clean up well and leaves a few files behind...The next steps in the guide of the ratings DB, media encoder and feature activation work as documented. The user interface steps also work as expected but make sure you “fix” their links"
Oct 4 Sat
Troubleshooting SharePoint: System Log Manager
Joel Oleson writes "
Essentially the goal here is to help you understand the tool for what it is... face value. This tool was requested by various SharePoint Admins and SharePoint MVPs (I've even asked for this!) and is frequently heard when SharePoint Ops find out how many logs are needed for troubleshooting a typical even common issue..."
Oct 3 Fri
Big Improvement With SharePoint Weblog Integrated Into Live Writer
Joe Oleson writes "
...I had a bout with Live Writer where it was failing trying to upload pictures and so I abandoned it for a while...I'm taking another shot at it. It appears to me that the SharePoint weblog is MUCH more integrated..."
Oct 2 Thu
Code Snippet for Modifications to web.config for Debugging SharePoint
Eric White writes "WSS normally provides error messages intended for end users. Modifying web.config enables debugging support and error messages that contain stack traces...I’m posting this snippet..."
SharePoint RegEx Search Strong Password Pattern
Dan Griffin writes "It’s been tested with a hairy RegEx pattern...which allows you to find strong passwords in posted content..."
Error 1606 Could Not Access Network Location SoftGrid Management Service
Justin Zarb writes "
At this point I am going to emphasis how important the trailing back slash is …. as you can see in the above screen shot i left it out…… and in the below screen shot i have it in. The having the trailing back slash is needed! I spent hours on another issue after this because of that..."
Sep 29 Mon
Examples Writing Extension Methods for SharePoint
Adam Buenz writes "Extension methods are a formidable programming construct that augment implementation abstraction and modularize segments of code, lending itself well for filling gaps that may be present in a closed API, such as the one that SharePoint provides...Extension methods are increasingly important when working with SharePoint code because a majority of objects that would normally mandate customizations of behavior..."
Sep 24 Wed
Dumping Dated SharePoint Recycle Bins Fix
Adam Buenz writes "For whatever rationale, typed iterations to dump particular SPRecycleBinItem objects out of the SharePoint recycle bin don’t work due to a problem with the proc_DeleteRecycleBinItem stored procedure. But it seems to be indeterminate and I can’t locate any sort of thresholds...."
Troubleshooting InfoPath Forms Errors on SharePoint
Joris Poelmans writes "If you want to visualize the SharePoint ULS logs within SharePoint it might be a good idea to install the SharePoint Log Viewer feature from the SharePoint features project on Codeplex....The latest version (build 2.0.0.0) also allows you to open the latest log file..."
Sep 23 Tue
Word 2007 Redaction Tool Open Source Project on CodePlex
Microsoft Office Word Team writes "
...documents with black highlighting over names, places, etc. that's meant to be kept private even if the document itself is made public...This isn't just highlighting: if I copy out the text into another application, like Notepad, you can see that I cannot get the original test back – it's been replaced with garbage characters:"
Sep 22 Mon
CDW Berbee Sharepoint Intranet Site Spotlighted
Aaron Tiensivu writes "...This is a pretty neat case study...about Sharepoint and what it can do for productivity."
Sep 12 Fri
PptPlex a Game-Changer for Death by PowerPoint
Eileen Brown writes "
I liked this straight away as I love to depart from the slides occasionally when questions are raised so I found this to be a great new way to deliver sessions..."
Sep 8 Mon
Rename SharePoint Custom Tab
Sven Gillis writes "Have you ever wondered how to rename that display category? Well... here you can find the instructions..."
Sep 5 Fri
Everything You Wanted to Know About Pasting Tracked Changes
Microsoft Office Word Team writes "...There are only three possible behaviors when pasting tracked changes. The one you get depends on whether Track Changes is on or off in both the document you copied from [source] and the document you are pasting into [destination]...For folks interested in specific cases, here's what you can expect in all copy and paste cases involving tracked changes:"
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