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An easy and cheap way to build a stock quote web part is to use the Data View Web Part and the apparently free Stock Quote Web Service from WebServiceX.Net [Update 6/29/2018: the stock quote service is no longer there]. Continue reading Free Stock Quote Web Part
Just a quick note about the antivirus settings for SharePoint. You know how you have the option to scan on both upload and download? Well, here’s why you should choose to scan on both upload and download: Between the time Continue reading SharePoint 2007 and Anti-Virus – Advantage of Bidirectional Scanning
Well, I had every intention of spending last night neatly writing up my notes from the sessions I attended that day. However, I had the honor of being chosen to present not one, but two topics in the Un-conference sessions. Continue reading Office Developer Conference 2008 – Days 2 & 3
BillG had the morning keynote. We got to see his Last Day video, which is already online (it’s almost the same video, very close) at http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=be9075bb-df0a-41c9-8d86-7ded46627e26 He had FedEx do a demo of their Office Business Applications – showing how Continue reading Office Developer Conference – Day 1
So here’s something I ran into earlier this week. A friend of mine made a CSS file to brand a publishing site collection that we are working with. Quiz time: What’s the right way to apply a custom css file Continue reading Right and Wrong ways to apply a CSS file to Brand a Publishing Site Collection
This is a follow up to my previous post of January 22, 2008, about Exposing More Columns in Windows Explorer. That post showed how you could show in Windows Explorer additional SharePoint metadata (document library fields). One of my readers Continue reading Windows Explorer View and the Web Client Service
For those of you just starting a new SharePoint deployment, or those of you redesigning a website, this is a familiar question: How do I organize the information in the site? (Technically from a SharePoint perspective, it’s a Web Application, Continue reading Information Architecture and SharePoint Site Hierarchy Design
I’m going to the 2008 Office Developer’s Conference! I’m looking forward to the sessions about SharePoint of course and meeting the SharePoint MVPs that are presenting them. I’m also looking forward to meeting two of my coworkers from other offices. Continue reading Bound for ODC 2008!
I just passed 70-630 this morning! I got a 947 out of 1000. J 70-630 is the certification exam for MOSS installation and Configuration. I like using practice exams as the final part of my study efforts, but I found Continue reading I passed 70-630!
A client of mine came to me today pointing out that when he opened a document library in Windows Explorer, only a few pieces of metadata are displayed such as the filename and modified date. He wanted to see the Continue reading Exposing More Columns in Explorer View