SharePoint Designer SP1 Released
I don’t normally like to repost stuff to death, but something that could be missed in the flurry of Office service pack 1’s that have been released today is the SPD SP1 release. I just installed it in my local…
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Using Firebug to Manage CSS Effectively
I often talk about the benefits of using Firebug for Firefox in the MSDN Design and Customization Forums. Rather than try to type out a long winded article on why it rules, I found a video that should help to…
Fixing the name.dll ActiveX Problem the Mossman Way
UPDATE: Are you using SharePoint 2010? See my newer post about the name ActiveX message in SharePoint 2010. Have you seen this message on public facing SharePoint sites: The Web site wants to run the following add-on: ‘Name ActiveX Control’…
Adding Prompt Text Inside of a Search Text Box
I had a client need today to make the out of the box SharePoint search box have the prompt text actually inside the box instead of before the box. I’m not sure what you call this pattern exactly but you…
New SharePoint 2007 Publishing Portal
As my friends John Ross (on Moss) and Andrew Connell have mentioned already today, the new web portal for Orange County Public Schools has just gone live. The team I work for was responsible for transitioning their website from a…
How to Add a Button to the HTML Editor Control in SharePoint
The HTML Editor Control (or rich text editor) in SharePoint 2007 is a pretty helpful addition to the product (assuming your users are using IE). If you would like to programmatically add your own buttons to the toolbar, you will…
Sharepoint 2007 Customization Ramp Up – Part 3: Basic Customization
Welcome to Part 3 of the series. In the previous two sections I covered things you should know before getting started with SharePoint Customization, while in this section I will cover actually doing some customization. Firstly, let me state for…
CSS Friendly Control Adapters in SharePoint 2007 (A Walk-Through)
My good friend John Ross just managed to get the CSS Friendly Control Adapters working in a SharePoint 2007 Publish Site, and I was able to talk him into posting a guest blog entry on the topic. If you aren’t…
Sharepoint 2007 Customization Ramp Up – Part 2: Initial Concepts
In Part 2 of this series I wanted to cover some of the initial concepts involved in customizing SharePoint 2007. I will try to cover a few of the highest level ideas that you need to understand through some descriptions…
Sharepoint 2007 Customization Ramp Up – Part 1: Getting Started
Welcome to Part 1 of a multipart series on getting ramped up on SharePoint 2007 customization. My team is working on a good sized Moss 2007 implementation currently and have begun the customization process, in this series I will try…