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  • Limiting the output of a SharePoint field in a dataview to [x] words.

    Limiting the output of a SharePoint field in a dataview to [x] words.

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    This solution was created by a guy named Marc, the XSL templates he created are just, well, freaking fantastic! View his blog entry here: Displaying the First N Words of a Long Rich Text Column with XSL I have been looking for a solution to...

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  • Master Page error and the Erroneous <SCRIPT /> tag

    Master Page error and the Erroneous <SCRIPT /> tag

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    FrontPage auto-code strikes once again. This time under the different name of SharePoint Designer. Frustrating… Recently I have been doing a significant amount of development in Windows SharePoint Services and I have once again hit a frustrating issue that has incurred long hours trying to...

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  • SharePoint Designer is FREE!

    SharePoint Designer is FREE!

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    For me, SharePoint is a love and HATE relationship. The love comes from the feature rich environment that is SharePoint and the hate comes from the fact that development in SharePoint is thoroughly frustrating. I am both excited and disappointed to find out today that...

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  • {$SharePointDesignerQuirk}

    {$SharePointDesignerQuirk}

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Personally, I have never been a fan of using GUI development tools for web design, especially Microsoft web development tools. FrontPage has never even been on my list for necessary web development tools and I have never recommended it to anyone that wanted to design...

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  • Using Querystrings in a SharePoint DataFormWebPart

    Using Querystrings in a SharePoint DataFormWebPart

    Posted on October 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Throughout my adventure of SharePoint development, there have been a few times when I needed to use a querystring variable in a DataForm WebPart that was not a part of the data being queried. An example is to use a DataForm Web Part as a...

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  • URL Encoding Table

    URL Encoding Table

    Posted on September 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Update: because I am frequently encoding or decoding strings, I have created a URL encode and decode script for use on my site. Anyone that has programmed in web technologies has used URL encoded characters at some point. For those are wondering, one of the...

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  • SharePoint XSLT Two or More Querystrings

    SharePoint XSLT Two or More Querystrings

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    As simple as this tip seems, it took me like 30 minutes to figure out how to fix my problem…if you use the & sign in a custom SharePoint page you will get an XSL transform error. Querystrings A quick overview… skip to the next section...

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  • Redirect SharePoint Form to a Different Page

    Redirect SharePoint Form to a Different Page

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    As part of a custom SharePoint application, you will probably want your New/Edit forms to redirect to a different page other than the default List view. The default SharePoint redirect displays the view for the List you are modifying…following this quick tip to redirect to...

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  • Add Custom Page Title to Custom SharePoint Page

    Add Custom Page Title to Custom SharePoint Page

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
    I have been creating custom pages for Windows SharePoint Services for some time now – which enable me to create powerful SharePoint applications. However, with every custom page I create, the page title is always blank, which results in the title being the URL to...

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  • Custom Workflow Actions (Part 3 of 3)

    Custom Workflow Actions (Part 3 of 3)

    Posted on August 24, 2008 | 4 Comments
    …this is a continuation of Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)… As a recap, we are creating a custom workflow action that allows you to send an email with the attachments from a specified list in your site. The custom workflow action will allow...

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