As we’ve seen before, site columns can be created in a variety of ways, through the web interface, the SPD10…
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Quick tip: Create a site column in SharePoint Designer 2010
Site columns, as we discussed in a previous post, differ from list columns in that they are reusable and guarantee…
How to: Format a Tasks list (or, any other list) in SharePoint 2010 (through Designer)
If you have ever worked with SharePoint before, you know how versatile and important the Tasks lists can be. In…
Quick tip: Fix your Microsoft Outlook 2007 pst file
If you’re using the Microsoft Outlook 2007 application to manipulate your email/contacts/etc. you may come across and error message informing…
Quick tip: Get a SharePoint 2010 Lists XML file
There will be times that you need to fetch the XML file that describes one of your lists in SharePoint…
Basics: Create a new GUID
For power users that mostly work with the web interface, or the SPD10, this post will not prove very helpful…
Basics: Site columns, content types and lists
SharePoint 2010, just like its predecessor, supports the fundamental elements that made SharePoint 2007 such an important platform. Content types,…
Quick tip: Simultaneously run multiple Skype accounts on one PC
There are people, such as myself, who keep separate accounts in their instant messaging (IM) programs in order to be…
How to: Troubleshoot error message “This control does not allow connection strings with the following keywords: ‘Integrated Security’, ‘Trusted_Connection’.”
One of the things that you will be tempted to attempt quite early in your SharePoint 2010 journey, is to…
Quick tip: Get a SharePoint 2010/2007 list GUID
There will be times when you will need to get a SharePoint list’s ID number. You might want to reference…