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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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,…
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…
Basics: Custom Web Parts
Web Parts are the main ingredient that runs on SharePoint. Doesn’t matter which version of SharePoint you refer to, Web…
Basics: Add a simple JavaScript button on the SP2010 ribbon
Single Button addition on the SharePoint 2010 Ribbon, using the available tabs and groups (no new definitions)! This is the…
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: 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…
Basics: Interact with SharePoint 2010 Data (post 1 – Web Services & CAML)
Working with the SharePoint platform you will quickly realise that the easiest and probably best and most direct way to…
Basics: Enable/Disable features via the SP2010 Management Shell
There will be a time that because of your custom code or for any other reason, SharePoint will refuse to…