In a previous post, I made an introduction to interacting with SharePoint data through Web Services; easily, albeit a bit…
Category Archives: SharePoint 2010
a collection of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 resources
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 Lists XML file
There will be times that you need to fetch the XML file that describes one of your lists in SharePoint…
Basics: Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
XSLT, or Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations, is the evolution of the former and simpler Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) standard. These…
How to: Create a new Site Column in SharePoint 2010
As we’ve seen before, site columns can be created in a variety of ways, through the web interface, the SPD10…
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…
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…
Quick tip: Find the SharePoint Designer Toolbox
When you start the SharePoint Designer for the first time, you will notice that everything is supposed to be carried…