My Links in SharePoint is something that either no one uses or everyone uses; I rarely see any middle ground. In case you aren’t familiar with My Links, you get to them by clicking on the My Links link in the header of most pages in SharePoint, as highlighted below. (My Links is available in…
I was working with a client today to try to figure out an error and we saw a pattern which I wanted to document here in case anyone else ran across it. The first diagnosis was “corrupt permissions”, but that turned out not to be it at all. The issue was on a site with…
I spotted a couple of things out in the InterWebs yesterday that I thought would be of general interest. First, there’s a new version of SPDisposeCheck. The announcement of this over on Roger Lamb’s SharePoint Developer Blog gives a good overview of the changes. Specifically: SPDisposeCheck is a tool that helps developers and administrators check…
One of the comments I sometimes get when I talk about the beauty of Data View Web Parts (DVWPs) in SharePoint is “You know, XSL is a declarative language, not a procedural one.” I gave a talk last night at the Boston Area SharePoint User Group (BASPUG) called Developing in SharePoint’s Middle Tier and it…
Earlier this year, SharePoint Magazine became a part of the USPJ Academy family. Yesterday, we relaunched a revamped SharePoint Magazine on a more robust platform (it’s still WordPress at its core) along with some fresh content. We’re looking for some authors to join us. If you’ve ever considered joining the SharePoint writing community, this might…