Middle Tier Magic: The SPSTCDC Web Site Speakers and Sessions Pages – Recording Available

In case you missed my Middle Tier Magic: The SPSTCDC Web Site Speakers and Sessions Pages webinar which I did a little over a week ago with Dux Sy (@meetdux), I just wanted to do a quick post about it. The webinar was my “session” for SharePoint Saturday: The Conference (SPSTCDC) since I wasn’t able…

Taming Long SharePoint List Forms Using jQuery to Break Them into Sections

Do you have any lists in SharePoint where the forms seem to go on and on, marching down the page, seemingly ad infinitum? I’ve seen lists which have over a hundred, even over 300 columns. This is a horrible thing to do to your users for so many reasons, but one of the primary reasons…

Compound Filtering in Data View Web Parts (DVWPs) with SharePoint Designer

When you build a Data View Web Part (DVWP) in SharePoint Designer, there are times when you might need compound filtering. By this, I mean something like: Show me the items where (City=”Abington” or Approval Status=”Approved”) and Approval Status!=”Pending” It’s sort of a silly example, but you should get the gist. Where you put the…

SharePoint Adoption and Success: Navigating the Chasm of Despair

Every time I see Sadie Van Buren talk about her truly excellent SharePoint Maturity Model, I think of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ work on Death and Dying. Yes, that may sound weird, but I find that many technology implementations do through the same phases to some degree. Here are the five stages, as documented on Wikipedia: 1….

SharePoint Is Going Away: A Compendium of Content

Unless you’ve been on vacation and disconnected or have taken a mental holiday from the SharePoint blogosphere, you’ve probably seen or heard of Steve Gaitten‘s post on the The Bamboo Team Blog called SharePoint is Going Away. I thought that I would start to collect the other posts I spot which are responses to Steve’s…