jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services v0.4.6 Released

Today I released v0.4.6 of my jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services.  This version was fun to work on because I’ve got quite a few people out there in the world (California, North Carolina, Sweden) using the library actively, so we were able to work together pretty much real time to get enhancements and bug fixes into…

Collaborating on Building SharePoint Solutions

Bjørn Furuknap, never the shrinking wallflower, posted an article today about SharePoint Configuration vs. Development. One of the things that always seems to be missing is the bridge between the two approaches.  I’ve lived on both sides of the wall, and as long as there’s a wall, things fail.  SharePoint is a collaboration platform, yet…

A jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (WSS 3.0 and MOSS): the SPDisplayRelatedInfo Function

Cross posted from EndUserSharePoint.com… SPDisplayRelatedInfo is a function in the jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services that lets you display information which is related to the selection in a dropdown. This can really bring your forms to life for users: rather than just selecting bland text values, you can show them images and links that…

SharePoint’s Web Services, jQuery, and the z:row Namespace in Safari and Chrome

<UPDATE date=”2011-02-14″>: As of jQuery 1.5, single quotes are *required* around z:row or any other similar node selector. This was actually “required” in previous versions of jQuery, but not enforced. </UPDATE> jQuery’s totally cross-browser capable, right?  Well, generally, yes.  However, through no fault of jQuery, Safari and Chrome don’t seem to like the z:row namespace…