Contents tagged with SharePoint
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Getting the Weather Forecast Using SharePoint Workflows
I already wrote a post on how to use SharePoint 2013 workflows. This time, I’ll get back to this topic, with a slightly more interesting (IMO) use case: a recurring workflow that runs once a day and emails users the weather forecast for the next day!
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SharePoint Pitfalls: GUID Formats
SharePoint uses GUIDs extensively. The problem is, it accepts them in different formats, in different locations:
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SharePoint Pitfalls: Master Pages in Page Layouts
When you deploy a page layout, you may want to add your own master page as well. I find it useful to add my own custom master pages and reference them directly, in the same or a dependent feature. You might be surprised, however, that it doesn’t work exactly how you’d expect!
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SharePoint Pitfalls Index
Updated on July 20th
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SharePoint Pitfalls: Publishing Pages in Document Libraries Other Than Pages
This one is a classic: the SharePoint Publishing feature in a Publishing Site creates a document library by the name of Pages; this is where you can store your publishing pages.
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SharePoint Pitfalls: Save Publishing Site as Template Option Missing
If you want to save a publishing site as a template, so that it can be used to create other sites, you may find it surprising that the option is missing from the site settings page:
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SharePoint Pitfalls: Creating a Visual Studio Project Without SharePoint Locally Installed
This is the first on a (huge) collection of posts on SharePoint pitfalls. Hope you enjoy, and, please, do send me your feedback!
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SharePoint Reference Document Updated
Updated on June 6th.
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ASP.NET Formatted String Control
Back to ASP.NET Web Forms land! SharePoint includes a handy control, FormattedString, that can be used to render the contents of its child controls as specified in a format string; pretty much what String.Format does. I wanted to do the same with plain old ASP.NET Web Forms, and here’s what I came up with:
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SharePoint Filter Web Part
SharePoint includes a couple of useful web parts that can be used to filter other web parts. The problem is, they are only available in the Enterprise edition. It is easy, however, to build our own filters.