Ran into an odd little issue this morning where my users in a publishing site could not create new pages. The reason they couldn’t create a new page turned out to be because they did not have read rights on the masterpage gallery. The symptoms are basically access denied pages when any user with full [...]
Archive for April 2009
User Unable to Create Page (User has Full Control)
April 30, 2009Institutions vs Collaboration
April 28, 2009A friend of mine brought this TED presentation to my attention today and it is amazing. I highly recommend watching this if you have ever been involved in SharePoint or any sort of new technology. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html This may actually be the best description/articulation of what is going on in the world right now. Hope you [...]
My First Podcast: SharePoint Start and Learn
April 17, 2009Download SharePoint Start and Learn: http://zb0xhg.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pqw03yuxsNsbJZ7uSflfDXsMoxCKdi2Nuj03h0zqkC2WUNAUmJ4sAtPChBgSIDATCnGQxpB8ohBOcbRjjwGj9DRBvc-N2_o8O/01-%20SharePoint%20Start%20and%20Learn.mp3?download I just finished my first podcast which is 13 minutes or so on how to go about learning SharePoint if you are starting out. This has no specific target audience and can benefit consultants learning SharePoint, end users, developers, it directors etc. Please let me know if you have [...]
Mind Map of Resume? IBIS Map of Cover Letter? Do it.
April 16, 2009Want to drastically improve your chances at nailing that new or better job? Try some of these self proclaimed totally awesome ideas. Don’t think you have to stop using the old fashioned resume and cover letter. Just attach these to the existing ones you use for extra effect. Mind Map Your Resume – Diagram Who [...]
SharePoint Not Always “The Answer”
April 15, 2009Dun dun dunnnn. As the post title suggests I want to talk briefly about a mentality that I am starting to see pop up everywhere and I want to hopefully illustrate that while SharePoint is totally “sexy awesome” it is not always the best choice for solving an issue. Anyone who has worked with SharePoint [...]
SharePoint 2007/WSS SP2 for April 28th
April 15, 2009Don’t worry I won’t go into all the details. The original announcement is located here: http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2009/04/14/service-pack-2-for-2007-microsoft-office-system-due-april-28th.aspx all the interesting details can be found in the above post as well. Suffice to say lots of important updates (which we all love). Don’t forget that many of the fixes for known issues can be found in the [...]
Customize Look And Feel With Calculated Columns
April 14, 2009Ever wanted to ‘Color Code’ a SharePoint calendar? Or have certain list items display differently then other list items based on their column values? One of those things that every user needs is the ability to customize the look and feel of many SharePoint elements, and sometimes it just doesn’t make sense to wait for [...]
SharePoint Designer Free!
April 2, 2009While this is all over the net I figured I should also post it here. SharePoint Designer which was previously a product that replaced front page is now a completely free downloadable product. This tool can help ANY user who uses SharePoint to expand their capabilities. From page editing, page layout and master page creation [...]
