Monthly Archives: October 2008

Create new WSS web application at a default location other than C:\Inetpub\wwwroot

By jleung | October 23, 2008

This was a question popup about a year ago when the client SPS 2003 virtual directory is hosed on a drive other the default C:\Inetpub\wwwroot location.
It all began with a gradual migration, the new targeted web application for MOSS 2007/WSS 3.0 is created automatically at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\VirtualDirectories\
while the SPS 2003 site is at E:\Inetpub\wwwroot. At that [...]

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Convert XSLT Variables to Upper or Lower Case

By ccondon | October 22, 2008

I had a situation where I needed to compare a query string parameter to a value in a list inside a data view web part in SharePoint Designer. If the two values matched in regards to the text, but did not match in regards to case (for example: SomeWord vs. someword), they would not [...]

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SharePoint Resource Center for Updates

By jleung | October 20, 2008

As a SharePoint administrator, keeping your SharePoint environment up-to-date is one of the important tasks. Since MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 went RTM in November 2006, there are 2 major updates: Service Pack 1 and Infrastructure Update.
The following link summerizes the deployment roadmap for these important updates and provides useful information in terms of [...]

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Application Lifecycle Management for SharePoint Development

By ccondon | October 17, 2008

Have you ever thought to yourself that the development experience in SharePoint is quite frankly a pain? That there are no real best practices or guidance about how to conduct application development or how to use an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process?
I was introduced today to the link below on msdn that offers a [...]

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Create Unique Keys Using Calculated Fields

By ccondon | October 14, 2008

This little trick is something that should have struck me long ago, but I just recently hit upon it. I had a situation where I needed to create a column in a list that looked up data from another list. Normally, lookup columns use the Title field as the text displayed in the [...]

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