Here you’ll find articles I’ve written on various topics, including Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and related topics for web & cloud developers.
I’m thrilled to announce the first course that focuses specifically on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Web Content Management (WCM). That’s right… no general Windows …
There is something I’ve been working on for a few weeks trying to fix a handful of the issues that seem to always creep up in every SharePoint project… more specifically Publishing site …
For the majority of my professional career, I’ve always wanted to go out on my own as an independent consultant or own my own company. Right after 9/11, I gave it a shot for a few months, …
After 40+ comments showed up on my timer job post from a few weeks back, I thought the post needed some clarification. That’s what this post is about.
A few weeks back I posted about how you can create custom timer jobs for use in the latest release of SharePoint to perform scheduled tasks. However, considering there have been almost 40 comments to …
So… all you SharePoint v3 developers out there (WSS v3 / MOSS 2007)… don’t you just love when you run into that dreaded SharePoint error “Unknown error occurred” …
In previous versions of SharePoint (or other platforms), if you had some task you wanted to perform on a scheduled basis, you’d have to either create a console EXE and schedule it to run via …
Ever want to provide certain field controls to your content authors when editing a page, but never have that content appear in presentation (or display) mode? No custom code needed! One of the server …
The Problem When you had custom code to deploy in WSS v2, primarily Web Parts, you packaged them up in a Web Part Package using WPPackager for deployment on your servers. Unfortunately it …
In my last post, I explained why I think you should use WSS features and solutions to move layout files (such as master pages, page layouts, CSS files, JavaScript files, images, etc.) from one …
I get this question all the time so I finally am taking the time to document the answer I repeat over and over. First the question, then my answer: Question: How do I move the content I’ve …
This page contains a complete log of all additions and updates to AC’s WCM Custom Commands for STSADM.EXE page since it was initially launched on October 25, 2006. v.0.8.7.1111 - November 12, …
Before SharePoint Connections, I posted that I hoped to release a new version of my WCM Custom Commands for STSADMin Vegas during the show, but as with any conference, I just ran out of time. Thanks …
When developing a new site (or adding a new section to an existing site) with Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 Web Content Management (WCM), you will likely find yourself having to go back through …
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) v3 includes a command line utility for administrators that allows you to perform numerous actions against your WSS v3 or Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 …
Content-centric sites that are managed via a Content Management System typically have very specific requirements. The owners of the content of a content-centric site usually spend most of their time …
Have you installed the MOSS 2007 beta yet? If so, taken any time to understand what Features are? If not, check out Ted Pattison’s “What Are Features?” post… his first …
Last week I posted about an issue you’ll run into if you have an existing Publishing Site (aka: WCM site) you created in MOSS 2007 Beta 2 and then upgrade to Beta 2 Technical Refresh. The root …
David Bailey from RDA Corp clued me into a very slick way to obtain the public key token and blob for a signed assembly directly from within Visual Studio 2005. This is a common task for Web Part …
Earlier today I posted about an issue you’ll run into if you have created a Publishing site in MOSS 2007 Beta 2 (B2) and then upgrade to Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR). The goal of this post is …
If you’ve created any Publishing sites (WCM sites) in MOSS 2007 Beta 2, you need to be aware of something. There is a known issue that after you upgrade to B2TR, your Publishing Sites …
In talking to various people over the course of the last few months, I’ve found that there is a bit of a disconnect with some of the names and terms surrounding Web Content Management (WCM) in …
One thing I’ve never really been fond of in Visual Studio is the fact you can’t specify a custom format for your assembly version numbers when you build your projects. Sure, you could use …
There have been a handful of MCMS 2002 knowledge base articles posted on Microsoft’s support site in the last few weeks: FIX: Authors may receive authoring error messages when they perform any …
Last week Joel Oleson blogged about the warm-up scripts you’ll find on the MOSS 2007 Beta 2 Tech Resource DVD. These scripts essentially force a JIT compilation of all pages in a SharePoint site …