Adding Properties to Timer Jobs
Adding properties to timer jobs could be handy if you want to set the reference to a particular site collection, or if you want to set some parameters that are needed to run the job. You could add...
View ArticleDiscussion Board Style for the Content Query Web Part
When you want to create a rollup from all discussion board (or a specific one) in SharePoint, you will notice that the Content Query Web Part does not have an appropriate style for it. Every out of the...
View ArticleSelecting Data With XSLT: SPSBE Part 1
On the SharePoint Saturday Belgium I gave an introduction presentation about XSLT (Slides). In the following blog post series, consisting of three parts, I will step by step explain my given demos....
View ArticleUsing XSLT Statements: SPSBE Part 2
This post explains the second demo that I showed at my SharePoint Saturday Belgium presentation. The second demo was about XSLT statements. XSLT statements are used to put a conditional test against...
View ArticleCreating a Twitter Data View Web Part: SPSBE Part 3
The last XSLT demo I gave on SharePoint Saturday Belgium was about creating a Twitter web part by using a data view web part. Step 1 First of all you need to retrieve the Twitter search results as RSS...
View ArticleDo Not Remove the Horizontal Ruler in a Discussion Board Reply
This week a customer informed me that they were experiencing some problems with a web part someone developed. The web part showed the latest discussion board messages, but suddenly they received an...
View ArticleMaking an Image Gallery Inside the Asset Library: Part 1
Recently I was at a client that wanted to have something more useable for storing and showing their event pictures. The only thing that is possible out-of-the-box in SharePoint 2010 is working with a...
View ArticleMaking an Image Gallery from the Asset Library: Part 2
In the previous part I showed you how to manipulate the Asset Library Thumbnail view, so that it could be used as image gallery. In this part I will do a small update to the code, so that the first...
View ArticleQuick Tip: Adding an Active Directory Group Through the Permissions Web Service
When working with the addpermission method from the permissions.asmx web service, you have the possibility to add permissions to a list or site for users or groups. When you specify a group as...
View ArticleSub-Site Theme/Composed Looks Inheritance How To
With the new theme engine from SharePoint 2013 I had a few questions about how sub-sites could inherit the theme/composed looks from the parent. Let me first start with the differences between the 2010...
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