The “Open with Windows Explorer” action available for document libraries in SharePoint relies on a WebDav client service (i.e. WebClient) which isn’t installed by default on Windows Server 2008. To get this working you need to install the “Desktop...

Debugging in WSS 3.0 or MOSS is similar to debugging a standard ASP.NET application but there are several differences that can catch you out. In this post I will go through some of the basic techniques you can use to get more information than the “A...

Another great white paper for developers and anyone else dealing with large lists in SharePoint, the recently released Working with Large Lists in Office SharePoint Server 2007  white paper provides a great comparison of the query methods availabl...

I’ve been busy over the last few weeks working on the Community Kit for SharePoint (CKS) 2.0 Enhanced Blog Edition. We have now released the first version on CodePlex which contains many enhancements for SharePoint blogs. These enhancements includ...

The recently released SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Policy 2007 White Paper provides a great starting point for implementing and managing customisations in a SharePoint based environment. The paper contains a list of customisa...

This post shows how you can update the RSS feed for your SharePoint blog. This is useful if you want to take advantage of services such as feedburner that provide statistics on the number and type of subscribers a blog has. The steps involved are...

If you are using the out of the box SharePoint blog site and want to change the look and feel away from the ‘boxy’ SharePoint look this post is for you. During the process of customising this blog I have created a master page and two CSS files th...

Saving a list as a template is an easy way of transferring data from one place to another in SharePoint. By default, however, the maximum size of list templates in WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 is 10MB.   If you try to save the list as a template that ...

I’m pleased to report that the project to develop an enhanced blog edition for SharePoint is now underway. We had our first meeting this morning and it looks like this will be a great project to be involved in. On the feature list are items such a...

Back in February I took the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development (beta) exam. I found this pretty tough as at the time there was not a whole lot of training material out there so I was stoked this morning when B rang...