Recent update: 2008-3-21
Hi,I've followed the instructions at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101191111033.aspx to create a custom list form, but when it comes to associating it with a page, it fails.In the list properties, I click Supporting Files, and browse to the new page to use, and click ...
Hi we have created lots of columns in a custom group. We now want to get rid of those. Is there a way to remove them al @ once. Where do the columns 'live' in sharepoint. tnx
Hi everyone,I wanna ask a question about Sharepoint navigation. How can we achieve 3-4 level navigation for publishing sites? Navigation provides only 2 levels, a Heading and a Link at most. I created subsites wherever I need a sub level. Is that the way? Note that, I customized CurrentNav ...
I am seeing document libraries that were create for a site now showing up as a web part in the web parts list. What steps would one do to take an existing document library, including content and it becomes a web part that can be inserted into a page?
We have duplicate web parts on our WSS, they only have different names and the duplicates do not have a description. How does one remove web parts from the WSS so that they are not avaiable? Thank you
Due to requirements outside of my control the quick luanch bar was removed via the use of FrontPage 2003. Is there a quick way to get it back? Thank you
Has anyone gotten nested master pages working within MOSS? I'm looking for a working example of parent & nested master page code. I've found little more than statements that they work just like ASP 2.0 master pages and this: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms476046.aspx There is ...
Hi,I'm looking at the task list template and adding the Categories built-in field which maps to the Categories field in Outlook. Instead of a freeform textbox I was thinking about a drop-down or multi-select list to help enforce consistency of input. From the list settings side there doesn't ...
Hi,i'm getting a very basic error but i can't figure out what's going on. I'm the administrator of a Sharepoint site. When i try to modify the Shared page, (dragging and dropping a web part, for example), an error page displays. The page is a generic error page, with no information on what ...
In customizing the internet publishing site definition, I noticed there is an option to limit the available template(s) for any subsites that are created in a site collection. The "AvailableWebTemplates" is what does it. By example, I understand how to limit it to only ONE template -- ...
I've been having something strange happening that I can't figure out. I have been adding a web part page to a document list, I've added about 30 so far. For some reason though, when i log in as another user that has full admin access (eaxct same permissions as myself), the files do not show ...
Hi guys:This is my first question in this forum. Recently the company when i work for wants to update from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007. I'm worried about if there's a way to customize the MOSS 2007 content pages without unghosting the portal pages. I don't have Sharepoint Designer 2007 for now ...
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ShylaN at 2008-2-22
Hi,I am new to SharePoint Technologies. I have a very basic question about templates. Say we select a template and create a site. When we want to create sub sites, the template list becomes subset (reduced options) as compared to the original set. E.g if I create a Publish Portal (Either ...
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J1234 at 2008-2-21
I am trying to extend a text field using FLDTYPE_*.XML concept. I could get the field to work. Now I need to create a RenderPattern for this field. The field needs to display information from a different list. Specifically, it needs to get information from more than one row, concatenate and ...
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AmitV at 2008-2-20
HiI am using MOSS 2007 RTM version. I want to use CQ web part to display all sites under sitedirectory. What list type should I select while doing this? I tried links and custom list but that did not returned any result. Can someone please help me with ...
I am trying to style the titlebar of the webparts in WSS 3.0 and I am getting stuck on the dropdown arrow that shows the webpart menu.The styles are:.ms-WPHeader.ms-WPTitle.ms-HoverCellActiveDarkI would like to put a border and background-image for the whole titlebar but I am unsuccessful. I ...
Hii have created a page with some webparts. Now i want to use this same page as basic for other pages so i want to use this page as a sort of template. I tried copy & paste from sharepoint designer. The page is copied but the webpart is not. I also tried using the explorer view in ...
Can any one provide me the link for sharepoint customization and Programming(Complete reference)?
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Lexer at 2008-2-17
Is there a way of restricting users to a certain view. Example: A list of employees contacts and salary information with two views. One for the HR Managers and one for the other is for the HR employees. I want to limit the group of HR Employees to the contact details but not salary information.
Hi everyone,What I need to do is permit users just read and print documents of a document library but under not circumstances download them or save them.Is there any way in a document library to disable the download option. Is that enough to prevent them from saving the documents.I can hide the ...
Hello, I'm trying to link data sources in a Sharepoint web page. I found this great article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101154041033.aspxHowever, the instructions don't match what I'm seeing in my trial version of SharePoint Designer. Specifically, there is no ...
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J1234 at 2008-2-15
I am trying to extend a text field using FLDTYPE_*.XML concept. I could get the field to work. Now I need to create a RenderPattern for this field. The field needs to display information from a different list. Specifically, it needs to get information from more than one row, concatenate and ...
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ShylaN at 2008-2-15
Hi,I am new to SharePoint Technologies. I have a very basic question about templates. Say we select a template and create a site. When we want to create sub sites, the template list becomes subset (reduced options) as compared to the original set. E.g if I create a Publish Portal (Either ...
Has anyone gotten nested master pages working within MOSS? I'm looking for a working example of parent & nested master page code. I've found little more than statements that they work just like ASP 2.0 master pages and this: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms476046.aspx There is ...
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Ir_Vin at 2008-2-15
Hi,I cannot find in Sharepoint 2007 anything similar to news listings in Sharepoint 2003.We used to publish news about most important published documents using Groupped Listing Web Part.I guess, now I can construct someting similar myself, creating my own content type and then displaying data ...
Hi,I have created two seperate views and want to be able to click a link in one of them which will take you to the other view and only show the list items associated with the record that was clicked on, and also be able to edit and add new items that would be associated with the record that was ...
I've been having something strange happening that I can't figure out. I have been adding a web part page to a document list, I've added about 30 so far. For some reason though, when i log in as another user that has full admin access (eaxct same permissions as myself), the files do not show ...
Hi,When we click on upload on document Library it takes us to upload page, if we have to upload multiple files then we have to click upload multiple file link, then it take us to Explorer view.I need to know can be open explorer view by default when user clicks upload in document ...
Is it possible to modify the FormServer.aspx page or create a new page based on the default master page to display a form generated from InfoPath Forms Server? I would like to have a consistent look-and-feel throughout the site, including when users fill out information on a form. Right now, ...
Hi guys:This is my first question in this forum. Recently the company when i work for wants to update from SPS 2003 to MOSS 2007. I'm worried about if there's a way to customize the MOSS 2007 content pages without unghosting the portal pages. I don't have Sharepoint Designer 2007 for now ...
Hi there. I would like to change the look and feel of my webparts. For example, change the font,colour,background color,text decoration etc. I have looked through the core.css file using Sharepoint Designer however I'm not sure which element to change in the css file. I thought maybe it might ...
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Dan at 2008-2-11
Hi there,My company wanted to have a navigation menu that had all the pages in our MOSS '07 site (or subsite), which I was able to do with the following code (which actually works VERY well): <WebPartPages:DataFormWebPart runat="server" IsIncluded="True" FrameType="No...
<P>Hi,</P> <P>when i use my Custom page layout based on the article page layout the extension .aspx is beging displayed with the title of the page. Can anybody tell me why that is. I use various custom columns in the article page content type.</P> <P>many tnx, Joost</P>
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AmitV at 2008-2-10
HiI am using MOSS 2007 RTM version. I want to use CQ web part to display all sites under sitedirectory. What list type should I select while doing this? I tried links and custom list but that did not returned any result. Can someone please help me with ...
Is there a way to force MOSS links to open in a new window without using code? I am the Sharepoint Administrator for the site collection but do not have access to the server. Thank you very much in advance. I am using WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007.
I created a blog site and it works great. One question I have is whether it's possible to hide the three links (Permalink, Email this Post, and Comments) under every post? If so how? Thanks Bob
Is anyone else having problems inserting data views as forms into a Data Form Web Part with Sharepoint Designer 2007 RTM?I'm following the instructions as detailed on http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101191141033.aspx , but every time I insert my selected fields as a ...
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jmnxxx at 2008-2-7
When a layout page inherits from PublishingLayoutPage, the masterpagefile attribute gets set at runtime and only the values of default.master or custom.master will work. When a page inherits from WebPartPage we are free to set the the page to any master page file we'd like. Since we would like ...
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wlanni at 2008-2-7
Greetings.I am developing an internal Microsoft portal site. I have been working as a designer skinning SharePoint sites for several years now. I'm really hoping that Designer gets its flaws and bugs worked out, it's a shame I can't report bugs I find directly through the application, ...
Why am I asked to check out the page when I attempt to open it with FrontPage?
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pdtane at 2008-2-7
hi,does anybody know where the user information that's displayed when you click My Settings menu in the Welcome drop down is coming from? i am trying to see if i can use the user profile information instead of the current information in there, since i have more information from the user ...
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ved at 2008-2-7
Hi, We have MOSS Enterprise Trial version installed on a single server. So, I believe that SQL Express is automatically installed with the default settings.I want to create one SharePoint Web Service that modifies the Data in SQL Server. For example: In InfoPath form I want to generate sequence numb...
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Ir_Vin at 2008-2-6
Is it possible to customize DispForm for Document Library? I cannot see display form in Supporting Files tab at Document Library properties window. If I create new display form, how to replace default form with it.
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Anyone know how to get the Cell Formatting Task Pane to appear? I closed it and now have no idea how to get it back!
Also referenced in the MS Office Word Team blog ( http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2007/01/18/xml-mapping-with-word-sharepoint.aspx) this is simple enough to do, but one thing appears to be missing.... This can be implemented for custom metadata and a few defaults, however ...
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Supes at 2008-2-4
Hi,We are going to implement Sharepoint 2007. Over the point we are thinking about having 2 Sharepoint 2007 server. One for intranet and internal stuff and the other for the website and extranet. My question is how much flexible sharepoint 2007 is in terms of design and customization. Can we do ...
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czulli at 2008-2-4
After a successful upgrade from WSS 2.0 to 3.0 - I am trying to add templates to site. Adding the templates seems to work however when I try to create a new page using them they are not available to select from. Below are the steps I followed to add the templates and how I am trying to access ...
Hi, Do you know how I can add a masterpage with Skin ? I don't understand how you do that. Thanks, Julien
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raq at 2008-2-4
Hi:I've been working with the old version of sharepoint, there I work with one template that has some Content Placeholders (the top zone, the middle left zone, the middle right zone and the and the bottom zone). Now I have to work with sharepoint 2007, I have 2 portals but the templates I have ...