ListId vs ListName; use sometimes ListDisplayName instead
Recently for a contact list form I used the DataFormWebPart. First I created a custom list then added the Data Form Web Part to a page. Exported the code included…
Enabling the export option for a web part
Today I tried enabling the export option on a custom web part. To do this I went through the following steps: Opened SharePoint Designer Opened the site that contained the…
How do you organise your SharePoint Projects?
In the past 5 years I’ve worked on quite a few projects and I’ve seen quite few SharePoint Developers/Consultants/Architect delivering solutions. I started in London What is the best way…
SharePoint – Site Definition failed to deploy
There are many articles about site definitions. The trend seems to go towards using less site definitions or at least smaller site definitions and adding features to do all the…
SharePoint 2010 – Updating custom forms on an existing list
What do you do when you have a list with custom forms (editform.aspx, dispform.aspx and newform.aspx) and you want to add some extra fields on that form. Ok, so you get…
MSDN Forum Assistant, TechNet Forum Assistant
Every now and then you find some of these tools. A bit like elves during Christmas. They are useful little helpers but you need a bit of luck to find…
Rich Text Field Definition
How to create a rich text field in SharePoint exported it using SPM (see codeplex) So I started creating a rich text field by including the following within my elements file:…
SharePoint 2007 – Deploying a custom survey as a list definition feature
Have you ever tried to deploy a custom survey as a list definition in SharePoint 2007? This is what I’ve done: Created a survey with my 5 questions in the…