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…
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…
Failed to completely create the top-level Web site
I tried creating a custom site template however the template name and the folder name within 14/SiteTemplates didn’t match and I received the following error: Event log message was: ‘Failed…
SharePoint 2010 – Access a list in Central Admin
My Problem I tried many different option to access a list in Central Administration from a web part in my application. Of course the problem is that the application pool…
Content types in SharePoint
Content types in SharePoint can be extended by creating a new feature which deploys an element file with the following content: <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <ContentType ID="GUID" Name="Text" Group="Text"…
Name in activating SharePoint features in onet.xml
Some basic information about activating features in the onet.xml can be found on the MSDN site. So the general format is something like this <Feature Id = “Text” SourceVersion =…
SharePoint deployment timing out in Visual Studio 2010
Deployment timing out A SharePoint deployment timing out can be quite annoying. First of all, this is something that shouldn’t really happen, in my case the VMs that we were…
Custom system master page not being picked up
Have you ever tried to assign a custom master page to the system pages in SharePoint? This is what I used to do up to now. Create a feature that…