SharePoint Designer Training Videos

Nov. 20, 2008 | Category SharePoint Designer, Video Series, SharePoint

Get SharePoint Designer training on your desktop: A set of 20 videos covering various topics on Sharepoint designer can be found at office online here. Topics covered in videos include following

  • Adding a page to a SharePoint site
  • Contributor Settings Creating a custom list data form
  • Managing data sources Enabling editing in Data Views
  • Data View properties
  • Web part connections
  • Creating a workflow Collecting data in a workflow
  • Modify a master page
  • Modify the default SharePoint content placeholders
  • Creating pages from a master page
  • Changing content page layouts
  • Managing master pages
  • Create a cascading style sheet
  • Modifying Style Sheets
  • Using the CSS task panes
  • Creating Publishing Page Layouts
  • Customizing a Publishing Page Layout
  • Code snippets

A six-part series on getting the most out of SharePoint Designer 2007 : A set of 6 videos found here which covers the following topics.

  • Powerful user interface and design tools
  • Customize SharePoint sites
  • Create and modify layout pages
  • Create and modify rules-based workflow applications
  • Build composite no-code SharePoint applications
  • Visual Studio integration

SharePoint Designer 2007 Business Administrator Training: This video series for advanced users shows you how to quickly and easily build complex business solutions on the SharePoint platform. Topics covered include the following

  • Integrating Visual Studio
  • Using the Data View Dashboard
  • Creating the best workflow
  • Applying layout changes

Good news for people in the IT profession

Nov. 19, 2008 | Category Misc

About once a year a study will come out covering what specific professions in the IT field are in hot demand. It always makes me feel better when my specific area of focus makes the list. Since my current areas of focus are SharePoint, .NET, and Web development, this study was one that made me very happy. Denise Dubie from Network World conducted a recent study with good news for those of us in the IT profession. Her results stated that not only will our salaries increase by about 4% in 2009 but that we will be in higher demand as well. The top three types of IT professionals were listed as the Web Developer, followed by Programmer Analysts (or IT professionals with .NET, SharePoint, Java, and PHP skills), and Help Desk professionals. Having been in this field for over 17 years it is a good feeling to know that I am working in one of the best fields during these difficult economic times. Now, how do we help the people currently working in the automotive industry. Maybe we should create a class on “Migrating from Automotibles to Information Technology”. I bet it would be very successful. Read the full article.

Mindsharp SharePoint Designer References

Nov. 17, 2008 | Category WSS, MOSS, SharePoint

Module 0
The 10 worst Web sites to navigate (2006)
The 10 worst Web sites to navigate (2007)
Wikipedia comparison of browsers
Browser statistics by month
Test any SharePoint site for standards compliance using Cynthia says
Top 50 Web sites (by Time) 

Module 1
Managed Paths
Managed Paths screen cast by Bob Fox
Features of WSS vs MOSS

Module 2
Customizing the Site Directory of MOSS 
Modifying Navigation Settings through the User Interface
Page Layouts and Master Pages
Using the Content Query Web part in a Web part page
Content Query Web part example
Displaying Data from Multiple Lists with the Content Query Web part
How to Customize the Content Query Web Part with Properties
Customizing Styles of Content Query Web Part
Overview of Web Part connections
Example of using Web Part connections
Microsoft overview of Web Part connections

Module 3
Creating a custom site definition
Reset a Customized Page to the Site Definition

Module 5
Creating  a Web Page using SharePoint Designer

Module 6
How to Create a Minimal Master Page
Master Pages Defined
CSS options with Master Pages
Master Pages vs. Themes
Description of Default Content Placeholders in a Master Page
Heather Solomon’s Base Master Page
Customizing WSS 3.0 with Master Pages
ASP.NET templates and starter kits
MOSS Navigation

Module 7
Master Pages and Content Pages

Module 8
Defined Classes in Core.css for SharePoint
MOSS 2007 SDK
WSS 3.0 SDK

Module 9
Free Downloadable Theme Pack for SharePoint
Creating a Custom Theme
Customizing a Theme without modifying Core.css
Branding a MOSS Corporate Portal

Module 11
Creating a Basic Workflow in SharePoint Designer 
Video: Creating a Custom Workflow in SharePoint Designer
How to Use Variables in a Custom Workflow
Microsoft’s Example of How to Use Variables in a Workflow
Creating Workflows with InfoPath, Visual Studio, and SharePoint Designer

Additional Resources
Using the BDC with Single Sign-On
Single Sign-On Tips and Tricks
Business Data Catalog Connections
Demos: A Six Part Series on Getting the Most out of SharePoint Designer
How to Create Code Snippets in SharePoint Designer

Troubleshooting WSS 3.0 Installation

Nov. 08, 2008 | Category WSS, SharePoint

So this is one of my “in the trenches” blogs. I’ve been setting up a new server to run WSS 3.0, which I’ve done a dozen times. I have several SharePoint 2007 servers I am currently running, and WSS is a prerequisite, so this shouldn’t have been an all weekend project. But, for some reason, this particular install was not cooperating. I performed the same steps in the same order, except in this case I did not install SQL Server. In most of my installations I installed SQL Server since I would be using MOSS. So I installed Windows Server 2003 with IIS, the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 and then tried installing WSS, but kept receiving the following error message:

Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
This product requires ASP.NET v2.0 to be set to ‘Allow’ in the list of Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server Extensions. If it is not available in the list, reinstall ASP.Net v2.0.
Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.

When I checked IIS, sure enough it was not listed in the Web Server Extensions. I tried adding it manually, but that did not fix the problem. So I went back to some old notes I had when troubleshooting issues with .NET 2.0 and found this command line and fixed everything. 

aspnet_regiis -i

You have to run it from the \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\ directory.

How to determine your list template

Nov. 04, 2008 | Category WSS, MOSS, SharePoint

Previously I blogged about site templates types but I thought it might also be useful to find the list template types.

  1. Navigate to the list and view the all items view. Each list is different but all lists come with an all items view by default. However in publihsing sites there is a Pages Library which is typically found at http://ServerName/Pages/Forms/AllItems.aspx, and for the Images images library it will be - http://ServerName/PublishingImages/Forms/AllItems.aspx. 
  2. In the browser go to View, Source and search for “ctx.listTemplate”.
    The Pages Library it will show - “ctx.listTemplate = 850;” and the Images library it will show “ctx.listTemplate = 101;”).

For other template types you will need to look up the list ID so here’s a link to the SharePoint List Template ID’s.

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