Okay, I do believe I have made it to “True Geek”. I know, I know, I’ve been saying for years that I AM a geek, but for some people they simply don’t believe. This should solidify any questions of my true geekiness. I found the most amazing Web site today that I just couldn’t keep [...]

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I have seen so many fun Web parts used in SharePoint, but I think this is one of my favorites. I use it in lots of demos, just to show how fun you can make your Web sites. This Web part will display snowflakes on your Web page. A great thing to add, maybe the [...]

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SharePoint 2007 is an amazing technology, but as is typical with Microsoft technologies, they don’t always play nice with others. So, one of the many questions people ask is “Does SharePoint work in other browsers?”. Thanks to one of my good friends from high school, Eric Prosser, (who has jumped onto the SharePoint band wagon [...]

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During the last 17 years of consulting and training I have encountered various types of taxonomies. I used the term in almost every consulting project, so I thought it might be a good idea to have a reference to the various types of taxonomies.
Flat Taxonomy: group content into a controlled set of categories

No inherent relationship among [...]

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In MOSS 2007 there are over 300 links withing the various administration pages. Here is a brief breakdown of where things are located in SharePoint.

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I am afraid it is so. I was visiting Bookpool.com the other day – my primary resource for ordering books, when I received a “Coming Soon” page. So I did a little research and found out that they are indeed closing.  It isn’t clear if the close is temporary or permanent, but as for now [...]

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a big deal for companies investing in SharePoint for their Internet web presence. Achieving search performance requires pages and structure that optimizes a sites indexing by the major engines in a manner that will ensure they bubble up appropriately and are not buried on page results 5 where they will never see the [...]

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In an effort to end the year on a good note, I’ve taken on a huge challenge. About a year ago I sat down to video capture an entire installation of a Virtual PC image of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Although the video took me several days to complete, once I finished the installation [...]

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One of the first questions I get asked as a SharePoint consultant is “how do I make my site look like Hawaiian Airlines?”. I usually answer, with a lot of money. The reality is that most people don’t understand what it takes to brand a SharePoint site. Just take a look at the Style Sheet [...]

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Updated version of the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint is now available.  https://aks.hisoftware.com/aks_Features.aspx 
I’m particularly enthused about the Web Part Zone Smart Control Adapter, which will use <div> tags instead of tables to display web parts. Note it only works in display mode, not while in edit mode.
The AKS v2.0 follows on from the success of the [...]

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