Tips for WCM (Web Content Management)

Some time ago I had the chance to attend a workshop with Andrew Connell, regarding WCM (Web Content Management). Although we use slightly different approaches for packaging the solutions (I'm currently using WSPBuilder available codeplex), the remaining of the development process are pretty similar. I will address the process I'm currently using soon. I would …

Debugging tips for SharePoint

I came accross a great post that realy reflects the Sharepoint day-by-day: debugging. You can find it at http://blog.thekid.me.uk/archive/2007/07/25/debugging-tips-for-sharepoint-and-wss-exceptions.aspx Take a GOOD look at it. Follow any links to tools you don't know yet. Great post!

Faceted Search v2.5

Here is a great tool. This used to imply a serious development time and now is packed and ready to use. Faceted search implements the concept of facets (groups of results according to topics) and implements : Caching Synchronization with Core Search Results web part Support for advanced search Match of search counters Introducing Parent-Child …

Using Team Foundation Server to Develop Custom SharePoint Products and Technologies Applications

from the artticle: Summary: Use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server to support SharePoint application development, and provide an integrated development environment and single source code repository for process activities, integrated progress reporting, and team roles. (12 printed pages) You can get it from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc948982.aspx

WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 SDK 1.4 Download and Online MSDN Library

since 30/Aug, tehre is a new version of the SDK for WSS & MOSS. Here is the information about it: .. from the original post (http://blogs.msdn.com/randalli/archive/2008/08/28/just-published-wss-and-moss-sdk-1-4-download-and-online-msdn-library-8-29-2008.aspx) > Download the MOSS SDK 1.4 < > Download the WSS SDK 1.4 < The August 2008 update is version 1.4 and reflects feature enhancements that were part of …

Detecting the current mode (display/edit)

One of these days I came accross a simple requirement that led me to a couple of scenarios: "How do I detect if I am in display mode or in edit mode?". This has some significant importance in WCM (Web Content Management) world, where you may need some tricks to hide fields, controls or even …

Code behind in layouts and master pages

Something quite simple, but that has been asked me recurringly is the possibility of adding code behind to layouts and master pages. This is not only possible, but in many cases essential. Remember that we are coding asp.net here, so you basically need to add a reference to where the code is 🙂 I found …

Migration Toolkit v1.1 and TFS to TFS Migration Tool v1.1 published on CodePlex

The title says it all 🙂 Detailed information about the releases and the new file downloads are available on the TFS Migration Blog and the CodePlex project pages for each of the respective projects:   Migration and Synchronization Toolkit TFS to TFS Migration Tool  

Running .net 3.5 in Sharepoint? Yes indeed!

One of these days I faced a question from a client that wanted to use the latest Enterprise Library 4 on Sharepoint development. Well, its .net 3.5 and Sharepoint is 2.0, but.. You now are surelly thinking: but the core of these two releases is the same, so it should be possible. Right you are! …

patterns & practices SharePoint Guidance

The P&P team is dedicating some time to create guidance into sharepoint development. IMHO this is a most valuable input as it has been for so many other areas, from patterns to factories. The final output will be published on MSDN, but in the meantime you can take a peek into the current version at …