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Have some Firefox about:config fun!
A few months back, I was looking at how to disable IPv6 communication in browsers and found a nifty little trick in Firefox along the way. Now, before I go ahead and talk about that, lets look at IE. You may be familiar with some of the custom address bar commands in IE; ones like…
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First hand experience with culture shock
I know you’ve all read about people migrating to different countries and how the new culture can affect their persona in a way that provokes scrutiny into human behavior… Wow, what did I just say? I have no idea. It’s kind of a loaded statement. Anyway, lets keep going 🙂 So my parents came to…
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General Approach to Portals and Collaboration Utilizing SharePoint
Today, I would like to share with you a couple of thoughts on the subject of how to approach a Portals and Collaboration project in relationship to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). Over the years, many approaches have been developed on how to deploy solutions based on SharePoint Technologies. Aside from the normal…
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I blog because
Why do you blog? Or why people blog? See if you can find your reason below: I blog because everyone who’s important does. I blog because I want to feel important. I blog because you do. I blog because they told me to. I blog because I have to. I blog because I need to.…
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Browser Support in SharePoint 2007 (v3)
The other day, we were looking at some of those ActiveX DLLs that SharePoint uses in order to offer us a better, more richer experience when working with and/or browsing its sites and pages. I remembered looking at some browser compatibility articles on TechNet a while back while working on another WCM project. So I…
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Options for setting a custom Master Page file in WSS 3.0
As you may know, in WSS 3.0, we don’t have the option through the UI to set a custom master page file. In MOSS 2007, we have this "Master Page" action link that lets us select a different master page then the one initially configured for the site. So what are our options, here are…
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Page Layout not showing up on Create New Page
A quick blog entry here 🙂 Just the other day I was looking into why don’t my Page Layouts show up on the Create New Page _layouts/CreatePage.aspx. I went through my routine of checking things out one step at a time. My to-do list included the following items: 1. First look at my…
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Fixing the SmartPart File Not Found
Searching for the phrase "SmartPart File Not Found" on Live Search returns many, many pages. It looks like I was not alone, which is a great feeling to have 🙂 The error seems to appear when users browse to the Web Parts Gallery and try to add a new web part. When adding a new…
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The Three Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Resources I always check
Having a good old list of bookmarks or favorites is very helpful and can be rewarding for those who suffer from memory loss 🙂 These days, some people go even a step further and register for an account on Diigo. This Diigo service was recommended to me by Eric Kraus. It’s very cool and I…
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Twin Cities MSDN Developer Conference – Links and Resources
I would like to share with you these links I got after attending the MSDN Developer Conference event this past Tuesday here in Minneapolis, MN. I am sure they will popup somewhere on the net 🙂 In general, the event was a success. We also had a Techmasters lunch gathering. We did a short meeting…
Johnny Harbieh 