Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. – Nesta

Jun

23

Two Helpful Web Parts for FREE!!!

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Since the response was so great to our articles regarding using the QueryString to pass information to PageViewer web parts, I have decided to make both web parts available, as SharePoint features deployed at the Site Collection level.
You can download the web parts at my company web site:  www.theportalgroup.biz
Just click on “Downloads”, register for free, [...]

Jun

1

The Software You Need – AXIGEN Mail Server

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If you are like me and do a lot of demos, especially ones that are running within a virtual environment (Virtual PC, VMWare Server, etc.) you have probably struggled with the best way to demonstrate the e-mail capabilities of whatever you are going to demo.  In my case, Microsoft SharePoint is what I am trying [...]

May

27

Making a Dynamic PageViewer Web Part Using Request.QueryString Redux

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So, as I was working away, setting up a Links list in SharePoint to take advantage of the QueryStringPageViewer Web Part discussed in my last blog post, I came upon a situation where I needed to do something slightly different.
The QueryStringPageViewer Web Part allows a user to configure the Web Part with a Base URL [...]

May

27

Making a Dynamic PageViewer Web Part Using Request.QueryString

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Hopefully, all of you have read and implemented my guide to installing a SharePoint development environment for free.  If not, you can find the link here:  http://www.themackpage.com/2009/05/26/how-to-build-your-totally-free-sharepoint-development-environment/
If you are lucky enough to have a development environment with even better tools, as I am sure most of you do, then please feel free to use whatever [...]