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Posted in Site News on Oct 3rd, 2008
Switched site to Misty Look from Sadish. This guy makes some of the best WordPress themes in the business.
I don’t know if I will keep it this way, but it is looking good so far. I am about 3-4 months away from having to switch to my own server if traffic continues its upward [...]
How to install Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 on Windows Vista using Bamboo Nation’s setup program! This rocks and it was pretty simple.
Vista will need to have these things installed for this tutorial:
Windows Vista 32 ( I have not tried it on 64 )
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
IIS 7.0
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
In the Windows Features Menu [...]
Windows Server 2003 install into a VMWare Fusion virtual machine. This setup is tailored for use with Ted Pattison’s wonderful book, Inside Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0, but it is good for any install of Server 2003 and VMWare.
if you click above and and get a weird question mark just hang in there. Sometimes hosting [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 10th, 2008
My Sharepoint and Windows programming tutorials are about to launch. I need to complete the video portion of the tutorial, but the script and the screenshots are about complete.
Just some info for your thinking:
Topic of the first tutorial is the install of Windows Server 2003, Office, Visual Studio 2005, Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and the [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 10th, 2008
Sharepoint creates folders to hold website content for the Web Applications you create. Many would like to know where they are. Well, usually they are at this location:
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\
in this directory you will find numbers. These correspond to the port numbers the Web Applications listen on. You almost certainly will find a folder named 80. This [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 10th, 2008
Sharepoint uses the Windows Internal Database for stand-alone mode. This is basically a version of SQL Server 2005 made for embedding in other programs and this version is based upon the very popular SQL Sever 2005 Express Edition.
In order to view the databases you need to have SQL Server Management Console installed. If you haven’t [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 8th, 2008
I am currently working on a set of checklists to guide the creation of virtual machines ( or stand alone installs I suppose ) for working with or developing content for SharePoint.
Be aware, SharePoint is huge. It is hoary. It is frightening. So, it will be a bit of work, actually a lot of work, [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 3rd, 2008
Looks like I am having so much fun with Sharepoint I am going to certify in it.
Here are the relevant exams for developers:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Application Development
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development
Take the WSS 3.0 one first. It is easy than the other and pretty much [...]
Posted in Computers on Aug 1st, 2008
SQL Server tables and stored procedures CAN be accessed from Sharepoint and Infopath, BUT it is not recommended to do it directly. Serious. Can’t tell you strongly enough.
Use Web Services to query SQL Server from Sharepoint or Infopath.
Use SQL Server Reporting Services to report and showcase data in Sharepoint.
More on this later as this is [...]
Posted in Computers on Jul 27th, 2008
Sharepoint Development can be quite daunting without some help to get you through the rough parts. Here are some good links for infos on developing Sharepoint solutions.
Sharepoint at MSDN Feed
The Official Sharepoint Blog
Paul Andrew on Getting Started with Sharepoint Development GREAT STUFF!
Another good list of Sharepoint Developer resources