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Deployment of Resource files (*.resx) to App_GlobalResources under SharePoint
This is a continuation from Deployment of Theme and Resource files Resource File Deployment (Resx) The second item was deploying Resource files to the App_GlobalResource directory present as a subdirectory under each IIS site for each SharePoint Web Application...
Posted: 01-31-2010 10:44 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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Deployment of Theme and Resource files via Feature / Timer Jobs
Recently, we had a deployment scenario where we needed to deploy a custom theme and some resource files (resx) to the Farm and the Web Application zones respectively. Theme Deployment via Feature / Timer Job For the first feature, deployment of a theme...
Posted: 01-31-2010 10:32 AM by cicorias | with 1 comment(s)
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Don’t get caught with long Account Names!!
This has bitten me a couple of times.  This error surfaced yesterday when running a scripted install with psconfig.exe – the error that appears in the log is: LookupAccountName failed to get the SID for account <domain>\LONG AC NAME > 20...
Make sure you copy the correct web.config…
During an installation issue, a client followed the TechNet article ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc298447.aspx ) and those instructions are misleading. It indicates to copy the “web.config” to the Layouts directory – what if fails to specify...
SharePoint 2010 and Claims Based Awareness
The industry it moving towards identity standards, and with the recent release of Windows Identity Foundation (fka Geneva), and the beta of SharePoint 2010, it’s important to take a look at the direction of how identity is being normalized into...
Posted: 11-23-2009 8:47 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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SharePoint 2007 and InfoPath 2010 Client – current install issues…
Ok, I’ve been bitten twice in the past week on this.  If you have InfoPath 2010 Beta installed and you’ve also got SharePoint 2007 running, at least with the latest SP2 and October CU, you run into an issue that surfaces in the logs as follows One...
Posted: 11-17-2009 10:24 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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Cleanup your Features…
Many times, your coding, etc. SharePoint features.  You’ll code something up, deploy, activate, etc.  Using WSP builder, while a convenient tool, it also leaves some orphans around.  It forcibly deletes the solution leaving any place it...
Posted: 11-11-2009 12:37 PM by cicorias | with no comments
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Minor update to the WSS Command Prompt…
  Take the following and paste into a VBS file – then run. Still need to choose the Link, then set the “Run as administrator” when UAC is on…   Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set Env = Shell.Environment("PROCESS"...
Posted: 11-11-2009 11:56 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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SharePoint 2010 Developer | Learn | Channel 9
Ted Pattison and Andrew Connell have a bunch of Learning SharePoint 2010 content up on Channel 9. I can say, having attended Ted’s classes in the past, he’s one of the best to learn SharePoint development from.  He’s been at the forefront of getting...
Posted: 11-11-2009 8:35 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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Visual Web Part Designer in Visual Studio 2010
In the October edition of MSDN Magazine, there’s a great article that does a quick rundown of building a component that can be surfaced as a Web Part via the Gallery and placed in Web Part zones on pages. The article by Steve Fox is here: Steve Fox -...
Building a Mini URL Service – Part 2 – The Algorithm
Part 1 – Part 2 The first order of business is what URL shortening approach should be used to take some very long URL, which in IE7 is limited to 2,083 characters ( KB208427 ) and provide a nice compact link. The first part of the link (protocol + server...
Posted: 05-05-2009 8:22 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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Building a Mini URL Service – Part 1
This set of posts is about a "Mini URL" service that I created initially to help provide a means to automate shortening of URL's for sending in emails to users in SharePoint. If you've used SharePoint and at times you need to send a...
Thanks Jukka – MOSS 2007 SP2 Upgrade Failure – Solution!
During an upgrade, the psconfig command fails with Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products and Technologies. An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeException was thrown. Quick live search and I find on Jukka’s blog the answer: http:...
Posted: 04-30-2009 12:49 PM by cicorias | with no comments
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SharePoint Designer is now “Free”
Get your copy now … Mentioned here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100487631033.aspx Direct Link here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42 Registration...
Posted: 04-02-2009 5:37 AM by cicorias | with no comments
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Kerberos Configuration Troubleshooting
I wanted to post about one of the best tools I’ve found for getting Kerberos properly configured and in the process getting some great HOWTO information on Kerberos, how it works, etc. When working with SharePoint, and the plan is to have your site run...
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