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Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:26 AM

Office SharePoint Server 2007 : Search : Configuring NTFS permissions for NTFS file share/ folders (that don't inherit permissions) for the search default content access account (xCacls)

Here is a step by step guide (I had to write it up anyway J ) to configuring permissions for the search default content access account for NTFS folders that have many folders and files that don’t inherit permissions on your network. 1. Download XcAcls.exe
Posted by Brian Wilson | 1 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:54 PM

Branding Office SharePoint Server 2007

Branding What is branding? Branding is how you apply an organization's identity to an existing software application through customization of a portal site. Business Drivers Establish corporate identity and ownership With the portal site home page becoming
Posted by Brian Wilson | 4 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:41 PM

Web Parts in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Web Parts When adding functionality to existing and new sites, it is important to be able to decide between “use Out of the Box”, buy 3 rd Party Web Parts, use Community Web Parts, or custom develop the webpart from scratch or by taking community Web
Posted by Brian Wilson | 3 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:35 PM

Features in Office SharePoint Server 2007

Features Feature framework is an innovation to enhance modular provisioning. It works by grouping logical elements into scenario-driven “features”. l Features can be add to and reused across site definitions l New features can be activated in existing
Posted by Brian Wilson | 1 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:30 PM

Field Definitions in SharePoint Server 2007

Fields A column template is a collection of well-known instances of particular fields—in other words, a shared field definition. A shared field includes settings for that field, such as the set of choices for a choice field, or whether rich text is supported
Posted by Brian Wilson | 1 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:18 PM

List Definitions versus List Templates and deciding on the correct customization approach

List Definitions A list template Feature includes a Schema.xml file that serves as the base file for a list definition. The List element is the root element of a Schema.xml file, which contains default view definitions, definitions for special fields
Posted by Brian Wilson | 2 Comments
Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:02 PM

Site Definitions versus Site Templates and deciding on the correct customization approach

Site Definitions l A site definition is the core definition of what a site is in SharePoint. l A site definition is installed on file system of web front ends, located at ..\12\Template\SiteTemplates. This directory is language-neutral. l A site definition
Posted by Brian Wilson | 5 Comments
Saturday, July 12, 2008 4:32 PM

How to install multiple language packs for Office SharePoint Server 2007

Hi, Here are the instructions to provide support for multiple languages in your SharePoint farm. 1) Pre-requisite: Install additional language file support 1. On your front-end Web server, click Start , point to Settings and then Control Panel , and then
Posted by Brian Wilson | 6 Comments
 
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