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INCREdIBLE !! Plus these are WSS 3. Oh man - no reason to argue with sharepoint now.

BTW - it'd be nice if there be such designer templates for master pages as well. Are there any plans for that?

Can't wait for these to release. This will really be a time saver for customers.

All is lovely, the templates are useful. But, where is the WSS 3.0 download link.

In the pre-announcement of the “Fab 40” Application Templates for WSS 3.0 , Lawrence alluded to the migration

Very good!

But how can I find the donwload link for the 40 templates?

Thanks.

Excellent, but any idea when these will be made available?

In the lead up to the launch of the “Fantastic 40” Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services

Hello. I am very excited about this, I have groupboard template loaded internally for testing and it is sharp.

Do you have a specific release date now, other than Q1 07?

Thanks!!

Is there a way to be notifyed when the temps are ready? Thanks

What an awesome idea - templates for the MySite functionality in Sharepoint - from the Sharepoint Blog

Building on the successful concept of Application Templates for Windows SharePoint Services , we are

Someone needs to write directions on how end users will be using these.  There is a brief 1 paragraph description but more documentation is necessary.

Excellent nonetheless!

To Whom It May Concern:

Could someone help me or direct me to the right resource to investigate this issue...

While working in the SharePoint 2007 environment and using the Application Template "Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects", I was adding "% Complete" to the "Project Milestones" list in order to add a Gantt View.  When trying to ADD a new Milestone, only the default columns appear and "% Complete" does not appear.  This defeats the purpose of a milestone list to show progress.  I have tried this in 2 environments and have concluded this is either a major BUG in the "Project Milestone" list or the "Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects" template.  How do issues like these get resolved or identified to Microsoft?

Thank-you for your help,

Rod

rkeinc@rke-inc.com or rodney.erb@us.army.mil

The link provided in the next message, i.e. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sharepoint/wssapps/templates/datasheets.mspx is outstanding for giving an overview of the Application Templates.  However, I still have not received an answer to my question regarding...

While working in the SharePoint 2007 environment and using the Application Template "Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects", I was adding "% Complete" to the "Project Milestones" list in order to add a Gantt View.  When trying to ADD a new Milestone, only the default columns appear and "% Complete" does not appear.  This defeats the purpose of a milestone list to show progress.  I have tried this in 2 environments and have concluded this is either a major BUG in the "Project Milestone" list or the "Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects" template.  How do issues like these get resolved or identified to Microsoft?

Thank-you for your help,

Rod

rkeinc@rke-inc.com or rodney.erb@us.army.mil

Faraz,

You solved the problem!  I have been working with SharePoint 2003 for over a year.

WHY did Microsoft make this so difficult in SharePoint 2007?  Probably because they want people to go to training to relearn in SharePoint 2007 what they already had learned in SharePoint 2003!!!!!

Thanks again for your help!

Rod

Rob,

Yes i am able to add successfully custom columns to Project Milestone List.

Please follow Precisely following steps

1) Go to Project Milestones List

2) Click Settings --> List Settings

3) Click Create Column

4) Type "% Completed"

5) Click "ok" ( Now % Completed should be there in the Columns List)

6) Under General Settings --> Click Advance Settings

7) Click YES for (Allow management of content types? )

8) Click ok

9) Click "Project Milestone" under Content Types

10) Now Click "Add from existing site or list columns"

11) You will see Column "% Completed" Click Add>

12) Click ok

13) Go and click NO to "Allow management of content types" from the "Project Milestone" List Settings

Hope this will solve your problem

Would be nice if alerts would actually work.  I see lots of other people out there searching for the same problem:  When an alert is created we get the email confirming that, so don't even try to spew "problems with your SMTP BS" but when documents are changed no alerts are sent.  And there is no Timer Job Definition for Immediate Alerts.  And no documentation for how to create one.

I have the same situation as Chris above. And yes, the Sharepoint Timer service is working. I get the confirmation when the alert is set up for a particular list, but no alert if the content of that list has changed. If I'm not only one having this problem, then something is fundamentally flawed in the installation process or instructions. I've tried to turn on all kinds of logging and can't find an error message.

I have the same error related to '75a0fea7-040e-4abb-b94b-32f1e7572840'

Any ideas?

I have also got the same error, so please help anyone!

Feature '75a0fea7-040e-4abb-b94b-32f1e7572840' is not installed in this farm, and can not be added to this scope.

thanks in advance

Above adding column to list work fine for Project Milestone List.

But it doesn't work for Course list of

Employee Training Scheduling And Materials Application template...

Can u tell me how to add column to course list

13 steps procedure helped.

Thanks.

I followed the 13 step directions above to add columns to the Employee Training Scheduling and Materials Application template. The columns are added but they do not appear on the forms for the user to register or anywhere else to track the information, You can add them in teh dataview webpart but not on hte links where it says Add a course, Upcoming Courses, etc. Thanks!

Thanks very much for all the effort put into these templates. They not only provide a 'quick start' but are useful for learning both Designer and SharePoint.

It would be great if you could build on this learning process by hosting a discussion specifically around these templates and their design, modification and enhancement.

Thanks again

Tim

This is driving me mad too 'Feature not instaslled in the Farm'

I have checked and double checked and cannot see anything wrong, and YES I have installed the ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp" file prior to installing the templates.  I haved double checked it and it is installed.

I have searched everywhere for this error and cannot find a single useful solution.