Latest posts on SharePoint 2010

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Lessons learned from SharePoint Evolution conference 2013 London
Why webstandards in SharePoint 2010?
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Bürgerkarte on Mac OS X 10.7 not working, Hack

here is the hack to get the citizen card working with OSX: http://www.buergerkarte.at/mvnforum/mvnforum/viewthread_thread,316_offset,10#1812 Problem ocurring on Java 1.7 and Mountain Lion. This is really a hack and uncomfortable for IT enduser. You feel like back in the stone ages hacking around to get things working. Poor that they do not get the citizen card working [...]

Sharepoint 2013 new design model

SharePoint 2013 offers a whole new set of design opportunities to designers and developers. The basis for this wohle system is the well known masterpage. The masterpage is now beeing extended by the possibility to import own developed design frameworks (called design files), usually simple sets of html-files with images and CSS. These design files [...]

Critical view on social media, modern communication and effects on enterprise 2.0

I can strongly recommend the critical view on social media, modern communication and effects on enterprise 2.0 by Sean McGuire, a colleague of mine. Nice conclusion, I fully support the majority of the arguments – keeping on discussing face to face;) The full blog post can be found here http://desireit.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/the-paradox-of-social-media-is-that-social-media-is-so-attractive-precisely-because-it-is-the-least-social-form-of-communication-human-beings-have-ever-invented/

Xing Connector for Outlook 2013

No good news for MS Outlook 2013 users: I did a short internet research on this topic, with a negative result. Either way it is possible to use the 2010 plugin of Xing, useing an external connector or programming your own one;). Due to my opinion none of the options are acceptable. Does anybody know if Xing will develop a new connector for Outlook 2013?

Security Token Service is unavailable

Having problems with the Security Token Service on Sp 2013 when activating I found a resolution for successful reactivation of the service: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sykhad-msft/archive/2012/02/25/sharepoint-2010-nailing-the-error-quot-the-security-token-service-is-unavailable-quot.aspx

Activate document sets in Sharepoint 2010

Nice and direct online guide for activating and configuring document sets in sharepoint 2010 (de): http://www.locatech-it.com/organisation-prozesse/digitale-aktenordner-dokumentmappen-in-sharepoint-2010/

How to add costum xsl to your sharepoint view (also works for the webpart view)

If you want to add a costum xsl to your sharepoint list view you can do this by duplicate the existing ones (if they fit to your aims) and add them in SPD 2010 to your list. Act like that: to to /_layouts/xsl/ and locate the xsl you want to edit (e.g. main.xsl or blog.xsl) [...]

iPad Camera Connection Kit fails

If you plug in a SD card into your apple camera connection kit bare in mind that the ipad all pictures have to be in the folder DCIM. If this folder does not exist the ipad won`t start the foto app.

10 useful tips and tricks for the IIS rewrite module

10 useful tips and tricks for the IIS rewrite module: http://ruslany.net/2009/04/10-url-rewriting-tips-and-tricks/

Remove generator tag in Joomla!

To remove the generator tag in the head of your Joomla!-driven site put the following code between <?php and ?>: $this->setGenerator(null);

SharePoint Search Crawl Errors

Common errors for sharepoint search can be found here: http://codeexcel.com/sharepoint-crawl-errors-2-the-sharepoint-item-being-crawled-returned-an-error-when-attempting-to-download-the-item/ My favourite: individual login page;)

Google Weather API

it seems that Google has killed its weather API: Checking google.com/ig/api?weather= a “Sorry” message appears.

WordPress: how to add all categories query to your theme

to solve this visit this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories. With the function get_categories you can view a list of categories of your blog.

New here

New here? Just on redesigning my weblog. The homepage is ready until now the archive pages, single page and search page will be published soon too!

Office 365, Lync Settings for Mac

A short guide for the correct Lync/Office 365 for Mac Users can be found here: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/de-de/office365-smallbusinesses/hh534384.aspx

Lync on Mac

… installing Lync on my Mac: Download (here: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-enterprises/hh180727.aspx), Installing (Wow 230 MB [!]), Quick Installation, April Update here: http://www.microsoft.com/de-at/download/details.aspx?id=29571, insert Office 365 credentials, Go!

Howto set up a custom error page for SharePoint 2010

A detailed guide can be found here: http://www.tcscblog.com/2012/02/10/custom-error-page-with-log-support-ticket-link-for-sharepoint-2010/. Be aware that they have mistypped the SharePoint cmd, instead use: Set-SPCustomLayoutsPage -Identity Error -RelativePath “/_layouts/CustomError/error.aspx” -WebApplication <webappURL>

Codeplex mit neuem Design

Microsoft Open Source platform with new design, they may call it “metro-style”;) #http://www.codeplex.com/

JComments in PhocaDownload Component

Here is the solution to enable JComments for PhocaDownload in Joomla! 2.5: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=626&t=678423&p=2759807#p2759807

Open Source CMS auf dem Windows Webserver

Eine sehr gute und einfache Möglichkeit Open Source Systeme auf dem Windows Server einzurichten bietet der Microsoft Webplatform Installer. Damit können ganz einfach .NET aber auch .PHP Anwendungen auf einem Windows Server installiert werden. Hierzu muss der Microsoft Webplatform Installer heruntergeladen und konfiguriert werden. Danach können mit dem Werkzeug so genannte Web Apps installiert werden. [...]

Decompile *.dll

Telerik is a nice freeware tool for *.dll/.NET decompiling. Just visit http://www.telerik.com/, register once and download …

Google Wave ends

Today Google announced that Google Wave would no longer be developed as a separate product. The say that “At the time, we committed to maintaining the site at least through to the end of 2010. Today, we are sharing the specific dates for ending this maintenance period and shutting down Wave. As of January 31, 2012, all waves will be read-only, and the Wave service will be turned off on April 30, 2012″.

Firefox 8

Soon they will overtake Microsoft`s IE concerning the version number. Nice new feature: groups

The Taxonomyfeature (Feature-ID „73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C“) was not activated

Activate the feature via the Powershell Enable-SPFeature -id 73EF14B1-13A9-416b-A9B5-ECECA2B0604C -URL http://farmurl:port/ Details: http://henrikzawischa.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/das-taxonomiefeature-feature-id-73ef14b1-13a9-416b-a9b5-ececa2b0604c-wurde-nicht-aktiviert/

SharePoint 2010: Workflow BCC Field

The Default view of the e-mail template in SharePoint 2010 does not allows BCC fields. It is possible to add BCC fields for e-mails in your workflow. To activate this you have to fall back on a short trick: Insert your planned BCC recepient into the CC field of the e-mail. In SharePoint Designer navigate to the folder that holds the newly created workflow files (usaually it is stored under /sitename/workflows > navigate to “All files” then “Workflows). Open the XOML file of the workflow with Notepad (use right-click). Then search for the CC and BCC field and change CC with BCC (you will find them in the :EmailActivity node). Save the file, reopen the workflow, doublecheck the empty CC field, republish, thats it!

New Macbook Pros

Faster processor, larger harddisk and in some configurations better gfx … no “new” icon on apple website – has that update really happend?

List of useful Sharepoint Tools

Waldek Mastykarz provides a list of useful (and free) SharePoint Tools, for both 2010 and 2007. URL: http://blog.mastykarz.nl/tools/

WP Admin Interface

etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig das aktuelle WordPress-Administrationsinterface …

Apple-Updates: OS X Lion, Macbook Air, Mini

Apple updates its operating system (OS X “Lion”), Macbook Air, Mac Mini and Displays. New GUI for OS X,  Air, Minis and Displays with Thunderbolt – when will the MacBook Pros be available with OS X Lion?

Joomla! 1.7 Released

… has been released and can be downloaded and/or upgraded… #http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5380-joomla-170-released.html

Error installing Phoca Gallery 3 under Joomla! 1.6.5

On installing Phoca Gallery 3 under Joomla! 1.6.5 the following error occurred: JFolder: :files: Path is not a folder and JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file To get the component working install it manually: 1. Extract the .ZIP loacal 2. Open install.bak.sql and execute the skript in your phpmyadmin 3. copy all files [...]