Tag Archives: SharePoint 2010

Log Manager With Extra Information Using SharePoint 2010 Unified Logging Service July 31st, 2012Posted: BrockComments: 0

Here is a wrapper class which covers the SharePoint ULS interface and logs information to the ULS.

SharePoint 2010 Custom Application Page Affix Ribbon To Top Using CSS July 17th, 2012Posted: BrockComments: 1

Microsoft felt it necessary to do far more work than necessary to fix the ribbon div to the top of the window. Here’s a pure CSS solution that bypasses SharePoint 2010′s default JavaScript-based approach.

Harnessing the power of the SPCalendarView control March 13th, 2012Posted: GrantComments: 1

The SPCalendarView control in SharePoint 2010 is really pretty snappy. It loads data with the slight of hand that is AJAX and leaves the user with an oh-so-pleasant user experience. So, if SharePoint developers wish to use the SPCalendarView control and deliver the same user experience with custom data; that should be pretty straight forward, right? [...]

SharePoint Is Not A Platform For Developers. And That’s Okay. February 29th, 2012Posted: JonComments: 0

It’s SharePoint’s world. We just develop in it. When you know and embrace your platform, however, something excellent happens.

Passing Data To and From SharePoint Modal Dialogs June 13th, 2011Posted: EricComments: 10

SharePoint Modal Dialogs SharePoint 2010 introduced the ECMAScript Client Object Model. One of the things that it included was the Dialog Framework. This allows modal dialogs to be easily displayed inside of SharePoint. This is typically done by specifying a web page to be displayed as the dialog on top of the current web page. [...]

Display Menu Descriptions on a Publishing Site Without Custom Navigation November 5th, 2010Posted: JonComments: 1

While the description field available in SharePoint’s Navigation Settings is rendered, by default, as a handy tooltip on each menu link, there was no evident configuration in which the description could be written to the screen as per my requirements.

Stop Panicking and Create a Forms Login Web Part for SharePoint 2010 October 29th, 2010Posted: JonComments: 15

On your way to branding a public-facing SharePoint 2010 site, you may at some point find yourself eye-to-eye with its bare, unfeeling, and unskinnable default login page. If you should find yourself facing such a task, do not panic. Rather, reach slowly for Visual Studio 2010 and follow along at home–we’re going to build a Forms Login Web Part that can handle the same authenticatory task in much more design-friendly surroundings.