Recently I wanted to create a new web application in SharePoint and so I went to the Central Admin website to create one, but the option was missing. Even though I was logged in as the System Account, the farm administration account I couldn't see the link. If I navigated directly to /_admin/extendvs.aspx I got an access denied message and none of the accounts configured for SharePoint would allow me access. So after a lot of head scratching I remembered that I had navigated directly to the... Read Full Story

Recently I wanted to create a new web application in SharePoint and so I went to the Central Admin website to create one, but the option was missing. Even though I was logged in as the System Account, the farm administration account I couldn't see the link. If I navigated directly to /_admin/extendvs.aspx I got an access denied message and none of the accounts configured for SharePoint would allow me access. So after a lot of head scratching I remembered that I had navigated directly to... Read Full Story

A new version of ARF has just be released and can be downloaded from the SPWorks site. This version contains numerous new features to make your SharePoint site build simpler and faster. They include Added widget functionality This allows you to specify small chunks of functionality in an ASCX file. A field control is then added to the page which allows page authors to add a 'widget' to the page. By default widget properties are stored in the field control,  but a widget can store it proper... Read Full Story

A new version of ARF has just be released and can be downloaded from the SPWorks site. This version contains numerous new features to make your SharePoint site build simpler and faster. They include Added widget functionality This allows you to specify small chunks of functionality in an ASCX file. A field control is then added to the page which allows page authors to add a 'widget' to the page. By default widget properties are stored in the field control,  but a widget can store i... Read Full Story

Using WSS on public sites means giving anonymous access to virtually all the pages in your site, including all the different list views and document libraries. People won't be able to do anything they are not allowed to because of security trimming, but they will be able to get to see the standard SharePoint UI. There maybe also implementation details you may not want them to have access to or 'public' content which isn't 'always' public. MOSS Lockdown Feature MOSS has a feature which provide... Read Full Story

Using WSS on public sites means giving anonymous access to virtually all the pages in your site, including all the different list views and document libraries. People won't be able to do anything they are not allowed to because of security trimming, but they will be able to get to see the standard SharePoint UI. There maybe also implementation details you may not want them to have access to or 'public' content which isn't 'always' public. MOSS Lockdown Feature MOSS has... Read Full Story

I have released a new version of ARF, which includes implementations of a Windows Live Authentication provider for SharePoint and an XML/XSLT implementation of SharePoint discussion forums. Both of these features are being used on the SPWorks website to provide the discussion forums for ARF. You can now signup to the SPWorks site and ask question about the ARF framework. Signup is simple, just sign in with your LiveID and complete your profile. The profile on the site is completely separate t... Read Full Story

I have released a new version of ARF, which includes implementations of a Windows Live Authentication provider for SharePoint and an XML/XSLT implementation of SharePoint discussion forums. Both of these features are being used on the SPWorks website to provide the discussion forums for ARF. You can now signup to the SPWorks site and ask question about the ARF framework. Signup is simple, just sign in with your LiveID and complete your profile. The profile on the site is completely separate t... Read Full Story

Most of the SharePoint websites I work on do not expose any of the standard SharePoint functionality. They do not use webparts and so do not require any of the SharePoint javascript functionality. SharePoint includes files to support the client side functionality of its controls, init.js, core.js, controls.css and core.css. These files are pretty large and in the interest of increasing the speed of loading your page its best to remove them, assuming they are not being used. So a tip for your... Read Full Story

Most of the SharePoint websites I work on do not expose any of the standard SharePoint functionality. They do not use webparts and so do not require any of the SharePoint javascript functionality. SharePoint includes files to support the client side functionality of its controls, init.js, core.js, controls.css and core.css. These files are pretty large and in the interest of increasing the speed of loading your page its best to remove them, assuming they are not being used. So a tip for your ... Read Full Story