Monthly Archives: February 2011

Out of Box Timecard and Holiday Lists

In SharePoint 2010, there’s a little-known built in feature.  There are list templates that can be used for time card tracking, with a holiday calendar that ties into the time card. Here’s how to get to it: On your SharePoint 2010 site, go to Site Settings, Site Features, and activate the “Group Work Lists” feature. Open your site in SharePoint

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Filter a List based on Current Site’s URL

There have been a few situations where I’ve needed to be able to filter a web part to show data relevant to the name of the current site.    Most cases have been project sites.  Here’s an example: (This post is relevant to SharePoint 2007 or 2010) All of a company’s projects not only have a project detail record which contains

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Two and a Half Minutes–My SharePoint Journey Video

The SharePoint Journeys contest ends soon!  The grand prize of this contest is a trip to the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Anaheim this fall.  Last night I submitted my entry, so I hope you like it.  I talk about how my SharePoint journey began in corporate America, and sort of how it evolved.  Pretty typical… SharePoint gets thrown at the

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Heading Home… for SharePoint Saturday New Orleans

Yes, it’s that time of year again.  No, not just Mardi Gras.  It’s time for SharePoint Saturday in New Orleans.  I grew up in that area, so it’s always a lot of fun to visit, see relatives, etc.  I miss those Cajun accents, they remind me of my childhood.  Hopefully I’ll see you there on February 26th, 2011. Here’s the

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Promoting my New Book– Beginning SharePoint 2010

Our new book has come out, and is for sale in your local bookstores and on Amazon.com.  The title is: Beginning SharePoint 2010: Building Business Solutions with SharePoint   This book is written for business users, project managers, information workers, analysts, and anyone who is beginning to learn SharePoint 2010.  There are a lot of real examples in this book,

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