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What is a list form

furuknap — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:08:13 +0000

A list form refers to the forms used to display and manipulate data in SharePoint. A list form is used for one of three operations, that also name the forms, the Display form, the New form, and the Edit form. The screenshot below shows the New form of the tasks list in a SharePoint team site.

Whats is a SharePoint group

furuknap — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:36:57 +0000

A SharePoint group is a collection of usernames and group names that can be given permissions to a SharePoint site or parts of a SharePoint site. Groups are defined for the entire site collection, but can be given permissions on any child site of the site collection.

What is Visual Studio extentions for WSS

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:57:54 +0000

Visual Studio extentions for WSS, or VSeWSS for short, is a toolkit developed by Microsoft for creating SharePoint functionality and features using Visual Studio. The toolkit is available for both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

What is an associated group in SharePoint

furuknap — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:58:09 +0000

An associated group in SharePoint refers to the groups that are associated with the default roles in a SharePoint site. In SharePoint v3 these groups are Owners, Members, and Visitor. The groups are created by default when you create a new site collection. When you create a site inside an existing site collection the groups are created automatically if you select to not inherit permissions from the parent site.

What is a portal

furuknap — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:22:47 +0000

A portal is used as a front end interface to different areas of information such as news, people, projects, or other data.

What is a view

furuknap — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:12:36 +0000

A SharePoint view is a display of data from a SharePoint list. A view determines both the data to be displayed and rendering of that data. Views can be created by the user or the list administrators.

How do I create a view through the web interface

furuknap — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:07:22 +0000

To create a view through the web interface you need list manager permissions. If you do not have those permissions you may still be able to add a personal view if the list or site is set up to allow adding personal views.

What is a workflow

furuknap — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:38:31 +0000

See: What is SharePoint Workflow

What is a WSP file

furuknap — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:23:46 +0000

A WSP file is a SharePoint solution file. The WSP is really just a .cab archive and renaming the file to .cab enables you to open the file using any archive software such as Winzip or Winrar or with the builtin unzip-utilities in Windows.

How do I get the top navigation bar to light up on a page

furuknap — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:21:02 +0000

To get the top navigation bar to light up on a page you need to add a top navigation bar link to the page you want highlighted. Add the complete relative URL to the page, for example “/Pages/Lightup.aspx”.