It is time to take a break from these daily tips for the summer. So far, you’ve gotten 62 tips every weekday, so I will leave you with the best tip so far:
SharePoint of the Day #63: Take a break. Enjoy summer. Come back in August, I know I will.
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This post was written by spotd on June 26, 2009
To install new solution files, use the “STSADM -o addsolution” command. After you have installed the solution you need to deploy it to web applications for the content to be available. To do so, use the “STSADM -o deploysolution” command.
Type any of these commands in a command console to see other parameters.
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This post was written by spotd on June 17, 2009
You can add more site collection administrators to your site collection from the Site Settings page of the root web (People and Groups->Site collection administrators).
You can also do this from the Central Administration, on the Application management page, however, you can only set two site collection administrators from the Central Administration.
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This post was written by spotd on May 25, 2009
You can create a taskbar shortcut to the 12-hive for quick access to logs and other SharePoint files. To do so, right-click on an empty section of your taskbar and select Toolbars->New Toolbar. Browse to the 12-hive, usually at c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12, and click OK.
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This post was written by spotd on May 20, 2009
A lot of the visual interface of SharePoint is contained in RenderingTemplate controls, stored in the [12]\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\DefaultTemplates.ascx.
You can override these rendering templates by creating your own .ascx files in the CONTROLTEMPLATES folder by adding RenderingTemplate controls with the same ID as the template you wish to override.
Note that you can only override once, and that [...]
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This post was written by spotd on May 7, 2009
You can isolate a log source category by going to the Operations page in Central Administration, and then to Diagnostic logging. In the Event Throttling section, set ‘All’ to None both for event log and trace log, and hit Ok. Then, return to the diagnostic logging page and set the Category you would like to [...]
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This post was written by spotd on April 29, 2009
You should never change any of the files that ship with SharePoint, including any XML files, ASPX files, or CSS files in the 12-hive.
If you change any of these files, Microsoft may refuse to support your SharePoint installation.
The only thing you can change is to alter the Hidden attribute of Template elements in the [...]
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This post was written by spotd on April 24, 2009
Do not beg at the table.
Also, do not use any of the following characters in site or file names:
~ # % & * { } \ : < > ? / + | ” _
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This post was written by spotd on April 16, 2009
The 12-hive refers to the SharePoint installation folder, usually at c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared, web server extensions\12.
This is where you will find all the default features and files for SharePoint.
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This post was written by spotd on April 13, 2009
To enable lists to receive email you must first set up incoming email through the Central Administration. These settings are global to the farm, so make sure you set the correct values and that you do not change any settings that are in use.
After setting up incoming email you can go to lists or libraries [...]
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This post was written by spotd on April 2, 2009