Sharing Knowledge
Posts by Jonathan Dack
SharePoint 2010 – Creating a Content Query Web Part (CQWP) Link Target
07 months ago
When you setup a CQWP and point to a Links List it allows you to define a few fields of data in the output: 'Title' and 'Link' (unless you have an image as part of your link). This is fine, however we also want to provide a target value. I'm sure there's way to hack at the webpart and do something creative with the XSL, however I've come up with a much simpler method using a calculated field.
Customizing the SharePoint 2010 Welcome Menu (PersonalActions)
27 months ago
Creating a CustomAction is pretty easy, you just need to identify the GroupId and Location of the menu you wish to modify and then you're good to go. You even have a simple function called a URLAction where you can direct people to page when they click on your custom action. What isn't so obvious is if you actually wanted your application page to popup in a modal view. Here is the code I used to get this done.
Adding an ‘Up Folder’ button to a SharePoint 2010 List View Webpart
208 months ago
Why oh why did Microsoft remove the button to navigate up within a SharePoint 2010 document library? Luckily someone took action on this issue back in 2008 when they noticed it was mising from SharePoint 2007 however their code is only applicable to SharePoint 2007. Here is a 2010 Version.
How a Learning Management System can be part of a KM Portal Strategy
19 months ago
A KM initiative is about collecting experience, best practices and best work product in an effort to create a knowledge repository that individuals in an organization can utilize to make their lives more efficient and support their position at the organization. I believe this includes education offered by the organization.
SharePoint 2010 Discussion Board Alternative
011 months ago
An ongoing project of mine is to create a SharePoint portal for my company that not only supports the concepts of knowledge management, but also provides a framework to support business process management. The topic of a discussion board/forum actually crosses into both areas. Whilst there is a large component focused on internal collaboration, there is also a valuable process from a human resources perspective, on how to share that information throughout the organization.
Export Gridview to CSV in a SharePoint 2010 Webpart
311 months ago
I was recently tasked with creating a Gridview in a SharePoint 2010 Webpart. In addition to assigning data to the Gridview, I also needed to create a way to export the data. The code to export to Excel was working, but with ugly user prompts. so I went with CSV. Here's the code...
KwizCom WiKi Plus for SharePoint 2010
212 months ago
I was recently tasked with looking into the WiKi capabilities of SharePoint 2010 in support of department/practice group level WiKi's which need to be searchable via our Enterprise Search Engine.