Category Archives for "SharePoint"

Code Sample : How to add a site column to a list

Code Sample : How to add a site column to a listThis code sample illustrates how to add an existing SharePoint site column (SPField) to a SharePoint list (SPList).

How to Create a New Document Library

How to Create a New Document LibraryThis post explains how to create a new Document Library in SharePoint 2010. It also explains the creation of 2 columns that can (optionally) be configured for use with DocRead. 1. Select ‘Site Actions’, then ‘View All Site Content’. 2. Click ‘Create’. 3. Under Document library input a name for […]

Upgrading SharePoint Content Types

Upgrading SharePoint Content TypesIntroduction Well it’s now Saturday afternoon and the family have been out shopping all day, so I have taken the opportunity to conduct some tests that I had been meaning to do for a long time now (geek I hear you say). I wanted to find specifically what happens if you want […]

How to govern and control DocRead for SharePoint

How to Govern and Control DocRead for SharePoint?DocRead for SharePoint is very powerful because with just a few clicks it’s possible to configure an important document to be sent and tracked to all employees in an organization. Once a document has been distributed, an employee will be notified by email (when the task is created, completed or […]

UI Testing SharePoint

UI Testing SharePointAs part of an on-going series of ‘Testing SharePoint‘ we intend to share some of what we have learnt when trying to automate the testing of a SharePoint add-on called DocRead. These posts will specifically cover functional and integration testing – not unit testing (which is worth a whole conversation on it’s own). To get […]

What are your favourite SharePoint 2013 Features?

Private: What are your favourite SharePoint 2013 Features?SharePoint 2013 has shipped and it’s now main stream. We’d love to hear what your favourite 2013 features are, so please add them! Also vote up the killer ones and why not embed the list to see if we can make it one awesome resource! Favourite SharePoint 2013 features?

The IE10 nosniff issue in SharePoint 2013

The IE10 nosniff issue in SharePoint 2013Last week was fun (and no this isn’t a post about not sneezing when using IE10)! We had two major issues still to overcome in DocRead for SharePoint 2013 before we could release it. So I decided to help out and take a look. BTW, if you are using […]

Updating SPWeb.RootFolder.WelcomePage not working!

Updating SPWeb.RootFolder.WelcomePage not working!I was recently trying to programmatically set the default (welcome) page of a team site, but my changes weren’t taking effect. As it turns out, this code: contextWeb.RootFolder.WelcomePage = rootFolder.Name + “/” + wikiFileName; contextWeb.RootFolder.Update(); Needs to be changed to work with a local copy of an SPFolder. I haven’t used reflector […]

Issues with using SharePoint 2010 for Records Management

Issues with using SharePoint 2010 for Records ManagementAlthough SharePoint 2010 has improved as a record management solution it still introduces challenges to organizations that are heavily regulated by governments and governing bodies. For example, in the UK the Freedom of Information Act 2000 resulted in a working ‘Code or Practice’ governing how records need to […]