January 2005 - Posts - Angus Logan

Mass Document migrations to SharePoint

If you need to upload alot of files into SharePoint, please use K-Wise's file deployer product. It has a cool interface and alot of built-in functionality that you'll enjoy. I highly recommend their product.

Posted: Jan 31 2005, 10:19 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

r.a.d.controls MCMS Edition

If these controls are as good as the radEditor for MCMS they will be a huge success!

Via Mark Harrison

Back in October I mentioned that Telerik would eventually be creating the 'r.a.d.controls MCMS Edition' - this will be a package of their components that have been extended to be driven by MCMS configuration and content.

Telerik will shortly be announcing the release of 'Beta 1 of r.a.d.controls suite MCMS Edition' that will include:

r.a.d.editor : premium version

r.a.d.treeview

r.a.d.menu

r.a.d.panelbar

r.a.d.tabstrip

r.a.d.chart

The Premium version of the Editor that is shipped with the suite has the following differences from the free Standard version:

r.a.d.treeview and LoadOnDemand in the File Browser dialogs (Image, Media, etc)

Improved Undo/Redo mechanism

Improved dialog controls - r.a.d.editor 4 user controls - AlignmentSelector, ColorPicker, CssClassSelector, TableBorderControl

Paste from Word /paste plain text buttons

"Loading...." message during dialog load

Dashed borders in edit mode

Skinning support

List View and Tree View of the resources in the resource galleries

Local Attachment tab in the Document Manager

(the last two features will work their way into the free version)

The beta can be downloaded at www.mcmscontrols.com. You can log in with your User Name and Password obtained from here . You can also generate trial keys if you wish to test the controls on a URL other than http://localhost

Comments should be submitted to betasupport@telerik.com.

Posted: Jan 31 2005, 10:16 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Microsoft CRM Partners Hopes Ride on V.2

Via Microsoft - technology.updates.com

Microsoft CRM leans on partners to fill functionality gaps.

More

Posted: Jan 30 2005, 07:28 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Microsoft Applications SIG (March) - Advanced Creation of Webparts for Sharepoint Portal Server

Matthew Cosier is doing a SPS presentation around Australia – I’ve registered.

I will be touring Australia in March, presenting the Advanced Creation of Webparts for Sharepoint Portal Server Application SIG!!

Register for the event here:
https://www.local.microsoft.com.au/australia/events/register/home.aspx?levent=525095&linvitation

The official agenda for the session is as follows:

Creating Web Parts using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Accessing standard services from SharePoint Portal Server

Extending your Web Part to be fully integrated with SharePoint Portal Server

Taking advantage of the Single Sign On Service in Web Parts

I will be swapping and changing into that a little bit, and hope to make the session a little more dynamic and informative!
One of the biggest, most interesting topics I will cover is the extension of the OTB Sharepoint Portal Search capabilities, outlining the pros/cons in developing a custom advanced search webpart. I may also introduce some new funky things which are coming in later releases!

Stay tuned and make sure you register today!

I look forward to seeing you all there! Make sure you all come and say G'day and introduce yourselfs, I am really looking forward to meeting more of the community!

(Special thanks to Kleefy for this post, and to the TS community & Pen Lewin for making this happen!)

Posted: Jan 30 2005, 07:27 AM by anguslogan | with 1 comment(s)

SharePoint web part development: resources you should read

Via Serge van den Oever [Macaw]

When you dive into web part development for SharePoint 2003 and need some reading on the topic, have at least a look at the following articles:

60 minute lab on web part development: http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/tutorials/LAB%20DEV-2%20Creating%20Web%20Parts%20for%20SharePoint.doc

Thomas Rizzo on web part development: http://www.sharepointcustomization.com/resources/whitepapers/Web%20Parts2003.pdf

Best practices: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_sp2003_ta/html/ODC_WSSWebPartTips.asp

Checklist for testing web parts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_SP2003_ta/html/Office_SharePointWebPartsTestingChecklist.asp

And if you don’t wan’t to go the hard way… have a look at Smart Part, a generic web part that allows hosting of user controls. Have a look at Jan’s blog for more info: http://weblogs.asp.net/jan/

Posted: Jan 28 2005, 07:33 AM by anguslogan | with 1 comment(s)

Skelta Workflow Lite for CMS

This is SO COOL! – Considering products like TeamPlate usually cost more than the MCMS license :)

Via Mark Harrison

Skelta Workflow.NET - the embeddable .NET workflow engine based on the Microsoft .NET framework - is to be made available as a Lite version free of charge for CMS users.

We are looking for a CMS expert(s) that would like to volunteer to create the guidance and samples of integrating CMS and Skelta. Skelta will provide the appropriate technical support, training and software for development free of charge. If interested, please contact me at 'blog @ markharrison.co.uk'.

Update: This will be led by Ben Robb at CScape. Others can work with Ben if interested.
Update2: Joined by Joris Poelmans & Brad Chaney.

Posted: Jan 28 2005, 07:20 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

How do you measure up with Reporting Services?

Via Microsoft WebBlogs

http://assessment.learning.microsoft.com/test/home.asp

Evaluate

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Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 Reporting Services

This assessment focuses on the features and functionality of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. Topics include authoring reports by using the report designer; deploying, publishing, and managing reports; and manipulating datasets.

Take the Assessment Check High Scores

Posted: Jan 27 2005, 04:49 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Envision - CMS vNext and SPS vNext

Via Mark Harrison

Just back from Envision - an internal technical pre-sales conference in Redmond with two thousand attendees from all over the world. There was some general roadmap sessions but I was also privileged to attend an 'insider group' deep drill down of CMS vNext and SPS vNext. What the product team showed me was superb ... if they deliver then the next generation CMS/SharePoint will rock! Don't believe the FUD stories going around.

Posted: Jan 26 2005, 09:43 PM by anguslogan | with no comments

Rapid - Visual Demos Live

The demos look great!

Via MCMS.RAPID Launch

I put the first of my proposed visual tours live today on the MCMS.RAPID site. I hope they are useful - particularly aimed at people who perhaps haven't had the skills nor time to install the beta but want to get some guide as to what this is all about. Note that this first 'flypast' tour is focussing on the main solution site that we ship with RAPID, and is the one from the beta 2 release. We are working on a second solution site that will be released very soon.

There are 4 versions of the tour as described on the demos page on the site. Power viewers, middleweights and lite users, depending on your own technology, screen size etc. 2 of them are Windows Media format and 2 are Flash format. The highest quality came from the Flash version with maximised framerate etc but it is a fairly hefty demo - typically about 40 secs of downloading before the animation starts.

All feedback welcome as ever ! I will post further info in due course on some of my learnings and tips in doing these tours, as well of course as doing some more. Site Definer usage is top of the list

Posted: Jan 25 2005, 08:25 PM by anguslogan | with no comments

Sponsor the Special DEMO@15 Edition of G'Day World!

Wonder if it would be too much if I was their sponsor and every 5 minutes they had to say “Thanks Angus” or “Sponsored by Angus Rocks!”

Via cameronreilly

Well, I do believe this is another historic moment (but I could be wrong). For the first (and, perhaps, last) time in history, you, good people of the world, have the opportunity to sponsor a podcast via AUCTION.

Read about it here. Please email me any questions.

Yeah Yeah, Jeremy auctioned off his blogging, but that was BLOGGING. This is PODCASTING. It's different and that's my position and I'm sticking with it. :-)

Posted: Jan 25 2005, 07:08 AM by anguslogan | with 1 comment(s)

IT Hit MCMS WAE v2.0 Beta 1 Released

IT Hit MCMS WAE v2.0 Beta 1 Released

Dear Angus,

The IT Hit Web Author Enhancement v2.0 Beta 1 is available for download. This new version has many new features and significantly changes the look and feel of MCMS Web Author.

WAE v2.0 Features

Trees replacement in:
- Select Internal Link dialog
- Create New Page dialog
- Create Connected Page dialog
- Copy Page dialog
- Move Page dialog

New Resources Manager

New Insert Image/Attachment dialog

Resources management via Web folders

Telerik r.a.d. Editor integration

Workspace

Create Resource Gallery dialog

Create Channel dialog and Console Action

Channel Items Sorting tab

Kill Lock Console Action

Context menus in all trees

Drag-and-drop to placeholders from trees
and Insert Image/Attachment dialogs

Tree items drag-and-drop

Thumbnails Generator

Sincerely,

IT Hit team

MCMS WAE v2.0

About IT Hit

Updated: Monday, January 24, 2005

Posted: Jan 25 2005, 06:49 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Upcoming SharePoint Webcasts

Via Eli Robillard's

Just in from Scott Howlett of iMason are two terrific WebCasts, one tomorrow (Tuesday, January 25) and one in February. Tomorrow's topic appears to cover accessing SharePoint as a service, and promises a healthy bit of usable code to download. February's session covers search and indexing, an important but oft-overlooking topic. In fact in any SharePoint deployment, planning the index should come soon after step one: cataloguing an organization's existing knowledge. And if you glossed over both of those, you should really pick up the Resource Kit between now and Scott's February WebCast.

. . .

I thought you might be interested in two upcoming MSDN Webcasts that imason is delivering. These follow on from earlier Sharepoint Webcasts that were presented in 2004. You can view the previous webcast by clicking on these links: SPS 2.0: Developer Considerationsand SPS 2.0: Architecture and Best Practices for SPS Development. I think you’ll find these upcoming Webcasts compelling, and the January 25^th webcast might include Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 and some bits from Whidbey! The events are about 45 minutes, are delivered online and are free so feel free to forward these to anyone you think might be interested.

January 25, 2005 - SPS 2.0: Developing Sharepoint Solutions Without WebParts
Register Now| Add to Calendar

Description:
Many people are actively developing Sharepoint solutions using the expected WebPartPage/WebPart paradigm. This is indeed a powerful model to be working with. However, it is not the only one that you can use. In fact, the Sharepoint technologies are split between back-end technologies (security, storage, searching...) and front-end technologies (templates, webparts...). As such, it is very possible to leverage the back-end technologies using other front-end technologies such as WinForms, Console Applications and WebForms. In this session, we’ll outline why you might want to do this and we’ll provide a truckload of code samples and demos.

February 24, 2005 - Leveraging the Power of Custom Search and Ranking
Register Now | Add to Calendar

Description:
In this level 400 presentation, we’ll go extremely “deep” on authoring applications that utilize Sharepoint’s powerful search capabilities. We’ll provide lots of information about how to author search queries, how to execute search queries and how to leverage the “ranking” capability of the search index. We’ll also include a bunch of demos and some sample code.

Posted: Jan 23 2005, 08:41 PM by anguslogan | with no comments

Few interesting positions @ Microsoft Australia

I always keep my eye on Microsoft Australia Careers & Microsoft Corporate Careers to try to predict what direction they are going in.

Here's a couple of interesting jobs in Australia.

Xbox & Pc Games Product Marketing Manager


Microsoft Job Description
Job Title:	Product Marketing Manager - Xbox and PC Games

Group and Job Purpose
Area		Description of Purpose
Eg: Enterprise Sales NSW		Product Marketing Manager - Xbox 1^st Party Games, Xbox Live and PC Games
Job's Purpose		Develop and execute marketing plans to achieve revenue and market share goals for Xbox 1^st Party Games,andXbox Live on Xbox and future platforms and PC Games

Primary Job Functions

Responsibility/Activity	Estimated Annual % of Time
Development and/or localization of product marketing plans for each product in the portfolio in conjunction with marketing manager including key business objectives, strategies and tactics for implementation that drive to achievement of business goals	20%
Implementation of marketing plans through agencies including public relations, advertising, sales promotion, xbox.com.au, sponsorships, events, CRM to achieve maximum efficiency from marketing budget	25%
competitor analysis of products and strategies	10%
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all internal stakeholders including HED (Home and Entertainment Division) Sales, Operations and Finance teams, US and EMEA counterparts and Singapore Operations	10%
Responsible for the completion of business planning activities for input to Xbox and HED Review on monthly, quarterly and annual business planning cycles. Ongoing monitoring and analysis of market share and revenue performance and accuracy in monthly forecasting to ensure effective inventory management	25%
Serve as key product evangelist (internal and external) to internal HED and Commercial Microsoft teams and retailers, press, consumers	10%

Role in Business Process

Role in Business Process	Description of Role/Responsibility
Results	Responsible for the achievement of revenue, license and revenue per license targets for Xbox 1^st Party Games, Xbox Live and PC Games
Position scope	Xbox Marketing role, responsible for the development of the product portfolio for the Australian domestic marketplace within retail channel
Decision making	Product manager will be responsible for setting and implementing local marketing plans and strategy for the Xbox 1^st Party Games,Xbox Live and PC Games.
Strategy and Development	Define appropriate market mix and build plans that span the marketing mix, including public relations, advertising, promotion, sponsorship, events, online, CRM. Product marketing plans will include key business objectives, strategies and tactics for implementation that drive to achievement of business goals
People Management	Manage external relationships with services agencies to achieve maximum value from marketing budget
People Management	Manage internal relationships with Marketing Team
Communication/Business Relationships	Develop and execute promotional plans in conjunction with Marketing Manager, Xbox and Sales Manager, Xbox.
	Internal - Develop and maintain effective working relationships with US and EMEA counterparts, Operations, Legal, Finance and Sales
	External - Cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with press and agencies
Fiscal Responsibilities	Responsible for the achievement of revenue, license and revenue per license targets for Xbox 1^st Party Games and Xbox Live and to manage allocated marketing budget within budget

Competencies required to perform the job. Note that priorities may change over time to meet changing business conditions
Competency/Job Skill Attribute	Proficiency Level	Description of Required Competency (Optional)
Intellectual Horsepower	Level 3	Is bright, intellectually sharp, and learns quickly.
Drive for Results	Level 3	Continually focuses on achieving positive, concrete results contributing to Microsoft's business success.
Planning, Organizing and Coordinating	Level 2	Efficiently develops and implements plans to accomplish goals.
Organizational Agility	Level 3	Understands how to get things done and achieve objectives working with others in an organizational context
Communication Skills	Level 2	Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication settings.
Competitive Focus	Level 3	Continually understands and is alert to competitive threats and weaknesses and utilizes this knowledge when making business decisions and taking action that is beneficial for Microsoft
Technical Passion and Drive	Level 2	Passionately believes in information technology as a primary means for bettering people's lives.
Cross Group Collaboration	Level 2	Demonstrates ability to work across groups by setting mutual goals, ensuring clarity of roles, and working together in ways which enhance business effectiveness.

Candidate Profile
Area Qualification	Description of What's Needed
Experience	What work experience is essential to the job? How many years of previous work experience would it typically take to gain sufficient experience in these areas to minimally fill this job role? · Typically five years marketing experience with 3 years in Product Management. · Experience in one or more of a/ The Gaming industry b/ youth marketing, c/ consumer marketing or d/ retail marketing is required
Experience	What type of supervisory or management experience would be necessary to fulfill the job requirements, if any? Experience with managing product portfolio through external agencies is essential for this role.
Education	What education is typically required for the job? Preferred Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree
Education	Field of Study (if applicable): Marketing/Commerce or related business degree
Professional Training and Certification	· Strong Product Marketing experience. · Candidates must have excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to analyze and interpret market research and financial data. · Must be an effective market strategist with the ability to understand and articulate key opportunities
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	· Knowledge of the Gaming industry is preferred. · Knowledge of all marketing concepts fundamental to the role of Product Management (e.g. Pricing, Portfolio Management, Financial Analysis, Advertising and Promotions) · Ability to perform business analysis · Ability to perform market analysis · Ability to determine and implement appropriate marketing plan and strategy · Ability to plan marketing events · Ability to effectively manage a marketing budget · Knowledge of retail industry · Ability to conduct effective presentations to all levels of clients

MCS Platform Consultant - Brisbane


Microsoft Job Description
Job Title:	Microsoft Platform Consultant		Position Number	22542


Instructions

Group and Job Purpose
Area		Description of Purpose
Eg: Enterprise Sales NSW		Microsoft Services - Consulting Services Team
Job's Purpose		To provide leadership and guidance in the development and delivery of Microsoft solutions based on Microsoft Windows Server technologies. The platform consultant will work directly with customers, partners and other Microsoft personnel to scope, design and deliver solutions that utilise new and emergent technology.

Primary Job Functions
.
Responsibility/Activity	Estimated Annual % of Time
Customer Satisfaction through project engagements	60 %
Personal development	10 %
Administration and support functions	5 %
Knowledge sharing	20 %
Relationship Management (Internal and External)	5 %

Role in Business Process

Role in Business Process	Description of Role/Responsibility
Results	Specific business metrics results associated with this position include: High Quality Solution Delivery: Design and deployment of solutions that are widely regarded as 'best in class'. Customer Satisfaction: Delivery of projects with a high level of engagement quality that results in a high of customer satisfaction metrics. Knowledge sharing: Creation of intellectual property and knowledge sharing within and between practices. Time Management: This includes management of billable time, training and holidays. The focus of this position is the design and deployment of solutions that utilise Microsoft technology in the Windows platform space, and helping others learn how to create similarly high quality solutions. This role will also lead the creation of case studies and references based on these solutions.
Position scope	The scope of this position is primarily based in Queensland with an expectation that there will be a requirement for interstate travel.
Decision making	Key decision making for this position relates to the planning and execution of customer engagements, the management of customer relationships and supporting the team objectives. In general the role has the authority and the responsibility associated with the execution of services engagements however decisions relating to long term contractual engagements and resource commitments would be deferred to appropriate services personnel.
Strategy and Development	This position is expected to contribute to: the ongoing skills development of the broader services team, the risk assessment of specific development projects and market opportunities, the development of business opportunities into projects
People Management	There will be no direct reports associated with this position - however it is expected that this role may, in a project, lead a small group of IT professionals from both customers and partners and will therefore require the skills required to manage small teams.
Communication/Business Relationships	It is expected that there will be ongoing interactions with most internal business areas however there is an expectation that this position will interact with: · other areas within Services including professional support services and technical account mangers, · local branch personnel who are engaging with the customers including Account managers, Solution Specialists and Technical Specialists, · other developers with the global Microsoft Services community, · external partner personnel that are working on delivery projects based on Microsoft Solutions, The communication is primarily information sharing between stakeholders and the provision of status reports and presentations. The position is dependent on support from other consultants and consulting teams as well as the administrative support area for services.
Fiscal Responsibilities	Financial responsibilities are associated with personal time management targets, including utilisation, rather than specific revenue targets, however the position is expected to remain cognizant of the practices revenue goals and assist other team members in achieving their own utilisation when possible. This position, like all consultants, is most able to contribute to the subsidiaries fiscal responsibilities through high levels of customer satisfaction.


Competency/Job Skill Attribute	Proficiency Level	Description of Required Competency (Optional)
Customer Focus	3	Investigates and takes action to meet customers' current and future needs.
Problem Solving	3	Gathers and analyses information and uses it to develop effective solutions to difficult problems or situations.
Dealing with Ambiguity	3	Works effectively in situations involving uncertainty or lack of information, and responds flexibly to change.
Intellectual Horsepower	3	Is bright, intellectually sharp, and learns quickly.
Communication Skills	3	Writes, speaks, and presents information effectively and persuasively across communication settings.

Candidate Profile
Area Qualification	Description of What's Needed
Experience	What work experience is essential to the job? How many years of previous work experience would it typically take to gain sufficient experience in these areas to minimally fill this job role? 8 - 10 years of related experience
Experience	What type of supervisory or management experience would be necessary to fulfil the job requirements, if any?
Education	What education is typically required for the job? Bachelor's Degree
Education	Field of Study (if applicable): Computer Science, Information Processing, Information Systems
Professional Training and Certification	Strongly prefer official certifications associated with Microsoft Windows Server and associated technologies
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Required: Expert with proven Microsoft Windows Server, Windows XP, Active Directory Preferred: Skills in Microsoft other Microsoft Server Technologies

Comparable Jobs
Source	Comparable Jobs
Internal	Consultant Senior Consultant
External	Consultant Platform Architect

Business Need for Creation of this Position
This position is to address customer requirements and demands in relation to Windows server.
Indicate if this job is a:	Modified position Newly created position

Posted: Jan 22 2005, 09:59 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Business Intelligence Portal (Displaying OLAP data) via SPS or WSS

Its pretty cool – we (Data#3 Microsoft Applications Solutions) wrote a heap of reports using SQL RS to display data from our MS CRM implementation in SharePoint/WSS – may look at taking it one further using this…

Via Patrick Tisseghem's Blog

BIP? BIP stands for Business Intelligence Portal and it is really a very useful set of web parts allowing SharePoint users to view their OLAP or relational data in various ways. You do not have to have a SharePoint Portal Server installed, it works very nicely also on Windows SharePoint Services. Easy to install, easy to configure. It is provided by Microsoft as a sample application but for me it is much more than simply a sample application. There is for example the 'BIP Viewer', a very smart web part.

Useful is also the possibility to define and configure charts, spreadsheets, gauges, data analyzers and more centrally and then simply have the users connect to the configuration they need at that moment. BIP comes with a site definition. A new SharePoint team site can be created using the definition and in it you can manage the BIP tree.

The BIP viewer has 4 panels you can activate. In each of the panels, you can visualize one of the possible GUI components. Web dialogs allow users to define the configuration (eg. toolbar yes or no, ...) and the data source that will be used for the data (OLAP, relational, XML,...).

So, if you are in need to display BI-data, certainly have a look at these web parts and the BIP site definition. I see great possibilities for it in some of our projects.

Posted: Jan 22 2005, 08:32 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Cool – Sean O’Driscoll (Global Director of the MVP Program) reads my blog!

Sender: Sean O'Driscoll
Url: http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
IP Address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

=====================================

re: Microsoft Sets Date for 2005 MVP Global Summit

hope to see you there!

2005 MVP Global Summit

Source: http://msmvps.com/anguslogan/archive/2005/01/18/33270.aspx#33593

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See you there too!

Posted: Jan 22 2005, 02:42 AM by anguslogan | with 2 comment(s)

Interesting Post on using a Mac for authoring MCMS content

See it on Google Groups as well - also check out the Fluent Consulting blog.

We (Fluent Consulting) have developed 2 sites now that must support
Macs. Our conditions were even a little worse than yours. We also had
to support Mac OS 9.

You CANNOT use IE 5.2 to edit pages on CMS. IE 5.2 has a very buggy
JavaScript implementation and prevents the editor from working even in
the most basic of modes. This coupled with the fact that you cannot use
the built-in Microsoft editor because it uses VB Script and an ActiveX
control and thus will not work on a Mac.

The good news is you can support a Mac on CMS 2002. To do so, you have
to use FireFox 1.0 or Mozilla as the Mac editing browser and you have
to use the Telerik editor. To do this, download the Telerik CMS
PlaceHolder controls (http://www.telerik.com) and use it on all pages
that a Mac has to edit.

Most if not all of the Telerik WYSIWYG controls work (i.e. Spellcheck,
image placement, table builder, etc.). You will really like the
Telerik control once you use it. It is much better than the Microsoft
tool and (I believe) is officially sanctioned by Microsoft (I heard a
rumor that it will be the default editor in the next version of CMS).

All of the above works for Mac OS X 1.2 or higher (not lower versions
though). You can also support Mac OS 9 by downloading an unofficial
version of Mozilla. The version you need is 1.3.1 and you can find it
here: http://www.t3.rim.or.jp/~harunaga/mozilla-macos9/ This version
is not supported by Mozilla.org, so caveat emptor.

We are using the Telerik control and Mac OS 9 with the unofficial
version of Mozilla for a large school district and it currently works
on 50+ Macs running OS 9. The problem with this version of Mozilla is
that not quite all of the Telerik features work on Mac OS 9 (we had
trouble with spell check and some minor problems with some of the
editing). However, enough of them work and it is suitable for most
situations.

On Mac OS X, everything works, so you should be okay.

This is the only solution I currently know of. There are other
possibilities. You could try to build your own custom PlaceHolder using
another WYSIWYG editor (i.e. FreeBox, Rich Editor, etc.), but that will
take some time and work. The solution outlined above is probably your
best bet.

Hope this helps.
Good Luck,
Mark

Mark Walz
Fluent Consulting
www.fluentconsulting.com

Posted: Jan 21 2005, 02:09 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Filed under: Content Management Server

Another Data#3 consultant - Stephen Mew - presenting at Queensland SQL Server User Group (QSSUG)

QLD SQL SERVER USERS GROUP JANUARY MEETING NOTICE

Hi Folks,

Thanks to all that attended our meeting last month and to Mark Morton for his entertaining session.

This month we have a SQL Server 2000 topic.

Stephen Mew will present "High Availability for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Using Failover Clustering and Log Shipping".

About Stephen:

Stephen started at D.E.C. on OpenVMS Migration to NT. He was at Microsoft Redmond for 5 Years on the SQL and XP Teams as a developer. In the SQL area he was working on High Availability and in the XP area he was working on the Real Time Streaming Buffer Engine for Media Player 10. Stephen lists his career highlights as having done some work for Bill Gates for Comdex, the Terra Server Upgrade and working on Barnes and Noble and Buy.com. He is now at Data#3 as a Senior Consultant in Toowong working for Pat Murphy.

He has lived in 4 continents (Oz, US, Africa, Europe), likes to build rockets, fly light aircraft and scuba dive for fun. He says he throws great BBQ's but anybody who talks geek or computers gets swiftly thrown out by his wife due to its thoroughly antisocial nature!

Our web site is at www.qssug.org and contains a repository of materials from past meetings and details of upcoming meetings. Other Australian SQL-Server related material can be found at www.sqlserver.org.au.

If you will be attending, please RSVP via email to greg@qssug.org to help us plan refreshments (normally pizzas and drinks).

WHERE & WHEN

Be there: 5:45pm for 6:00pm start Thursday, 27th January 2005

Finish: around 7:30pm

Location: Microsoft Brisbane Office, Level 9, Waterfront Place, 1 Eagle St, Brisbane.

Kind Regards

Greg Low

Posted: Jan 21 2005, 01:26 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

Filed under: SQL Server

No SharePoint Tabstrips? but then there is the DataView

Via Paul Schaeflein's SharePoint Experience

Tariq has a post that details how to create a tabstrip (like a meeting workspace) using a list as the data source.

Thanks Tariq!

Posted: Jan 19 2005, 08:48 PM by anguslogan | with 1 comment(s)

FormatDesigner

Via Wayne Allen

Chris Sells has a tool called FormatDesigner that helps you create those nasty formating strings.

Posted: Jan 19 2005, 12:51 AM by anguslogan | with no comments

sharepoint query builder

Via Tim Heuer

a new sample was posted on gotdotnet.com --

A valuable tool for building and testing queries against Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. This tool has a Windows interface that lets you connect to a portal and will gather all of a) the properties of crawled documents, b) content indexes and c) source groups. You can then simply point and click to select the items and criteria you want to use for your query, then execute. The search is sent to the SharePoint Query web service and the resultant XML is displayed in an easy to work with interface.

Check it out here

Posted: Jan 18 2005, 09:48 PM by anguslogan | with no comments

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