Today a newsgroup post reminded me that I did not yet publish the necessary changes for my Http Module that corrects the Ugly MCMS URLs caused by ASP.NET postbacks when ASP.NET 2.0 master pages are used. The HttpModule I published earlier does not work in this scenario as it relies on the fact that a […]
Recently Rasool Rayani from Metalogix gave me a brief intruduction into the features of the Migration Manager for MOSS 2007 which is currently in the works. Although it is a early prerelease version the product ran very stable and the features provided were very cool. The tool allows end to end migration from content from […]
From time to time I receive questions related to problems when using a web application to perform site deployment import or export operations – e.g. from within a web page or though a web service. Running Site Deployment from within a web application sounds like a nice idea as it allows to use server side SDAPI locally on […]
A sample chapter of our new book Enhancing MCMS with ASP.NET 2.0 is now available for download: Download Chapter 3: Using Master Pages
Gwyneth Marshall, Program Manager in the Office International Services Team which ensures that the Office products meet the multilingual and multicultural needs customers worldwide, has provided the information about the supported languages during Beta 2, B2TR (Beta 2 Technical Refresh) and RTM: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2006/08/17/702956.aspx
WSS 2.0 Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects Creating a link-enabled document library using Windows SharePoint Services and .NET 2.0 WSS 2.0 SDK Whitepaper – Understanding and Troubleshooting the SharePoint Explorer View SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects SPS 2003 SDK Planning and Designing SharePoint Products and […]
Through a blog from Andrew I just found a nice review of our Advanced MCMS book on DotNetSlackers.com: » Book Review: Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development
[via Angus] Andrew Connell (MCMS MVP and Author) has written an awesome list of MOSS 2007 WCM Resources. There is approx. 100 items there – videos, web pages, and lots of other great stuff. Everyone who is doing anything with MOSS 2007 Web Content Management needs to view this resource page. Check it out here […]
Some post SP2 hotfixes install an old version of the nrdhtml.cab file The installer of the affected hotfixes contains a problem that causes the nrdhtml.cab file to be replaced with an old version (version 5.0.4526.0). This can cause performance problems during authoring as the cab file is downloaded for every placeholder control again and again. […]
Today I had to upgrade my MOSS installation to the latest builds as I ran into blocking bug in Beta 2 which prevented me from being able to continue with my MCMS migration. After upgrading I did another analysis step to see if something changed. Indeed there were a couple of changes: The Host header mapping […]
A couple of users asked me how I setup my system to do the migration of a MCMS database to MOSS 2007. Here are the steps I used: Install Windows Server 2003 SP1 with latest hotfixes Install Windows Workflow Foundation Services (June CTP) Install SQL 2005 Install Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 Beta-2 Install Microsoft […]
This article discusses: Building portal sites with MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 Shared Service Providers, user profiles, and portal search Integration with the BDC and back-end systems Managing Web sites, business intelligence, and enterprise data Contents Building MOSS 2007 Portal Sites Shared Service Providers User Profiles MOSS 2007 Search Business Data Catalog Integration Web Content […]
