Category Archives: SharePoint

Disable Mobile Redirection for a Web Application via PowerShell

Posted on June 13, 2011 by gavinbarron

So I’ve got a SharePoint site that is optimised for viewing in mobile browsers, problem is that OOTB SharePoint is trying to show the fugly “mobile view”. Now Waldek has a post about just this problem, in my case I’ve … Continue reading →

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Provisioning Web Parts via the AllUsersWebParts element

Posted on May 30, 2011 by gavinbarron

Right, so you want to have a Page Layout that contains some web parts when a user creates a page using that layout. Cool, no problem, use an <AllUsersWebParts> element just like Andrew Connell blogs about problem is, if you … Continue reading →

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Adding FAST Keywords and Best Bets via Powershell.

Posted on March 17, 2011 by gavinbarron

Reading the TechNet docs on Add, edit, remove and display keywords by using Windows PowerShell (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint) was a little confusing. Specifically the important note about making sure that you have a Search Settings Group. When … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Cross Site Collection Search Configurator

Posted on November 8, 2008 by gavinbarron

While I was working at Intergen I was alerted to a small issue with configuring search keywords, best bets and synonyms. This simply being that they are set on a per site collection basis and there is no OOTB solution … Continue reading →

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Turn off custom error pages in SharePoint.

Posted on September 21, 2008 by gavinbarron

There are a number of good posts out there that will tell you how to get useful, for a developer, error messages out of SharePoint. Useful things to know while attempting SharePoint Development A solution to “An unexpected error has … Continue reading →

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SharePoint Bookmarklets

Posted on September 16, 2008 by gavinbarron

A workmate just put me onto a great resource that Zac showed during the Tech-Ed session on Tools and techniques which he presented with Matt. These are a great set of bookmarks that work relative to your current page and … Continue reading →

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Pre-Populate a SharePoint List Instance

Posted on August 13, 2008 by gavinbarron

So, you want to provide a look-up in a SharePoint Site Definition and you’d quite like to provide your users with some options? (i.e. items in the source list) Firstly you’re probably interested in this post from Josh Gaffy about … Continue reading →

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National Tour Roundup

Posted on July 31, 2008 by gavinbarron

Firstly thanks to everyone who came along, it was great to meet so many people either using SharePoint out there in the “Real World”™ and others who were just keen to learn more. Further thanks to: Matt Smith for organising … Continue reading →

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National SPUG Tour

Posted on July 15, 2008 by gavinbarron

So Matt Smith of the Christchurch SharePoint User Group has organised a national tour for the various SPUGs that are active here in New Zealand. I’ll be talking in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch over the space of a week. The … Continue reading →

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Paul Andrew from the SharePoint Team in Wellington New Zealand

Posted on June 20, 2008 by gavinbarron

Chan has just announced that Paul Andrew is going to be visiting us here in Wellington, New Zealand and presenting to the SharePoint Users Group 🙂 This special event will be held in Xero offices 5pm Friday 27 June 2008. … Continue reading →

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