Dynamically display department information for a user in a list

Over the last couple of years a couple of times I heard a request by my customer. Is it possible to show the department information of a user who created an item in lists in a dynamic way? My answer to this was always, that it is not supported and cannot be done. The first Read more

Centered fixed width design in SharePoint 2010 – The fast way

There are a lot of fixed width master page solutions available on the internet and I read a lot of those solutions. Some of those require JavaScript or don’t respect the ribbon, which means that the ribbon will placed inside the fixed width design. SharePoint is smart enough to handle small screen resolutions by compacting and rearrange the icons in the ribbon, but if a normal user larger screen it gets really hard to administer SharePoint and breaks the usability completely. There is a much quicker and saver ways to create a flexible master page where only certain CSS properties needs to be changed to get any fixed width design as well as centered design with border to the left and right.

Retrieve Managed Metadata using JavaScript and SPServices

In one of my last projects I ran into an interesting question regarding the taxonomy store. Will it be possible to get all taxonomy data by using pure JavaScript? SharePoint has a great JavaScript object model for different purposes but how deep is this integration when an access to service applications like the Managed Metadata Read more

Boxes and positioning – Enhance rich text editor – Part 2

Part one was all about the basics of customizing the rich text editor. This part will show some advanced CSS styling definitions. For a nice looking text layout are boxes handy to position side notes, images, videos or any kind of elements beside the content. The rich text editor has already defined boxes in the Read more

Enhance rich text editor using CSS – Part 1

This is the first post in a series about enhancing the rich text editor. The rich text editor in SharePoint 2010 has changed a lot and with some creativity it can be changed and enhanced for a lot of use cases. This first article provides information of a simple addition of a link to the Read more

Cleanup item and file versions in SharePoint using PowerShell

At the SharePoint Conference 2011 I had a discussion with Christian Ståhl and Laura Curtis if it will be possible to cleanup old versions in SharePoint using a script or command line application. I thought to myself that this should be a big task to accomplish but a useful. The slow way to clean up Read more

Make custom list forms centralized manageable

SharePoint Designer is a great tool for prototyping but it can really mess up your installation. I want to show a new way / old way how customized form could be make centralised manageable. For example if you want to create a list form that has certain columns visible to users with a special permission. Read more

Problem in XSLT List View in combination with taxonomy fields

* Update: The official description to this problem can be found in the Knowledgebase Article KB2596519. There is also a hotfix avaliable that can be downloaded here. A big thanks to the Microsoft Support Team. * One of my customers stumbles upon a strange bug in SharePoint that relies on the list views in combination with Read more

A little story about web design and what designer should know about IE9

When you test a web site in Internet Explorer just use the 32 bit Version. The difference between the 64 bit Version and the 32 bit Version are enormous. What else should web designer and developer should know about IE9?

Limitation of Content Query Web Part (CQWP)

Sometimes the content query doesn't return a result event when the content query web part is configured correct. There are some limitations in this powerful tool and maybe an architectural problem with list types.