What's The (Share)Point?

Author: David Petersen

  • What Do You Want to Learn at Conferences?

    I love speaking at SharePoint Conferences but I never know what to speak about. I’m an Architect/Developer so those would be the tracks I would cover. Mostly, I have been speaking about Planning a SharePoint deployment. I’d like to present  something development related but the topics aren’t popping out. So, I’m soliciting ideas. I will…

  • It Happens To Everyone

       A co-worker pointed this out to me.  Seems like someone was making a change to SharePoint.Microsft.com without testing and got the Unexpected Error!  I’m sure it was unexpected!  The site was down for only a little while but it gave both of us a chuckle.  Thanks Matt!

  • Problem POSTING a SharePoint form multiple times

    I created a web part that displays data in an HTML table. On this web part, there is also a button that says, Export to Excel. When the button is clicked, the form posts to the server and my server-side code responds with an Excel file. The problem is that it only works once. To…

  • Confirmed for SharePoint Saturday – KC

    I just confirmed that I will be presenting at SharePoint Saturday – Kansas City on December, 11, 2010. Come join us. It is a lot of fun and there will be loads of SharePoint information.

  • A(nother) Business Case for Twitter

    I can’t see why some companies continue to block Twitter access to their employees.  Especially developers.  For me, Twitter has been an invaluable resource.  A wealth of 140 character wisdom.  An constant supply of what is new in the SharePoint (or insert your favorite topic here) world. This example just happened to me yesterday.  I…

  • Removing OPTIONS with jQuery

    Here’s a usability solution that was necessitated by my desire to present a logical, workable solution to my end-user.  I’m still learning jQuery so my solution may not be the most elegant – but it works. I welcome any improvements! The Setup I have a SharePoint site that is displaying the results of an SQL…

  • Confirmed! I’m Speaking At SPS-Ozarks!

    I received an email yesterday that made it official!  I’m presenting at SharePoint Saturday – Ozarks on June 12, 2010!  This is special for me because this was my first SharePoint Saturday, and it really stoked the passion that I have about developing SharePoint solutions.  I’m presenting What I Wish I Knew Before I Implemented…

  • Default Quick Launch Heading Paths

    Every so often, I come across sites that have the default Heading entries on the Quick Launch deleted.  I decided to write them down here in case I ever needed to put them back.  It’s also handy to be able to navigate to the All Items link in a site with no Quick Launch.  This…

  • Wanted: Mood Dudes and You!

    If you were in any of my presentations in Kansas City, Indianapolis, Omaha or New Orleans and caught a flying Mood Dude, take a picture of you and your new friend and send it to Mood Dudes and I will post it up here on the site. Let’s see how creative you can get!

  • Join Us In New Orleans!!!

    I am literally heading out the door to the airport to catch a flight to New Orleans for SharePoint Saturday! I will be presenting, “What I Wish I Knew BEFORE I Implemented SharePoint”. I really enjoy this presentation and I hope that anyone attending will enjoy it as much as I do. NewOrleansTech.net wrote a…