14 December, 2012

Planning and architecture for SharePoint Server 2010

Downloadable resources

12 December, 2012

InfoPath Forms Library is missing: SharePoint 2007

Issue: The following computer running windows SharePoint Services does not contain the required InfoPath form template:
http://Amar-Infopathtest-xxxx/
A generic form template will be used instead
Or
InfoPath failed to publish because the default content type in the document library is not based on the Form content type.

Troubleshooting:
Add a Form content type, and switch it over as the default content type. Only to discover SharePoint now publishes two different sets of columns in this list – one set for Forms, another set for Documents.
We noticed that Form Lib is missing on the site collection.
Resolution:
1.      Activating the Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features and Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features, helps in resolving the issue.
  • Go to -> Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Collection Features –> Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection features -> Activate
  • Go to -> Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Features –> Office SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features -> Activate.
2.      If activating both of these features does not create the Form Library, you can try to execute the following ‘STSADM’ commands.  
·        STSADM.EXE -o deactivatefeature -filename IPFSSiteFeatures\feature.xml -force –url http://Amar-Infopathtest-xxxx
·        STSADM.EXE -o deactivatefeature -filename IPFSWebFeatures\feature.xml -force -url http://Amar-Infopathtest-xxxx
·        STSADM.EXE -o activatefeature -filename IPFSSiteFeatures\feature.xml -url http://Amar-Infopathtest-xxxx -force
·        STSADM.EXE -o activatefeature -filename IPFSWebFeatures\feature.xml -url http://Amar-Infopathtest-xxxx –force.
3.      If none of the above works, then try the last option to activate the ‘Team Collaboration List Features.’
·        Go to -> Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Features Site Features –> Team Collaboration Lists
If you have any queries/questions do let me know, I would be my pleasure to assist you with anything.

08 December, 2012

Migrating From SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, Part 1 & Part 2


Migrating From SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, Part 1
Business and technical reasons for skipping SharePoint 2010 by SharePoint expert Dan Holme who shares tips, how-to's, ideas, and news about all things SharePoint, and more
Migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013, Part 2
Skipping 2013? You might want to reconsider that strategy  by SharePoint expert Dan Holme shares tips, how-to's, ideas, and news about all things SharePoint, and more.
ü  Microsoft planning SharePoint version 15
ü  Reduce the pain of upgrading
ü  Aim for a logical architecture
The Essential Guide to Achieving High Availability for SharePoint Data: Download Now:
Reference: SharePointpromag.

07 December, 2012

Webpart Chrome type is not working or Webpart Title is not working: SharePoint

Webpart Chrome type is not working or  Webpart Title is not working: SharePoint
Issue:
Today one of my user complained that she was not able to set the title of her web parts on various pages on her site.  When setting the chrome type to ‘Title’ it set it back to none, when we hit apply and Ok o the web part page. Hence leading to a problem of Webpart Chrome type is not working as expected.
Troubleshooting:
- We tried setting chrome type to other types. No luck.
- We tried changing the various properties of the Webpart, but no luck.
- While researching on the internet I came across an article which says that forcibly changing the
we implemented the same on the effected page and it doesn’t correct the problem.
- One of the article talks about the problem with the webpart zone, when comparing the webpart zone of the webpart with other webpart on the other sites, it was showing only one webpart zone= main.
Resolution:
This article talks about the resolution but doesn’t show how to do it. http://www.novolocus.com/2009/05/29/webpart-titles-not-shown-in-webpartzone
To do this, Open the site in SPD, go to faulty page, and open the page in the coding mode. Look for the webpart page main property.

Change the ID of the webpart to anything other than “Main”. It would bring back the tittles on the webpart. I am not sure why this issue problem had occurred but now it has corrected the problem.

Another Post which talks about the same issue: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5455893/override-chrome-type-webpart
If you have questions/queries, do let me know. I would be more happy to help you.